Guest guest Posted January 29, 2002 Report Share Posted January 29, 2002 Dear Bhagavathas, This topic comes up often. Hinduism (Sanathana Dharma) is too broad and deep to have such narrow concepts. It is fairly clear that meat was consumed by Hindus from times immemorial. Life supports life. Ahimsa is the principle of causing least injury (in thoughts, words and deeds). Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian! Bhagavadgita discusses fairly elaborately on different kind of foods. Only people who cook for themselves verily eat sin! Gita also talks about Satvic, Rajasic and Tamasic foods. Interestingly, there is no mention or emphasis on avoiding meat. It is people who read into it and label meat as Tamasic food. Does it mean that many of our great Reshis and avataras (Rama for example) were Tamasic? Avoidance of meat may have been stressed in Bhagavatham and other Hindu scriptures, but certainly not in Bhagavadgita. We say what other shaastram is needed besides Bhgavadgita- as stated, Gita does not forbid meat and then why fuss about meat? I believe, it is mostly cultural. Brahmins (other than Bengali and Kashmiri) and few other sub-castes (Veerashaivas and some Chettiars) follow vegetarianism, by and large. Likewise, most Christians in the West do not eat dog or horse for that matter, eventhough it is not forbidden in their religion. I am told dog is consumed in Nagaland and in parts of China. When people here asksme why many Hindus do not eat cow (or other met), I tell them it is mostly cultural, just like Americans generally don't eat dog! If they ask me whether I am a vegetarian, I tell them that I am a TASTARIAN! Food has to taste good- that matters most. Try eating stale Bisibele bath (100% vegetarian). If we can think of one religion that STRICTLY FORBIDS meat is Jainism. Daasan K. Sreekrishna Tatachar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Dear Bhagavathas, This should clarify any doubts on vegetarianism: http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/vege.htm Thanks, rohit --- tatachar wrote: > Dear Bhagavathas, > > This topic comes up often. Hinduism (Sanathana > Dharma) is too broad > and deep to have such narrow concepts. It is fairly > clear that meat was > consumed by Hindus from times immemorial. Life > supports life. Ahimsa is the > principle of causing least injury (in thoughts, > words and deeds). Adolf > Hitler was a vegetarian! Bhagavadgita discusses > fairly elaborately on > different kind of foods. > Only people who cook for themselves verily eat sin! > Gita also talks about > Satvic, Rajasic and Tamasic foods. Interestingly, > there is no mention or > emphasis on > avoiding meat. It is people who read into it and > label meat as Tamasic food. > Does it mean that many of our great Reshis and > avataras (Rama for example) > were Tamasic? > Avoidance of meat may have been stressed in > Bhagavatham and other Hindu > scriptures, but certainly not in Bhagavadgita. We > say what other shaastram is > needed besides Bhgavadgita- as stated, Gita does not > forbid meat and then > why fuss about meat? > I believe, it is mostly cultural. Brahmins (other > than Bengali and Kashmiri) > and few other sub-castes (Veerashaivas and some > Chettiars) follow > vegetarianism, by and large. Likewise, most > Christians in the West do not eat > dog or horse for that matter, eventhough it is not > forbidden in their > religion. I am told dog is consumed in Nagaland and > in parts of China. When > people here asksme why many Hindus do not eat cow > (or other met), I tell > them it is mostly cultural, just like Americans > generally don't eat dog! If > they ask me whether I am a vegetarian, I tell them > that I am a TASTARIAN! > Food has to taste good- that matters most. Try > eating stale Bisibele bath > (100% vegetarian). > If we can think of one religion that STRICTLY > FORBIDS meat is Jainism. > > Daasan > > K. Sreekrishna Tatachar > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > ----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - > To Post a message, send it to: > bhakti-list > Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > > Your use of is subject to > > > ===== Rohit Iyer email: iyer_rohit Home Phone: (408) 445-9693 Work Phone: (408) 543-6668 Great stuff seeking new owners in Auctions! http://auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Dear friends, The topic on vegetarianism does comes up often. Please click the following site for online informations about vegetarianism and some vegetarian recipies. http://www.webcom.com/~ara/col/books/VEG/ht/ Bala Penang, Malaysia http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/District/9622/resbala.html --- Rohit Iyer <iyer_rohit wrote: > Dear Bhagavathas, > > This should clarify any doubts on vegetarianism: > http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/vege.htm > > Thanks, > > rohit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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