Weekly page from Hindu Dharma: Is Sacrificial Killing Justified?

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This week's page from Hindu Dharma is "Is Sacrificial Killing Justified?" from "The Vedas" at http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap23.htm, which is attached with this email. Here are the first few lines from this page:

A yaga or sacrifice takes shape with the chanting of the mantras, the invoking of the deity and the offering of havis (oblation). The mantras are chanted (orally) and the deity is meditated upon (mentally). The most important material required for homa is the havis offered in the sacrificial fire-- in this 'work' the body is involved. So, altogether, in a... (see attachment for more)

 

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