[Advaita-l] Chanting Gayatri overseas

[Santosh Rao]

I understand, I myself have emailed Sri Jaldhar directly with personal
questions because I value his opinions greatly. For the past 3 years this
list has been one of my "go to's" for shastric knowledge. But the fact that
I have to come to the obscure ends of the internet in order to read
traditional views and discussions regarding vedanta is demonstrative about
what I am saying.

I don't particularly favor the view that duties like SV and chanting
Gayatri should be forsaken overseas, but at the same time I don't find the
excuses made for disregarding clear statements in shruti very satisfying.
I'm sorry if I offended anyone, it wasn't my intention


Namaskara,

Santosh


On Oct 7, 2017 8:19 AM, "Sujal Upadhyay via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

If we take this injunction too seriously, this list will fall apart. Owner
(admin), moderators and some active members are living in foreign land. The
list itself should have filter that only those living in India should be
allowed to join.

This very discussion is possible because of these (foreign) members who
have contributed a lot to this list.

There are people who are actively involved in defending sanAtana dharma,
their contribution too should be discarded and we should not be in contact
with them. In fact practising dvija-s should avoid interacting with those
who do not practice.

All western invention should be at once abandoned like Computer, Mobile,
TV, internet, Youtube, etc.We should stop doing business with them. Those
doing business with them are not qualified to even see Brahmins, forget
giving donations. Everybody in touch with foreigner is impure and so must
be avoided.

I too am not qualified to say anything on any matter.

So now, what is the way ahead. Cannot deny shAstra-s, cannot ignore hard
work and contribution of (foreign) Hindu or say Western Hindu.

OM
Sujal


On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Santosh Rao via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> I believe the mercy of acarya is boundless, but that doesn't change right
> from wrong.
>
> Perhaps acarya is cognizant of the fact that most people will do whatever
> their heart is set upon regardless. But since it's better to perform ones
> dharma in a flawed manner than to perform another's perfectly, perhaps
> acaryas blessings were given in that context. Many demons received
> blessings from God himself before going on a rampage of sin on previous
> yugas, and we happen to be living in the worst age.
>
> Speaking as a person born and brought up in the west, I can tell you that
a
> big reason why the younger brahmanas and other hindus being raised abroad
> are losing interest in shastras and dharma is because in many cases they
> can sense the hypocrisy of their elders who value their own comforts over
> most else. Why should they take dharma seriously when the elders
themselves
> are content with some watered down version? It's all about money and
> status. Let's be completely honest, brahmanas who cross seas to come here
> are not refugees. They come for wealth and comfort. What is the sense of
> such people teaching vedanta?
>
> Namaskara,
>
> Santosh
>
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