IZen Jee, Glad to hear your views, I don't have words to praise you for your non-violence feelings. अहिंशा परमो धर्म जतो धर्म ततो जय।Non violence is the greatest Dharma and where there is Dharma there is victory. I am sorry to say that we (Nepali people) are destroying Dharma by the name of protecting Dharma. Regrettably, most of us don't know what is real Dharma, and consider wrong rituals like Dashain as Dharma. In this dark age of wrong practice, you seem to be a ray of wisdom. Keep it up. I have a motto, that I have learned from Buddha, and never forget to say to anyone. Here is it. Your life should speak what you mean Pade Queen Jee, नमस्ते! First of all I must appreciate the way you think about the ills of the culture and the society. I am glad that we have something vivid and vital common between us. Regarding the question you have asked, I don't have a straight forward answer. In fact I have been asking that question to myself, and I have not been able to get the exact answer of it. I don't want to wipe out the culture and tradition by opposing them just because they are counter productive. Some people, mainly communist practitioners, had already done such work. History is our witness, that didn't yield any good result. It is just to go form wrong practice to no practice. I want consturctive change of the culture. I want people to be wise and use their intellect before doing anything. I want people to abandon sick culture out of wisdom and get something substantial as an alternative. So, I don't know how long will it take to eradicate such wrong tradition through right way, however, I know it will be wiped out one day for sure. My following posting will shade more light on this. (Believe me I haven't copied and pasted this one :)) Pisces Jee, Namasker! Your presence in Sajha has always been a pleasure to me. I appreciate your questions. Please give me some time, I will try to answer them. At this time, if you trust me, take my words that the Mahabharat was written much after the Buddha. This matter have been discussed in Sajha to great length some years ago, twice. It should be somewhere in Archive. I haven't forgotten your question regarding the Gita, which you have asked quite a time ago. Some day I will certainly post for your. Vishowntar