on 2/4/06 6:05 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 'Vedic literature' is full of ghastly wars, vile punishments for >> minor crimes, talking animals and wizardry too. >> > > ************** > > You wrote a book about a great saint, so you think you have standing > to evaluate spiritual topics, but you write from a level of > intelligence that does not qualify you to be more than a gossip > columnist at a tabloid. > > The centerpiece of Vedic culture is total awareness -- if you seek > that, the ugliness you refer to goes away: i.e., stay tuned for the > Sat Yuga.
I think he was referring to things like the Manu Smriti, which is full of brutal punishments for minor crimes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
