[Advaita-l] true colour of Chameleon

[Abhyudaya Mandal]

Devadutta Pattanaik's sexual orientation is simply irrelevant. Even if we
accept that homosexuality is adharmika (which is a debatable issue, by the
way), and argue that such a person cannot interpret the scriptures
properly, then we (and most, if not all, of our sannyasi teachers) will
also be ineligible to comment on the scriptures. How many of us maintain
the daily fires? Or have not crossed the seas? How many of our sannyasi
teachers actually live the yati-lifestyle prescribed in the Manu Smriti
(whose validity in 21st century Kali yuga is, again, debatable)? There are
valid compromises everywhere given the time, place, and situation. Instead
of getting on a high horse, let us: a) look at the interpretations given by
Pattanaik and deconstruct them, if we disagree with them; and b) introspect
and try to overcome our own weakness, instead of slinging mud at others.

Abhyudaya

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09/21/18,
9:46:16 AM

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:37 AM Dev Babu via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Friends. Here is an example of how this
> Adharmic-AsamampradAya-Ayogya "think" can be seen here
> http://www.srimatham.com/
>
> This fellow, a practising purohit in Sydney Australia (like Devdutt Patnaik
> ??^) has now started  a new cult of Vaishnavism called
> "WESTERN VAISHAVISM"  calling it METKALAI - in Tamil  Merku Kalai in
> support of Same Sex Marriage as well.,
> As such we have the ThenKalai and VadaKalai, now this fellow has started
> third one as well - *MetKalai*
> What is the necessity?  Why Western?  I leave the readers to infer and do
> not want to elaborate.
>
> Krishna in B.G. Ch.18 - Sh.32 thus
> adharmam dharmamiti yA manyate tamasAvrtA  |
> sarvArthAn-vipareetAmsca  buddhih sA pArta tAmasee ||
>
> These tAmasa BudhimAn is not dumb, he is clever; but will always construe
> Adharmam as Dharmam, and whatever logic and reason by scriptures you
> provide, he will interpret it with twisted meaning.  He can NOT think
> straight, as he is not.
>
> Again Krishna says in B.G. CH.7.Sh.11 that
> dharmAviruddho Bhuteshu KAmosmi -
> I am the Desire in beings which is not contradictory to dharmam.
>
> Hence, one cannot take that all my desire how soever is God's approved.
> There is Purusha Dharmam,  Stree Dharmam - Desirre of biological nature
> abiding by this is approved.
>
> Again, Progeny can only take place by:
> mAtha Purva rupam - Pithotara Rupam - PrajA sanddhi:  - prajanangum
> santAnam
>
> KrishnArrpaNamastu !
>
> Harih Om
> Babu
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 5:12 AM GR Vishwanath via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Please  give us some links if you have the time.
> >
> >  Also- where does it rank with say the Adharmic act of crossing the seas
> > and settling in a Mlecha land? Are we more or less Adharmic than him?  Or
> > just Adharmic in different ways?
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:22 PM Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 6:32 PM GR Vishwanath via Advaita-l <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Him being gay is neither here nor there. It is irrelevant.
> > > >
> > >
> > > A jaundiced eye sees the world yellow; reinterpretation of scriptures
> in
> > > modern asAmpradAyika way is neither here nor there. Ergo, the topic is
> > very
> > > much relevant in the context of Devdutt interpreting scriptures
> (already
> > > refuted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkMFLuOa3M)
> > >
> > > Kind rgds,
> > > --Praveen R. Bhat
> > > /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one
> know
> > > That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
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