--- In [email protected], "Bob Brigante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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
&&&&&&&& Thanks Bob. Good reminder that another way of understanding the literature is to have read a good bit of it. L B S 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/
