Mani's note on the role of women
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• January 24, 1997
Dear friends, I want to just add something to Mani's thread posted as follows on the place of women in our traditions : " ...I am reminded of the great dialogue between the rishi yAjnavalkya and his wife maitreyi that takes a central place in the brhadAraNyaka upanishad. We see in maitreyi's questions some of the fundamental issues facing the individual. Where would Vedanta be without her questioning? And what of Gargi, who would not rest until her curiosity about ultimate reality led to Brahman Itself? ..." May I add that we should not also forget those immortal lines of Lord Parameswara at the end of the Vishnu SahasranAmam ( "sri rAma, rAma, rAmEthi..."etc.) was in response to Parvati's poser :("kenOpAyEna laguna ..." etc.) !! One sometimes wonders if without Parvati's interjection on behalf of her famous brother, whether ParamEswara could have been inspired to utter those famous lines on "Rama" "shabdhA" considered the equivalent of all the Lord's 1008 divine epithets each containing the secrets of His 'kalayana-gunAs' !! Of course, women have a place ... I think the 'vedic' tradition has established it undoubtedly in many, many ways. Perhaps scholars amongst us like Sri.Anbil may be able to elaborate on this more. lakshmi-nrsumha priyan, sudarshan
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