10-28-2005, 02:30 AM
Ravi,
The issue is not whether beef eating is moral or immoral? Nor is the issue pertaining to your position (or mine for that matter) on beef eating.
If there are claims being made left right center that RigVedas preached/advocated eating beef, surely one shouldnât have difficulty pointing to it. If you hold that position or belief, perhaps you will. Certainly historians like Pannikar or Jha for that matter have not been able to put their money where their mouth is on this issue. Or is it not fair to question their academic honesty? Some other writings of Jha are questioned in this very thread, please spend some time reading it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are references to cow/bull eating in the ancient texts. Different people interpret these verses differently.
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First let's see if the exact ancient texts on this issue. Then we can see if it's an issue related to interpretation or a propogation of some myth for those with an agenda.
Just curious, have you read "Eminent Historians" by Arun Shourie?
The issue is not whether beef eating is moral or immoral? Nor is the issue pertaining to your position (or mine for that matter) on beef eating.
If there are claims being made left right center that RigVedas preached/advocated eating beef, surely one shouldnât have difficulty pointing to it. If you hold that position or belief, perhaps you will. Certainly historians like Pannikar or Jha for that matter have not been able to put their money where their mouth is on this issue. Or is it not fair to question their academic honesty? Some other writings of Jha are questioned in this very thread, please spend some time reading it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are references to cow/bull eating in the ancient texts. Different people interpret these verses differently.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
First let's see if the exact ancient texts on this issue. Then we can see if it's an issue related to interpretation or a propogation of some myth for those with an agenda.
Just curious, have you read "Eminent Historians" by Arun Shourie?