Why this hatred against Rama?

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Sindhu:

 

I was not sarcastic at all. I used to get frustrated upon hearing

such comments, you can imagine being in Kerala and attending all

christian colleges and there was no limit to my frustrations.

 

We, mere human beings depend upon Them (Ram, Durga, Siva,

Krishna,...) and why we try to be protective of Them. Let's have

faith in their Power and trust that They will take care of

Themselves and we rather than worrying about Their safety, take care

of ourselves.

 

Why to give up faith? Faith is the only power that can sustain us in

this world.

 

There is another side of this story, I saw some newspaper clipping

saying that " a man became pregnant is proof of Swamy Ayyappa's

birth " . Aren't we humiliating Ayyappa by saying that? I would like

to add more but..

 

Jaya

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gods , " Sindhu Madhusudan "

<sunshinesbrighter wrote:

>

> Revathy,

>

> are you sure you're not trying to be sarcastic here? this " beauty

of

> hinduism " is the factor that led to one gentleman saying that Shri

Rama's

> mother copulated with a horse during a yagna.

>

> Anyway, the gentleman has to be appreciated for so gracefully

tolerating a

> " unique " interpretation of the shlokas of Ramayana while the irony

is that

> it is his interpretations that are unique, controversial and often

unheard

> of. why dont we do Hinduism a favour and stop interpreting the

Ramayana and

> Mahabharata before he actually " finds " references to Christianity,

Islam or

> even the internet (and the Obama-Clinton contest) in these epics?

>

> my apologies if this has hurt the sentiments. the mails in this

forum are

> often interesting to read. Sanskrut is a very tricky language and

i dont

> think any of us has mastered it enough to interpret the verses that

> the Rishis had jotted down. english is a language that we are more

fluent

> in, so why dont we interpret simpler books like A Brief History of

Time? or,

> if the love for literature is hard to resist, let's all pick up

some

> Shakespeare works and beat the crap out of it.

>

>

> I've got nothing for or against Shri Rama. in fact, i'm so

dejected by the

> attitudes of Hindu Almighties that i'm seriously thinking about

giving up my

> faith.

>

> but, Rama really deserves a break. He already had to suffer a lot

due to His

> adherence to principles. this forum (or rather, this gentleman)

has maligned

> His mom's character. there also is a well-known politician who

derives some

> weird pleasure in calling Him names. now, we are going to say that

Rama came

> much later than Gouthama Buddha? where's all this anti-Rama

campaign coming

> from?

>

> Can we just leave Him alone for a while?

>

> what say?

>

> luv,

> Sindhu

>

>

> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:23 PM, revati_n27 <revati_n27 wrote:

>

> > " The most unfortunate aspect of Hinduism is that there is no

control

> > over any one- any one can comment as he likes. "

> >

> > Isn't that the beauty of Hinduism? It is a path of life, any one

can

> > walk and talk the way they like.

> >

> > While taking a quiz for KBRE (Kaun Benega Ramayan Expert) my 9

year

> > old, who is alien to our language and culture, asked me the logic

> > behind Kausalam being Dasaratha's kingdom and I had no answer for

> > him.

> >

> > Jaya

> > --- In

<%

40>,

> > " kishore patnaik "

> > <kishorepatnaik09@> wrote:

> > >

> > > The most unfortunate aspect of Hinduism is that there is no

> > control over

> > > any one- any one can comment as he likes. This modern trend is

> > amply having

> > > its origin in Jabali's episode wherein Jabali, though pious has

> > believed

> > > more in non emotional relationships, interprets the Dharma

sastras

> > as he

> > > likes.

> > >

> > > However, I remember that later he changes his version. As an

> > aside, the

> > > positive replica of Jabali is Sri Krishna.

> > >

> > > In the present context, to interpret the word Buddha as goutam

> > buddha is

> > > like interpreting the word Mahatma wherever it occurs in l the

> > scriptures as

> > > Mahatma Gandhi.

> > >

> > > There should be some control. I recall there is one person who

> > tried to

> > > interpret that Dasasratha and Kousalya (daughter of Kosala) are

> > brother and

> > > sister.

> > > Gmail - Re: Rama and Ramayana -

> > > kishorepatnaik09@ <?zx=ywum2ii8qu7x#inbox/1197b6092b53cbcb>

> > > There was an explanation that Ayodhya was actually a small

kingdom

> > prior to

> > > Dasaratha and Kousalya's father gives away Kosala to Dasaratha

as

> > dowry.

> > > But this may not be the case, since Kalidasa is very clear in

his

> > > presentation - Aja himself was described as the king of Kosala.

> > >

> > > The correct explanation is given else where: kousalya does not

> > mean the

> > > daughter of Kosala (those who know skt seem to be agreeing with

> > this) but

> > > she was the daughter of a tribe, whose totem is goat.

> > >

> > >

> > > Kishore patnaik

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>