Originally posted by FMF 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?
Yes, 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.
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 SwissGambit Yes, 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.
also, consider that to anyone following that demented religion, the "soul" can't be killed and the body is seen as a temporary vessel so killing it is not a big deal. they'll just get a new one.
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 SwissGambit 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.
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 - in a 'scholarly' way - the genocide that has been proposed here, ostensibly according to Vedic "authority". If so, how?
Originally posted by FMF 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?
I know nothing of Vedic teachings ... so I'll leave it for someone who does.
Originally posted by VoidSpirit 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.
Thankyou .....now you are beginning to understand a little.
Originally posted by FMF 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?
Nowhere near the truth.........and dishonest and baseless due to envy and ignorance.
I always thought the Gita was largely allegorical, in which Krishna conveys to Arjuna the principles of victory in the battle within ones self, in which the spiritual nature seeks to overcome the ignorance of the false ego to achieve illumination (moksha).
Originally posted by SwissGambit Yes, 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.
Almost every topic here is old but most are worth the mileage. Dasa's catastrophic "genocide" blunder only remains topical because he constantly denies saying anything wrong and continues to post here as though he is the holy mouthpiece of god. It's a similar priniclple with why some here (including me) keep probing at the JWs (without the genocide of course).
'Bhagavad Gita As It Is' and genocide
02 Feb '12 00:52
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