--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Feb 15, 2011, at 5:46 PM, wgm4u wrote: > > >> You're referring to Gita 1-6. The actual B. Gita has 18 chapters. Karma is > >> just the first 6. > >> > >> I have to wonder if any religious text which uses violence as a major > >> theme, without deliberate interiorization (e.g. inner kalachakra, > >> ego-slaying, burning of samskaras, etc.), should be deemed unsuitable for > >> human consumption. > > > > > > All of these Religious Scriptures are mostly written in allegory and > > metaphor Vaj including the BG. The true significance of Krishna imploring > > Arjuna to get up and fight is to fight his own inner demons (referred to as > > the evil minded Kuravas). > > > > The battle at Kurushetra is merely the struggle on the battlefield of ones > > own consciousness between the evil tendencies (of the sense addicted ego) > > and the noble tendencies (of the soul guided ego). > > > > Vyasa's brilliant work isn't explored fully in MMY's BG, if you really want > > to open and break the key to understanding it, read Swami Yogananda's. > > > > Vyasa wrote it loosely surrounding a historical battle, but that is only > > the most exoteric understanding of it. > > > On my list of the "most dangerous books ever written", the Gita isn't > probably at the top (that distinction would go to "The Revelation of St. John > of Patmos", aka "The Book of Revelation"), but perhaps it should be closer to > the top five. > > The B. Gita supports the institutionalized enslavement of a huge portion of > humanity, demeans the status of women, considers vaisyas [merchants] and > sudras [workers], to be of lower/inferior birth (brahmans and war-makers are > considered to be of superior birth). The B. Gita considers it religious to > annihilate the irreligious [infidels]. The B. Gita disregards suffering and > regards the soul as paramount. > > I would add it to my personal list of "the most dangerous books of all time." > > It's not a "song" worth singing, even by the Blue Man Group.
My preferred scriptures are the Avadhut Gita, the Ashtavakra Gita, and the Ribhu Gita. Are they on anybodies list? Just wondering if I can still read them. Maybe they are on the Neoadvaita WTF list.
