The divine love-

[Guest guest]

often, we hear people say they "fall in love" but

there is no such thing as "falling in love." - love is

never about falling- love is always about rising-but

rather, think about BEING IN LOVE- BEING IN LOVE has a

connatation of immortality about it- <br><br>here is famous

passage from BRIHADARANAYAKA UPANISHADS - <br><br>KING

YAJNAVALKYA IS SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE LOVE TO

HIS WIFE, MAITREYI, A WOMAN OF GREAT WISDOM.

<br><br>" TRULY IT IS NOT FOR THE SAKE OF THE HUSBAND THAT

THE HUSBAND IS DEAR, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE SELF.

<br><br>and it is not for the Sake of the wife that the wife

is dear, but for the Sake of the SELF. <br><br>AND

IT IS NOT FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONS THAT THE SONS ARE

DEAR, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE Self. <br><br>indeed, my

beloved maitreyi, it is the Self that should be seen, the

SELF that should be heard, the SELF that should be

reflected upon, and the SELF that should be known."

<br><br>so, if we follow this line of thinking , then we will

always BE IN LOVE, WITH OURSELVES, WITH OUR PARTNERS AND

WITH THE UNIVERSE ITSELF. <br><br>LOVE NEED NOT BE

MECHANICAL - WHEN THE FLAME OF DIVINITY IS ALWAYS BURNING IN

YOUR HEART , LOVE BECOMES ETERNAL , IMMORTAL,

EVERLASTING- like radha's love for krishna, parvati's love for

shiva, sita's love for rama , etc........<br><br>LOVE,

gypsy MAA

[Guest guest]

A curious query,<br><br>i'm very new into the Hindu religion, <br>I just want to

know, what is the status of women<br>in the Hindu

religion.<br><br>thanks,<br>alessa

[Guest guest]

Dear Alessa,<br><br>I can only tell you from my

point of view,When I<br>joined the Indian Culture,I was

surprissed how close to our Hispanic traditions it is,Woman

is seen as the Mother,the nucleous of the

family,the<br>backbone of the community,is also respected as

the<br>divinity,many forms of Goddesess Like Mother Kali,<br>Ganga

devi,Shakty devi,Laksmi,Mother Sita,Radharani,Rukmini,Queen

Kunti,Tulsi devi,and<br>so many are revered and given the

same respects as<br>their males counterparts,In some

temples here in<br>USA,is permited to Women to act as

priests.acting<br>as pujaris and offering puja to the

Deities,thing<br>that we still don't have in our Catholic

Religion<br>also another thing I like is that according to

<br>Sastra a woman as a child should be taken care by<br>the

father,then cared by the husband,and in old age will be taken

care by her Sons,so she should<br>always be

protected,another thing I like about this culture is that a woman

can become a Sanyasini at old age if she desires

so,retire to<br>a Womens Ashrams and devote her life to

Krishna,<br>Haaa! now that is a wonderful way to end a

life,<br>that is my goal,<br>hope my insights helped you

Alessa,<br>your friend <br>tulsi