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--- Parthasarathy.Sudarsan@xxxx wrote:
> Dear Bhagavathaas,
> AdiyEn's two cents on the ongoing discussions on
> the NY tragedy and observations like"God can only love, he ought to
> love in terms of preventing diasters too....etc". 
> 
> Trying to understand God based on a few vAkyam from Sri Bhagavad
> Geetha or selective reading of Shruthis/PramAnas is very very
> difficult, and more importantly trying to apply that understanding
> to justify events is even more difficult, especially when acts of
> Anaathi Karma of ours, leave alone others, is unknown to us, but
> known to the supreme. 

Dear friends,

I have been reading the many mails that have appeared on this thread
for the past few days. I'd like to make a clarification. 

My first mail on this subject was in specific reply to Sri.Malolan
Cadambi's e-mail asking for views on "fate, free-will and
bhagavath-sankalpam". Both Sri.Malolan's poser and adiyane's response
to him were posted many days before the tragic events of New York
overtook us all. As such my views on the subject have nothing to do
with recent unfortunate incidents. 

In my post I tried to illustrate how a study into the 'puranic'
character of Kunti in the Mahabharata can give us valuable clues to
the roles Fate, Free-will and bhagavath-sankalpam each play in a
'jIvA's' time on earth. 

Adiyane has really no views at all with regard to how the subject of
Sri.Malolan's queries is in any way related to the tragedy and terror
of New York last week... except, perhaps, if you will allow me, to
say that in catastrophic moments in life such as the present one, it
would be far better for us to discuss practical and kind things we
could all do, offer or volunteer to help/console the unfortunate
victims, instead of discussing fine points of scripture and
philosophy. 

I think there is a proper time and place for everything in life...
even if it's something as worthy and lofty as trying to read God's
own mind or "bhagavath-sankalpam"... and this is not really the time
for it, adiyane would think.

Thanks and regards,
dAsan,
Sudarshan



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