[Advaita-l] About beef eating in Upanishada

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

I am a vegetarian. In my post I have not advocated beef eating. The sloka
"अश्वमेधं गवालंभं..." prohibits killing cows in yajnas. It does not
apply to eating
beef. Even if there is a prohibition of beef it only applies to
Hindus. For others
it is their choice. I do not think that there is any perverted
intellectualism in this.

The quicker the Hindus study their past, face the facts and accept them
objectively, the better it will be for Hindus. We Hindus have to
realise that there is
a lot that has been swept under the carpet. The greatest hypocricy we practice
is daily using and enjoying the innovations of science but denigrating
them compared
to the mythical innovations in puranas.
regards,
Sarma.


On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>  Namaste
>  On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:25 PM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> It is an invented explanation by some people to say Hindus never ate beef.
>> A motivated explanation. As I have said in the earlier post there are many
>> places where beef eating by brahmins is mentioned. If you are interested google
>> for the same.
> But there is also Yuga Dharma. In Ramayana there are saying Rama was
> offered bulls. It was Treta Yuga. In Kali Yuga some things are not
> allowed like if one brother dies the surviving brother can take his
> wife. Eating beef is not allowed in Kali Yuga. If you say we can eat
> beef the same argument should be made for accepting dead brother's
> wife.
>
> In Mahabharata they also say in very ancient times there was no
> marriage. Any man was allowed to take away any woman. Now if you use
> the same beef eating argument what will you get? Will you abolish
> marriage system? Imagine what will happen then.
>
> The moral lesson is some things were done in the ancient times but
> they should not be done now.
>
>> regards,
>> Sarma.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Shashwata Shastri
>> <shashwata.unimas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was not going against the commentator Shankara. I found this explanation
>>> on Gitapress's Brihadaranyaka's commentary. They also followed Shankara's
>>> commentary. But used a different kind of explanation for the word mamsa,
>>> rishava and ukshana.
>>>
>>> Shashwata Chowdhury
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:29 AM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ
>>> <dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The commentator Sankara Bhagavatpada has explained the Brihadarnyaka
>>>> passage as the meat of an ox are male calf.
>>>> He used the word "पुंगव". He did not mention any herbs. Since Sankara
>>>> is earlier in time and supposed to have known the tradition better
>>>> than us the moderners, I think we have to accept his explanation.
>>>> Besides this there are many places where beef eating has been
>>>> mentioned.
>>>> It is sheer waste of time to pursue these things.
>>>> regards,
>>>> Sarma.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Shashwata Shastri via Advaita-l
>>>> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>>> > In eight Maha Oushadhi I found two herbs which are named as Rishava and
>>>> > Ukshana. Did the Brihadaranyaka mentioned about these particular herbs
>>>> > in
>>>> > that passage?
>>>> > Shashwata Chowdhury
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