Dear friend, I write this to you in a spirit of friendship and brotherliness and so please do not get unduly offended. You pose these questions perhaps out of sincerity and a genuine sense of inquiry. But you should be careful in future as to the language in which questions are framed. Reading your post one may get the mistaken impression that your attitude to womanhood is cavalier. I'm sure you mean no disrespect to womanhood but my advice to you is to be very circumspect in these matters. As to your question itself, you should first learn that at the core of Hinduism is a philosophy called 'Vedanta' and at the very root of this Vedanta is the belief in Soul ('AtmA'). The Atma knows no gender. There is no such thing as feminine soul and masculine soul. It is only the body that gets differentiated by gender. When an Atma attains liberation from the cycle of birth-death- rebirth, it is said to attain 'mOksha'. You asked about 'svarga'. Now 'svarga' and 'mOksha' in Hinduism do not mean the same thing. 'Heaven' or 'Paradise' as it is generally known in Christianity or Islam is virtually alien to Hinduism or Vedanta. The conception of 'Heaven' in Vedanta is very profound and it has nothing to do with the sort of "dancing around" that you speak of in your post. My suggestion to you is that before you go inquiring into any subject, it is better to first get acquainted with its fundamentals, concepts and principles. You have to get familiar with its idiom and language. Only then can you understand its substance. Thereafter you are free to pursue the subject through rigorous inquiry and challenging questions. Why don't you first start with taking up a good book on Hinduism and study it threadbare. For starters, why don't you go the archives of SriRangaSri and begin reading Sri Anbil Ramaswamy's "Hinduism Re- discovered"? Regards, dAsan, Sudarshan --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "swathiparavastu" <swathiparavastu@xxxx> wrote: > Heaven is place where good men live after life in a place ruled and > controlled by King Indra. They dont age and hence donot have troubles > and pains of HUMAN LIFE form. They eat and drink and have fun with > women dancing around etc. > This is what I know from when I was probably 6 yrs old. Now at the > age of 26 I wonder what is in it for women? > What is supposed to be "SWARGAM" for women? Apart from praying for > their husbands and kids and ofcourse caring for home. What happens to > them after "after life"? If they are not loyal to their husbands they > go to hell, thats clear. How does Hinduism treat women in this matter. > If heaven and hell were created to impart fear in people then what > attracts women towards heaven? Is there anything related to this in > any vedas? How does heaven look in vedas or any other devotional > books? > I donot have much knowledge about vedas or manosastra, so, I will be > glad if any body can help out. > > Any comments !!! > Swathi
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