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Re: Birth Control
Raghu Ram (rram@pipeline.com) wrote:
: Such a stance as described by: Hari Krishna Susarla (see portion of his
: post below) is paramount to saying that all unneccessary activities in a
: persons life should be limited. One eating more than neccessary to sustain
: life, or sleeping late on the weekend is a form of sense gratification as
: he calls it. Since he states this is not a service to the Lord humans
: should not act like this. Obviously we all do things that would be
: considered sense gratification. Maybe even the greatest of all these sense
: gratifications for some is prayer/meditation.
:
: Obviously since we all practice in "sense gratification" there should be
: some other interpretation to disvow the use of birth control, or else we
: also should disvow the baking of really good tasting chocalate cake!
I don't see why we need 'some other interpretation.' I agree that many of
us probably practice the forms of sense gratification you just mentioned,
but that just means we have to stop doing it. We should not look for other
interpretations just to justify some sense gratification which we think
is okay. This kind of attitude is especially troublesome in Kali Yuga,
where everyone is more interested in finding an interpretation that suits
them instead of just finding out what the Truth is.
Haribol,
Krishna
:
: I think that it would be absurd to equate this interpretation to not using
: a condom. I have never read or heard any conflict in hinduism to using
: artificial methods of birth control.
:
: I would not however classify elective abortions in this category of birth
: control. I can imagine conflict with the theories of re-incarnation for an
: elective abortion but not with avoiding conception in the first place.
: Then considering the various types of artificial birth control and the
: mechanism and timing of their actions (relative to fertilization) would
: make this a very complicated question.
:
:
: Responding to:
: **************
:
: Birth control, whatever its effects at the level of society, is a license
: for unlimited sense gratification between two people. This type of sense
: gratification, even if done after marriage, is not a service to the Lord.
: Hence, it is animalistic, and will lead to karmic reaction. Humans are not
: meant act like animals. Limited sexual activity during marriage life is
: permitted, as long as it is done to bring up children for the Lord.
:
: Hari Krishna Susarla
: ****************************
:
: Respectfully disagreeing
:
: Raghu Ram
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