the Quintessential Pedestrian Dilettante and question on morality

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Respected Sri.venkat and Sri. Agarwal,

 

I would like to share few ideas on Sri.Agarwal's question on morality and

Quintessential Pedestrian Dilettante of Venakt.

(Oh venkat, your way of choosing words are quite profound)

 

At first I want to clarify that it is only some of the western philosophers who

said that code of Morality is designed by so called "priests" who could not

overpower the

"strong man" just to ensure that they could survive their onslaught by making

them fear of things like "morality" which is purely subjective.

 

hence "morality" was thought as something subjective and hence there were

hundred ways of interpretations and misrepresentations.

 

However, for the sanatana dharama, it is very ABSOLUTE. The famed Manusmriti,

though shouted by every single politician of this country as something bad,

it is a very good work on code of conduct and dharmic way of living.

 

I am not passing any judgement on Manu's classification of caste and different

ruling for different people based on their caste just to ensure that we are not

deviating from this discussion to some arguments.

 

However, Manu had given a workable law (during olden times) where Aristocracy,

priest class and labour class all other could get justice.

 

If so called 'high class' committed any mistake, the punishment was even more

rigorous and the priest class could not accumulate

wealth except doing learning and teaching. they could be advisors to

aristocracy but still should only beg to eat their food.

 

But what happened? due to Industrial revolution the production methods undergone

change, so also the thoughts about accumulation of wealth.

 

The so called "priest" class left their profession and started earning and later

accumulating wealth.

 

this resulted in failure ( or fall?) of sanatana dharma. Once that fails all the

systems started failing . religion has become more of demonstrative and it is

considered as against peace. (look our religion says OM SHANTHI, SHANTHI

......etc). religion no more results in introspection of every human where final

judge is absolute sastras and not individual judgements.

 

To answer Shri.Agarwal question if morality is valid. I say that it valid and

absolute. if we are unfortunate enough who could not follow some of the rigorous

ones, we can only Surrender to God and ask him for "Freedom" from everything

except dependence on Him.

 

to answer Shri.Vekat's question if we could lead an idealistic life and if we

cannot what to do, I think only remedy is seeking His Service and Doing His

service and

'trying ' to live like a sthitha Pragya as God says. even we are unable to

anything, Again His Lotus feet is the Only refuge.

 

I am sorry for this long reply.

 

I wish all of our members a Happy Sankaranthi.

 

Dasan

 

K.M.Narayanan

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