Re: Chapter one mixing
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Perhaps another way to view this is saying what is right with purity? Purity increases effectiveness, beauty, quality, etc. We expect purity in our foods we consume.
If I do not mix the proper ingredients the final product is less then desirable.
Inter-mixture is a concern of arjuna's. He understands that with inter-mixture various actions, activities, dharma are co-mingled. A clear path is less visible.
He is advocating the preservation of family traditions, and they are different from one varṇa¹ to another.
IMHO arjuna's thoughts are noble.
Yet in these modern times we wish to have full choice and the focus is on the individual 'me' and how it benefits one's status, desires, goals and objectives.
Yet there was a time when the attention was on 'we' and how the society overall benefited and what was clear and beneficial to the whole; the laws of dharma Where very prevelent.
Today we wish all the freedoms of choice, but do not have an understanding of the responsibilities that accompany that choice. We think ,
If my actions do not harm anyone then they are okay... this IMHO is folly. Actions go far and wide.
praṇām
words
varṇa - outward appearance , exterior , form , figure , shape , color; some may use the word jāti for class , tribe , order , caste;brahman , kṣatriya , vaiśya , and śūda , the four principal classes described in manu's code.
Last edited by yajvan; 13 September 2010 at 07:43 PM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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