It (ayam, the soul, the atma) cannot be cut in anyway, it cannot be burnt in anyway, it cannot be wet in any way (by water, or if death were to occur by drowning), it cannot be dried up in any way (by the wind). Within that body is a dehi – the atma – the soul and that dehi is in no way of 35 affected. Like Arjuna, we get deluded since we are only looking at the body (deham). But, even such a death, cruel and heart wrenching as it may seem to us who are still alive, is not to be grieved. The Indian community in Metro Detroit was in a state of shock. All four occupants of the north bound vehicle (the SUV), from the Telugu community of Metro Detroit, and the sole occupant of the car (a 23-year old from Ukraine) died in a fiery crash when the gas tank exploded. One vehicle (a car) was going the wrong way, headed south in the north bound lanes. O/Last-motorist-is-ID%E2%80%99d-in-fatal-Lodge-crash The two vehicles collided headon at about 4:15 am in the early morning hours. There were five deaths reported recently in a fiery crash on Lodge freeway in Detroit on Sunday October 23, 2011. Even akaala maraNam (untimely death) or apamruthyu (death under inauspicious circumstances) is NOT to be grieved and actually represents a “burning” of our karmas – a part of our prarabdha karma (see email exchange cited below). च l S न च ll Jaatasya hi dhruvo mruthyuhu dhruvam janma mrutasya ca l Tasmaat aparihaaryErthe naivam shocitum arhasi ll 2.27 ll BG And therefore (tasmaat, i.e., because birth following death is certain), O Arjuna, you should not be grieving in this way for something that is totally unavoidable (aparihaarya arthe) and for which there is really no remedy (aparhaarya). Still, we all grieve for the dead when all they are going to do is to come back with a new body, much like an actor returns to the stage of a drama with a new attire for each new act, or much like we of 35 change our clothes each day and for each occasion (chapter 2, verse 22). There is NOT a single scripture, or religion, in the world, other than the Gita that gives us this message - that we will be reborn! That birth follows death just as death follows birth. But, He also adds immediately thereafter in the second half of the same line of the same verse – dhruvam janma mrutasya ca – and equally certain is that everyone who dies will be born (again). I was called a 'dharma virodhi' for teaching Vedas to women.According to them ,women who recite Vedas will exhibit hirsutism.I am yet to find a reciter who resembles the image shown.Apamruthyu: Untimely Death or Death under inauspicious circumstances Dear All: Everyone who is born is certain to die – Jaatsya hi dhruo mruthyuhu – says Krishna in chapter 2, verse 27, of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita. To the group which deny women from learning Vedas when you cannot preserve your dharma in preserving the Vedas,don't dictate on who should and shouldn't learn the Vedas. More than 99 % of the shaakhas ( branches ) of the Vedas are extinct.What we have today is but a fraction of the whole.Even this tiny fraction is on the verge of extinction. These claims,as lunatic as they sound,are not backed by any medical evidence.Dot ! The Vedas are beyond space and time.They are beyond boundary.Some portions were downloaded more than 100 000 years back,when the globe itself was different.The societal regulations back then would have been very different than the present.Īpparent adverse effects of reciting Vedasīizzare claims include hyperandrogenism,hyperthyroidism and uterine disorders that arise from the crude pronunciations of Vedic sounds.However,these are only subjected to females,so as they say. The AraNyaka were learnt in the forests traditionally.This is not the case on contemporary.Things change with time. The fact remains that Physics as crude knowledge is universal.The method used to learn Physics is limitless.A campus may have certain protocols but they are independent to the very knowledge.Someone else may learn the same knowledge by sitting at home shirtless through video conference. Nevertheless,these restrictions are not universal.Let us say,you want to learn Physics.You enroll yourself in a campus.In order to learn the subject,you are required to adhere to a certain discipline in the form of punctuality,dress-code,assignment deadlines etc You may have noticed certain lineages and Vedic schools that only allow males to learn Vedas.They have specific reasons to it. Nevertheless,the secrecy of the Vedas are not in parallel to gender bias.We do note some do's and don'ts in regards to learning the Vedas,but they do not involve gender partiality. Brickfields,Kuala Lumpur : Recitation of the 31 chapters of Aruna Prashna - first portion of Taittiriya Aranyaka
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