[Advaita-l] About beef eating in Upanishada

[Sanju Nath]

प्रणाम Nitin-जी,

Beautifully written and backed with analysis.

Beyond such analysis, all we need to do is look inside ourselves and the answer of अहिंसा will come, in proportion to the साधन that is uninfluenced by politics, culture baggage, and तर्क।

धन्यवाद,
Sanju

> On Mar 2, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Nithin Sridhar via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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