05-18-2007, 10:38 PM
Nevertheless he refused to enter heaven and leave the dog(dharma) that had followed him outside. What is the lesson here?
<!--QuoteBegin-SwamyG+May 18 2007, 09:49 PM-->QUOTE(SwamyG @ May 18 2007, 09:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Hyagriva+May 18 2007, 09:57 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Hyagriva @ May 18 2007, 09:57 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Bhakthi tradition, at advanced stages of Bhakthi, one does not observe the rules of society, tradition or mundane dharma after reaching a stage of unpolluted, unrestrained love for God.
Similarly, Yudhistra was given a chance by Lord Krishna to stop giving supreme allegiance to Dharma, give up his high stool and just spontaneously do whatever is to be done for the SOLE PLEASURE OF THE LORD.
This is the supreme aim of a Bhakta, to do anything and everything for the singular aim of his Lord's pleasure.
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Well, personally I do not gel with the bhakti tradition. Well that is me. Do we exist just to please the Lord, and dance at his (her?) whims and fancies? I am not so sure.
What is going to prevent people from kicking the stools that they stand on and proclaim whatever they do is because of their supreme love towards their gods. Suicide bombers of Islam are then blowing themselves and others, to show obedience to their god and reach him, discarding mundane dharma of the society we live in.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The love of Gopis for Lord Krishna is one such example, their love was more supreme than their obligations of faithfulness to their own husbands. Their love 'transcended' even the supreme Dharma of their 'wifehoods'.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So can a adulterer confess of such kind of love towards her masculine neighbor.
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<!--QuoteBegin-SwamyG+May 18 2007, 09:49 PM-->QUOTE(SwamyG @ May 18 2007, 09:49 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Hyagriva+May 18 2007, 09:57 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Hyagriva @ May 18 2007, 09:57 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Bhakthi tradition, at advanced stages of Bhakthi, one does not observe the rules of society, tradition or mundane dharma after reaching a stage of unpolluted, unrestrained love for God.
Similarly, Yudhistra was given a chance by Lord Krishna to stop giving supreme allegiance to Dharma, give up his high stool and just spontaneously do whatever is to be done for the SOLE PLEASURE OF THE LORD.
This is the supreme aim of a Bhakta, to do anything and everything for the singular aim of his Lord's pleasure.
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Well, personally I do not gel with the bhakti tradition. Well that is me. Do we exist just to please the Lord, and dance at his (her?) whims and fancies? I am not so sure.
What is going to prevent people from kicking the stools that they stand on and proclaim whatever they do is because of their supreme love towards their gods. Suicide bombers of Islam are then blowing themselves and others, to show obedience to their god and reach him, discarding mundane dharma of the society we live in.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The love of Gopis for Lord Krishna is one such example, their love was more supreme than their obligations of faithfulness to their own husbands. Their love 'transcended' even the supreme Dharma of their 'wifehoods'.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So can a adulterer confess of such kind of love towards her masculine neighbor.
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