Dear Friend, I have decided to answer ur query in a very simple language. I might have over simplified so for a good treatise I suggest u follow the advise of Sudarshan swamy. According to hinduism 'swarga' or 'Naakam' (another name for swarga) is a place where there is no unhappiness. 'Naraka' is a place where there is always torture & punishment & no happiness. Both swarga & naraka are controlled by superior souls 'termed' Devas. They are called 'Kama rupis' too. It means that they can assume any form they want. A 'punya atma' - termed as a soul which has amassed lot of punya by good deeds is bestowed with enjoyment of the swarga 'called sawrganandam'. A papathma is destined to spend time in Naraka. All these are to completely consume the earned punya or papa by the soul and then the cycle of entering into a new 'Janma' starts for the soul. All these are decided by the most superior soul the 'paramathma'. One can get out of this vicious circle of cycles by only his grace & to work for it is to perform supreme surrender to him & lead a life of his servant following his wishes & dictats. This is the highest & everlasting bliss which he can bestow on the 'atmas' which is termed 'Moksha'. It is completely different from swarganandam & here the atma attains the paramathma serves him & enjoys with him. Gender is a gift given by nature & has got nothing to do with the anandams or the cons which has been described above as Sudarshan swamy has put it aptly. Every being in this world owing their birth have a prescribed way of life by sastras which are to be adhered. Lord only looks at the adherence and not at the gender or the caste for that matter. Lord has equal passion to all atmas in the world and is interested that every one should attain him i.e. 'moksha'. He strives for it & expects the 'atmas' to reciprocate. Hindu society as a whole treats 'women' & 'men' equally. The first sentence for a shishya from an acharya is "Mathru devo bhava" - looks as though women are bestowed upon with even a slightly superior position. I will stop here & allow u to reflect. Sajjana padapadma parama renuhu Lakshmi Narasimha dasaha 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 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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