[HealthyIndia] Bhagwat Gita on the logic of food

[Guest guest]

An excerpt:

 

" Animal sacrifice in the Vedas is

symbolic in nature and actual victims

were rarely used. Just as the Vedic

human sacrifice is a symbol for the

offering of the ego to the Divine, so

the animal sacrifice symbolizes

offering our vital nature to the

Divine.

" 'The rice cake which is offered is

the victim which is killed; its chaff

is the hair, the husks the skin, the

polishing the blood, the pounded grains

and fragments the flesh, whatever is

substantial the bone. With the sap of

all animals he sacrifices who sacrifices

with rice cake.'

(Aitareya Brahmana II.9.)

[...] "

- Frawley, David; " Gods, Sages and

Kings " , Passage Press, 1991.

 

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

Om Shanti

 

Krishna Gopal Misra <kg wrote:

>

> Dear Puneet

>

> I have explained to you already the Bhagwat Gita,

> and logic of food as

> jatharajni (fire of stomach) and swabhav (guna of

> Prakriti) and sankalp

> ( conduct of life). It is most important for me to

> explain you meaning

> of the sacrifice of animals called PASHU BALI

> before YAGYA. You will be

> surprised that it is error of translation.

>

> In Atharveda and Markandeya purana, it is said that

> one should sacrifice

> the bondages before entering meditation. SACRIFICE

> THE BONDAGES is

> wrongly interpreted as PASHU BALI. PASHU in Sanskrit

> is not meant by

> animals. It means bondages of any kind.

[Guest guest]

The items to be offered as stated in Bhagwad Gita are only symbolic

in the same tune. For instance, the items refrred in 9.26

 

Whosoever offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with

devotion; I accept and eat the offering of devotion by the pure-

hearted. (9.26)

 

leaf, flower fruit or water, Lord created all those. when we offer

what he has created, what great we do? nothing. The spiritual meaning

has to be clearly understood. In addition to 4 natural vegetarian

items, fifth item lord wants which is " devotion " or offer with your

mind inside it. This means lord wants our mind also along with 4

other things. Now some Gurus interpret it this way:

Total 5 items means our five senses, panchendriyas, which include

senses and mind which receives signals from senses and enjoys or

feels grief. Once you offer mind to lord, no more either happiness

out of senses or grief out of pains. What about heart? Most of us

agree mind and heart are different. Men decide by mind, women by

heart! So lord wishes that mind you offer to him, and heart you keep

with you if it is " pure " !

 

This is just anopther twist to hidden meanings in old sanskrit texts!

 

, Jyotishi <jyotish2000

wrote:

>

> An excerpt:

>

> " Animal sacrifice in the Vedas is

> symbolic in nature and actual victims

> were rarely used. Just as the Vedic

> human sacrifice is a symbol for the

> offering of the ego to the Divine, so

> the animal sacrifice symbolizes

> offering our vital nature to the

> Divine.

> " 'The rice cake which is offered is

> the victim which is killed; its chaff

> is the hair, the husks the skin, the

> polishing the blood, the pounded grains

> and fragments the flesh, whatever is

> substantial the bone. With the sap of

> all animals he sacrifices who sacrifices

> with rice cake.'

> (Aitareya Brahmana II.9.)

> [...] "

> - Frawley, David; " Gods, Sages and

> Kings " , Passage Press, 1991.

>

> Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi

> Om Shanti

>

> Krishna Gopal Misra <kg wrote:

> >

> > Dear Puneet

> >

> > I have explained to you already the Bhagwat Gita,

> > and logic of food as

> > jatharajni (fire of stomach) and swabhav (guna of

> > Prakriti) and sankalp

> > ( conduct of life). It is most important for me to

> > explain you meaning

> > of the sacrifice of animals called PASHU BALI

> > before YAGYA. You will be

> > surprised that it is error of translation.

> >

> > In Atharveda and Markandeya purana, it is said that

> > one should sacrifice

> > the bondages before entering meditation. SACRIFICE

> > THE BONDAGES is

> > wrongly interpreted as PASHU BALI. PASHU in Sanskrit

> > is not meant by

> > animals. It means bondages of any kind.

>