[Advaita-l] Dialogues with the guru.

[Kaushik Chevendra]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, 17:30 Nithin Sridhar via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> I might add here that commentators on Smritis make it clear that the
> Shastric view is not that the girl has to be eight or something. It sets
> the lowest limit at 8 and the recommended upper limit at three years from
> menarche, which could say 15 or 16 years. [Grihyasutras especially speak of
> the marriage of women post menarche].
>
Even that is presently against the law.

>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:40 PM Vinodh via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaskaram
> >
> > On matters where the law of the State is in conflict with the law of the
> > Dharmashaastra, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi Shankara
> > Matam has said that he will not ask one to disobey the law of the State.
> He
> > recommends, however, that we must keep speaking of the law of the
> > Dharmashaastra and wait and see whether the situation changes favorably.
> He
> > has said this while speaking about child marriage (Voice of God /
> > Deivatthin Kural Vol 2).
> >
> > Om tat sat
> > 🙏
> >
> > On Mon 28. Jun 2021 at 13:45, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you Subbuji for that reference. Going against the law or also
> > current
> > > cultural and social norms in lowering the marriageable age in order to
> > > conform to earlier smEti interpretation, hardly seems likely to be a
> > > response from even orthodox Acharyas today. Your reference gives a
> > > rationale for such an expectation.
> > >
> > > Om
> > > Raghav
> > >
> > > On Mon, 28 Jun, 2021, 11:12 am V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:10 PM Kaushik Chevendra <
> > > > chevendrakaushik at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > An excellent answer sir. But please forgive me for raising another
> > > doubt.
> > > > >
> > > > > In whatever discourses I have read by the acharyas, they have
> stated
> > > that
> > > > > the smriti texts shouldn't be changed and dharma remains constant
> as
> > a
> > > > rule
> > > > > of isvara.
> > > > > Its only through my fault, that I have probably misunderstood what
> > they
> > > > > have said.
> > > > > Please explain how if the shastra cannot be changed with time, we
> can
> > > > > adopt to the present day world.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I quote a passage from the (now unavailable book) The Crest Jewel of
> > > Yogis
> > > > - First Volume, p.109:
> > > >
> > > > // In fact, it was Paramacharyal (HH Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati
> > > > Mahasvamin) who Himself encouraged Acharyal (HH Sri Abhinava
> > Vidyatirtha
> > > > Mahasvamin) to take a free and independent line of thinking in such
> > > matters
> > > > in keeping with the need to cater to a changing and less orthodox
> > > society.
> > > > .. //
> > > >
> > > > Hence it is the Guru that is most closely available to us at a given
> > > > situation and time that has to be consulted in case of need for
> > > > clarification and guidance.  Their writings, various incidents of
> > > > devotees/seekers with such a Guru, etc will provide us the leads to
> > > > solutions to our questions.  Such clarifications could also be
> > > > seeker-specific and may not be universal.  This is how these things
> > work.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
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