[Advaita-l] Dialogues with the guru.

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,
My view is that there are so many dharmic matters which are not in conflict
with national laws, that we are not following out of laziness, incorrect
priorities, rAga-dveSha etc.

Let us first follow those sincerely and then we can worry about how Ishvara
will react to those that we don't follow because they happen to be in
conflict with the laws of the land.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, 12:20 Vinodh via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaskaram
>
> On matters where the law of the State is in conflict with the law of the
> Dharmashaastra, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi Shankara
> Matam has said that he will not ask one to disobey the law of the State. He
> recommends, however, that we must keep speaking of the law of the
> Dharmashaastra and wait and see whether the situation changes favorably. He
> has said this while speaking about child marriage (Voice of God /
> Deivatthin Kural Vol 2).
>
> Om tat sat
> 🙏
>
> On Mon 28. Jun 2021 at 13:45, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Subbuji for that reference. Going against the law or also
> current
> > cultural and social norms in lowering the marriageable age in order to
> > conform to earlier smEti interpretation, hardly seems likely to be a
> > response from even orthodox Acharyas today. Your reference gives a
> > rationale for such an expectation.
> >
> > Om
> > Raghav
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Jun, 2021, 11:12 am V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:10 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
> > > chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > An excellent answer sir. But please forgive me for raising another
> > doubt.
> > > >
> > > > In whatever discourses I have read by the acharyas, they have stated
> > that
> > > > the smriti texts shouldn't be changed and dharma remains constant as
> a
> > > rule
> > > > of isvara.
> > > > Its only through my fault, that I have probably misunderstood what
> they
> > > > have said.
> > > > Please explain how if the shastra cannot be changed with time, we can
> > > > adopt to the present day world.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I quote a passage from the (now unavailable book) The Crest Jewel of
> > Yogis
> > > - First Volume, p.109:
> > >
> > > // In fact, it was Paramacharyal (HH Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati
> > > Mahasvamin) who Himself encouraged Acharyal (HH Sri Abhinava
> Vidyatirtha
> > > Mahasvamin) to take a free and independent line of thinking in such
> > matters
> > > in keeping with the need to cater to a changing and less orthodox
> > society.
> > > .. //
> > >
> > > Hence it is the Guru that is most closely available to us at a given
> > > situation and time that has to be consulted in case of need for
> > > clarification and guidance.  Their writings, various incidents of
> > > devotees/seekers with such a Guru, etc will provide us the leads to
> > > solutions to our questions.  Such clarifications could also be
> > > seeker-specific and may not be universal.  This is how these things
> work.
> > >
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >>>>>
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