[Advaita-l] vedic yajna

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

 I am sorry for saying Beef Appreciation Group. I got a email with bad
word from one well respected member Satish. Now I am more sorry to see
members here writing bad unprintable words against me.

Clarification of Position- There are Sruti and Smruti Vakyas appearing
to allow Beef eating and many Sruti and Smruti Vakyas prohibiting the
same. One Group was showing Beef Prohibition was started as a blind
belief or political agenda but not supported in Sastras. They are not
saying directly prohibition is blind belief but indirectly it means
only that.  This is not correct. They are not looking at how to solve
the contradiction of Srutis and Smrutis. How to break the tie? This is
why we must consult books like Parashara Smruti, Nirnaya Sindhu and
Vaidyanatha Dikshitiya. They are like final conclusions of the big
ocean of Sruti and Smruti literature. They will show you the way like
a friend "Don't be confused child, I will show you the way." They are
telling us beef in any and all forms is prohibited now in this age.
What happens to Sruti and Smruti Vakyas appearing to allow beef also
Sankara Bhashya 6-4-18? There we have to take the indirect meaning
only not the direct meaning respecting Dharma Sastra. Dharmo Rakshati
Rakshitaha.


On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Shyam <shyam_md at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Sri Venkatesh
> Pranams
> With all due respect, it is deceptive and disingenous for you to characterize the individuals involved in this discussion as a "beef appreciation group".
> If anything I find the discussion to be one of Vedic appreciation vs (Selfstyled) morality appreciation as the deterministic compass for dharmic action.
> This topic then extends to domains far beyond the rigid parameters that frame the issue of animal - specifically bovine in this instance - sacrifice.
> I hope your seeming inability to imbibe this appreciation regarding the basic framework of the issue being debated is not intentional.
>
> Hari OM
> Shyam
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 9, 2011 4:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] vedic yajna
>
> Namaste
>
> I feel good Sri Sastri has given the opinion 'Cow cannot be killed'.
> It will silence the Beef Appreciation Group we have here.  What is he
> saying about Sankara Bhashya 6-4-18 on Uksha and Rishabha? It is
> definitely relevant for this list because it is for discussing Sankara
> Bhashyas. The moderators can take a decision.
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Rajaram Venkataramani
> <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/9/11, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> valve. It is like the spoken word; once uttered, it cannot be unspoken. We
>>> do not censor, so we cannot remove any post from the list.
>>>
>>> So, Rajaram, having started the thread, and having seen the diversity of
>>> opinion among list-members, the best recourse would be this. Please type
>>> up a summary of what you have learnt from the learned and traditionally
>>> trained Sastri on this issue and post it, either to the list or by private
>>> email
>>> to those who participated in this discussion thread. I would suggest that
>>> before sending it out, run it by Sri Mani Dravid Sastri , to ensure that
>>> what
>>> gets put down in writing accurately represents his thinking.
>>>
>>> Vidyasankar
>>
>> RV: I understand the administrative constraint. The lesson learnt is
>> one has to be extremely careful about what is written as much as what
>> is spoken.
>>
>> The essential conclusion of discussion with Shri Mani Dravid Sastrigal
>> that I can share is "Cow cannot be killed". For details on each point
>> raised here, I request the interested members to contact him directly.
>> He is available in person, over e-mail and phone.
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>
> -Venkatesh
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-Venkatesh