Sanatana Dharma - Aka Hinduism (1st Bin)

[Husky]

<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Jun 25 2008, 06:00 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Jun 25 2008, 06:00 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Now, even then, I feel, this marriage was NOT an Arya marriage, since it was conducted without first seeking the blessings of neither the adopted parent not the biological.[right][snapback]83324[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I am certain that all parents of the couple couldn't be happier with their grandchild.
It may not have followed some traditional guidelines on marriage, but the outcome was wonderful. All's well as ends well. Also, the couple had the blessings of the Gods. Sure, the case involved some amnesia and bringing up baby as a temporarily single parent, but it turned out okay in the end.

I don't think life is made or can be restrained by hard and fast rules. There is fluidity and where the outcome is good - where good and caring people get married - people should be happy for it.

But Bharata's mum and dad's choice to get married does not have any bearing whatsoever on Hindu people today marrying christoislamics. Bharata's parents were both Hindus. Therefore, my approving of Shakuntala's case does not mean I approve of Hindus running off with the faithful of terrorist ideologies. (Then again, my approval is neither here nor there: people have the right to do whatever they want. I merely retain the right to make fun of them <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->)