01-07-2005, 04:11 AM
Soundarya Lahari.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Soundaryalahari, as well as in many similar works, <b>there is mention about attaining a most attractive form, captivating women into submission by means of mantra,</b> and such matters. These should not be taken literally. What does it mean to bring another into submission to you? It only means that you are already submitting yourself to such practices. To appropriate a lot of property simply means to allow oneself to be appropriated by that thought of proprietorship. <b>To want to bring somebody else into submission implies that you are already submissive to such thoughts.</b> Thereafter there is no question of bhakti towards ambaal or of surrendering to Her. Our Acharya would never have meant to make us slaves to such mean desires.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In Soundaryalahari, as well as in many similar works, <b>there is mention about attaining a most attractive form, captivating women into submission by means of mantra,</b> and such matters. These should not be taken literally. What does it mean to bring another into submission to you? It only means that you are already submitting yourself to such practices. To appropriate a lot of property simply means to allow oneself to be appropriated by that thought of proprietorship. <b>To want to bring somebody else into submission implies that you are already submissive to such thoughts.</b> Thereafter there is no question of bhakti towards ambaal or of surrendering to Her. Our Acharya would never have meant to make us slaves to such mean desires.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->