Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Bearing this in mind let us try to understand what the great Vedantic commentators have to say on the subject. In explaining the Sutra Âvrittirasakridupadeshât ( Meditation is necessary, that having been often enjoined. ), Bhagavân Shankara says, " Thus people say, 'He is devoted to the king, he is devoted to the Guru'; they say this of him who follows his Guru, and does so, having that following as the one end in view. Similarly they say, 'The loving wife meditates on her loving husband'; here also a kind of eager and continuous remembrance is meant. " This is devotion according to Shankara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 I agree with everything that the Vedantic commntators have to say about meditation. Unfortunately, I fail to agree with what Shankara had to say about a wife's devotion to husband - how about the husband's devotion to wife? Is it not considered devotion? Why is there such a discrimination between man and woman from a person who supposedly attained the goal of life - self-realization?: Thanks. Bearing this in mind let us try to understand what the great Vedantic commentators have to say on the subject. In explaining the Sutra Âvrittirasakridupadeshât ( Meditation is necessary, that having been often enjoined. ), Bhagavân Shankara says, "Thus people say, 'He is devoted to the king, he is devoted to the Guru'; they say this of him who follows his Guru, and does so, having that following as the one end in view. Similarly they say, 'The loving wife meditates on her loving husband'; here also a kind of eager and continuous remembrance is meant." This is devotion according to Shankara.The Princess of Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 At the risk of entering into a controversial debate, I would put it across to you in the following fashion: 1) Do not strecth the example. The example is of a wife's devotion for a husband. Right or wrong, the womans position in that society was not equal to that of a man. 2) You would find a lot of such examples in our texts. The other reason for the examples on women could be that most of the authors were men and it could a natural trait to look at the opposite sex for examples. Regards, Swami Ramakrishna , Princess ratna <rajraniran> wrote: > I agree with everything that the Vedantic commntators have to say about meditation. Unfortunately, I fail to agree with what Shankara had to say about a wife's devotion to husband - how about the husband's devotion to wife? Is it not considered devotion? Why is there such a discrimination between man and woman from a person who supposedly attained the goal of life - self-realization?: > > Thanks. > Bearing this in mind let us try to understand what the great Vedantic > commentators have to say on the subject. In explaining the Sutra > Âvrittirasakridupadeshât ( Meditation is necessary, that having been > often enjoined. ), Bhagavân Shankara says, " Thus people say, 'He is > devoted to the king, he is devoted to the Guru'; they say this of him > who follows his Guru, and does so, having that following as the one end > in view. Similarly they say, 'The loving wife meditates on her loving > husband'; here also a kind of eager and continuous remembrance is > meant. " This is devotion according to Shankara. > > The Princess of Faith > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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