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Re: Animal killing and Soul merging condemned
susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu (H. Krishna Susarla)
>In a recent posting by Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian of the same title as
>above, there was an extended poetic composition that was not about the
>Vedas, not about any devas, nor was it about any saints. It was about me.
>
>I was wondering if you could take this poem line by line and explain its
>relevance to Hindu dharma. Again, please look in the thread of the same
>title as this message; you long ago accepted that posting for SRH, although
>you denied me from replying on the grounds that my reply contained personal
>attacks.
>
>I am eagerly awaiting your commentary on the aformentioned poetic
>composition. And yes, this is a serious request.
>
Since you are so eagerly awaiting the commentary, I cannot but oblige you.
After all it was my "poem". I am sure you are waiting with bated breath, so
here it is
"It has EXACTLY the same relevance to Hindu Dharma as your gratuitous comment
'Sigh! I thought human beings had evolved out of this chest-beating stage
thousands of years ago'
"
You could have poked fun at specific things in Advaita and I would have joined
your laughter. Instead you chose to indulge in personal attacks, albeit in a
humorous way. So I saw it fit to respond in the same manner. All I wanted to
say was that the Satha Rudra Samhita has no verses talking about the
incarnation of Shankara. I framed it in the same way you framed your "chest
beating" comment. The only difference is that my poem was longer than your
comment.
It's not the first time you have indulged in personal attacks. I can remember
your post with Ken's name on it "Move over aachaaryas ..." which was a flagrant
violation of netiquette. Unfortunately, I can't produce verses from the Paadma
puraana that it violates netiquette. However, it seems to be a common notion
among people in the internet. I have certainly attacked dvaitic doctrines, and
lots of times if not always, in a sarcastic tone. In fact, I just did that once
again. You could do the same with Advaitaa. Believe it or not, I'll join your
laughter.
Ramakrishnan.
--
Sitting quietly doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
http://yake.ecn.purdue.edu/~rbalasub/
