snip >She decided to defeat him by means of the science of Kama Shastra."
The following text is excerpted from the link below which details the knowledge revealed from Shankara and Bharati Devi's debate. Adi Shankaracharya preached that Jeevatma and Paramatma were one. This implies that all beings are one and that there is no difference between the beings. Modern scholars opine that all human beings are one and that they should not be divided on the basis of caste. Whatever anyone may say, however much be the struggle to merge all human beings as one group, it seems impossible to eradicate the difference based on sex- i.e., man and woman. TodayÕs women proclaim that they are in no way inferior to men and are in fact achieving immense progress in all walks of life. In spite of all this, the notion Ð ÔI am maleÕ or ÔI am femaleÕ still persists in everyoneÕs mind. Everyone is conscious about oneÕs sex. It comes naturally. Therefore some thinkers believe that all discriminations other than sex are man made and can therefore be eradicated, while the one based on sex is nature- made and is thus impossible to remove. Adi Shankara does not admit even this discrimination. Why does he refuse to accept something that is so evident? To understand this, we should analyze what ÔmaleÕ means and what is meant be ÔfemaleÕ. In fact, the famous lady scholar of his time, Ubhaya Bharati Devi, (Mandana MishraÕs wife) posed the same question to Adi Shankara. Shankaracharya, who was acknowledged as a great scholar, is said to have asked for one-month deadline to give the answer. The story goes that after the deadline was over, when Shankaracharya came back, even before he could clarify, Bharati Devi said, " I accept your theory". Whether such an incident really took place is not important. What is important is, the message hidden in it. That detailed discourse in its completeness: Too long to post here. http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/april2000/sooktiapr2000.html Jaya Guru Datta ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
