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**CDCL7WKJ** · 09-25-2007, 07:34 PM

The smiritis are outdated documents. Dharma meant way of living. The Dharma Sasthras laid down ways of living for the community. The also contained the laws of inheritance, punishment etc. They were amended very often. Then different regions and different communities followed different Smiritis.

These were written

1. When slavery was the accepted norm and widely prevalent.

2. When you cut off a thief's hand and the only way to prove the innocence was to put your hand in boiling oil, swallow poison etc. If you come through these ordeals you are innocent.

These were the norms of behavior in those days.

Varnadharma is part and parcel of these practices.

When we have abolished Slavery and such horrible inhuman punishments, why we we continuing to support the equally inhuman Varna Dharma?

These Smiritis are antiquated and to be preserved only for posterity.

09-25-2007, 07:34 PM	#9
CDCL7WKJ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	The smiritis are outdated documents. Dharma meant way of living. The Dharma Sasthras laid down ways of living for the community. The also contained the laws of inheritance, punishment etc. They were amended very often. Then different regions and different communities followed different Smiritis. These were written 1. When slavery was the accepted norm and widely prevalent. 2. When you cut off a thief's hand and the only way to prove the innocence was to put your hand in boiling oil, swallow poison etc. If you come through these ordeals you are innocent. These were the norms of behavior in those days. Varnadharma is part and parcel of these practices. When we have abolished Slavery and such horrible inhuman punishments, why we we continuing to support the equally inhuman Varna Dharma? These Smiritis are antiquated and to be preserved only for posterity.
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