[Advaita-l] doubt on spoken bad language (It is OK to Lie)

[Yadu Moharir]

Namste:
 
In this context Mahabharat give an interesting twist by recommending us to remain practical.

 
na narma yukta.n vachanaM hinasti 
na strIShu rAjanna vivAha kAle . 
prANAtyaye sarvadhanApahAre 
pa~nchAnR^itAnyAhurapAtakAni ..MB. aadiparva 78. 16..
 
Meaning - It is OK to lie at following five occasions.  During joking, with women, at the time of marriage, when life is at stake or when all your possession could be lost.
 
Similar thoughts get echoed in ManusmR^Iti as well -
 
kaaminiiShu vivaaheShu gavaa.m bhakxe tathendhane |
braahmaNaabhyupapattau ca shapathe naasti paatakam || manusmR^iti 8.12 ||
 
Meaning - It is OK to lie to women (may be this was advised to men who had more than one wife to sat say to one or each one them that he loves her the most or she is the most favorite ... etc.;  in order to keep peace and harmony in the family unit), at the time of marriage (may be this could be like, " I will not marry anybody else".  ... etc   ),  While trying to get feed for the cow, Fuel for cooking or while trying to protect Brahmans.  During the occasions lies do not get classified as "paataka".
 
So dharmashaastra does give a "license to l.ie" on specific occasions.
 
Regards,
 
Dr. Yadu


anantharaman <anantharaman at touchtelindia.net> wrote:
Among the very famous verses quoted from the scriptures, the following stands out in context:

Satyam bruyaat, priyam bruyaat, na bruyaat satyam apriyam.

Speak the truth, speak Love, also do not speak truth which is unpalatable

Anantharaman


----- Original Message ----- 
From: narendra sastry 
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: [Advaita-l] doubt on spoken bad language


namaste all
i am narendra sastry bowing to all learned souls.
i am having a pecular question, such as is there any scriptures such as 
puranic stories or subhashita anything which tells the importance of using 
only GOOD WORDS and avoiding BAD WORDS for any reason while we speak every 
day.
also would like to know what the effect on mind and body if one continuously 
uses bad words and also how to avoid bad words permanently? please do advice

-- 
cheers
narendra sastry
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