[world-vedic] vegetarianism and other moral yardsticks

[Guest guest]

Ron and/or Keli:

 

Could you please explain to an uninformed Western meat eater

how enslaving another human can be more righteous than eating

meat?

 

> Since Lord Krsna states clearly that meat eating & animal slaughter is

> demonic,then those following the flesh eating program are recognized clearly

> as demons,& especially those who also make a point to attack sanatan

> dharma,& deity worship as "nauseating". There may be many inocent meat

> eaters since everyone is led into it in North America,

 

....

 

> The great emperor Ashoka,(268-233 B.C.) said," Moreover I have had

> banyan trees planted on the roads to give shade to man & beast; I have

> planted mango groves ,& have had ponds dug & shelters errected along the

> roads at every eight kos,( a days journey), Everywhere I had wells dug for

> the benefit of man & beast....What i have done has been done so that all men

> may conform to righteousness. All the good deeds that I have done have been

> accepted & followed by the people. And so obediance to mother &

> father,obediance to teachers,respect for the aged,kindness to ascetics &

> brahmans,to the poor & weak,and to slaves & servants,have increased & will

> continue to increase....And this progress of Righteousness among men haqs

> taken place in two manners,by enforcing conformity to Righteousness,& by

> exhortation. I have enforced the law against killing certain animals and

> many others,but the greatest progress of Righteousness among men comes from

> exhortation in favor of non injury to life and abstention from killing

> living beings."

 

 

Bonnie Scott

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(I'm on the digest version of this list, and will probably be away

until Wednesday, but I look forward to your response.)