04-27-2007, 10:10 AM
I have heard of Namboodiris also viewing Smarthas and Iyengars exactly as sengotuvel mentioned.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->but they are most likely not marrying them because they are Hindus, they are marrying them because they want to continue having sex with them. And as I pointed out before, they don't particularly care for the tradtions of the Madhwas, or of anyone else's for that matter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that is the perspective of a layman or a voyeur. It is a deeper need to relate to a soul that usually culminates in a love marriage. That need might turn into sexuality later on but that is immaterial.
To say that someone else has married due to a need for sex is akin to viewing them as carrying lower moral standards than the observer.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->but they are most likely not marrying them because they are Hindus, they are marrying them because they want to continue having sex with them. And as I pointed out before, they don't particularly care for the tradtions of the Madhwas, or of anyone else's for that matter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that is the perspective of a layman or a voyeur. It is a deeper need to relate to a soul that usually culminates in a love marriage. That need might turn into sexuality later on but that is immaterial.
To say that someone else has married due to a need for sex is akin to viewing them as carrying lower moral standards than the observer.