Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Some "critics" say that Krsna was "shot" in His foot to pay for the karma that He acquired when killing Vali (as Lord Rama) by devious means. Of course this theory holds no sense because in Gita Krsna declares He is free from karma. But it is an interesting theory anyway. Hare Krishna, Sanjay vasudev das <vasudev.bts (AT) lycos (DOT) com> wrote: Maharajas/Prabhujis, PAMHO.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. John the Bhaptist was beheaded 'cos in his previous life as ELisha he killed the prophets of Baal??? I need a Vedic story similar to this as a justification for capital punishment in a scholarly research paper, please. YS, Vasudeva Das __________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SR C=lycos10 ----------------------- To from this mailing list, send an email to: Katha-Owner (AT) pamho (DOT) net Radha-Krishna prana mora yugala-kishora; jivane-marane gati aro nahi mora. "The Divine Couple, Radha and Krishna, are my very life; In life or death I have no one else but Them." - Srila Narottama das Thakura Mahasaya Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 SrI SrI Guru Gaurangau Jayatah Camp: Iskcon Nairobi DaNDavats Dear all. Jaya Krishna BalarAma! Please accept my respectful obeisances. All Glories to Sreela PrabhupAda.. > Couldn't we argue that Krsna "accepts" karma and other such rules in > order to perform his ineffable lila, and for the pleasure of his > devotees? Karma is under Him, as sanjay has quoted , "na me karma phale spriha". I wouldn't call Krsna acceptance of his devotees statements, and manifests the same in his lila as "karma". call it acquiescense to manifest his devotees desires. like dino's story about Krsna getting the monkeys to make a bridge, "lanka kunda" in Vraja. or in dvaraka lila, Krsna "accepting Gandhari's 'curse' for his dynasty to die 36 years after Kurukshetra battle. or Vishnu's accepting Tulasi's 'curse' to become shaligram sila. TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 > > On 26.04.2004 19:00 Uhr, "Mahat-tattva (das)" <Mahat-tattva (AT) pamho (DOT) net> > > wrote: > > > > > Why is the marriage without children considered abominable? > > > > > > As far as my understanding goes it is the duty of the man to give the > > wife a child. Otherwise he is not merciful and will go to hell. But I > > have no quote from sastra. > > Before I joined devotees I had a friend. She had a sister who was a > doctor. She told her that women in general need to have babies. Otherwise > they are very likely to mentally suffer so much that they experience > physical pain. For such women there is a high risk of developing cancer. Also people get married becuse they are physically attracted to each other. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that "Of causes for procreation , Iam Kandarpa, the god of love." So children are the primary reason for sanctioning the relationship between the sexes. Also bringing up children involves a lot of sacrifice and patience that parenthood mellows our hard and selfish hearts. Marraige without children would mean no responsiblity or service together, and so it would be just there for sense enjoyment(gross and subtle). Children bring the couple closer to each other as well as with the other family members, as they all have a common important purpose of raising a child who is of great value to their families as well as to society at large. Also for non devotees there are 4 debts that they owe.. to the devas, pitris, acharyas and to common people in general. So to be freed of the debt to the ancestors one has to continue the family line. It is so important that when maharaja Pandu wanted to go to the sun planets with the rishis, they said that he was not elligible, as he had no issues and was not yet free from his debt to his ancestors. He considered it so important that he gave permission to his wives to beget children through the devatas as he was cursed to die if he attempted the act of procreation. Your servant, Prema Padmini dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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