FW: Forwarded Message from Kathirasan

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Kathirasan <kathirasan has sent the following question:

Are women considered inferior to men? Shankara says in Vivekacudamani,

Verse 2, that it is rare to be born as a male. And he also states that

women should not take Sannyas in Brahma Sutras. Why is it so? If the Atman

is beyond qualities, why is it that so much emphasis is given to qualities?

I would like to request the list members to discuss on this subject.

Thanks a million.

Kathi

 

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Note from the List Moderator:

Kathi has sent me this posting and requested my opinion whether the above

question is controversial. I believe that the question is genuine and it is

an appropriate subject matter for our discussion. My sincere thanks to Kathi

for raising this issue.

Few years back, I attended a management training program on "How to deal

with difficult people?" At the end of the training, I understood that there

are no "difficult people" in this world and I lacked the ability to deal

with people. People are just people! Similarly, issues are just issues and

our imagination (Maya) fabricate the controversies. When the ignorance is

removed, the controversies disappear and the issues become an illusion. I am

quite confident that members will be able to apply their discriminating

intelligence (Viveka) during their deliberations.

Thanks again for your cooperation and understanding.

Ram Chandran

List Moderator.

 

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