[Advaita-l] Dying to Live Peacefully - III

[H S Chandramouli]

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> Namaste Sri Raghav Ji,
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> Reg  << I was wondering why a battle in which the 'entire flower of the
> ruling
> classes perished' ( one researcher says that this loss of kxatriya prowess
> badly affected India for millennia, making it vulnerable to foreign
> invaders ) , is still regarded as right by Astika-s .>>,
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> It is not that Astika-s consider it right or wrong. They accept the
> concept of YugAs which are cyclical. Different YugAs terminate in different
> ways. This is how  DwApara Yuga terminates.
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> Reg  << Is there any shAstra reference to what constitutes dhArmic
> killing? Like
> meting out just deserts for an AtatAyin, maybe? >>,
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>  Bhagavad Gita itself is one of the chief shAstras in this context.  For a
> ksatriya involved in a war, killing is not a-dhArmic. Even today, position
> remains the same. For a soldier involved in a war, killing is not
> considered a-dhArmic in any system,  Astika or nAstika..
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> Regards
>

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