[Advaita-l] true colour of Chameleon

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

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>