[Advaita-l] About beef eating in Upanishada

[Nithin Sridhar]

Please read my 4-part piece on Beef and Hinduism-
http://nithinsridhar.blogspot.in/2015/11/beef-controversy-in-india-4-parts.html

Regards

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On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:33 AM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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