All those reasons... look good. But if someone were to just visit an overseas land. Say for example one of the gurus had to perform a Dolai utsavam in a foreign country, what happens then. will it be still wrong to travel and get back home ? Arvind Hello Ashok, Saturday, December 11, 2004, 3:27:13 PM, you wrote: > Obviously, the writer is not qualified to give a > definitive answer to this question, but here is one > point of view: > 1. India is permeated with tremendous spiritual > vibrations due to the nature of the Great Ones that > incarnated there - this would not be available in most > other places in the world. > 2. When a person lives in a country outside of India > (applies to all living outside their own country), he > or she gets bound karmically to that country by virtue > of merely living there - for example, many people may > have sacrificed their lives for this other country, > and the foreigner is living off their labor/sacrifice; > or the country may have been occupied illegally and by > deceit, and the foreigner, if he lives off that land, > and consumes the food grown in that soil, is literally > taking on the bad karma of that land; or the country's > leaders may lead or may have led the country into > wrong wars (like Hitler, and others for example)- the > person again gets karmically bound if he lives in that > soil/country, etc. India is the only country in the > world that has not initiated a war on its own, > illegally occupied territory, etc. > 3. The person could be used as a medium (almost > always without his knowledge) for evil from this > foreign country to enter India when he visits India. > 4. Other causes could be: simple practical reasons > such as differences in culture, weather, religion, > lack of good/moral values in society (for example, > Sweden has a highly permissive/liberal society - the > environ is not suitable for spiritual progress either > for the person or his progeny), etc. > Yet some Great Indian Yogis have travelled/lived in > foreign countries, as ordained by their Indian Gurus - > why? Perhaps their motive was not to have a > comfortable, rich (moneywise) life but to propagate > spiritual values throughout the world as per the > principle : Vasudeiva Kutumbakam. > Ashok Krishnamurthy > --- Arvind Rangan <rarvind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> this question mighthave popped up.. but neverthless, >> i would like to >> ask again. >> >> Why is it that, "Kadal thandaradu", crossing the >> ocean is forbidden >> for us ? >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Arvind >> mailto:rarvind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- Best regards, Arvind mailto:rarvind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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