The Limits of Hinduism

[Aupmanyav]

The Vegan way of worship is nice.

 

[Asha]

I think it is nice too, I am glad to be in such good company

 

[Vinayaka]

The Vegan way of worship is nice.

I don't understand. I thought vegan referred to diet. Diet and worship seem separate.

 

[atanu]

I would also like to point out the comment on abhishekam and dahi and dairy for all Vaishnavas and vegetarian Hindus in general.

Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami (a Sri Vaishnava scholar) has said that there is no need for us to pour milk and curd over a deity. God does not require us to waste so much dairy for a stone (no offence intended) when we can rather give it to starving children. Service to man is service to God. God can simply be bathed in pure water. So using dairy for abhishekam is unnecessary, at least in a Vaishnava POV. If any Hindu agrees with this, please let me know. I want to find out how many people agree with the idea that the deity can be washed with water.

I have to say I'm quite relieved to hear this from a person who is so expert in shastras.

Regards

This seems reasonable from a rational POV but it is not.

What about Yajna on fire? Should that be stopped also? Abhishekham is also yajna of a kind. There is very valid shastric reason for both the fire sacrifice and for milk abhishekham.

One is not suposed to sacrifice milk or anything after depriving others. Sacrifice is always from one's share .. from whatever one has.

(And there are so many wasteful rituals performed by some sampradaya-s that are not vedic too).

 

[Aupmanyav]

I don't understand. I thought vegan referred to diet. Diet and worship seem separate.

Are they? Somebody said in Hinduism - you are what you eat. Ahimsa too is worship.

 

[Chakra]

This seems reasonable from a rational POV but it is not.

What about Yajna on fire? Should that be stopped also? Abhishekham is also yajna of a kind. There is very valid shastric reason for both the fire sacrifice and for milk abhishekham.

One is not suposed to sacrifice milk or anything after depriving others. Sacrifice is always from one's share .. from whatever one has.

(And there are so many wasteful rituals performed by some sampradaya-s that are not vedic too).

I am not saying to abandon milk altogether. Only ahimsa milk should be taken.