Excerpts from Bhavanâ??s journal dt.15 Jan 2006- Article â??Life beyond incarnationâ?? by Parur S Ganesan. The author has quoted the two slokas â??yada yada hi dharmasyaâ?? and â??Paritranaya sadhunamâ?? and he writes, â??While the mission statement in the former sloka is gentle and passive the same in the latter was aggressive, even smacking violence. The purpose of the article seems to be that even an incarnation cannot escape the result of His karma. He further says â?? the first three incarnations were in line with the first objective. Ithowever turned out to be terribly violent in Narasimha, crafty in Vamana, violent again in the two Ramas and Krishna.â?? â?? The Lord as Narasimha not only indulged in extreme violence of tearing off the chest and intestines of Hiranyakasipu but in a fit of anger, lost His senses and evenrank His blood and Swallowed his raw flesh before trembling Prahlada and others.â?? About Vamana he writes,â?? Vamana tricked Emperor Mahabali by exploiting the latterâ??s munificence.â?? About Krishna, â?? Krishna did indulge in few annihilations but there was no horror story except the killing of Kamsa . This is however overlooked as a juvenile act. In the Bhagavatgita, however, he advocated violence. About Rama, â??Skippiong the optionof bargaining peace he opted for war and killed Ravana.â?? He futher justifies the abduction of Sita as retaliation of the maiming of Surpanakha..â??Except keeping Sita as captive Ravana never went beyond rajaneethi. Yet Ramaindulged in arson,mass destruction and killing of innocent citizens of Lanka.â?? Even a superficial reader of Ramayana and Bhagavata can see the absurdities and distortions of facts in this article . Though every one of the statements made in the article can be refuted I think it is a sheer waste of time to indulge in denying what is obviously an untruth. However I have voiced my protest to the editor and have sent my article on the significance of Dasavatara ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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