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Re: vegetarism
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To: alt-hindu@cs.washington.edu
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Subject: Re: vegetarism
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From: Anshuman Pandey <apandey@u.washington.edu>
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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 15:16:49 -0800
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From root@nntp1.u.washington.edu Sat Feb 25 18: 06:31 1995
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In-Reply-To: <3ilm4a$fiu@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: University of Washington
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References: <3ilm4a$fiu@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
Hey, who really cares if the rishis ate meat or not. This thread died a
long time ago, so let's keep it that way ok. Hinduism does not say that
you cannot eat meat, nor does it say you have to. If you want to eat
flesh, then do, if you don't want to then don't!
Really, this is pathetic! Why the hell should be discuss whether it is
right to consume meat or not? Doesn't Hinduism have a LOT more other
things woth discussing, or are you guys just Hindu because you're vegetarian?
I mentioned this before and I'll say it again. Meat eating was 'arya', it
was noble. It was not until the later Vedic period when the Asura and
Deva split that meat-eating along with "soma" consumption was considered
wrong. If you guys want to be vegetarians, then by all means, do, but
don't press your opinions... It's not HINDU.
Anshuman Pandey
University of Washington
On 24 Feb 1995 pp002963@interramp.com wrote:
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> In article <3i2lti$pf9@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, <sharvari@eng.umd.edu> writes:
> :
> : 1) Rishis were not vegetarians. In Hinduism there is no mention
> : of vegetarianism being better than non vegetarianism. In fact it was
> : Buddha and Mahavir who preached against killing innocent animals and as
> : Buddhism and Jainism spread around India, hindus followed Jains and
> : became vegetarians. Therefore Gujarat and Rajasthan are the main states
> : where vegetarianism is practiced even today because it has the greatest
> : number of Jains in India.
> :
> :
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> I must disagree!!!
> 1. Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka have significant number of vegetarians.
> 2. Jains are vegetarians but vegetarianism did not originate with Mahavir
> 3. Most rishis were vegetarians.See Manumsmriti 5:15, 5:38 and 5:53 to cite a few.
>
> Cheers.
>
