Does smRiti texts teach "some nonsense."
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Puranas extols certain deities that are unpalatable to certain people for various reasons.
to some it is not acceptable if it does not align with sruti, rightly so, but then the question arises did Vyasdev not know sruti when he compiled the Puranas?
Off course he did because he compiled, the Vedas, in written form.
to some it is not accepted because they say it is Tamsik or Rajsik, apparently Padma puranas (no surprise here) categorise them in such a manner.
Question, would that not be easy if the author had from the onset classified them all!! instead we are at a mercy of Padma puran to tell us the different divisions, so if one never read that said puran one would never have known that they are reading a particular type of Purana. strange to say the least it would have saved us endless amount of debate and anguish.
Perhaps we are forgetting the purpose of Puranas, hear and learn the the divinity of those great personalities, instead we indulge in mud slinging.
Why is this so ridiculous?
This was stated in other thread;
Why indeed. Lots of smRiti texts teach "some nonsense." There is the padma purANa in which Lord Krishna decorates His body with ash and takes shaivite initiation (alluded to by omkar previously), linga purANa which teaches that brahmA and viShNu were fighting over who is supreme ------ The "why" of it can be attributed to human agency if you wish, -----
Nonsense!!!
Is it because Lord Krishna smear Ash on his body? Hope not because he smears much more than ash on his body in his bal lila.
Brahman who is Umapati Lord Shiva (ok, I am happy to know him as Narayan only) actually smears ash on his body, is he so ridiculous?
Is Vyasdev taken leave of his senses for writing such rubbish! Is Avadhut in our hindu tradition who smears ash on his body, so ridiculous ?
Why is it the idea that Krishna actually worshiped lord shiva so repulsive ?
Because it should not be, both Mahabharata and bhagvatam informs us that at various stages Krishna or his associate whom he ask actually to worship lord shiva.
Human agency, possible!!
I think of several incidence that what Purana describes, sounds so ridiculous, at least to me for several reasons,
The passage that says, rather orders lord Shiva to lie and mislead the public by teaching Mayavad! Now I can't imagine lord Vishnu actually do such an act but even if we think it was for some higher purpose(cant imagine what) are they really that stupid! That they would broadcast their plan in advance for people to know.
If such a passage were to be in the Purana why would Madhavacharya not quote it, would have saved him a lot of time and energy to negate Adwaita. this was discussed here
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/sho...classification
Bhagvat Purana great work of Bhakti for Hindu's and Vaishnava in particular have few passages that crack me up, In fact it use to infuriate me especially because in the days gone by Iskcon' s bhaktivedanta players use to have this play in glorification of Lord Shiva, on Maha Shivratri day, Vaishnava Yatha Sambhu( what a joke), yes that play, "Bhasmasura" Lord Shiva is shaking and trembling fleeing from this demon, who had a boon from lord Shiva. Is this the great lord who can destroy by his mere glance, one who is described in Vedas as sparkling God whom no one can defeat. Whose work?surely not Veda Vyas ji.
But then I know nothing happens without a reason, what reason that I don't know.
Jai Shree Krishna
Last edited by Ganeshprasad; 15 February 2013 at 06:12 AM.
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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