Guest guest Posted April 2, 2000 Report Share Posted April 2, 2000 Laxmi N. Gupta wrote: > *exact* Chapter, text ,synonyms. Yes, it can be done. If you want, read >it yourself in a good translation or original if you read Sanskrit. When >Rama is returning home from Lanka, he asks Sita to make an offering of fruit , > nuts and meat to Ganga. When he enters the forest at the beginning of his > exile, he and Lakshmana kill five small animals that they have for supper. > Ref: Translation by Swami Venkatesananda: The Concise Ramayana of Valmiki, > SUNY Press 1998. I do not have this particular authors book this is why I still need the *Chapter and Text* can you provide? I can then check if the other Valmiki Ramayanas translations have the same text. Many times you find authors/translators tend to misintrepret the sastra to suit their own cococtions this is why we have to select from those whose motivation is only Pure Bhakti. Krishna also states Bhaktya mam abhijanati (Bhagavad Gita 18.55) Only a devotee can understand Him. Besides this, even if we say *for the sake of arguement*, accept, Lord Rama did eat meat still there is no justification in eating meat *just because* Lord Rama ate. Consider the following: Lord Siva drank poison. Can we drink this? Krishna lifted the Govardhana hill. Can we do this? The sun is powerful and absorbs urine and stool and sterilises the polluted place but if we try to imitate it would be foolish and dangerous. Its not a question of *imitating* great personalities but rather following their instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2000 Report Share Posted April 28, 2000 Actually Lord Raama did eat meat as did Krishna but one must remember the idea of yuga dharma or rules in different yugas are different. As ksythriyas Raama and Krishna ate meat. The yuga dharma for kali yuga is to abstain from meat. One must look at various issues with understanding of the rules and in the proper context. -Mukunda > Laxmi N. Gupta wrote: > > *exact* Chapter, text ,synonyms. Yes, it can be done. If you want, read > >it yourself in a good translation or original if you read Sanskrit. When > >Rama is returning home from Lanka, he asks Sita to make an offering of > fruit , > > nuts and meat to Ganga. When he enters the forest at the beginning of his > > exile, he and Lakshmana kill five small animals that they have for supper. > > Ref: Translation by Swami Venkatesananda: The Concise Ramayana of Valmiki, > > SUNY Press 1998. > > I do not have this particular authors book this is why I still need the > *Chapter and Text* can you provide? I can then check if the other Valmiki > Ramayanas translations have the same text. Many times you find > authors/translators tend to misintrepret the sastra to suit their own > cococtions this is why we have to select from those whose motivation is only > Pure Bhakti. Krishna also states Bhaktya mam abhijanati (Bhagavad Gita > 18.55) Only a devotee can understand Him. > > Besides this, even if we say *for the sake of arguement*, accept, Lord Rama > did eat meat still there is no justification in eating meat *just because* > Lord Rama ate. > Consider the following: > Lord Siva drank poison. Can we drink this? > Krishna lifted the Govardhana hill. Can we do this? > The sun is powerful and absorbs urine and stool and sterilises the polluted > place but if we try to imitate it would be foolish and dangerous. > > Its not a question of *imitating* great personalities but rather following > their instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2000 Report Share Posted April 29, 2000 As a kshatriya, maybe Shree Rama could have, but Shree Krishna did not carry out the duties of a Kshatriya. Dharmapada Dasa - Mukunda Raghavan <mukunda_108 <vediculture > Friday, April 28, 2000 4:40 AM Re: [world-vedic] Rama and meat (Valmiki Ramayana) > Actually Lord Raama did eat meat as did Krishna but one must remember > the idea of yuga dharma or rules in different yugas are different. > As ksythriyas Raama and Krishna ate meat. The yuga dharma for kali > yuga is to abstain from meat. One must look at various issues with > understanding of the rules and in the proper context. > -Mukunda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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