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Re: Re : Rama does eat meat
Prewien Shankar (p.i.shankar@twi.tudelft.nl) wrote:
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: 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
: >:
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: >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.
:
True, I agree with you that there should be a reason to be a vegetarian,
but does not mean that we should be looking at the characters in the
puranas for reasons, reasons are elsewhere. The puranas should be
considered in its right perspective, nothing more, nothing less, it
could however be a starting point, but not the ultimate to get all
the reasons for your search/study of spirituality. As you mentioned,
the reason ultimately has to come within yourself, still for most of
us at some time would need a logical reason, and that does not come
from the puranas, but is in Upanishads.
Even the latest medical studies advocates vegetarian food for good
health. You can view vegetarianism from any angle that suits you, but
puranas is not the place to look for reasons.
Regards,
Santhosh
