Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Dear Barbara, Devotion has to be in the heart, dont take literal meaning from the puranas they are written long time back. Devotion if life, love and compassion against all living beings. Om namah shivaya, Divakar. --- Barbara, UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote: > Dear DharmaDev: > > This is a quote which upsets me very much and makes > me feel that I am wasting my time with devotions. It > is from Skanda Puraan.a, Vol. 67, page 65, or from > chapter 11, "Origin of Raajabhat.t.aaraka". It > states, Lord Shiva talking to Devi, "This Bhaarata > Vars.a is the seed of everything, O lady of > excellent countenance. It is Karmabhuumi. The > consequences of incurring merit and sins are not > obtained elsewhere." > > Since I don't live in Bhaarata Vars.a, I wonder > whether there be any point in doing devotions. > > It states also in the same passage: "The division of > Yugas exists only here (in Bhaarata Vars.a). So also > the classification of the people into four Varn.as." > > Do you have any thoughts on this? Are we, not in > India, wasting our time? > > Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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