please differentiate

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On 5-Jul-06, at 7:40 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

1.Vedas, Upanishads, Dharma Shastras, Yoga Sutras collectively are

scriptures, and some may add even Bhagvad Gita and Bhagwat also to

these. Both ayurveda and astrology are termed 'Upangas' of Vedas. So

both these have to follow basics of Veda. This does not of course

mean that those who adopt ayurveda should become vegetarians.

 

so why are we still discussing this?

 

best... todd

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Vegeterianism is neither a facet of Hindu nor of Vedic philosophy. The Kshtriya class were prone to eating meat. There are kinds of vegetables that tend to be more tamasic than certain meats and hence are also incompatible with the philosophy.

"Shikara" or hunting was an indulgence of the wealthy, royalty and warriors. The killing from the Shikara was often used for food, while the skin went for adornments. Ayurved also makes use of animal parts in its medicine, but a lot of this has been lost to time, and some of it was adopted to the north and far east local practices.

It may seem blasphemous, but even Krishna and Ram were considered not to have been Vegeterians.

The term "Ahimsa" was coined by Jain/Buddhist sects and wasn't as prevalently used with hinduism until its revival by Hindu royalty (post-Ashoka dynasties) and lately by Gandhi in the Indian Freedom Movement.

As a point to take, the coastal region Hindus and brahmins do take fish and meat as part of their diet, the integration and history of this traces back to a few thousand years and several generations based on preparation styles and receipes.

The same is true off meat in the northern region of the country.

Vegeterianism became a primary trait of the population in the Krishna / Ram following sects. But Shaivaites and Kali worshippers actually do prepare meat on religioius occasions such as Shivaratri and certain other festivities.