[sv-rituals] Re: Abhivadanam
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• April 21, 2002
SriRAmaJayam, Dear Narayan, I agree with your viewpoint and I've been tortured by that "prohibition" of women from chanting vedas but I haven't got any satisfactory logical consistent(as RAmAnujA used sAmAn AdikhAraNa principle)answer. Motherhood is one form of stage a woman undergoes in her lifetime but of course a mother has passed through all the stages of womanhood. If women don't qualify to chant vEdAs,how come a mother gets qualification? I don't see any right conclusion(siddhanta)here. Lord GItAchAryan says in BG(I think 15th Ch,15 slokam,I could be wrong,it's been a while since I read BG)that HE is the one who is to be known in the vEdAs,HE is the author of the vEdAs. God is for everybody so why can't women chant vEdAs to realize/feel HIM? Why does this partiality persist. I have "alpa" desire to learn vEdAs but due to all these misconceptions I keep myself away from it(I don't even know whether I should feel fortunate/unfortunate to have been born as female from vEdic standpoint!). For me AzhwArs are eternal. Can any learned,scholarly people justify this viewpoint? I would be very grateful to hear on what grounds women are not qualified to chant vEdAs. Sarvam krSNArpaNam astu gita -- In sv-rituals@y..., NARAYANHK@a... wrote: > Mr. Narasimhan wrote "Since women are ineligible to utter Veda mantrams....." > > > I do not understand why women are ineligible to chant Vedas. Is this because > of male domination? When we can pray to godesses Saraswati, Lakshmi, > Parvati, and Durga why can not women chant vedas. > > It is high time we have women priests in the temple and head of religious > institutions. Not giving importance to a woman in Veda chanting is as > ridiculous as men domination in a Christian church. We should be progressive > in our thoughts. > > Regards, > HKNarayan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- SrImatE rAmAnujAya namaH -- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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