Dear Mr. Raihan, Could u send me the more proof like this :
*BEEF EATING IN HINDU SCRIPTURES*** *Lord Indra used to eat beef* "Men with the stone press out for thee, O Indra, strong, gladdening Soma, and thereof thou drinkest. Bulls they dress for thee, and of these thou eatest when, Maghavan, with food thou art invited." [Rig-Veda 10:28:3] "[Indra:] Fifteen in number, then, for me a score of bullocks they prepare, And I devour the fat thereof: they fill my belly full with food. Supreme is Indra over all." [Rig-Veda 10:86:14] *Lord Rama used to eat meat * Lord Rama laments to his mom (Kausalya) that he is going to be exiled from the palace at Ayodhya into the forest for fourteen years, and he explains how he will be missing eating meat as he is so accustomed to at the palace: "[Rama:] I must to lonely wilds repair, abstain from flesh, and living there on roots, fruit, honey, hermit's food, pass twice seven years (14 yrs.) in solitude. To Bharat's hand the king will yield the regent power I thought to wield, and me, a hermit, will he send my days in Dandak wood to spend." [Ramayana 2:20] "Meat is indeed the best kind of food." [Satapatha Brahmana 11:7:1:3; cf. 12:8:3:12] Muveen On 7/11/07, Raihan <Raihan> wrote: > > *The myth of the holy cow - by Dwijendra Narayan Jha* > > ** > > A book the government of India demands be ritually burned > > > > The growth of religious fundamentalism in India is symbolized by the > existence of a BJP government committed to the Hindutva. There is growing > pressure to declare the cow a sacred, national animal and to ban its > slaughter. This illuminating work is a response to this crazed > confessionalism. It challenges obscurantist views on the sanctity of the cow > in Hindu tradition and culture. > > Dwijendra Narayan Jha, a leading Indian historian, argues that beef played > an important part in the cuisine of ancient India, long before the birth of > Islam. It was very much a feature of the approved Brahmanical and Buddhist > diet. The evidence he produces from a variety of religious and secular texts > is compelling. His opponents, including the current government of India and > the fundamentalist groups backing it, have demanded that the book should be > ritually burned in public. It has already been banned by the Allahabad High > Court and the author's life has been threatened. > > " While cow veneration and vegetarianism may be the hallmarks of Hinduism > today, Mr. Jha compiles copious evidence that this has hardly always been > the case." — *New York Times* > > "This book may not please Hindu fundamentalists, but its research is > impeccable." — *The Telegraph,* Calcutta, India > > "The pen migh still be, if not mightier than the nuclear arsenal, at least > a weapon worth scanning for, like knives at airports, a weapon capable of > subversion." — *Times Literary Supplement* > > "Jha draws on an amazingly wide range of material … an enlightening > endeavour, demonstrating a critical understanding of a popular > misconception." — *Journal of Asian Studies* > > ** > > *Dwijendra Narayan Jha* is Professor of History at the University of > Delhi. His books include *Ancient India in Historical Outline* and *Feudal > Social Formation in Early India.* > > ** > > Source: http://www.versobooks.com/books/ghij/ij-titles/jha_myth_cow.shtml > > ------------------------------ > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 > cars<http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE0OGRsc3F2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3Y2Fycw-->at > Yahoo! > Autos.<http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE0OGRsc3F2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3Y2Fycw--> > > >
