Guest guest Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Shyamji's wonderful post on Dharma made me think long and hard ! wHat is 'dharma' really ? There are dharmas and dharmas ! 1) stree dharma / pativrata dharma 2) kula dharma 3) yuga dharma 4) swadharma etc etc etc Then of course overriding all these is the Sanatana dharma , the eternal dharma! Folks , what do you think was Sri Rama violating Dharma when he killed Vali from behind ? was Sri Rama violating Dharma when he banished his pregnant WIFE SITA TO THE FOREST UNDER A FALSE PRETEXT upon hearing one of his subjects( a washerman) question Sita's chastity ? SO AND SO FORTH WHAT ABOUT THE NUMEROUS ACTS OF DECEPTION SRI KRISHNA PRACTICED IN THE MAHBBHARATA WAR ? LORD KRISHNA HAD ALREADY DISABLED KARNA EVEN BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN - ( the sloka in the srimad bhagvat gita points to this) What about mother kunti Requesting Karna to spare Arjuna's life ? Mahabharata war was not conducted strictly as per rules of Dharma ! please read what King Yudhistra tells Yaksha about Kshatriya dharma The Yaksha asked, What institutes the divinity of the Kshatriyas? What even is their practice that is like that of the pious? What is their human attribute? And what practice of theirs is like that of the impious? Yudhishthira answered, Arrows and weapons are their divinity: celebration of sacrifices is that act which is like that of the pious: liability to fear is their human attribute; and refusal of protection is that act of theirs which is like that of the impious. So. before judging Lord Rama's various acts of commission and omission , we have to see what Dharma Lord Rama was practicing at a given point of time ! Lord Krishna in order to practice the higher dharma had to resort to adharmic acts - sometimes the ends justify the means ! Lord Rama killed Ravana , a shiva bhakta - a true vaishnavite never kills another devotee of the lord (shiva) ( who himself e is a true vaishnavite ) to do prayachittam, sri Rama OFFERED PRAYERS TO LORD SHIVA AT RAMESHWERAM , A GREAT PILGRIMAGE SPOT CALLED VARANASI OF THE SOUTH ... this may all sound senseless but For every act of Adharma practiced, there is a dharmic consequence just as for every act of dharma praticed there may be an adharmic consequence! Something to think about! love and blessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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