On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
So are the Laws of Manu. Maharishi once gave me the project of
correlating the scientific charts on TM with the Laws of Manu. They
prescribe many gruesome punishments for various sins. If you sleep
with your teacher’s wife, you have to cut off your genitals and
walk to the southwest, holding them in your hands, until you bleed
to death. Other punishments include being shaven with the urine of
an ass, making young people who have sex out of wedlock lie on a
bed of red-hot iron, and this little gem: "molten lead has to be
poured into the ears of those 'low born' who dare to hear the
recital of the written word"
I can’t imagine anyone “spontaneously” doing any of these things
based on their level of consciousness.
And of course you're right on this. That's why they're called "Duty
Scriptures" (dharma-shastras), they prescribe the duties of certain
varnas of people.
It never ceases to amaze me what people will believe just because it
is uttered by someone dressed as a yogi.
