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Re: brahman's pervasiveness in ugly matter

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bzzzz_23 • August 17, 2002 


Hi ppl
The moderator used to pull me up every now and then whenever i used 
to ask a question saying that this group was too highly philospohical 
etc to be asking the kind of questions which i asked - now, i really 
wonder if he's asleep. Anyway - Mr. Ram - animal faeces - its not all 
that ugly as u think -i've seen many ppl sprinkling the urine of cows 
on their head - its so sacred .. and the stools of cows are very 
useful - they are a natural disinfectant - they are used to clean the 
floor after ppl have had their meals -( this was when ppl used to eat 
siting on the floor -don't try this at home though )- and hey - 
cowshit smells decent - better than any other thing of its kind.I've 
been talking too much abt cows. animal faeces - over a period of time 
decomposes - and turns into manure ! which provides with all the 
nutrition that plants need to grow ! and these plants provide us with 
fruits - which we consume - so in the larger sense - we're thankful 
to them. Coz we are in a way eating what they refuse !! I may not be 
answering ur question - i just wanted to say that they aren't ugly 
and stinky and despicable as u mentioned- they're just part of 
nature - if living beings coudn't discard the unwanted things that 
they consumed - then they would lead sick lives !

- In bhakti-list@y..., "tg_ramkumar"  wrote:
> Bear with me on this stinker.
> 
> To those that say "everything is verily brahman", 
> "brahman is verily everything", 
> "matter is a mode of brahman's existence", 
> "brahman pervades everything" and such -
> 
> Could you explain what you mean?
> 
> What do you think of brahman's pervasiveness in despicable things 
> such as animal faeces?
> 
> Please do not ignore SrI-rAmAnuja's descriptions of the brahman
> such as  "akhika-heya-pratyanIka", "samasta-vastu-vilakshaNa", 
> "trividha-chetana-achetana-svarUpa-sthiti-pravRtti-
> bhEdam", "sakhaletara vilakshaNa",
> "aSesha-dosha-asamspRshTam".
> 
> aDiyEn
> //Ramkumar



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