--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <SNIP> > The problem, according to Rama, was that his subjects would > THINK that she had been since she had spent a night there without her husband, and she > would be as dishonored in their eyes as if she ACTUALLY had been. Therefore, he had to > send her away so that his people would believe he had done the right thing. > > However, I think that also qualifies as "sleezebag" behavior. > > There are many passages in the Vedic literature which must either be understood has > having an esoteric meaning (which only the initiated can grok) or otherwise regarded as > immoral behavior (according to human standards). This persistent conundrum has created > a great deal of confusion�not so much for scholars, I would guess, as for believers. > > L B S
************** The backstory in the separation of Rama from Sita is that this was caused by a curse leveled against Vishnu (who Rama is an incarnation of) by Sage Bhrigu: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb96/0011.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
