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> ............ Or is the idea about religious use of cannabis
> inside contemporary hinduism so insulting to you that you have
> to go hunting for every sign of inconsistency in my text instead > of
discussing the topic?
> What do this have to do with smoking sadhus. Among the Shaivas,
> especially the dhuni-walas, are often smoking charas. And even if >
many babas doesn`t smoke and many of them doesn`t consider it an
> acceptable upaya, still many sadhus do smoke. But not only
> Shaivas smoke. Tantric sects like Aghora and the Nats do use
> these substances as a part of their religious practice. I don`t
> understand why this is so offensive to you.
Let me first pray the Almighty to get the necessary strength to answer
you objectively without any prejudice. When I took my first logic course,
the teacher taught me some basic rules for inference. The professor used
several examples to illustrate the logical fallacies. One of the striking
examples is the following: Red is a color; blood is red and hence blood
is a color. An Individual is a different entity from a religion.
Individuals may follow a religion and may adopt a habit. Habits and
religions are the choices that are available to an individual. It may be
just a coincidence that an individual who follows Shaivasm happens to
smoke charas. Does it necessarily imply that Shaivasm promotes the use of
drugs? In the past, the world has witnessed many atrocities in the name
of religion and/or race and/or language and/or nationality. People who
commit crimes, violence, etc. always want to take shelter and religion
became one of the victims. No religion was free from such abuses in the
past, is free from abuses now and will ever be free from abuses in the
future!
> Cannabis is a plant which are growing wild in the lower
> Himalayas. People have known the plant for thousands of years.
> It`s only natural that different plants with different effects
> enter into the lives of people, in their religion and in other
> parts of the culture.
You have made an interesting observation on human behavior. Human eating
habits are strongly influenced by human curiosity, environmental
surroundings and foods that are naturally available to them. Tea and
coffee drinking were also caused by human curiosity for innovation and
customization. Still I am not able to understand the connection between
such habits and religion. I hope that you do not imply that religion was
the cause for those habits. Any such inference has no logical basis and
highly subjective.
> Really? Doesn`t drugs enter the society and take a place in their
> religion? What about Soma? The vedic religion definitely had its
> use of a hallucinogen. Over the whole clode people are using
> drugs in their religion. And the jobless sadhus which are smoking
> ganja are just unemployed freaks, I guess. Not real seekers like
> the jobless non-smoking sadhus.
Yes, Drugs did enter into society and take shelter in religion.
What is Vedic religion? I am not aware of a Vedic religion asking
everyone to use drugs. Do you have any reference to your allegation? If
people justify their actions using the name of a religion, can we accuse
the religion for their faults? Jobless sadhus and unemployed freaks do
enjoy human rights and they enjoy full freedom to act within the laws of
the nation. When their actions violate the laws, they become liable for
punishment. Hinduism is an ideal religion which is a great shelter for
both fortunate and unfortunate human beings who need the help for their
salvation!
> Bam Bam Bholanath!
> Knut
Om! Shanthi! Shanthi! Shanthi! (Oh God! Peace! Peace! Peace!)
Ram Chandran
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