Male & female balancing

[Guest guest]

Polyandry is now practised in Haryana and Punjab where the ratio (female/male) has grossly got skewed due to practice of female foetus homicide. Although the law bans foetus sex determination and abortion of female foetus, it is observed more in breach than in practice. The richer the society, the wider is the practice of female foeticide. Read the newspapers of North India for the harrowing tales of girls from poor families being duped into marrying rich farmers of Haryana and Punjab. After marriage, they find that they have not only to cook for the extended family of brothers, but also to share their bed with them. A few imprisonments have taken place but the practice is not dying out due to fear of law. The bridegrooms have now to pay a hefty dowry to the girl's family and this has led to some rethinking on the merits/demerits of female foeticide. Coupled with this is the reward scheme for female children introduced by Government of HARYANA.

Rajinder Sandhir

 

 

-

Sunil Bhattacharjya

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:08 AM

Re: [HealthyIndia] Male & female balancing

 

 

Yes. The killing of the foetus is called 'Bhruna hatya'. This is a great sin in Hinduism and the expiation of that sin is not easy.As regards the "Male & female balancing" act there were, in some societies, the practice of polyandry when the male population exceeded the female population and of polygamy when the female population exceeded the male population. In some societies these practices probably still persist. These processes too seem to have evolved naturally due to the prevailing circumstances and became socially acceptable norms in those societies.Regards,

..

[Guest guest]

Yes, abortion is against Hindu principles.

In fact, Ahinsa -- nonviolence -- is the highest

Dharm according to the Mahabharat:

 

Ahinsa is the highest Dharm. Ahinsa is the best

Tapas. Ahinsa is the greatest gift. Ahinsa is the

highest self-control. Ahinsa is the highest

sacrifice. Ahinsa is the highest power. Ahinsa is

the highest friend. Ahinsa is the highest truth.

Ahinsa is the highest teaching.

- Mahabharat 18.116.37-41

 

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

Om Shanti

 

 

Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote:

> Not being a philosopher I would choose to be

> guided by Our Ten Commandments

> which include " Thou shalt not Kill " so killing

> foetuses/foetae - to me - is

> not a " natural " action, it goes against nature -

> against the natural balance

> of things. Do the Hindu religions and the

> Philosopher have similar

> guidelines to healthy living? ( I have not

> studied the Hindu Religion nor

> " Philosophy " sufficiently to know if they have a

> similar list of

> guidelines )

 

 

 

 

 

______________________________\

____Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all

the tools to get online.

http://smallbusiness./webhosting

[Guest guest]

Thankyou Jyotishi - I love to read this!

 

Jane

 

" Jyotishi "

 

> Yes, abortion is against Hindu principles.

> In fact, Ahinsa -- nonviolence -- is the highest

> Dharm according to the Mahabharat:

>

> Ahinsa is the highest Dharm. Ahinsa is the best

> Tapas. Ahinsa is the greatest gift. Ahinsa is the

> highest self-control. Ahinsa is the highest

> sacrifice. Ahinsa is the highest power. Ahinsa is

> the highest friend. Ahinsa is the highest truth.

> Ahinsa is the highest teaching.

> - Mahabharat 18.116.37-41

>

> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

> Om Shanti

[Guest guest]

You are welcome. You may also

like to read:

 

The Hindu Ethic of Non-Violence

 

http://tinyurl.com/2g6vne

 

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

Om Shanti

 

 

Jane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote:

 

> Thankyou Jyotishi - I love to read this!

>

> Jane

>

> " Jyotishi "

>

> > Yes, abortion is against Hindu principles.

> > In fact, Ahinsa -- nonviolence -- is the

> highest

> > Dharm according to the Mahabharat:

> >

> > Ahinsa is the highest Dharm. Ahinsa is the

> best

> > Tapas. Ahinsa is the greatest gift. Ahinsa is

> the

> > highest self-control. Ahinsa is the highest

> > sacrifice. Ahinsa is the highest power.

> Ahinsa is

> > the highest friend. Ahinsa is the highest

> truth.

> > Ahinsa is the highest teaching.

> > - Mahabharat 18.116.37-41

> >

> > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

> > Om Shanti

 

 

 

 

______________________________\

____Luggage? GPS? Comic books?

Check out fitting gifts for grads at Search

http://search./search?fr=oni_on_mail & p=graduation+gifts & cs=bz

[Guest guest]

Yes. Even in Dattatreya's Yoga-shastra, the earliest Yoga text, the date of which is much before that of the Yoga-sutra of Patanjali, Lord Dattatreya, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, says that for a yogi 'Ahimsa' (Non-harming) and ' Mitahara' (Moderate eating of food) are the most important of the Yamas and Niyamas.SKBJyotishi <jyotish2000 wrote: Yes, abortion is against Hindu principles. In fact, Ahinsa -- nonviolence -- is the highest Dharm according to the Mahabharat: Ahinsa is the highest Dharm. Ahinsa is the best Tapas. Ahinsa is the greatest gift. Ahinsa is the highest self-control. Ahinsa is the highest sacrifice. Ahinsa is the highest power. Ahinsa is the highest friend. Ahinsa is the highest truth. Ahinsa is the highest teaching. - Mahabharat 18.116.37-41 Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi Om Shanti Jane MacRoss <highfield1 (AT) activ8 (DOT) net.au> wrote: > Not being a philosopher I would choose to be > guided by Our Ten Commandments > which include "Thou shalt not Kill" so killing > foetuses/foetae - to me - is > not a "natural" action, it goes against nature - > against the natural balance > of things. Do the Hindu religions and the > Philosopher have similar > guidelines to healthy living? ( I have not > studied the Hindu Religion nor > "Philosophy" sufficiently to know if they have

a > similar list of > guidelines ) ________Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness./webhosting

Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with FareChase.