"mutton feasting in ancient times"

[Guest guest]

i am very confused about eating meat.i know there are many posts about it.

 

Many say one should be vegetarian.ok.

 

but some say that people ate meat in ancient times:

 

http://www.hinduism.co.za/kaabaa.htm

 

"The Islamic practice of Bakari Eed derives from the Go-Medh and Ashva-Medh Yagnas or sacrifices of Vedic times. Eed in Sanskrit means worship. The Islamic word Eed for festive days, signifying days of worship, is therefore a pure Sanskrit word. The word MESH in the Hindu zodiac signifies a lamb. Since in ancient times the year used to begin with the entry of the sun in Aries, the occasion was celebrated with mutton feasting. That is the origin of the Bakari Eed festival."

 

 

did the ancient people misused the vedas or is it a vedic tradition ?

 

perhaps i misunderstood somethink /images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

thanx

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hare krishna

 

[Guest guest]

authorized or not in ancient times, we have to follow what the acharyas advice for modern times, for our present situation..

 

so do not eat meat, there's no need, from the nutritional or religious/sacrificial point of view... it is tamasic, asuric and it increases the bondage to the material world having us to be killed in the future by the animals we kill now

[barney 0]

That is why there are still divine gurus are being born in Hndusm till today. They are here to make the necessary changes. Hinduism is such we understand and realize the changes. Not like other religions where they believe that the laws of their prophets are eternal till doomsdsay but than they contradict themself when cornered. Not Hinduism, it is so flexcible and accomadates according to time and changes but the basic will not change. There are some fanatical goones who like other relgious fools say that the laws of manu is eternal. In rig veda it says the bramis ate beef and other animals but as time went on the became vegitarians and so are other Hindus. This shows such laws are changable to time. So, Hinduism is the only religion that can adapt to time and situation without touching on the basic principle.

[Guest guest]

all vedas and connected literature (included manu smriti) is eternal... there's only to see on which circumstances the laws are to be applied.

 

So it is not that manu smriti are outdated, simply there's the need of an expert spiritual master to see wich laws are for our times and situations.. like an expert judge who knows wich law is to be applied in a particular case

 

one manu law is that " to kill brahmanas, women, children and cows is the worst crime"... we can surely extend "cows" to other peaceful animals

[Guest guest]

The Value system is still the same.

The Belief system is still the same.

 

Practical implementation changes with the time.

 

Its something like the Laws of thermodynamics. How well we implement within the limits set by the law is flexible.