Hi, Very valid questions. There is a lot we can dispute with. However, I recommend that you go through Cho.Ramasamy's "Mahabharat" from Alliance Publications, Chennai. It is very enlightening. Cho's "Ramayana" from the same publisher is another marvellous work. Regards. --- Ganaesh Kumaar <ganaeshram2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear fellow members, > > My name is A.N.Neelakantan (an_neelakantan@xxxx). > > I am personally confused on many issues on mythology > of Mahabharat, > and wanted your views on these issues to clarify my > need to find the > TRUTH. > > After reading 2 books on Hinduism I have learnt to > question > everything but the Ultimate truth of the `ONE TRUE > GOD'. However > mythology has come to my aid on many issues, but > also brought much > confusion to my thought process. Although I believe > in Krishna as a > GOD and practice Krishna Jayanti every year, I would > like to be > impressed by your wisdom on the questions mentioned > below. > > (The two books I studied are Hinduism' by `RC > Zaehner' 1996 Oxford > publication and `Am I a Hindu?' by `Ed > Viswanathan'.) > > > 1. Krishna was asked by Yudhishtra to go to > Dhuryodhan and seek > only 5 villages for 5 Pandav brothers, which Krishna > being God > himself, could have accomplished with ease. Then why > did Krishna > allowed the situation to go out of control, that > ultimately lead to > war between brothers? > > 2. During the war also Krishna made Yudhishtra tell > a half lie > to `Dhronacharya' about the death of `Ashwathama', > (Ashwathama was > the name of Dhronacharya's son and also a name of an > elephant which > was killed by Bishma because of Krishna's strategy, > so as to reduce > Dhronacharya's morale in the war, specifically > because Dhronacharya > alone could have defeated the Pandavas?) Why did > Krishna firstly > allow the war to start and after it started made the > truthful person > like Yudhishtra tell a lie (or half-truth) to > Dhoroacharya about > Ashwathama's death? So is lying allowed for war? > > 3. What was the cause for Mahabharata when > Yudhishtra with his > wife and brothers renounced the same kingdom after > they won the war. > Yudhishtra completely disagreed with Krishna's > teachings and reason > for war and Krishna also could not stop Yudhishtra > from renouncing > the thrown at that point? Why? (Had Yudhishtra > renounced the request > for 5 villages as per the 2nd question. Could this > war between > brothers be prevented?) > > 4. Did Yudhishtra go to Heaven or Hell? (Because he > had the > chance to visit both because of Lord Indra). (The > above stated books > give different answers to the above situation) > > 5.Why did Krishna took Ghandhari (Dhuryodhan's > mother) to the > battlefield and make her see the dead bodies of all > her 100 sons? > Then, why did Krishna allow the extinction of > himself and his whole > clan (due to Ghandhari's Curse)? (I have learnt that > hurting oneself > is better than hurting others. So this question.) > > 6.Arjuna asked the question to Krishna, as to `Under > what > authority is he giving advice to him on the > battlefield'? So is my > first question to u all, as to `Under what authority > are you all > going to base your answers?' > > > pls enlighten me! > > adiyen > Ganaesh. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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