[Advaita-l] About beef eating in Upanishada

[Nithin Sridhar]

Well said Sanju ji.

Regards

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Sanju Nath <sanjivendra at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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