Mbbhatt has done us a service. He reminds us of the abominable BK phrase ”mother in bondage”. This phrase which has common currency in the BK world reveals the perverted BK attitude to what all other human societies throughout history have considered as most sacred.
Why is this so? Is it possible that the Om Mandli/ PBKIVV was a reaction to child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence, were its founders victims? We know some were. Why such ongoing derogatory language against motherhood itself, against social responsibilities and duties and normal human fulfilment - given that it is those who do that feed the mouths of the non-productive ‘Brahmin’ caste?
They break the 5th commandment of the Ten in the jewish Torah
and the Islamic teachings ...
Buddhism
and
What do the BKs think?
Regardless of the quality of love, loyalty and kindness in a family, BKs consider family are obstacles, children who are "born of lust” - regardless of whether love and conscious choice was made to conceive - are at best, ”karmic accounts” (many BK parents jokingly call their kids their 'karmic accounts') if not "scorpions and lizards", close families are reduced to being considered ”lokik” Iron Aged family. No question to honour parents as equal to God as per Torah, or as mother being the main companion as per Islam, BKs consider mother’s food as full of body conscious vibrations.
And as for considering the whole world and all sentient beings as a mother would consider her child, you all know what the BKs teach about the rest of the world and all non-BKs, especially animals.
Why is this so? Is it possible that the Om Mandli/ PBKIVV was a reaction to child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence, were its founders victims? We know some were. Why such ongoing derogatory language against motherhood itself, against social responsibilities and duties and normal human fulfilment - given that it is those who do that feed the mouths of the non-productive ‘Brahmin’ caste?
They break the 5th commandment of the Ten in the jewish Torah
"Honour thy Father and thy mother"
Our Rabbis taught: It says, 'Honour your Father and your mother' (Exodus 20:12). By using the same terminology, the Torah compares the honour you owe your Father and mother to the honour you have to give to the Almighty. It also says, 'Every person must respect his mother and his Father' (Leviticus 19:3), and it says, 'God your Lord you shall respect, Him you shall serve' (Deuteronomy 10:20). (Here the same word, -respect- is used.) The Torah therefore equates the respect you owe your parents with the respect you must show God. Furthermore it says, 'Whoever curses his Father or mother shall be put to death' (Exodus 21:17). And furthermore it says, 'Anyone that curses God shall bear his sin' (Leviticus 24.-15). By using the same terms the Torah compares cursing of parents with cursing the Almighty.
— Talmud Kiddushin 31
and the Islamic teachings ...
A man came to the Prophet and said: O Messenger of Allah! Who from amongst mankind warrants the best companionship from me? He replied: "Your mother." The man asked: Then who? So he replied: "Your mother." The man then asked: Then who? So the Prophet replied again: "Your mother." The man then asked: Then who? So he replied: "Then your Father."
- (Sahîh Bukhârî 5971 and Sahîh Muslim 7/2)
Buddhism
Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish al living beings
- Metta Sutta, Sutta Nipata 143-151
and
Conclusion
As the Theravadin Buddhist monk and historian, Walpola Rahula ob- serves, "The love of a mother for her child is neither Buddhist nor Christian: it is mother love" (1978: 6). Mother love is not unique to Buddhism. The image of a mother breastfeeding her baby is one of the most potent images of human love (Davidson and Harrington, 2002: 71). True peace lies within each of us, whether Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Jew, or any of the other numerous spiritual practices and religions of the world, and it can be found by reconnecting with the power of our mother's love, not the martyred motherhood of patriarchy but the guilt-free affection that nurtured us when we were children. Sharing this love with the world as a mother shares her love with her children is one avenue toward peace and may be our greatest gift to another.
- Mother Love by Karen Villanueva, Journal of theAssociationfor Research on Mothering
What do the BKs think?
Regardless of the quality of love, loyalty and kindness in a family, BKs consider family are obstacles, children who are "born of lust” - regardless of whether love and conscious choice was made to conceive - are at best, ”karmic accounts” (many BK parents jokingly call their kids their 'karmic accounts') if not "scorpions and lizards", close families are reduced to being considered ”lokik” Iron Aged family. No question to honour parents as equal to God as per Torah, or as mother being the main companion as per Islam, BKs consider mother’s food as full of body conscious vibrations.
And as for considering the whole world and all sentient beings as a mother would consider her child, you all know what the BKs teach about the rest of the world and all non-BKs, especially animals.