Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 justifies the abduction of Sita as retaliation of the maiming of Surpanakha..’Except keeping Sita as captive Ravana never went beyond rajaneethi. Yet Ramaindulged in arson,mass destruction and killing of innocent citizens of Lanka.’ Even a superficial reader of Ramayana and Bhagavata can see the absurdities and distortions of facts in this article . Though every one of the statements made in the article can be refuted I think it is a sheer waste of time to indulge in denying what is obviously an untruth. However I have voiced my protest to the editor and have sent my article on the significance of Dasavatara... Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Iam thankful to you for forwarding the article of Ganesan that appeared in the Bhavan's journalrecently. I was shocked to find the absurditites that contained in the article. I was still more shocked to know how a journal of repute namely Bhavan's which was founded by Kulapathi Munshi and later on edited by S.Ramakrishnan could venture to publish such an article which is full of distortions. I join you in your protest to the journal like thousands of others. The smallest rectification that the journal can do at this stage is to publish profuse and unconditional apologies forpublishing such an article and an undertaking that such a thing will not repeat in future. Please keep me posted with whatever reaction you get from the publishers. Regards, Prasanna On 3/12/06, Saroja Ramanujam <home_ram_rose > wrote: Excerpts from Bhavan's journal dt.15 Jan 2006- Article 'Life beyond incarnation' by Parur S Ganesan. The author has quoted the two slokas 'yada yada hi dharmasya' and 'Paritranaya sadhunam' and he writes, 'While the mission statement in the former sloka is gentle and passive the same in the latter was aggressive, even smacking violence. The purpose of the article seems to be that even an incarnation cannot escape the result of His karma. He further says ' the first three incarnations were in line with the first objective. Ithowever turned out to be terribly violent in Narasimha, crafty in Vamana, violent again in the two Ramas and Krishna.' ' The Lord as Narasimha not only indulged in extreme violence of tearing off the chest and intestines of Hiranyakasipu but in a fit of anger, lost His senses and evenrank His blood and Swallowed his raw flesh before trembling Prahlada and others.' About Vamana he writes,' Vamana tricked Emperor Mahabali by exploiting the latter's munificence.' About Krishna, ' Krishna did indulge in few annihilations but there was no horror story except the killing of Kamsa . This is however overlooked as a juvenile act. In the Bhagavatgita, however, he advocated violence. About Rama, 'Skipping the optionof bargaining peace he opted for war and killed Ravana.' He futher justifies the abduction of Sita as retaliation of the maiming of Surpanakha..'Except keeping Sita as captive Ravana never went beyond rajaneethi. Yet Ramaindulged in arson,mass destruction and killing of innocent citizens of Lanka.' Even a superficial reader of Ramayana and Bhagavata can see the absurdities and distortions of facts in this article . Though every one of the statements made in the article can be refuted I think it is a sheer waste of time to indulge in denying what is obviously an untruth. However I have voiced my protest to the editor and have sent my article on the significance of Dasavatara... MailBring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Visit your group "" on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 found only in Srimad Bhagavatha and Valmiki Ramayana.None of the facts highlighted by the author are found anywhere in the epics mentioned. It seems to be his personal opinion expressed in some sort of prejudice. I am attaching my article about the significance of Dasavataras which please publish in your magazine as it may be an eye opener for those who believe what is written in the above mentioned article. Dr. Saroja Ramanujam,M.A., Ph.D. ving below a copy of my letter to the editor, Bahvan's journal. Prasanna Soundararajan <prasanna.leo > wrote: Dear Mrs. Saroja Ramanujam, Iam thankful to you for forwarding the article of Ganesan that appeared in the Bhavan's journalrecently. I was shocked to find the absurditites that contained in the article. I was still more shocked to know how a journal of repute namely Bhavan's which was founded by Kulapathi Munshi and later on edited by S.Ramakrishnan could venture to publish such an article which is full of distortions. I join you in your protest to the journal like thousands of others. The smallest rectification that the journal can do at this stage is to publish profuse and unconditional apologies forpublishing such an article and an undertaking that such a thing will not repeat in future. Please keep me posted with whatever reaction you get from the publishers. Regards, Prasanna On 3/12/06, Saroja Ramanujam <home_ram_rose > wrote: Excerpts from Bhavan's journal dt.15 Jan 2006- Article 'Life beyond incarnation' by Parur S Ganesan. The author has quoted the two slokas 'yada yada hi dharmasya' and 'Paritranaya sadhunam' and he writes, 'While the mission statement in the former sloka is gentle and passive the same in the latter was aggressive, even smacking violence. 0pt">The purpose of the article seems to be that even an incarnation cannot escape the result of His karma. He further says ' the first three incarnations were in line with the first objective. Ithowever turned out to be terribly violent in Narasimha, crafty in Vamana, violent again in the two Ramas and Krishna.' ' The Lord as Narasimha not only indulged in extreme violence of tearing off the chest and intestines of Hiranyakasipu but in a fit of anger, lost His senses and evenrank His blood and Swallowed his raw flesh before trembling Prahlada and others.' About Vamana he writes,' Vamana tricked Emperor Mahabali by exploiting the latter's munificence.' About Krishna, ' Krishna did indulge in few annihilations but there was no horror story except the killing of Kamsa . This is however overlooked as a juvenile act. In the Bhagavatgita, however, he advocated violence. About Rama, 'Skipping the optionof bargaining peace he opted for war and killed Ravana.' He futher justifies the abduction of Sita as retaliation of the maiming of Surpanakha..'Except keeping Sita as captive Ravana never went beyond rajaneethi. Yet Ramaindulged in arson,mass destruction and killing of innocent citizens of Lanka.' 0in 0in 0pt"> Even a superficial reader of Ramayana and Bhagavata can see the absurdities and distortions of facts in this article . Though every one of the statements made in the article can be refuted I think it is a sheer waste of time to indulge in denying what is obviously an untruth. However I have voiced my protest to the editor and have sent my article on the significance of Dasavatara... MailBring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Visit your group "" on the web. To from this group, send an email to: Your use of Groups is subject to the --> Hinduism Sri Beliefs Religion Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 It is not shocking to note such blatant allegations against the Lord Himself in these magazines. These so called secular magazines in the name of research articles write all sorts of things against basic tenets of vEdhic cannotations. However, let us discuss a few of the points from AzvAr-angle dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan - Saroja Ramanujam Balaji A ; ; anoop satyan iyengar Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:03 PM PROTEST TO article in Bhavan's journal Excerpts from Bhavan’s journal dt.15 Jan 2006- Article ‘Life beyond incarnation’ by Parur S Ganesan. The author has quoted the two slokas ‘yada yada hi dharmasya’ and ‘Paritranaya sadhunam’ and he writes, ‘While the mission statement in the former sloka is gentle and passive the same in the latter was aggressive, even smacking violence. The purpose of the article seems to be that even an incarnation cannot escape the result of His karma. He further says ‘ the first three incarnations were in line with the first objective. Ithowever turned out to be terribly violent in Narasimha, crafty in Vamana, violent again in the two Ramas and Krishna.’ ‘ The Lord as Narasimha not only indulged in extreme violence of tearing off the chest and intestines of Hiranyakasipu but in a fit of anger, lost His senses and evenrank His blood and Swallowed his raw flesh before trembling Prahlada and others.’ About Vamana he writes,’ Vamana tricked Emperor Mahabali by exploiting the latter’s munificence.’ About Krishna, ‘ Krishna did indulge in few annihilations but there was no horror story except the killing of Kamsa . This is however overlooked as a juvenile act. In the Bhagavatgita, however, he advocated violence. About Rama, ‘Skipping the optionof bargaining peace he opted for war and killed Ravana.’ He futher justifies the abduction of Sita as retaliation of the maiming of Surpanakha..’Except keeping Sita as captive Ravana never went beyond rajaneethi. Yet Ramaindulged in arson,mass destruction and killing of innocent citizens of Lanka.’ Even a superficial reader of Ramayana and Bhagavata can see the absurdities and distortions of facts in this article . Though every one of the statements made in the article can be refuted I think it is a sheer waste of time to indulge in denying what is obviously an untruth. However I have voiced my protest to the editor and have sent my article on the significance of Dasavatara... MailBring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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