Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 > > Women are thought to need to conform to old style Vedic conceptions, > yet no one thinks twice when a sannyasi doen't live in the forest, wears > factory produced cloth instead of bark or deerskin, and passes his > stools into water. I am not saying this to diminish what the sannyasis are > doing, they probably should and need to be doing these things. But if > the "spiritual masters of the society" are showing the example of not > strictly following Vedic details from the Manu Samhita, asking the women > to "get up on the roof tops" is simply hypocrisy. Why should the women > be strict followers, when the "spiritual masters of the society" are > exempted. If the women were stricter followers, then, by their > example, by definition, they would supersede the sannyasis as the > acaryas, (acarya = those who teach by example). Is that really what the > GHQ is trying to promote? They want woman as their acaryas? It is always impresive for me to read your comments. You know the art of explaining things in such a way so that everyone can see imidiatly, what is what. My obeisances to a real sadhu like you. ys, Harsi das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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