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Dear Dev:

 

I thought your answer to Jai Raam's question regarding Sri Ramakrishna's

teaching on how to handle bullies was excellent. However, a concern was raised

with your statement, " the slap of a mother is not violence . . . " Why should a

mother EVER slap her own child? Also, isn't pain inflicted on another person

(physical or emotional) always " violence " to the other person, regardless of

what's in the perpetrator's heart? Last, is physical punishment for children as

common in the Hindu nation of India, as it is in the Christian nation of

America?

 

God Bless,

Brad