Sati Rituals part of Sanatana Dharma

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>"Vishal Agarwal" <vishalagarwal

>The below is absolutely wrong. Sati is clearly mentioned in numerous Hindu

>texts such as Vasishtha Dharmasutra ('anumarana'), Vyasa Dharmasastra,

>Padma

>Purana etc., and there are rituals associated with Sati mentioned in texts

>such as Dharmasindhu, Nirnayasindhu and so on.

>

>And why do we have to be so squeamish about Sati when even hostile Muslim

>witnesses record that it was voluntary. The Hindu wife is an ideal of

>loyalty and love for her spouse in the whole world. I only wish that the

>Hindu husband also equalled her record.

>

>Vishal Agarwal

>

>----Original Message Follows----

>"vava menon" <vavamenon

>

>THERE WAS AND NO SATI RITUALS IN SANATANA DHARMA

>

>There is so much false propaganda against Hindu CULTURE in the world and

>it is about time, we Hindus every where on earth and stand up and fight a

>PEACEFUL WAR. Apathy on our part will only make our lives through out the

>world miserable.

>

>After publishing my international best seller AM I A HINDU?

>[www.amaiahindu.com ] in 1988, I am bombarded by e-mails from people who

>question every aspect of HINDU CULTURE, without reading not even one verse

>from a Hindu scripture. They write books and they give sermons without

>quoting a verse from Bhagavad Gita or from Vedas or from Upanishads.

>

>Your point that there is NO mention of SATI in the Manu Smriti is very

>true. Sage Manu has mentioned the word WIDOW a number of times in

>Manusmriti. Just read what he wrote in one verse about WIDOW in

>Manusmriti..." If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her

>own accord contracts a second marriage and bears (a son), he is called the

>son of a re-married woman (Paunarbhava)."

>

>So the whole idea that Hindus practice SATI is a lie. We have to defend

>our values in the market place. We cannot sit idle, when people make fun

>of our ethics and morality. Any Hindu any where on this planet should be

>able to proudly say I AM A HINDU. We have to create an atmospehere to do

>that.

>

>ed viswanathan

>

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