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Re: Re : Rama does eat meat
In an article about >Re: Re : Rama does eat meat< Santhosh Kumar
<santhosh@iss.nus.sg> wrote:
>: Hmmmm, here's what I found in Sri K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar's
>: translation of "sundara kAnda". This transaltion is entitled
>: "The Epic Beautiful" and here's the 41st sloka of 36th sarga
>:
>: Actually, sloka #1523 os sundara kAnda :
>:
>: "Rama NOW feeds on neither meat nor fruit,
>: and he has no use for honey;
>: he lives on austerely cooked roots, eating
>: once daily, in the evenings"
>:
>: The context here is of Hanuman finding Sita in the Asoka vana,
>: identifying himself and this is a part of the ensuing dialog
>: wherein he tell her what Rama is upto.
>:
>: One should not use this sloka to decide whether Rama ate meat
>: or not. In fact, it is mighty clear that Rama kinda gave up
>: meat stricken with the pangs of seperation from his beloved wife.
>:
>: anyway, hope that helps
>: badari
>:
>I feel it is not important whether Rama ate meat or not. That
>is where we should discriminate between puranas and Vedas. If
>somebody wants to eat because RAMA ate meat, they can do that.
>Whether we should be a vegetarian or not, it should come from
>within ourselves, not from puranas, they are only some examples.
It should come from within indeed IMHO, but it doesn't hurt to explain
why one should/could be vegetarian...btw, this is not something from the
'east' only eg, MANY western philosofers have come to the same conclusion,
that is, be vegetarian is 'the way to be' not only that, but did you know
a lot of famous people (scientists etc) were vegetarian / became vegetarian ?
hmm...this is totally off-topic I guess, better stop now...ssshh...
Prewien.
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