[Advaita-l] An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

I heard the Soma plant is not available today. They use a substitute
plant but I don't know if it has same effect of Soma. They crush the
plant to make juice. The drinkers of Soma juice used to sing Sama
songs with the intoxication of Soma. They used to create a heaven like
atmosphere in the Yajna place with the Saama Gaana. Soma intoxication
is not like alcohol intoxication. The Ritvijas were not drinking only
one drop but definitely more than that to get intoxication.

Modern musicians drinking alcohol filled drinks and producing music is
a cheap imitation of the ancient Saama Gaana Ritvijas. They are not
creating a heaven like atmosphere but hell like atmosphere only in
doing this.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
<sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> The statement "They say animal sacrifices are  not actual animals but only Pashus made
>  of  vegetarian grains"  may not be (I repeat <may not be>) without some valid points.
>
> It is believed that the sacrificed pashus (obviously the non-vegetarian pashus) will take revenge on the sacrificer by eating the flesh of the latter (sacrificer), in the next birth and Manu also seems to have indicated this. This can possibly be obviated if the sacrificed pashu itself is a non-carnivorous animal or if vegetables like Kushmanda are sacrificed as Bali. The flesh eaters among the Hindus, eat the meat of the non-carnivorous animals. It is also believed that eating meat of non-vegetarian pashus (i.e., carnivorous animals) will make the mare aggressive and brutal. However, Vishwamitra is said to have taken dog's meat to save his life,  when there was a famine, but I do not recollect the reference at this time
>
> As regards Soma, I understand that only a small quantity is taken by the priest, that too after diluiting that with milk. As regards the Sura the finger is dipped and sucked, which ensures that only an insignificant amount is consumed. I am open to correction.
>
> Regards,
> Sunil KB
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 1/16/17, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l]       An instance of malicious interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad
>  To: "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>  Cc: "Advaitin" <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
>  Date: Monday, January 16, 2017, 6:50 AM
>
>  Namaste
>
>  Bad logic of Dvaitis.
>
>  They say animal sacrifices are
>  not actual animals but only Pashus made
>  of
>  vegetarian grains. No non veg.
>
>  But they say in Sautramani Yaaga liquor can be
>  consumed but against
>  Dharma Sastra.
>
>
>
>  On
>  Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 3:43 PM, V Subrahmanian via
>  Advaita-l
>  <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
>  wrote:
>  > *An instance of  malicious
>  interpretation of the Atharvaśirā upaniṣad*
>  >
>  > A short article on
>  the above topic is available here for download:
>  >
>  > http://www.mediafire.com/file/l6som2xfpbcjj4t/Wrong_explanation_of_the_Atharvashir%C4%81F.pdf
>  >
>  > regards
>  > subrahmanian.v
>  >
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