question on 'sati'
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• December 2, 1999
Respected Members, The practice of Sati is more of demonstrative nature of practices. as you know this practice was allegedly existing in northern part of the country few hundred years back. North india unlike south was repeatedly raided and swindled by foreign kings. Not just the kingdom, they laid their hands on the social fabric of Hindu society and destoryed the rich traditions etc, Unfortunately women too were taken away by the rulers and thier men along with material wealth. After reemergence of Hindusim, People in this land had become demonstrative in their attitude towards religion and practice. I had once lamented in my earlier posts that we are more becoming religious and less spritual. Hindusim is unfortuntely becoming more of demonstrative religions like these one born out of inferiority complex and insecured mentality. there exists a lot gap between knowledge of scriptures, sayings and the actual practices. we can also attribute to the influence of Buddism on this land for almost 500 years which has wiped out sastric dharma in this land. Though Manu has written about women falling on the fire, he did not try to codify that. it is more of a opinion from him. hence there was no necssity for spritual heads to have any opinion on this . Dasan K.M.Narayanan ---------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
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