Guest guest Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Dear All, It is wonderful for being a member in this kind of satsangh and introspect the divine thoughts. First ,let me take Swami Vivekananda and put some views. Let it be Dharmasastra or let it be god himself, Vivekananda says that do not accept without question. He demonstrated this by asking Gurudev " Can you show me God" and Bhagwan Ramakrishna said "YES" Hence it is our duty and wisdom to introspect and derive correct meaning. Next according to Advaitha which says "all are god" Sarvam brahmamayam jagath proves that all creatures are God. So even logically speaking there can not be a situation of sacrificing other creatures and I feel we do not have any right. In fact "Mahaperiyava Paramacharya " took only Ayurvedic preparations as he was against testing medicines on animals and suspected non vegetarian ingredients in that. So he lived and showed the way. Sibi Chakravarthy has sacrificed his flesh for a bird. Shirdi Sai baba felt the blow when a horse called shyam sunder was beaten and this is the quality of "Antharyamithvam" So Srimatha is antharyami "present everywhere" Sarvamangala mangalye Siva sarvartha sathigae saranye thriyambigae gowri narayanee namosthuthae Anyatha saranam nasthi thwameva saranam mama thasmathu karunya bhavena raksha raksha maheswari says that she is karunya swaroopini. Srimatha becomes ugraswaroopini when she seeks adharma and evil forces overtaking sath sakthi-good powers. There is a arathi in Tamil which says Annai Annai Annai Annai Anbinukku mangalam Adhi sakthi ambikaiku anantha kodi mangalam Ennullae vilangum engal easwarikku mangalam Ichhai yavum mutrivikkum Chirchabaikku mangalam So mother is love she will never ask for killing any life. Anbae Sivam - Regards Ramanan "adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16 wrote:dear ambaal devotees, it is my pleasure to share an article wuth you from our poojaniya kanchi mahaperiyavval in hindu dharma... " Animal Sacrifice in the Age of Kali (HinduDharma: The Vedas) " ----------------- http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap24.htm [ text quoted from the page deleted by moderator and instead the WW url is provided] ------------------ so, as our great acharya kamakoti periyavaal points out it is ok to do whatever is prescribed in the vedas but we are now living in Kali > yuga and therefore the vedic injunctions of those days cannot be practiced in all its entirety unless we all follow the 'vedas' to a letter 't' also, sree Lalita parameshweri is also described as *'bali priyaimnamaha'* Bali' can mean number of things - NOT JUST 'NARA BALI' - human sacrifices ... or for that matter animal sacrifices... i invite the more learned members of this divine satsangha to share their views on this mantra from sree Lalita Sahasaranama. om sree bali-priyaii namaha! AUM shrImAtre namaH AUM namaH shivAya AUM namaH shivAbhyAm Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) : /messages// Contact : help Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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