[Advaita-l] true colour of Chameleon

[Abhyudaya Mandal]

No one can interpret any text completely impartially; everyone is informed
by certain ideologies and worldviews, including the so-called shista (whose
"exemplary practice" is subject to consensus among the dominant power
groups). Pattanaik neither says that his interpretation is the smarta
interpretation nor personally identifies as a smarta. His interpretation
may be invalid on the grounds on lack of scholarship etc., but not on the
grounds of sexual orientation. And this is the key point.

If you want to argue that Pattanaik's interpretation is incorrect and
dangerous because he is part of a global agenda inimical to Hindu
interests, then that is a separate topic. Also, if posting a news-link
about a popular author's homosexuality with the title "true colors of
chameleon" -- especially in a forum that has nothing to do with either
sexual orientation or lizards -- is not considered mocking, then what is?
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10/01/18,
9:46:42 PM

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 9:07 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2018, GR Vishwanath wrote:
>
> > > We cannot criticize rapists and murderers because after all who
> amongst
> > > us does not have a parking fine or overdue library book?"di
> > An unnecessarily provocative comment from someone who is so erudite.
>
> Provocative how?  Murder is a crime and illegal parking is a crime so they
> must be equally bad.  No?  Why not?
>
>
> > As a matter of fact- correct me if I am wrong- I think crossing the
> oceans
> > is tantamount to losing caste. So your over the top analogy is not
> correct
>
> If you peruse Wilhelms book, many homosexual acts also cause a loss of
> caste.  That in itself doesn't tell you a lot.  In both cases one has to
> dig much deepeer to ascertain what is the correct course of action to
> follow.
>
>
> > As a practical matter- yes, I think that dvijas settling in significant
> > numbers abroad - the loss of cultural capital-  is far more injurious to
> > Dharma than some people "proudly" advertising their gay lifestyle.
> >
>
> That's a separate and weighty topic itself.  We have discussed it before
> but if you want to do so again lets start another thread.
>
> My purpose in continuing this topic is to get readers to think
> dharmically.  Too often we just react to external events.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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