Hare KrishnaPlease could you advise if the Laws of Manu (Manusmriti) are applicable to us today? I have heard that Srila Prabhupad has often referred to them.Thank youHK
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The laws of the Manu cant be followed in Kali yuga, because present leaders of human society are unqualified materialistic demons in human forms.
Those societies which allows women to be independent, are no better then societies of cats and dogs, what to talk about other things such as varnashrama dharma.
Nowadays the money is the goal, because without money there is no comfort life and without such comfort there is no sense gratification.
The true spiritualists knows that sense gratification is death for the soul, therefore consider money or gold not to be better then leaves and stones lying on the ground. On another side, materialists in religious cloths consider money to be very precious, therefore they encourage their followers in economic progress.
They think :
'' The more luxury offering we give to deities, the more golden temples we build,
that more Lord will be pleased with us.''
Of course, we can see thats not the case, because He rather take half of the apple from dirty hand of a candala whose heart melt, then the opulent offering on a golden plate from the proud and stone heart acarya.
The laws of Manu are inline with laws of karma and its valid for all Manantwar (all the 14 ruling periods of kingship by 14 Manu's respectively). However before studing that you need to understand that it doesn't deal with gross or materialistic scientific knowledge we have. it deals with actual spiritual knowledge.
For gaudiya vaishnavs law of kriya and karma should be governed by Hari Bhakti Vilas penned by Srila Sanatan Goswami (Mudiya Babaji Maharaj), one of the leading six Goswamis and close associate of Lord Gauranaga.
The current chaturyuga is governed by Vaivasvata Manu. Which particular Manusmriti are you referring to or whihc part of the law do you mean? THere is a book called Hari Bhakti Vilas which I have seen devotees refer to for these purposes.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Gaurang Mooney > Radha Rasamayi DDAugust 8, 2016 at 7:31pm
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The laws of the Manu cant be followed in Kali yuga, because present leaders of human society are unqualified materialistic demons in human forms.
Those societies which allows women to be independent, are no better then societies of cats and dogs, what to talk about other things such as varnashrama dharma.
Nowadays the money is the goal, because without money there is no comfort life and without such comfort there is no sense gratification.
The true spiritualists knows that sense gratification is death for the soul, therefore consider money or gold not to be better then leaves and stones lying on the ground. On another side, materialists in religious cloths consider money to be very precious, therefore they encourage their followers in economic progress.
They think :
'' The more luxury offering we give to deities, the more golden temples we build,
that more Lord will be pleased with us.''
Of course, we can see thats not the case, because He rather take half of the apple from dirty hand of a candala whose heart melt, then the opulent offering on a golden plate from the proud and stone heart acarya.
Dandavat
The laws of Manu are inline with laws of karma and its valid for all Manantwar (all the 14 ruling periods of kingship by 14 Manu's respectively). However before studing that you need to understand that it doesn't deal with gross or materialistic scientific knowledge we have. it deals with actual spiritual knowledge.
For gaudiya vaishnavs law of kriya and karma should be governed by Hari Bhakti Vilas penned by Srila Sanatan Goswami (Mudiya Babaji Maharaj), one of the leading six Goswamis and close associate of Lord Gauranaga.
Hope it answers your query.
Your Servant
Satyananda Das.
Praams Prabhuji
thanks for your reply.
this has given me the perspective i was seeking.
it is much appreciated.
Jai Prabhupad!
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
The current chaturyuga is governed by Vaivasvata Manu. Which particular Manusmriti are you referring to or whihc part of the law do you mean? THere is a book called Hari Bhakti Vilas which I have seen devotees refer to for these purposes.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Haribol and thanks for the guidance.
much appreciated.
praams
http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/manusmriti.pdf
Hare Krishna and thanks so much for replying.
much appreciated.