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different but there is something of a thread that unites all these and that is why the society is still in some shape. A few days back my grand daughter Sriya asked why we are not celebrating the birthday of Sita the consort of Rama. I have no answer and those whom I asked also could not give one. She was in rage that there is so much of discrimination and she is just 9 years old! It is a fact that the old story did accommodate for this type of sex discrimination however much we try to defend our elders. Though we know that the Vedic wisdom is not the same as that of our puranas, our ethics based on this wisdom is something that is not clear. Aware of this problem our Master Rev. Babuji Maharaj has carefully dealt with the principles behind many aspects of the old story (refer his articles on Sati, Sita and her parrot, Bharata, Hanuman, Ravana etc., stories) and it is necessary that such understanding should develop in every one of us. There may be certain amount of similarities among religions. But it must be recognised that Hinduism emphasized the ultimacy of the spirit, more extensively, more persistently and
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