Repeat posting on Vegetarianism and Dakshinachara

August 5, 2005

Dear Members,

Iam giving one repeat posting on Vegetarianism. One member has asked me whether Vegetarianism is a must for dakshinacharis.

Here is an old posting which i have Cut paste and copied.

Please peruse all my old postings before asking anything. I would have dealt most of the issues there.

Dear SatveekaJanas,

All Srividya Upasakas of the Dakshinachara Sampradaya are adviced to be vegetarians.

Even though Lalitha Sahsranama says that Devi Herself likes ''Madhu''(Wine) and "Mamsa"(Meat) as in 'Madhumamsapriye', the understanding is to be different.

She definitely loves meat and wine and only once She came down for the sake of a shocked devotee who was reading the Lalitha Sahasranama that She takes only ''honey''(as in "madhu"). But that was out of compassion for the devotee.

She is capable of converting the bad karmas of meat into ambrosia. The advanced yogis know of certain practices which can even grant higher births to the creatures which they eat. They infact do a service by ingestion of meat. Also the meat-eating gives them certain siddhis. Same is the case with opium,sex and marijuana which require special mantras in transmuting the effects into spiritual benefits.She who is a ''gupta tara yogini'' knows it all.

For all practical purposes unless one breaks barriers and becomes a true yogi one can follow vegetarianism,celibacy,non-alcoholism,non-smoking and non-narcoticdrug ingestion while doing srividya worship.

Vegetarianism is the key to good health and happiness.It has been found out by research that man is not an omnivore as popularly thought but a herbivore biologically. The intestines are capable of digesting only vegetarian products and the meat which is taken is not a useful part in the digestive process.The only digestion which takes place of the meat is already pre-digested vegetable products in the meat consumed by the animal.

There are five reasons in support of vegetarianism.

1. The Dharmic Law Reason

Ahimsa, the law of noninjury, is the Shaktha's first duty in fulfilling religious obligations to God and God's creation.

2. The Karmic Consequences Reason

All of our actions, including our choice of food, have Karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.

3. The Spiritual Reason

Food is the source of the body's chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and experiential patterns. If one wants to live in higher consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then he cannot eat meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs. By ingesting the grosser chemistries of animal foods, one introduces into the body and mind anger, jealousy, anxiety, suspicion and a terrible fear of death, all of which are locked into the the flesh of the butchered creatures. For these reasons, vegetarians live in higher consciousness and meat-eaters abide in lower consciousness.

4. The Health Reason

Medical studies prove that a vegetarian diet is easier to digest, provides a wider ranger of nutrients and imposes fewer burdens and impurities on the body. Vegetarians are less susceptible to all the major diseases that afflict contemporary humanity, and thus live longer, healthier, more productive lives. They have fewer physical complaints, less frequent visits to the doctor, fewer dental problems and smaller medical bills. Their immune system is stronger, their bodies are purer, more refined and skin more beautiful.

5. The Ecological Reason

Planet Earth is suffering. In large measure, the escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient rainforests to create pasture lands for live stock, loss of topsoils and the consequent increase of water impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the single fact of meat in the human diet. No decision that we can make as individuals or as a race can have such a dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary ecology as the decision not to eat meat.

People just don't think about it. Even when we are young, mothers in west always lovingly served us steak and potatoes and encouraged us to dine heartily on the carcass so we could "grow up big and strong." And the TV adds and the billboards daily reinforce the conditioning that it's "perfectly normal" to kill animals for food. So most never question it; they don't make the connection between the seemingly innocent hamburger on their plate and the horror of the slaughterhouse. "Out of sight, out of mind."

The Vedic Scriptures refer to the cow as our mother When we stop taking milk from our mother the cow gladly takes over the role of supplying milk. For this reason the cow is our mother.We are now killing millions of our mothers every year in such a brutal way in enormous slaughterhouses. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated that in 1984 229,249,000 cattle and calves were killed for meat production. This cow-killing is the most sinful activity and we are suffering in many ways as a result of the enormous burden of bad karma.

In Vedic peroid some yajnas were practiced

AshwaMedh

GouMedh

AjaMedh

The real meaning of each of these word Vedic people knew. Over the period they(words) lost meanings and people considered

Ashwamedh =

to sacrifice Ashwa(Ghoda)

GouMedh =

to sacrifice Gou(Gaya)

AjaMedh =

to sacrifice Aja(Bakara) . This wrong interpretations of these words resulted in heavy sacrifices of Gou and Aja(Bakara). Gou was and is social animal with lots of benifits. People knew it and so to stop unnecessary killings of animal like Gou it was made forbidden in KaliYuga.

'Agnihotram gavalambam sanyasam palpaitrukam|

Deverachha sutoptathikaloupanchavivarjayet'| Arthat:

'Kaliyug main panch(5) karma karane ke liye nishedh hain

agnihotra

Gavalamban(GouMedh)

Sanyas

palapaitruk yane mans pinda dekar shradha karana aur

devar se santati karava lena'

That is how people in KaliYuga stopped GouMedh and Hindus who follow Vedic principle do not eat beef(Gou).

GouMeahActually in Vedic period Gou means Indriya most of the times. How otherwise you justify a word GouSwami? Does that mean Nandi ya Bail ya Hela ya Reda? Definitely not. We mean a Rishi or a saintly person who has conquered his senses.So when Gou means Indriaya Vedic people used to perform GouMedh that is IndriyaMedh that is IndriaNighriya. They used to direct Indriya rather than guided by them. Over the period this became difficult to implement and people considered it to be Gaya or Beef.

AshwaMedhIt also had similar problems. Ashwa is A+Shwa 'A' means absence and 'Shwa' means breathing. So where Absence of Berathing is achieved and only Shusmuna nadi works that state is called as Ashwa. So we have to kill that state(avasta). Interestingly,only Kshatriyas were allowed to perform AshwaMedh. Brahamans were not allowed. Bramhan means Ashwa avasta. A Kshatriya is not supposed to go to Ashwa avastha because he must look after his subjets. That is why AshwaMedh was performed by Prabhu RamChandra and Yudhistir. It is difficult to understand that Prabhu Ramchandra can kill a innocent Ghoda for his peace of mind(ManahaShanti).It was to remember that being Kshtriya they have to have Shawas(Nitya Karma). This was also misinterpreted in the post vedic kala and people started killings Ghoda.

AjamedhAjaMedh is A+ja(That has not taken birth) so AjaMedh means kill that has not taken bitrh! Was that Abortion? Aja means Bramhavasta so not to indulge in Bramahavsta is what AjaMedh means. Aja avastha means Brhama avastha ko samasaman kar jo avastha utpana ho ti hain use Sama+Aja Samaj kahate hain. So AjaMedh means Samaj ka uddhar.

So Vedic people were

AshawaMedhi(Jagrut)

GouMedhi(IndriyaNighra)

AjaMedhi(Samajsheel).

Over the period people took altogether diffrent and wrong interpretations and hence question like Beef eating comes up. So when entire world was practicising Vedic sanskruti some of them took

GouMedh as Gou killings(Chirstains,Muslims)

some of them took it as GouSwami,GouWardhan,GouPal(Hindu)

Some of them took as Strong Indria Nirodh (Jain).

By no means Vedas allowed animal scarifiecs. So it is not only Gou but any animal sacrifices are not allowed.

Famous Vegetarians of the WorldAlbert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin, Socrates, Thomas Edison, Pythagoras, Plato, Voltaire, & many more

World Champion Sportsmen who are Vegetarian

Martina Navratilova (USA)- tennis champ

Cheryl Marek and Estelle Gray -world record holders, cross-country tandem cycling

Desmond Howard (USA)- pro football & Heisman trophy winner

Billie Jean King (USA)- tennis champ

Ingra Manecke (Gr) -discus throw champ

Paavo Nurmi (Fin)- runner & winner of 9 Olympic medals and 20 world records

Bill Pearl (USA) -4 time Mr Universe

Ridgely Abele -(winner of 8 national championships in karate)

Dave Scott (USA) -6 time Ironman triathlon champ

Andreas Cahling (Sw)- champion body builder & Olympic gold medalist in ski jump

Sixto Linares (world record holder, 24-hour triathlon)

Bill Manetti (USA) -power lift champ

Stan Price (world weight lifting record holder)

Murray Rose (swimmer, Olympic gold medalist)

Edwin Moses (USA)- Olympic gold medallist & world record holder in track

Surya Bonaly (Fr) -Olympic figure skater

Chris Campbell (USA) -Olympic wrestling Champion

and more sportsmen

Vegetarian Stars

Paul McCartny, Richard Gere, Alicia Silverstone, Linda McCartny, Billy Crystal, Bryan Adams, Kim Basinger, Lisa Bonet, Steve Howe, Chrissie Hynde Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Steve Martin, Dennis Weaver, Vanessa Williams

All beings be it a fish or an rat are children of Godess Rajarajeshwari and one who callously eat their own brothers and sisters will find no place in Her heart nor give Her any happiness.

I urge all to leave meat eating. Being a vegetarian is the greatest gratitude you are showing to God for this existence of ours...

Rest I leave it to your mind and Palate...

Yours Yogically,

Shreeram Balijepalli

Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam...

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