[Advaita-l] Chanting Gayatri overseas

[Santosh Rao]

If we keep using the current social standard of the time as a reason to do
whatever we want won't the shastras be rendered meaningless?

- Santosh

On Oct 6, 2017 4:24 PM, "Shashi via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> How could it be contextual when Sruti is eternal?
>
> Shashi
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 6, 2017, at 3:22 PM, Vēdānta Study Group via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Harih Om
> >
> > Dharma (and its interpretation) evolves through time. What is stated in
> the
> > Brhadaranyaka upanishad may be contextual to the social situation then.
> > These boundaries can be widened as contemporary sampradayavits see fit.
> >
> > As someone correctly points out, even the Jagadguru of Sringeri has
> blessed
> > the SVBF mandir to be set up in Pennsylvania. Surely these Acharyas have
> a
> > better understanding of the commentaries and how to make them applicable
> in
> > present times. Personally, I don't see ourselves fit to form a universal
> > opinion for Hindus to follow, but certainly these teachers are in a
> > position to do so, and they have. So far I have not seen any counter to
> > this point
> >
> > Namaste,
> > Prashant
> >
> > On 6 October 2017 at 11:14, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I am surprised that in this entire discussion no one has quoted the
> >> Brihadaranyaka upanishad so far.
> >>
> >> Br.Up.1.3.10 advises against foreign travel. Shankara interprets it in
> the
> >> same way.
> >>
> >> Travel should be confined to lands inhabited by people possessing Vedic
> >> knowledge - this is the gist.
> >>
> >> Thus, there is Shruti prohibition against foreign travel.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Kalyan
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