man made bias in the name of god-Sabirmala 1/7

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Dear Prashantji,

 

//I hope readers like Sriganesh, srinivas natarajan won't find it as

a bias I want women also to have a darshan in seperate times or

ques, why wait till they r 50. and also all faiths r down on faith

it is her mentality more. so offesne on ayappa's.//

 

why you have to add this pointer.....i feel specifically mentioning

names itself reveals that you still carry illfeeling ....my point of

rebuttal is on tamil issue as you keep on touching the sentiments

without any real understanding of the problem over there...that's

all and nothing more...

 

About this ayyappa issue, myself is a worshipper of devi srilalitha

maha tripura sundari and i respect all practices in all religions

and hence no comments on this thread..

 

i have seen arjunji's mail and look at this issue as one which gives

me opportunity to reason out why there are so many differences in

religious practices...we can say different agama shastras and

different sila nirnaya paddhati say in palani, the statue is made of

navapashana..and hence no abishek on the main statute, in

thiruchendur the vibhuti(sacred ash) is given in some specific

leaves....why there is so much difference and why it has been kept

like this...why nobody questioned these practices...all these days

etc.,

 

one thing positive is offlate i was keen to learn abt ashtamangala

prashna but postponing due to time constraints and this incident has

provided me more resolve to learn as soon as possible.

 

i dont want to take your view that it is simple herd mentality...no

way especially in this information age...if you can enlighten me,you

are most welcome. but if you want fight with me keeping

illfeelings...you can do that too...

 

sriganeshh

 

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> panditarjun2004 <panditarjun2004

wrote: dear friends

>

> the recent sabarimala controversy due to jayamala's confession

to an

> astrologer made public, has made the media busy with portraying

such

> rules as gender bias.

>

> no god ever tells that only one religion people shall come to me.

> earlier in india in the same religion also lower castes were not

> allowed to visit temples. now in the same religion females are

not

> allowed. in another temple in the south, foreigners are not

allowed

> even to have a darshan at a distance and all they can watch is

the

> temple from outside. truly these things are spoiling the

reputation

> of the great vedic culture and this holy land which has been

> treating all humans equally .

>

> most famous holy places are situated in the north, be it ayodhya,

> mathura, kashi or many jyotirlingas and shakti peethas and in all

> these places, all humans (including females) are allowed inside

the

> sanctum sanctorum and can offer poojas by touching the dieties.

> unfortunately in south india, there are too many bias on too many

> counts. if you wish to have a free darshan of the diety, you

would

> watch the diety at a distance of 100 feet. if you pay rs.100 you

> would watch the diety at a lesser distance of 50 feet. if you pay

> rs.500 you would watch the diety clost to the diety at just 10

> feet. you pay more than rs.1000 you can go inside the sanctum

> sanctorum and sit in front of the god. nowhere in any of the most

> famous temples (ayodhya, mathura or kasi) not even one rupee is

> charged and all rich and poor will have same close darshan alike

> without any bias.

>

> seems like none of the south indian temple managers have learnt

any

> lesson from the adi sankaracharya (south indian) who found shiva

in

> a chandal in kashi and what he preached to his followers in the

> south has been falling on deaf ears.

>

> it is high time people realise the gender bias, caste bias, money

> bias and allow all humans to reach the god, FOR THE SAME GOD

DWELLS

> IN ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

>

> the reason for my writing this in this group is because all

> astrologers advocate worshipping of certain deities or visit

certain

> temple to all humans equally without any bias of caste, religion

or

> gender.

>

> with best wishes

> pandit arjun

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[Guest guest]

dear learned members,

I am giving my reasons for denial of entry of women in

reproductive age group to Sabarimala. I admit I have

not been to sabarimala. In my younger days I use to

respect people who observe viritham and proceed to

sabarimala, because devotees going to the temple were

few and they didnt have thatmuch of facilities or

infrastructre as u find today. Coming to denial of

women, the possibilities are if women have to observe

40days of viritham, then women having a menstrual

cycle of 28-40days will menstruate which according to

hindu religious practices isnt acceptable to do

rituals or pooja. Of course this is a normal

biological action in a woman but according to hindu

customs if somebody dies members of that family are

advised not to visit temples for period of one year,

similarly in a women every menstrual cycle releases an

egg or oocyte which dies if there isnt fertilisation.

this in turn translates to menstrual periods by

shedding of the endometrium which otherwise was ready

to receive the fertilised egg. In other temples u dont

have such lengthy viratham to be observed.

 

with good wishes,

k.gopu