Years ago someone with a little bell on a stick gave me a free copy of 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prubhupada and so I read it.
I do not recall anything in it that was remotely like a proposal to carry out genocide against people of non-Vedic religions.
Does anyone know which bits of 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' authorizes its readers to call for genocide?
Originally posted by FMFYes, we get the point. I agree with you that Dasa's comments were reprehensible, but the repeated discussion about it is getting a little bit old.
Years ago someone with a little bell on a stick gave me a free copy of 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prubhupada and so I read it.
I do not recall anything in it that was remotely like a proposal to carry out genocide against people of non-Vedic religions.
Does anyone know which bits of 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' authorizes its readers to call for genocide?
not quiet genocide, but the doors are open.
2.31
Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation.
2.32
O Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets.
2.33
If, however, you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter.
Originally posted by SwissGambitAs far as I am concerned, 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' is no more or less "true" than the Bible or the Koran. jaywill recently [late last year] mounted an extraordinary defence of genocide in the Bible's OT. The Koran contains plenty of historical tales of vicious wars waged over desert territory. I just thought that 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' could be used to justify - in a 'scholarly' way - the genocide that has been proposed here, ostensibly according to Vedic "authority". If so, how?
On second thought, maybe it does need clarification. If the Vedic teachings are truly non-violent, then they shouldn't suffer discredit because of one bad representative. I withdraw my comment.
Originally posted by VoidSpiritThankyou .....now you are beginning to understand a little.
not quiet genocide, but the doors are open.
2.31
Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation.
2.32
O Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors ...[text shortened]... will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter.
Originally posted by FMFNowhere near the truth.........and dishonest and baseless due to envy and ignorance.
As far as I am concerned, 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' is no more or less "true" than the Bible or the Koran. jaywill recently [late last year] mounted an extraordinary defence of genocide in the Bible's OT. The Koran contains plenty of historical tales of vicious wars waged over desert territory. I just thought that 'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' could be used to justify ...[text shortened]... e that has been proposed here, ostensibly according to Vedic "authority". If so, how?
