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 Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:11 am
How much attention is still paid, and weight given to texts like the...Yajnavalkya? I found a book called Hindu Scriptures lately and that was in it. I think that's the title sweatdrop
Stuff like a man being able to take another wife if his first only gives birth to female children, etc.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:41 pm
I can't say for sure as far as Hindu practice in India of course, but seeing as the law texts are more a part of social Hinduism, not the religious/spiritual side, I imagine they don't play a part in most Hindu's life anymore.
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:47 am
The bulk of the texts devoted to social norms have been pitched a long time ago in favour of more common sense, secular-based guidelines. You're not talking about a series of texts written a mere 2,000 years ago, like the bible; you're talking about texts that date back to ancient Egyptian times. Just as it would be silly to expect modern Egyptians to follow the rules of their ancient ancestors, it would be ridiculous to expect modern day Hindus to follow such archaic texts as the one you've mentioned.
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:42 am
bluewolfcub How much attention is still paid, and weight given to texts like the...Yajnavalkya? I found a book called Hindu Scriptures lately and that was in it. I think that's the title sweatdrop Stuff like a man being able to take another wife if his first only gives birth to female children, etc. Yajnavalkya was a sage. Perhaps he was in the book because he imparted the knowledge of the Vedas to loads of key figures in other stories. I suggest looking into the Manusmriti and the lawbooks of the Aryas in order to understand Hindu social law. They're all at the Sacred Texts Archive. Hell, I did it, and it's helped a lot.
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:11 am
Most modern Hindus don't pay to much attention to the texts- it would be like the Christains still following Deteronomy (sp?). It's not really practical, though some of the concepts still have sway. I'm sure there are pockets of people in the more secluded areas that follow the old texts fairly closely.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:22 am
Dino The bulk of the texts devoted to social norms have been pitched a long time ago in favour of more common sense, secular-based guidelines. You're not talking about a series of texts written a mere 2,000 years ago, like the bible; you're talking about texts that date back to ancient Egyptian times. Just as it would be silly to expect modern Egyptians to follow the rules of their ancient ancestors, it would be ridiculous to expect modern day Hindus to follow such archaic texts as the one you've mentioned. I wasn't sure how (out)dated it was. It did seem old, but I was curious. Ok ohmikaze, will do, thanks =)
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