Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Dear shreeramji, According to Bhagwad Gita, Shri Krsna says that: Person who CUTS the animal, Person who PURCHASES that meat, Person who COOKS the meat, Person who SERVES the meat and lastly the person who EATS the meat equally share the karma and will pay eventually, i personally too do not eat meat nor wine but i do have a dog (German sheperd) at home who eats meat and sometimes when he doesnot eat on his own he needs attention then i serve him with my hands and feed him too. I know there is no excuse for the law of karma, but will that effect my sadhana or will that adversly effect me. Thanks, Niraj Shirali On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 para_anuloma wrote : >Dear Mark, > >Regarding the question of meat and wine. > >I have already dwelled upon it in an old posting of mine where I >discussed the panchakarma rituals. > >ok the straightforward answer is a big NO! > >Dakshinachara does not allow it's practioners to take meat and wine >and they have symbolic meanings attached to it. > >Some sects in keralachara allow it while most sects in keralachara >do not allow meat and wine drinking for srividya adepts neither is >it advocated for Srividya worship. > >However I have seen some practioners pouring whisky over Mahameru >and taking just a spoon of it formally as 'naivedya' This is however >done under the strict guidelines of Guru and might raise lot of >eyebrows of Dakshinachara practioners everywhere. > >I personally do not drink wine nor take meat following my >gurunatha's dictum to all of his disciples. > >Eshwaree Rakshathu! > >Yours yogically, > >Shreeram Balijepalli > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Dear Nirajji, I personally love dogs very much and do not mind having a pet dog in home. Though I do not have one as I keep moving about from place to place. If you have watched one tv show by Maneka Gandhi on animals she says even a dog can be fed with vegetraian diet and supplemted with a few supplements in the form of capsules which can be mixed in water and given. There is no great for you to feed meat on a regular basis to your German Shepard. If you have seen stray dogs in India they are quite healthy eating just a few morsels of Chappathi or curd rice which an occasional passerby puts to them. German shepherd does not belong to an alien speicies and can work fine. I love dogs so much that I keep reading about so many breeds of dogs and as far as my knoweldge goes. German shepherd(called alsetaian in India) has many varities and can survive very well on a pure vegetarian diet. When even dogs like Great Dane can survive on just curd rice and maintian fine health then this dog too will be fine. Also some supplements(synthetically prepared) can be added to the diet if you are apprehensive about the health of your dog. But I would strongly advice you to sit and ask your vet what the right course is. Do not ask him whether you should stop feeding it meat! Ask whether it is ok to feed just vegetarian diet to German shepherd and Iam sure he/she will give a postive response. Only good questions get good answers! If you feed meat to your dog you too will get karma apart form the dog getting it. Infact your karma will be greater since you have access to the knowledge that even vegetarian diet is ok for dogs.The law of karma is very strict! It doesnt spare anyone. You can also contact your local PFA association.(People for animals of Maneka Gandhi) for the same. They are very good. Eshwaree Rakshathu Yours yogically, Shreeram ps: Shaktha concepts on meat and wine are different than bhagavd geetha.(Though the divine essence is the same)because one can wash out the sins of doing it easily by giving the animal higher births. But in dakshinachara the upasaks prefer not to indulge in it and interefere in the being's karma in any way be it for good or for bad. And the panchakarma is a deep thing to be understood easily by laymen. One needs subtler understanding of karma and upasana.I personally do not indulge in meat eating not because Iam a brahmin but for humanatarian and compassionate reasons.Also the use of it in srividya upasana is not advised by my gurunatha.(And wine ofcourse is an intoxicant and one must know the mantras to control it's deleterious effects else one will damage one's body and health) Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , " Niraj v. Shirali " <nirajshirali@r...> wrote: > Dear shreeramji, > > According to Bhagwad Gita, Shri Krsna says that: Person who CUTS the animal, Person who PURCHASES that meat, Person who COOKS the meat, Person who SERVES the meat and lastly the person who EATS the meat equally share the karma and will pay eventually, i personally too do not eat meat nor wine but i do have a dog (German sheperd) at home who eats meat and sometimes when he doesnot eat on his own he needs attention then i serve him with my hands and feed him too. > > I know there is no excuse for the law of karma, but will that effect my sadhana or will that adversly effect me. > > Thanks, > > Niraj Shirali > > > On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 para_anuloma wrote : > >Dear Mark, > > > >Regarding the question of meat and wine. > > > >I have already dwelled upon it in an old posting of mine where I > >discussed the panchakarma rituals. > > > >ok the straightforward answer is a big NO! > > > >Dakshinachara does not allow it's practioners to take meat and wine > >and they have symbolic meanings attached to it. > > > >Some sects in keralachara allow it while most sects in keralachara > >do not allow meat and wine drinking for srividya adepts neither is > >it advocated for Srividya worship. > > > >However I have seen some practioners pouring whisky over Mahameru > >and taking just a spoon of it formally as 'naivedya' This is however > >done under the strict guidelines of Guru and might raise lot of > >eyebrows of Dakshinachara practioners everywhere. > > > >I personally do not drink wine nor take meat following my > >gurunatha's dictum to all of his disciples. > > > >Eshwaree Rakshathu! > > > >Yours yogically, > > > >Shreeram Balijepalli > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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