๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ
10/13/2023
Devotee: The expenses of marriages rise sky-high if dowry is involved. Many parents suffer as a result. What is Acharyalโs view about dowry?
Acharya; Dowry is not sanctioned by the ลฤstra-s. Kanyฤ-dฤna (gift of a girl) itself is a great gift. No dowry is necessary to make that gift complete. The ลฤstra-s say that kanyฤ-dฤna can be done even during the impurity period of one year after the death of the girlโs father. From this, one can understand how worthy that gift is. The practice of accepting dowry has arisen only because of greed. It should be eliminated.
D: Does Acharyal advise disciples to refrain from seeking dowry?
A: That is My advise to all, whether they are disciples or not. Nowadays, many say that dowry should not be accepted but only a handful put their statement into practice. Only when people choose to abstain from demanding or giving dowry will this evil practice come to an end.
- From ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ
๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ:
In the Rฤmฤyaแนa, we see that Rฤma had Sฤซtฤ for His wife while He was at Ayodhya; She was His wife in the forests and He continued to have Her as His wife even when Rฤvaแนa abducted Her. Thus, Rฤma, under all circumstances, had only one wife. Further, Sฤซtฤ was the crest jewel amongst chaste wives. Rฤma and Sฤซtฤ were an ideal couple. By imitating Them, people can lead a grand, married life.
During the marriage ceremony, it is said, โWhile engaging in any religious act, while earning money and while enjoying worldly pleasures, you should not desert me.โ Making this promise, the couple get married. However, nowadays if it is asked, โWho uttered these words?โ, the answer would be โThe priest who conducted the marriage.โ This is because the boy and the girl are unaware of the promise; it is the priest who has learnt, by rote, the words concerned, who utters them. This is the level to which we have degenerated. Just because the import of a rite is not obvious to someone, it does not follow that the rite is without significance.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐:
One possessed of strong vairฤgya and a burning desire for liberation from the snares of samsฤra would do well to lead a life of brahmacarya. To such an aspirant, married life is a mere obstacle serving no useful purpose. This is not to derogate married life. Even ลrฤซ Rฤma and ลrฤซ Kแนแนฃแนa led lives of householders. It is the householder who sustains a saแนnyฤsin. By leading a life of detachment, in spite of being in the midst of worldly activities, the householder not only raises himself up spiritually but also becomes a great source of good to the world. By dedicating all actions to ฤชลvara and acting as an instrument in His hands, the married man is not tainted even though he is in the midst of the world. By constantly performing vicฤra and dhyฤna, he can definitely go along the path of spirituality. There have been householders who have been jรฑฤnin-s and such people are there even today. The scriptures sanction saแนnyฤsa for those householders who have attained strong dispassion with regard to worldly life.
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