Administration 01-03.

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As the temporary Moderator of the group, I would like to share some

thoughts. I think there is nothing wrong in asking questions such

as "why rAma kiiled vAli", "Is He justfied in killing vAli from

behind a tree", "why rAma killed mArIca", "is it okay to skin

mArIca", "was rAma justified in just killing something to please His

wife", etc. etc. I generally notice that these kinds of questions

also get a lot of responses, even though as the posting below

indicates, not much that is authoritative (by this I mean what our

AcArya-s say about these things) comes out of these postings.

 

It will help if those who have access to some of our AcArya-s, to get

clarifications of some of these questions, or to quote some

upanyAsaka's views, or something that is authoritative, as they

respond to the questions such as the above. SrI Harikrishnan's

series a couple of months back on vAli vadam was one of those

literary contributions that was based on the well-reserached analysis

on kamban and vAlmIki. It will be nice if those who want to send

responses to questions such as the above, take the time to look up

some authoritative work, such as some authentic vyAkhyAnam, some

authentic AcArya's words, etc., before responding. If responses are

sent out just based on whatever we feel in our head, then we get lot

of responses, without any conclusion. This might be one reason why

the situation referred to by the author of the note below arises.

 

I also cannot but help feel that the itihAsa-s such as rAmAyaNa have

a lot more important things that they communicate to us, such as how

an ideal son should be, how an ideal brother should be, how an ideal

wife should be, how an ideal king should be, etc. I generally notice

that not much interest seems to be expressed in starting discussion

on what I would think are the more important aspects of these itihAsa-

s. I cerntainly do not want to squelch discussion, and so let the

discussion continue.

 

In order to improve the overall quality of the questions as well as

the responses, I would like to propose that those that post questions

first search through the bhakti list archives, and find out if some

of the questions that they have, have already been answered or at

least discussed before. The web is another source that people can

use to research some of the issues, even though I am aware that we

don't get responses to every issue that we want to investigate. I

personally do not have the time to look up the archives for every

issue, and do not have the time to research issues through the web

either, and provide meaningful responses based on proper pramANa-s

etc. So I request that those who raise the issues do some initial

research and share whatever they find that is authoritative, and

those that respond spend some time so that their responses are

cumultative in contrributing to properly answer the issue that is

raised. I think this process can raise the level of the postings for

the benefit of all in the long run. I hope this suggestion is taken

in the right spirit.

 

-Moderator.

 

"alambda" <alambda

Thu Jan 30, 2003 10:43 pm

Re: Doubts on Golden Deer

 

Greetings to you all:

 

I am amazed by the sheer response to my doubt, in fact when I decided

to ask

this question, I thought it would be answered in a line by scholars

in this

group, but I am blessed with so many information.

thank you all, and we still not able to come to a conclusion, as

every views

seems to hold its own validity based on Puranas, as we churn our

Knowledge,

we are at total bliss of reading so many divine thoughts.

 

today I was reading Jayadeva's Dasavatara Stortra, in which Buddha is

mentioned as the 9th avatar of Sriman. Narayanan, but I am not sure

whether

we believe Buddha as the 9th avatar?? may I know views of our members

in

this context please.

 

Pranams

 

Swathi

hong kong