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| nEnU I kadhavinaDaM idE pradhamam
bAguMdi
Posted by: Mr. VIRABHADRA SASTRI KALANADHABHATTA At: 30, Nov 2006 4:35:20 PM IST
Namaste Pooja garu,
Thanks for your discursive elaboration and thought provoking argument.
However, the issues you have raised open a Pandora Box of ideologies and please forgive me if you find my response (not comments) a bit harsh.
First of all, never rely on (auto) biographies of individuals to ascertain facts. Whatever qualities attributed to Adi Shankara posthumously may not necessarily reflect his true self. During his lifetime, Sankara considered himself as the beloved son of Shakthi, the Maternal Power. On a different note, you may recall how Mahatma Gandhi was made the Father of the Nation posthumously. It was tantamount to undoing the very spirit of Gandhi, who would have opposed it tooth and nail, had he been aware of it. It was not only Eurocentric, but even androcentric. He could be the proud son of India, but certainly not the Father of the nation (I don’t belong to RSS). Likewise your Shankara!
Subjugation of woman power (read as maternal power) and defeminization of religions is a universal phenomenon. When Virgin Mary was taken out of the Trinity concept of Christianity, or Mohammed withdrew from his own utterances and demonized female deities as ‘Satanic Verses’, it was all part of such defeminization of religions. Hinduism is no exception: It is not a mere coincidence that the patriarchal societies of North India celebrate Dasara Navaratras as Ram Leela, while South India and Bengal observe it as Durga Puja.
Secondly, there is nothing like ‘negative energy’ in spirituality. In the larger game of creation, sustenance and destruction, as you have rightly mentioned, we are only instrumental. You might have read ‘Order out of Chaos’, the famous work of Nobel laureate Ilia Prigogine, and 'Process philosophy'.
Lastly, about animal sacrifice: In nomadic tribes, animal slaughter on festival days was essential for conducting feasts, because they never had stored food grains. Once agriculture developed, animal slaughter was relegated because feasts could be arranged with agricultural produce. Lord Krishna and Buddha (to name a few) were the pioneers of the fight against animal sacrifice in agrarian societies. So, ‘bali’ was only to fill people’s bellies; nothing to do with ‘Kshudra Shakti’ of Ammavaru.
I apologize for my lengthy response.
Cheers
Rajeswar
Posted by: Mr. Rajeswar J At: 6, Oct 2006 6:21:17 PM IST
thank u very much Sakti, Anil and KK. thanks for the comments rajeshwar garu. Logically, what u said makes a lot of sense. But faith is what is not bound by logic right. Sankaraachaaryulu hindoo dharmam rakshinchaTaaniki vachchina Sivudu ani aayana charitralO undi. then it makes sense that ammavaru was defeated by her equal, another god, dont u think. about the bali part, i guess god has everything in him like creation, sustainance and destruction. we just vivify that part of Him thru' our form of worship and use of mantras which address one of the three qualities. kobbari kaaya koTTaTam jantu bali ki maarugaa Saanti kOsam vachchindi ani anTaaru. It's as if he just negated the negative energy generated by the kshudra mantras with the postive and magnanimous energy of the santi mantras. thank u once again sir and i wish to have ur continued support.
Posted by: Mrs. Puja Srik At: 4, Oct 2006 8:24:17 PM IST
hi
mee article chadivanu. I impressed very much.
ee story first time vinnanu. so nice. ituvantivi inka unte present cheyandi.
particular ga meeku message ivvadam kosam maatrame nenu register chesukunnanu.
bye
Posted by: Mr. Anil K At: 4, Oct 2006 6:25:05 PM IST
namastE pUja gArU,
mI vyAsamlO unna bhakti spUrtiki dhanyavAdAlu. aitE iTuvanTi vyAsAlu renDu vaipulA padununna katti lAnTivi. mIru manchi uddESyaMtOnE vrAsinA, kondaru haindavEtarulu, lEdA nAstikulu dInini vakrIkarinchE pramAdaM undi.
iTuvanTi 'fyAnTasI' kathalalO bhakti pAravaSyaMtO bhaktulu dEvuDiki rakarakAla pAtralani anTagaDatU unTAru. kAnI okkOsAri avi dEvuDi sthAyini penchEbadulu taggistAyi. udAharaNaki mana 'rAmAnjanEya yuddhaM' 'kRuShNArjuna yuddhaM' vagairA. alAnE mIru udaharinchina katha kooDA.
ammalA challagA chUsE ammavAru bali kOraTaM anEdi oka apapratha mAtramE. SankarAchAryulu Ameni SrIchakraM lo bandhinchaTaM anEdi hAsyAspadaM. SankarAchAryulu vArE I katha vinTE chempalu vAyinchukunTAru.
I vimarSa kUDA nEnu saduddESyaMtO chEstunnadE. anyadhA bhAvichakanDi.
dasarA SubhAkAnkshalu.
Posted by: Mr. Rajeswar J At: 2, Oct 2006 3:57:21 PM IST
thaanks pUjaa ...
lalita sahasra naamaMlO inta rahasyaM vundani idi chadivina taruvaatE telisindi . ilaanTivi inkaa raastE baagunTundi .
Posted by: Mrs. ψ శకి౨ ψ At: 2, Oct 2006 1:51:06 PM IST
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