[Advaita-l] Fw: vedic yajna

[Sunil Bhattacharjya]

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From: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
To: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] vedic yajna
 

Namaste Venkateshji,


Brihadaranyaka is not asking all of us to eat beef. Never. I explained that in my mail. Can the children of all of us be expected to master all the four Vedas? You have to seek the answer to that first. The very fact that Vedavyasa classified the Vedas at the Sandhi period of the Dwapara yuga (ie. at the fag-end of the Dwapara yuga) shows that he had the Kali yuga in mind when it would not be possible for an individual to master all the four Vedas. In fact Parashara wrote the Parashara Smriti only when Vedavyasa requested him (Parashara rishi) to do that. This is mentioned in the beginning of the Parashara Smriti. That is also the reason Adi Sanklarcharya specified one Veda for one Matha.



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 From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
To: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> 
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] vedic yajna
 
Namaste Sri Bhattacharya

If you say Sruti I can say Sathapatha Brahmana is also Sruti. It is
telling us Sa Dhenvai Ca Anaduhasca Nashniyat. Dhenu means cow and
Anaduha means Bull. They both help us a lot. We should not eat them.
Nashniyat.  Even in Yajna Cow and Bull must not be eaten. Then how can
we eat them if Brihadaranyaka is asking us to eat. The correct
conclusion is Brihadaranyaka 6-4-18 must be taken with indirect
meaning only. Same with Sankara Bhashya.

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
<sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Shri Venkateshji,
>
> The very statement that Adi Sankaracharya was asking us to eat beef appears to be malicious. Neither Adi Sankaracharya  nor the Brihadaranyaka upanishad gave a general licence to eat beef. One must remember at all
 times that exceptions don't make a rule. None can plan to have a child, whom  one can send to four different schools of Veda. Adi Sankaracharya also knew that one school has to specialize in one Veda. Each of the four mathas established by him was to specialize in teaching one Veda, though there may be scholars in these maths, who may specialize in  more than one Veda.
>
> Then coming to Parashara Smriti it cannot surpass the authority of the Vedas. It is said that if there is a conflict between the Shruti and Smriti, the views of Shruti prevails and we have to keep this mind. To my knowledge Madhava did not say that Shruti cannot be brought in because Parashara Smfriti made a statement.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sunil KB
>
>
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>  From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] vedic yajna
>
> Namaste Sri Sarma
>
> 2011/12/10 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>> Were these Dharmasastras written before Sankar's commentary or after
>> he has written his commentary? Do not
 forget that Sankara was born well
>> after
>> Kali age has started. Madhava's commentary on Parasara Smriti is written
>> hundreds of years after Sankara.
>
> Parashara Smruti was there in Adi Sankara's time. This is why I am
> saying when Sankara Bhashya is saying a man has to eat Bull meat in
> 6-4-18 we have to take the meaning properly after looking at Parashara
> Smruti, Katyayana Srauta Sutra, Sathapatha Brahmana and other books
> also. It is not correct to take the direct meaning of the Upanishad
> Vakya or Sankara Vakya. Madhava knew about Adi Sankara and he has
> still written commentary on Parashara Smruti. If he is thinking Adi
> Sankara is asking us to eat Bull meat why is he writing Beef is
> prohibited? We have to consider all this information instead of
> jumping to conclusion Bull meat is recommended in 6-4-18.
>
> --
>
 Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
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