--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 7/31/06 1:11:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > jflanegi@ writes: > > > > I just got done reading a condensed version of the Mahabharata > which > > > contains a short version of all the stories from the full > version. > > > What's striking about every story is how aggressive Krishna is > in > > > demanding that that the five Pandava brothers including Arjuna > kill > > > their relatives even though they all protested. Krishna never > even > > > hinted at negotiations, reconciliations or truces. He insisted > that > > > they be killed. Many of the stories describe Krishna killing, > > > beheading bad guys, demons, rakshasas. > > > > > The last remark I recall that Maharishi made about the killing in > the > > BG is that it is all internal, meant to be seen as an internal > war vs > > a literal one. It was during the past year or so during a press > > conference. > > > > > > > > Yet M used to say that the battle took place right where Noidia > is, a > > physical site. > > > The danger in misinterpreting the BG from a standpoint of non- > Realization is that it leads to self righteousness, vs Self- > Righteousness. There is a world of difference. >
All Hindu literature can be interpretted from the perspective of different states of consciousness, slanted by different philosphical disciplines, according to MMY, according to tradition. That's 4 relative states (waking, TC, CC and GC) x 6 philosophical systems = 24 possible interpretations that are totally "scriptural." 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/
