The sadhu (Digambara) walked nude/in the nude, and ome who are fast losing their moorings, saw that as a being in nakedness/ being naked!? Amche attan sarke zalet "zealots". Zoloit zoloit zale zzz...
Venantius J Pinto On Apr 17, 2015 7:53 AM, "Joao Barros-Pereira" <joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mindsets! > > > We Goans need to be immensely grateful to the Dhavlikar family for their > superb entertainment, and all free. > > > Sudin's sister-in-law maintains convent schools have a negative effect on > children and so Hindu parents should stop sending their children to these > schools. What fun! Will they? > > > Anyway, how did Lata Dhavlikar reach this profound conclusion? She also > claims western culture is the cause of rapes in India. As we live in a > democracy she should be given an opportunity to defend her theory and we > should not criticize her without hearing her explanation. So, media people > please ask her. > > > Sudin Dhavilkar has a different opinion. He claims convent schools are > good. As we all know, a galaxy of eminent people from all walks of life > have been educated in convent schools. Sudin has got his facts right, his > sister-in-law has not. > > > My beef with Sudin is his comment on the Sadhu who walked naked in Margao. > He says he is against it because we are in the twenty-first century. Is it > technology we are discussing or mindsets? > > > Sadhus have been walking naked all over India and particularly along the > holy Ganga river for millennium as they still do today. The minister's > comments against our age-old tradition reveals a damaged mindset. > > > Prior to the invasion of the Muslims our Hindu mindset was liberal and > pure. The Muslims brought with them a repressed mindset and this was > followed by a Victorian and Christian set of values which is full of guilt > regarding our bodies, and unfortunately is a part of our cultural values > today; Hindus, Christians, Muslims et al are imbued with the same mindset. > As always, there are exceptions. > > > Tell me, did the West or Islam give the world the Kama Sutra? And, our > ancient erotic sculptures? We should be proud of our age-old traditions. > > > The sadhu can walk proudly down the streets of Margao along with Digambar > by his side because he is pure of heart. I applaud an ex-CM of Goa for > walking the talk! It is possible only for men and women who are pure of > heart. > > > Any child, of course, can do so - until he or she loses purity of heart and > becomes impure. > > > Tailpiece: No, it is not necessary for every Indian to walk down the street > naked as it would completely destroy the garment industry leaving millions > without jobs. I'm against it. > > > What we need to remember is this: only men and women who are innocent are > able to do so! >