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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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