Rishi's of yester years

[Guest guest]

Namaste Sweeji & others learned in Shastras.

 

to swee : you wrote:

>If you read deeply into the sattvic puranas, even in times of >yore,

>people

> were eating meat.

 

though you have not specifically reffered 'Rushis', i want to ask one

question which has created big confusion for me.

 

I have heared several times that Rushis of Vedic times used to EAT

MEAT.

 

I am not able to digest this. However much i think about that i fail

to really accept the theory. i don't know if it is a fact or mis-

propoganda.

 

can anybody tell me is that a fact backed by any vedic literature

 

regards,

 

utpal

 

 

sohamsa , " Swee Chan " <swee@c...> wrote:

> Jaya Jagannatha

>

> Dear Prabodh,

>

> If you read deeply into the sattvic puranas, even in times of yore,

people

> were eating meat. There were only certain " holy " tithis when one is

offering

> a rite that one has to abstain for that day/period. Would be good

if you can

> kindly look for those passages??

>

> Caraka samhita Vol I Ch V details herbal smoking for clearing the

head and

> neck (for better eyesight etc).

>

>

> Love,

>

> Swee

>

>

>

>

>

> sohamsa [sohamsa ] On

Behalf Of

> Prabodh Vekhande

> Friday, September 09, 2005 5:25 PM

> sohamsa

> Re: Food+Drinking Habits PART-1 (Hot Tea &

Mars) - To

> Lakshmi

>

> Dear Hari Namaste

>

> [Hari] That is your perception.

>

> I first felt that you were joking when you said that smoking can be

> used to increase intelligence. If Sanjay ji feels that smoking can

> boost his intelligence then possibly there must be some 'odd' reason

> for this!

>

> >Where from you have written all this, Prabodh? Again, this is

> > your personal comment. Calm down, Prabodh and think twice before

you

> >write

> > such comments.

>

> Again, dont get excited! I am very much at ease with myself. By any

> chance, if I made you to loose your calm please excuse me. But I

just

> felt that by even suggesting weak argument on public forum you tried

> to justify his smoking. Tomorrow anybody can take a clue from this

and

> start telling smoking as effective upaya for sarpa dosha! I know

that

> you never said that but people may.

>

> > [Hari] Read the description of the karakatwa of Ketu in BPHS.

>

> Varnarogacharmatishulashutakshudharti karak ketuH

>

> This is what my edition of BPHS says. I did not find smoking in this

> that is why I asked for the reference.

>

> >Smoking is essentially a luxury or spending a little money on

>yourself.

>

> I think you dont smoke! It is not a luxury. How a product that is

sold

> with a health warning be a luxury?

>

> >BTW, I had the chance to chat

> > with Pt. Rath yesterday and he did *not* disagree with what I

wrote.

>

> I think since you compared him with Gajanan Maharaj and Sai Baba he

> had to agree with you!

>

>

> Thanks a lot for your Time and Sapce.

>

> Prabodh Vekhande

> Jai Jai Shankar

> Har Har Shankar

>

>

>

>

> sohamsa , Jyotisa Shisya <achyutagaddi@g...>

wrote:

> > *om brihaspate abhisastiramunca*

> > **

> > Dear Prabodh,

> > My replies below.

> > I dont think Sanjay ji has a perception that smoking will boost

his

> > intelligence. At least he should not have!

> > [Hari] That is your perception.

> > Further you said:

> > " I also make another extremely weak point that Sanjay probably

> smokes to

> > 'reduce' the effect of the sarpa yoga in his chart. "

> >

> > I again disagree to this. If we start telling this 'remedy' to

> others we

> > will soon land up in reading Kitabs rather than Granthas!

> > [Hari] I accept your disagreement. I already said it was a weak

> point and

> > hence I fail to see how you came up with this inference of yours

> based on my

> > statement. I never said it was a remedy nor proposed that this be

> considered

> > as a remedy. Where from you have written all this, Prabodh? Again,

> this is

> > your personal comment. Calm down, Prabodh and think twice before

you

> write

> > such comments.

> >

> > BTw why ketu is karaka for Smoking? I mean one smokes because of

strong

> > desire to do so(You can confirm with anybody who smokes!) and

strong

> desire

> > to the extent of killing slowly oneself will be because of Rahu.

Such

> > effects of Rahu can be controlled through strong Guru. Sanjay ji

has

> Guru in

> > Lagna in Meena. Why then Guru is not getting activated? Aspect of

> Mars and

> > Shani? But in other areas like Jyotish his Guru is fully activated

> so how to

> > determine if a planet will support in a perticular aspect of the

> life or

> > not?

> > [Hari] Read the description of the karakatwa of Ketu in BPHS. The

> desire to

> > smoke is seen from D-16. Smoking is essentially a luxury or

spending a

> > little money on yourself.

> > All your questions are one and the same question to which I put

> forth my

> > answer and gave an interesting observation. BTW, I had the chance

to

> chat

> > with Pt. Rath yesterday and he did *not* disagree with what I

wrote.

> > regards

> > Hari

*tat savitur varenyam*

>