Sati and Widowhood – Excerpt A
Notes:

from “Discourse 15, Shiva’s Teachings-2 (Cont.)”
Namah Shiváya Shántáya

Sati and Widowhood – Excerpt A
16 July 1982, Patna

For instance, it was written Vidhavá agre gamiśyati. [“A widow should go (die) before (her husband)”]. But later, due to a defective interpretation, this was misread as Vidhavá agne gamiśyati. [“A widow should go into the fire”]. As a result, hundreds of thousands of innocent widows were burnt alive on the funeral pyres of their husbands. Hence the necessity of a proper trainer, well-versed in philosophy.

16 July 1982, Patna
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