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November 17 - November 20, 2022
One needs to be vigilant (savadhan) when it happens, as it marks a turning of life, and the world.
Indeed
The ‘Kashi-yatra’ ritual evokes fears of Brahmins that their sons would become Buddhist or Jain monks. The ‘baraat’ comes from the Puranic story of Shiva’s wild hordes accompanying him to Himavan’s house to fetch his bride. The ‘sehra’ of the horse-riding groom, practised by Muslims also, comes from Central Asian custom of preventing the ‘evil eye’ from falling upon the handsome young groom as he sets out to fetch his bride. While ‘haldi’ (turmeric ritual) has Hindu roots, the ‘mehendi’ (henna ritual) has Islamic roots. The popular ‘sangeet ceremony’, once a North Indian practice, full of
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The Indian wedding we see now is a consortium of rituals from many cultures and origins.
God, in Hinduism, is not a judge; he is just an accountant, making sure we always repay our debts accumulated over lifetimes—to our ancestors, our family, our soul, the society, and to nature at large. And the ‘dharmik’ way of doing that is by establishing a household, says Manusmriti.
Interesting.
It reminds us that desire cannot be contained by marriage. Even when a woman has many husbands, she may desire more. Likewise, a man with many wives, is never satisfied. Satisfaction is not a function of the wife or wives. It is about how much control we have on our minds.
Nature of human beings.
Thus, we are drawn by things that are not good for us and repulsed by things that are good for us.
This is very true.
