pasu = anima ?? jiva ?? nephesh??

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Animal Protection assumes many forms,

and when animal protection takes place from

our own species, our own intelligence is involved.

 

I'm not sure of the place of language and semantics

in all of this.

 

I do marvel at how air, breathing, and location

have been institutionalized into the numerous

human languages around sentient beings,

and we all KNOW that we need in order of

importance IN A CRISIS - air, water, food, etc.

 

Perhaps vegetarians ought to speak more of BREATH,

as we do in Yoga, and as we also see in the Biblical

tradition, than we currently do.

 

Or, perhaps the spiritual vegetarians with this

appreciation for AIR and breathing are better equipped

to address the ultimate questions of which we're all aware.

 

At 08:59 AM 9/25/00 -0700, Joanna Hughes wrote:

>I agree with Das Devaraj that sanctuary/protection

>is a terribly unfortunate idea. However it is a

>necessary one. It is, and has been for centuries,

>a HOLOCAUST for animals other than homo sapiens

>and they need protection, food and shelter in the face

>of the slaughter that stalks them all. Humanity turns

>on its own often enough, but animals have no power

>to enact their own laws. We who are " conscious " of

>their consciousness are under an obligation to ensure

>their protection by providing sanctuaries until enough

>people begin to understand the enormity of the crime

>humanity is committing against the animal and fish

>and bird kingdoms. I presume that a sanctuary is a

>holy place , a place that reveres life and the divine

>force within it.

>

>JoAnne

 

 

 

>--- " Maynard S. Clark " <vrc wrote:

> > At 11:04 AM 9/24/00 -0700, Das Devaraj wrote:

> > >What is more important (IMHO) is that cows/other

> > >animals are treated like pets or revered objects.

> > >Pasu the word for cow

> > >(and a general word for animals?) has also been

> >

> > >used to mean life/Soul. Isn't that a far better

> > >state of affairs than the

> > >concept of sanctuary/protection?

> >

> >

> > The Latin word " anima / animus " means living being,

> > and also breath, air, life, principle, soul,

> > like the Sanskrit word " anilas " - life and breath,

> > and is used etymologically for one who moves,

> > or an " animal " , one with locomotion.

> >

> > Locomotion requires that quintessential " something "

> > we reverence.

> >

> > Of course, when has one of your parents asked you

> > to " sit down and stay put " ?

> >

> > Maynard