Morality comes from scripture. For starters, here is what Adi Shankaracharya says in this section of his Brahma Sutra Bhashya, which is actually about the subject of animal sacrifice:
[The reasoning criticizing animal sacrifice] is not valid, because our knowledge of what is duty and the con...
@LakshmiNarayanan Yeah, the injunctions in the Vedas mainly focus on Yagnas, whereas the injunctions in Smriti focus on other types of moral and immoral behavior.
@KeshavSrinivasan So Argument 1 is that Smriti composers are well versed in Vedas so why would they deceive. This somehow is not satisfactory because deception can be unintentional - one possible example mechanism for the rising of this deception could be that they are not just Veda Seshas in life they have other influences that are working as well that affects their "Remembrance" cognition.
@KeshavSrinivasan The second Argument given is based on utility of prescribed injunction weighed intently in terms of social acceptance of said injunction. It is in essence an appeal to common sense! The argument is essentially, "Injunction is good because it is useful to society at large" but that is not enough to make the case that these injunctions cannot change with time since it is obvious that society itself changes with time.
Background:
The question Is the Gadhimai massacre a Hindu ritual? has an answer which says animal sacrifice is against the Hindu principles of ahimsa while the other answer says 'Animal sacrifice is spoken of in the Vedas. It belongs to another era.' probably discouraging animal sacrifices.
Now...
@Tezz - Yeah , i was thinking the same😀 👍👍 Anyway ,i will try to answer it , the story is present in almost all puranas , will try some other sources 👍👍💐
@TriyugiNarayanMani -Arent you getting my point ?? You should mention the verse numbers in your answer , pls. dont make unnecessary arguments , Improve your answer !
@RakeshJoshi - Yeah , I know her personally , She was living in my colony temporarily , when she was studying at Pandit jasraj , we often used to listen to her marathi songs :)
@Pandya - yes , thats a nice short one , but if you want more authoritative description and more inside knowledge then a good comprehensive book is must , i think there may be some good books on market , but not mentioned on web. :)
@Pandya - yeah , know that , but i was just pointing towards the ancient i.e. as you have asked first incident , so .. and of course its not a akashwani , but similar type , like Yagnavalkya hearing shulka yajurveda from sun
@Pandya - The one problem will arose in your question is that , (if somebody mentions one ) then how we surely will be able to know that is the first Akashwani incidence ? there is possibility some similar incidences happenings which might not go recorded or not passed down :)
I am only providing Sanskrit verses from three Puranas Garuda purana , Harivamsha Purana , Shreemad Bhagvatam.
So consider this as partial answer
Harivamsha Purana 1.41.164
कल्किर्विष्णुयशा नाम् शम्भले ग्रामके दविज : | सर्वलोकहितार्थाय
भुयच्श्रयोत्पत्स्यते प्रभु || 164||
In the fut...
In the meantime Jalandhar went to Parvati disguised as Lord Shiva, but was recognized by her. Being enchanted by the beauty of goddess Parvati, he looked at her with his evil intentions, but was immobilized by her wrath. Goddess Parvati then went to Lord Vishnu and narrated the whole tale. She...
@TheDestroyer - Yeah ,@SS - also pointed towards him , but let's get confirmed that he is having some another account or repeatedly asking some particular type of questions 😊👍👍
@TheDestroyer - We are also getting smart as users trying to be , its like Antivirus companies benefiting from knowing viruses 😀
@LakshmiNarayanan First of all, Sutra 1 is a Purvapaksha Sutra, so nothing in Shabara's commentary on that Sutra should be taken as representing Shabara's view. Now coming to Shabara's commentary on Sutra 2, it's not giving some kind of utilitarian defense of morality. It's discussing a subject more complicated than that. It has to do with what I told you before about the hierarchy of Pramanas and the power of scripture to speak about things which already exist.
@LakshmiNarayanan When you do an action, it has two kinds of effects, physical effects and effects in the unseen world. The physical effects of an action can be gleamed through perception and inference, whereas scripture can only give information concerning the effects of actions in the unseen world, since that cannot be known through perception and inference.
@LakshmiNarayanan So Hindu scripture can't give an injunction like "Don't hit your head with a coconut, because then you'll feel pain." Because that's not a subject relevant to morality, it's talking about the physical effect of an action.
@TheDestroyer - Yes , We can see increase in such a kind of activity from last 1 month , but we will defend all those no matter how much they are in numbers , & i also wonder why 👍👍💐😊
@LakshmiNarayanan But just as the Purva Mimamsa school says that Hindu scripture cannot give new information about objects that already exist, but can reference information about already-existing objects that can be gleaned from perception and inference, similarly it cannot give new information about the physical effects of your actions, but it can reference information about physical effects that can be gleaned from perception and inference.
@LakshmiNarayanan What Shabara is saying on page 90 is that Smriti has two kinds statements: it has statements about morality, dealing with the unseen effects of actions, and then it has statements which reference information about the physical effects of actions which can be gleaned through perception and inference. Things like the digging of tanks fall under that category; it has nothing to do with morality, it just has to do with the physical effects of actions.
@TheDestroyer - I suspect that the users which are repeatedly asking such a questions (deliberately showing our Scripture as bad or wrong) are already very well familiar with the users of this and with and are confidently commenting. Even i wasn't so confident in asking / answering / commenting after 6 months . So they seems to be well prepared .
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@RakeshJoshi - BTW , are you from Maharashtra , 😊 i just wanted to know since you are also joshi like me 😀
Vedanta schools extensively deal with concept of brahman. What do non-vedanta schools like nyaya-vaishesika, samkhya-yoga etc say about shruti statements about Brahman? How do they reconsile their atomism or dualism with shruti statements?
@SwiftPushkar Mhanje Jamadagni Rishinca ashram tethe hota btw Parshuramaca janma Ujjaini jawal zhala hota...so might be ki te gigantic loka hote going by the description of Valmiki ramayana on Agastya rishi's palace description
@Yogi - Mala jara doubt wato ki 3 runa fednya karta lagana karayala cha pahije , afterall we can't decide our faith , what abt. those people in whose Nashiba btahmacharya is written , how they can repay , what's the alternate way , there should be i think , because it's not of their choice but of karma/ situation.
@SwiftPushkar Tu ek interesting topic chedla ata thambloye me :P
@SwiftPushkar zarka nasheebach asa asla then you can meditate on bramhan do Bhakti Yoga or do Sharanagati...in all the cases your debts are paid by Bhagwan by his infinite power.
@Yogi - haha , mala ha prashna khup diwasa pasun hota , Ki te loka kai karnar mag , jari ekhada brahmadyani zala tati to 3 runa tun mukta kasa honar lagna kelya shiyay?
@Yogi - I think Sharanagati is the best & real answer , with which one can be free , That is the most right way , - Surender yourself to me ,i will take care of all your sins , - Serva dharman paritysgya mamekam sharnam vraja 👍👍
@Yogi - hmm right , but even those who are not familiar with bhakti or don't have time from (earning , samsara) Surender is the best option , & the ultimate
Goddess Sarasvati, by the standard mythological authorities, is the wife of Lord Brahma. The Vaishnavas of Bengal have a popular legend that she was the wife of Lord Vishnu, as were also Goddess Lakshmi and Gangā. The ladies disagreed, goddess Sarasvati, like the other type of learned ladies...
YES Narayana Has Three Wives: Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganga
लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती गङ्गा तिस्रो भार्या हरेरपि ।
प्रेम्णा समास्तास्तिष्ठन्ति सततं हरिसन्निधौ ॥ १७ ॥
Narayana says: O Naarada! Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganga, these are Three Wives of Hari Vishnu,
who always abide closest to Vishnu w...
WTH
@KeshavSrinivasan @Pandya @TheDestroyer Ban this scumbag immediately
@Aghori I agree this is height of blasphemy! mods please delete that post and block these dumb asses.
@Aghori You can use (*) or totally avoid cuss words.
@Aghori Agree I had all the bad words in my mind but I controlled myself as this is a decent platform :P :) plus we cannot go the depts of Tamsa as these retards are...
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita are two major ancient Hindu texts on health related subjects, include many chapters on the role of diet and personal needs of an individual.The 2 texts give a list of food considered healthy and unhealthy. What food is forbidden in these texts?
So you can just give him food items, there are some exceptions afa I've heard Curd is to be avoided at night and can be consumed at day time so you can give such exceptions separately.
@Yogi - Yeah , but I have gone through entire book its not saying anything abt. forbidden food iteams , but recommend's to avoid bad food & to avoid certain iteams according to roga or pravrutti
@Yogi - but curd is to be avoided at night time's only , its not in forbidden list , and the book isn't stating any food iteams to be forbidden either like some grains , veg , etc
@Yogi - no charak only , haven't got time to see sushruta
@SwiftPushkar Then I think you should wait and go through the other samhita, and if you don't find any exhaustive list then just post an answer with the certain item list.
@Yogi - Yes that's the best option 👍👍 And u will surprised to know that charak samhita actually not anyhow dening consumption of meat & wine , but just saying only abt. Properties of different types. I am strict vegetarian+ no sura either though
@SwiftPushkar None of our scriptures ban meat or alcohol consumption, they just advice us to avoid it because it has bad gunas qualities and as we all know we are what we eat!
@KeshavSrinivasan Yeah I can post a question on that
@Yogi Well, the context is that Kumarila Bhatta is discussing a Mahabharata passage that describes Krishna and Arjuna drinking alcohol, and he shows that they are drinking the kind of alcohol that's allowed for Kshatriyas rather than the forbidden kind.
Morality comes from scripture. For starters, here is what Adi Shankaracharya says in this section of his Brahma Sutra Bhashya, which is actually about the subject of animal sacrifice:
[The reasoning criticizing animal sacrifice] is not valid, because our knowledge of what is duty and the con...
Background:
The question Is the Gadhimai massacre a Hindu ritual? has an answer which says animal sacrifice is against the Hindu principles of ahimsa while the other answer says 'Animal sacrifice is spoken of in the Vedas. It belongs to another era.' probably discouraging animal sacrifices.
Now...
I am only providing Sanskrit verses from three Puranas Garuda purana , Harivamsha Purana , Shreemad Bhagvatam.
So consider this as partial answer
Harivamsha Purana 1.41.164
कल्किर्विष्णुयशा नाम् शम्भले ग्रामके दविज : | सर्वलोकहितार्थाय
भुयच्श्रयोत्पत्स्यते प्रभु || 164||
In the fut...
Vedanta schools extensively deal with concept of brahman. What do non-vedanta schools like nyaya-vaishesika, samkhya-yoga etc say about shruti statements about Brahman? How do they reconsile their atomism or dualism with shruti statements?
YES Narayana Has Three Wives: Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganga
लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती गङ्गा तिस्रो भार्या हरेरपि ।
प्रेम्णा समास्तास्तिष्ठन्ति सततं हरिसन्निधौ ॥ १७ ॥
Narayana says: O Naarada! Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganga, these are Three Wives of Hari Vishnu,
who always abide closest to Vishnu w...
What types of Alcoholic beverages are suitable for consumption by a Kshatriya.
What about other three varnas are they allowed to consume alcohol?
