How did Hindus Become Vegetarians?

Nkg,

Japs are almost 100% non-veg and they have the highest lifespan.

Regards

Re: # 128
Having said that I think Hindus must also encourage Muslims to eat goats instead. As a matter of fact, a substantial subsidy on goat meat may encourage the trend for goat herding business as well. Countries like Austrailia and Newsealand do nothing but herd goats, and their GDP is 10 times that of India; so I am not kidding.


Ans: Ha Ha Ha!!!! Where is land for herding? We are not able to feed people (for high population density). Reduce population to 1/2, all problems of India will vanish.

Re: # 132
I know. But this custom is changing. Ramkrishna has stopped animal sacrifice in Dakshineswar temple. Frankly speaking, animal sacrifice is barbaric. Whoever does this. Why to kill animal, when we can easily survive without killing it. If a domesticated cat/dog can survive with rice/bread, milk, vegetables, why not we? In India, vegetarians are far less prone to heart, kidney deaseas than non-veg counterparts.

Re: # 128 urstruly
[...Who are holy Shambunath and holy nadni...]

Would you please stop it?... if you know these names, you bloody well know who they are... :)...

Re: # 127
Agreed... I am not forming universal rules regarding Saivaites or Vaisnavites. Large section of backwards castes of Saivaites and Vaisnavites follow vegetarianism. I have seen that also,

Clip from Kali Maa Mandir in Tripura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTUDHgWjHqQ

Urstruly,

Goat meat is indeed the meat of choice for almost all Indian meat eaters- Hindu or Muslim. The best meat dishes in India are invariably mutton based. The main reason Muslims eat beef (and more often buffalo) is becuase goat meat is far more expensive, not becuase of religious sanction. If goat meat were cheaper, most Muslims would prefer mutton.

If I remember corect Deoband too recently issued an advisory advising Muslims to avoid cowslaughter as far as posible on Bakrid.

Regards

The great Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir has written a couplet about the issue at hand. I hope people will find it enlightening. Here it goes:

Gosht khaanay ko paida kia insaan ko
Ghaas khaanay kay liyay tau kum nah theen kuch bakriaN

Beautiful clip of Nepali Dashain Tyohar and Kaal Bhairavji ka Prasad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O9pQaOaMuU

Personally I think, Indian Muslims should forego their demand for eating beef in the spirit of being good neighbors to the Hindus. That is what our Holy prophet (pbuh) has taught us. In Qura'n Allah has condemned those who do not lend things of daily use, like utensils, spices, cots, or beddings to their neighbors. According to the companions of Holy Prophet, He used to profess the rights of the neighbors to such an extent that they thought that he would declare declare it as a law to include neighbors into inheritence. Hence in the neighborly spirit, Muslims in India should not insist on cow slaughter. If you are not kind to your neighbors, you are not good Muslims; it is as simple as that.

Having said that I think Hindus must also encourage Muslims to eat goats instead. As a matter of fact, a substantial subsidy on goat meat may encourage the trend for goat herding business as well. Countries like Austrailia and Newsealand do nothing but herd goats, and their GDP is 10 times that of India; so I am not kidding.

I am writing all this in complete ignorance. I have no clue if goats are holy to hindus as well or not. Who are holy Shambunath and holy nadni; are they cows or goats? I'd like to be educated here.

Nkg,

Kashmiri Brahmins are Saivites and they are hardcore carnivores. Many Lingayats I know (Saivite backwards) eat meat.

Regards

Re: # 119
What? Allah-upanishad? Oh, that scoundrel Akbar even made the UP poets write chalisa kind of stuff depicting him as avatar of Krishna (the way they do it for Mullyaam Singh Yadav, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Sonia Gandhi etc... now during election).

ha ha, nkg, beejay is the supreme leader of all of us UP/MP/Bihar Bhaiyyas. A guy who can pull out a ramcharitmanas quote like that has to be something! :)

Goodnight, friends.

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Sorry Baig bro, in case you ever happen to read any of this. You wrote a political piece and received only political responses. Nothing personal. Peace, and out.

Re: # 121
Nope only (some) Brahmins and (most) Banias.
Non-Shakta Barhmins, Banias and large section of backward castes (sivaites and vaisnvaites).

Re: # 120
I have provided the reason also. Are you from UP/Bihar/MP ( Bhaiya)? You don't know 700/800 years of moslem slavery had damaged so much to you.
I am pretty sure, R N Tagore can be trusted more than your Mughal period author...

Re: # 80
Sati basically evolved as to protect the honor of Hindu widows from moslems. It was basically mideaval practise arrived with invastion of moslems. With moslems out of power, Sati was abolished by Ram Mohan Roy and Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, with help of William Bentinc.
Caste system was based on profession. Those professions changed, so is caste system. How you know it is evil? Are you moslem?