Protect the holy cow say vedas complete book ved mandir. Beef eating in vedas and other hindu texts truth about hinduism. With homegrown defective pieces, who needs enemies from outside. Bajsancyi samhita sanctifies beefeating because of its purity. Beef eating is not as alien to the hindu tradition as is imagined. Vegetarianism is their recommendation, as seen from the verses below, but meat eating is their concession. A scholar traces the history of beefeating in ancient india.
Hinduism and its complicated history with cows and people. People who write lies about the vedas advocating cow killing or meat eating are attempting to pervert the entire basis of a religion that holds ahimsa as its basic tenet. I am getting really angry when they say our gods and sages were eating beef, quoting puranas and vedas another person. Jul 12, 2002 indian religion and philosophy after the vedas rejected the ritual killing of animals.
There is no cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any classical hindu scriptures. Beef consumption and cow slaughter was permitted in ancient. Vouchsafe to her ten sons, and make her husband the eleventh man. Time to end the mischief hhr october 9, 2015 india comments off on no beef eating in hinduism.
When i was 11 years old, i read in some hindu book i forgot the name, unfortunately that a hindu who eats beef will sink into the depths of hell yes, it used the word hell. Jan 01, 2014 to conclude my article establishing that the vedas and the subsidiary texts permit beef eating as well as sacrificing animals, i will post the testimony of renowned classical hindu scholars, besides the other notale scholars i have already quoted. No mantra in vedas refer to any form of animal sacrifice. Hinduism and its complicated history with cows and. Like most cattlebreeding cultures, the vedic indians generally ate the castrated steers, but they. May 27, 2012 for first time on youtube, the video that shocked all beeflovers into silence.
Shortly before he died, at the age of 101, the anglobengali scholar and polemicist. Modern hindus forbidden from eating beef but ancient hindus. But this fact cannot be regarded as evidence that beefeating was condemned in the rigvedic period. Of course, in this day and age meat eating includes and supports the whole meat industry, which is the systematic slaughter of thousands of animals on a daily basis. A religion essentially means a politically motivated cult where some people at the top of the cult tell. Heres the unpalatable truth about beef and hinduism the present controversy around beef eating, accompanied by violent objection and equally aggressive support, is engineered by. Hinduism is not a religion as per the definition of religions. According to vedacharya vamadeva shastri in his book, eating of meat and beef in the hindu tradition. Vegetarianism and meateating in 8 religions magazine web. According to some scholars, brahmins converted to lactovegetarianism in response to the growing popularity of buddhism, where buddhists were accused, mainly by jains, of preaching non violence while being meat eaters themselves. Vedas are replete with beef eating hindu gods, says indias. Jhas book is totally against the eternal voice of god, that is, the four vedas. And historically speaking buddhism also attracted a lot of followers.
Beef consumption and cow slaughter was permitted in. Britishers tinkered with vedas to permit beefeating, cow slaughter. Loving the gods, delightful, bearing heroes, bring blessing to our quadrupeds and bipeds. Interestingly a section of homebred intellectuals claiming to have deep. What do the hindu holy books say about eating meat. Interestingly a section of homebred intellectuals claiming to have deep study of ancient india has also come up, who cite references from works of western indologists to prove such unholy content in the vedas. Does vedas allow animal killings or meat eating or. Rigveda 1085 declares, on the occasion of a girls marriage oxen and cows are slaughtered. No beef eating in hinduism hindu human rights online news. Food and culture from ramayana to the scriptures, its clear india has a long history of eating meat the vedas refer to about 50 animals deemed fit for sacrifice and, by inference, for eating. Modern hindus forbidden from eating beef but ancient. Animal sacrifice pashu bandhu is outlined in several vedic texts as one of many different possible offerings, not as the main offering.
There is no cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or hindu. Hinduism and its complicated history with cows and people who eat. Even then, some rulers like humayun or akbar issued directives not to kill cows to control the. I will simultaneously refute the common arguments of hindus. Our great personalities are meat eaters and why cant we follow them. There are lot of references in vedas about cow sacrifice, killing of cow and eating cow meat and beef can you tell me any quotes from any vedic literature mentioning cow slaughter. There was a time in this very india when, without eating beef, no brahmin. Read what ambedkar wrote on why brahmins started worshipping. First book ever giving 94 ways to rip beeflover apart. So buddha said i ahimsa paramo dharmo, no meat eating at all.
Book excerpt read what ambedkar wrote on why brahmins started worshipping the cow and gave up eating beef it was a strategy, wrote the father of. Public domain in this poster condemning the consumption of beef, the sacred cow kamadhenu is depicted as containing various deities within her body. I am often asked why the sacred vedas state that meat was eaten and offered. Anybody can say anything and tell you that it was according to rigveda chapter 208, verse 311, and sentence 71. The ancient and medieval hindu texts recommend ahimsanonviolence against all life forms including animals because they believe that it minimizes animal deaths. There has been reports of a man belonging to muslim community being beaten by a mob for eating beef. Nothing is banned and everything is left to a combination of your conscience and the laws of the land. Was beef eating common during the vedic times in india, and.
Vedas do not talk about killing or eating cow meat beef. Jul, 2019 vedas prescribe punishment for injuring or killing cow by expulsion from the kingdom or by death penalty, as the case may be. There is no cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any classical. Pandurang vaman kane says, bajsancyi samhita sanctifies beefeating because of its purity. Some dharma texts composed in this same period insist that cows should not be eaten. Some hindus who did eat meat made a special exception and did not eat the meat of cow. Engineered by his love for beef and muslim community, he has written a book titled as the myth of the holy cow in which he tried only to. Arogya ayurvedic health no meateating in the vedas. Yajurveda forbids killing of cows, for they provide energizing food for human beings.
Seriously people probeef will argue muh history of beef eating and their wrong interpretation of the vedas. But the theory that in vedic times there was no cow slaughter is historically inaccurate,as beef was offered as food to guests and persons of high status. Heres the unpalatable truth about beef and hinduism. His main thesis that beefeating was not unknown to indians of the premuslim period is neither new nor startling. Beef eating in the hindu tradition by rohini bakshi. Seriously people pro beef will argue muh history of beef eating and their wrong interpretation of the vedas. Many hindus follow a vegetarian or lactovegetarian diet that are in sync with nature, compassionate, respectful of other life forms diet of nonvegetarian. Visitors to india are often baffled by the wide berth given to even those very emaciated and diseased cows that seem to exist for no other purpose than to slow down the traffic on some of the worlds most dangerous roads. Does vedas allow animal killings or meat eating or voilance. But if we actually research the vedic texts we will find that there are numerous references in the various portions of the vedic literature which explain in no uncertain terms the.
In the time of the oldest hindu sacred text, the rig veda c. Adi shankaracharya has written an extensive commentary on the famous brahma. There is no mention of cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any authenticated sanatan shatras scriptures nor it is a hindu custom at all. Saying that the vedas permit beefeating and cowslaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a hindus soul. Scholars have known for centuries that the ancient indians ate beef. One who partakes of human flesh, the flesh of a horse or of another animal, and deprives others of milk by slaughtering cows, o king, if such a fiend does not desist by other means, then you should not hesitate to cut off his head. Vigilante hindu groups in india have lynched several people for eating beef.
A cut and paste quote from the net is not ok with me. Yajurveda forbids killing of cows, for they provide energizing food for human beings ghrtam duhaanaamaditim janaayaagne maa himsiheeh yajurveda. Upananda brahmachari henb haridwar oct 10, 2015 there is no mention of cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any authenticated sanatan shatras scriptures nor it is a hindu. Sep, 20 when i was 11 years old, i read in some hindu book i forgot the name, unfortunately that a hindu who eats beef will sink into the depths of hell yes, it used the word hell. After the islamic invasion in india, the communal muslim rulers tried to hurt and demean the hindu sentiments through cow slaughter. The mantra states that in winter, the rays of sun get weakened and then get strong again in spring.
First let us understand from where this concept of hindus being vegetarians came from and then ill discuss the holy books references. First ever book dispelling myths about beef and animal sacrifice in hinduism. A brilliant explanation by an iit alumni thrashing false claims. Thank you sirmadam this was a wonderful response to a somewhat convincing proposition. But there is no more brahmin supermacy in this world and i find it amazing that people still think they are somehow sticking it up to the supreme caste by eating beef. Rig veda says that indra, hindu god of rain and heaven, ate beef. Against the backdrop of row over beef consumption, an article in rsss organiser alleged the. Heres the unpalatable truth about beef and hinduism the present controversy around beef eating, accompanied by violent objection and equally aggressive support, is engineered by extremist. If there is any doubt about the most popular of the vedas, then it is that whether there is a law of animal sacrifices, meat eating etc. Archaeological evidence of beef eating in india indus valley, vedic period, etc. It visualizes the cow as the paradigmatic animal that yields food without being killed. Jan, 2012 to hear the answer, please click here answer summary.
Let us now look at the evidence from hindu texts, which proves that hinduism not only permits beef eating but also requires its folowers to institute certain cow sacrifices. Dear concerned, whether hindus are permitted to eat meat or not is an age old question. There was no beef eating in the vedas until the british. Doc beef eating in the hindu tradition rohini bakshi. One may also question that as yajnas were rituals, one cant say that the consumption of the flesh of cow and other milch animals was a common practice among the people in vedic india. Book excerpt read what ambedkar wrote on why brahmins started worshipping the cow and gave up eating beef it was a strategy, wrote the father of indian constitution, to vanquish buddhism. False claims of beef in vedas brilliantly explained by an. When a man who is properly engaged in a ritual does not eat meat, after his death he will become a sacrificial animal during twentyone rebirths. According to some scholars, brahmins converted to lactovegetarianism in response to the growing popularity of buddhism, where buddhists were accused, mainly by jains, of preaching non violence while being meat.
We have every answer for our hind friends who madly propagate cow slaughter and beef eating, but they are only to rely proislamic views to explain vedas views against the hindu concept of no beef in vedas or hindu heritage. There was a time in this very india when, without eating beef, no brahmin could remain a brahmin. Dharmashastra vichar marathi, page 180 adi shankaracharya commentary on brihdaranyakopanishad 6418 says. No beef in vedas not only the vedas are against animal slaughter but also vehemently oppose and prohibit cow slaughter. Jul 17, 2012 saying that the vedas permit beefeating and cowslaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a hindus soul. The society in ancient india was based on four varnas, the term varna means character, quality or nature. Udayji, did you know vedas boasts about cow meat eating. Many quote passages from the rig veda in favour of this but such translations are borne of materialistic translations, following sayanacharya in the 14th century, who lived in an empire at odds and constantly at war with islam and had many arab merchants there. Vedas, upanishads, brahmins, grihsutras, dharmasutras and others. First ever book dispelling myths about beef and animal sacrifice in. A buddhists analysis of meat and beef eating in ancient india by shravasti dhammika cow on indian political chessboard. Zakir naik and othes should read satyarth prakash and rig vedadi bhashya bhumika by swami dayanad sarswati and all their illusions about beef eatingcow slaughter in.
Be an expert in less than 20 minutes a short research film by agniveer breaking the myth of vedas endorsing. Jul 30, 2017 public domain in this poster condemning the consumption of beef, the sacred cow kamadhenu is depicted as containing various deities within her body. So it has no concern with eating beef or any nonvegetarian food. An alternate system of government for modern india. There is no cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any. I was terrified after reading that, because i had tried beef for the first time shortly before. Also know what ashwamedha and gomedha actually mean. Hinduism says eating beef brings roughness in human behaviour. Read to debunk the myths of vedas having support of beefeating. Once you are able to convince him of flaws in the foundation of this core tenet and make him feel guilty, he becomes an easy prey for the predator faiths. Dietary habits in hindu scriptures vedas there is clear evidence of meat consumption including beef during vedic period historical vedic religion of hinduism. But there is no more brahmin supermacy in this world and i find it amazing that people still think they are somehow sticking it up to the supreme caste by. Can anybody explain how can we hindus say there is no beef in vedas and other scriptures.
There was no beef eating in the vedas until the british said so cows and beef are hogging the headlines these days the hullaballoo around beef bans, beef protests, beef fests and beef. Vedas are replete with beef eating hindu gods, says indias leading indologist rig veda says that indra, hindu god of rain and heaven, ate beef. Diet in hinduism varies with its diverse traditions. Beef eating in ancient indian scriptures comments misconceptions have crept as vedic scriptures have been wrongly translatedinterpreted by some western and indian authors to down play ancient indian heritage, culture and vedic philosophy being ignorant about the true meaning of ved mantras as illustrated by swami dayanand sarswati in his books of explaining true meanings of vedic literature. All those mantras which are alleged to have animal sacrifice, can be easily proved to mean something else, if we look at context and root meanings of the words, as used in ancient texts of grammar and vocabulary. The vedas are also accused of animal sacrifice in sacrificial ceremonies popularly known as the yajna.
No more cow slaughter, let us save this beautiful creation of supreme lord. Few days back, i suddenly came across the book no beef in vedas wherein a reference about mr. Though i do agree that lynching someone for suspecting eating of beef is quire unacceptable. Rigveda, manusmiriti sanction beef eating a recent photograph of some hindu protesters demanding a ban on nonvegetarian food in restaurants and government canteens in india made me sit up and take notice. Vedon mein kahi bhi gau hatya ya kisi bhi pashu ki hatya ka koi pravdhan nahi hai. Now science has proved eating beef has a lot of health risks. May 21, 2015 saying that the vedas permit beefeating and cowslaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a hindus soul. Manusmriti chapter 5 verse 30 says, it is not sinful to eat meat of eatable animals, for brahma has created both the eaters and the eatables. Beef eating in vedas and other hindu texts truth about. Jhas interpretation of rigveda mantra 108614 underlines practice of eating beef, which is absolutely wrong according to vedas. Rigveda, manusmiriti sanction beefeating, the milli gazette.
Vedas prescribe punishment for injuring or killing cow by expulsion from the kingdom or by death penalty, as the case may be. The myth of the holy cow by dn jha books the guardian. Contrary to claims of beef consumption in vedas, there are. This hypothesis was popularized in recent times by yet another pseudoscholar d n jha to defend his assertion of beefeating in vedas despite obvious contradictions that come up because of verses in vedas that state the exact opposite. There is no beef eating in vedas aur animal slaughtering in vedas. Eating of meat and beef in the hindu tradition the hindu.
However, like it is said in the original antihindu video, there is in fact a passage from swami vivekanandas volume 3 page 150, where it is said that it was a practice to eat beef long back. The book the history and culture of the indian people, published by bhartiya vidya bhawan, bombay and edited by renowned historian r. Durgadas explains how meateating is not mentioned in the vedas and is simply reflective of later misinterpretations. Devta of this sukta is varunn the above mantra relates to the knowledge of celestial bodiescomprising of planets, stars, etc. It is childish to say that there is no sin in eating meatfor meat cannot be had without killing animals, and it can never be right to hurt or kill animals without an offence. Does vedas allow animal killings or meat eating or violence. Heres what vedas say on killing cows the problem lies with the inability to interpret the ancient texts in the correct sense. Oct 10, 2015 there is no cow slaughter or beef eating in vedas or any classical hindu scriptures.
Apr 10, 2017 food and culture from ramayana to the scriptures, its clear india has a long history of eating meat the vedas refer to about 50 animals deemed fit for sacrifice and, by inference, for eating. Jul 16, 2017 in the time of the oldest hindu sacred text, the rig veda c. Rigveda, manusmiriti sanction beefeating, the milli. Britishers tinkered with vedas to permit beefeating, cow. Time to end the mischief last week i wrote about a group that was determined to prove that hindus had always killed cows since the vedas had allowed it.
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