Thanks Sri G K. But whether any or all of them are made out of dead animals or not is another question.
N Sekar On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 9:41 AM gopala krishnan <gopa4...@yahoo.in> wrote: > Dear Mr Sekar, > I may add various drums played which use skin of oxen > Gopalakrishnan > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> > > On Tue, 7 May 2024 at 10:55, Narayanaswamy Sekar > <nsekar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sir. > True. > > I am not sure whether you restrict your topic only to animal sacrifices or > going beyond, eating non veg. > > Why animal sacrifice, even offering things like money, gold, and other > material things with prayers saying " if you (God) do this, I will you give > you this" have been frowned upon by the knowledgeable. > > In fact even to ask Him for something is considered bad as it assumes He > does not know what to give and what not. > > But being ordinary human beings we can't rise to those levels. We all are > not Gnanis but are ordinary humans, with all its limitations. But we can > refrain from practices like animal sacrifices easily. > > But then, some sects will say it is their custom and practice. They may > criticize some of our practices. > > We have a Puranic incident in Tamizh Puranams which says Kannappa Nayanar > ( when he was a chieftain) offered meat (and other things and acts which we > will consider blasphemous) and God Shiva accepted them. But then, he > offered them out of PURE BHAKTHI expecting nothing in return. That form of > Bhakthi was and is exceptional and not possible for all. > > We have read in the Mahabharatha that before the war starts there is this > practice of giving " Kala Pali" meaning animal or human sacrifice - > praying for success. > In the Kurukshetra war, Eravan, son of Bhima was offered as a sacrifice. > > Doing one's duty as an obligation and leaving the results to Him (B G) is > not possible for all of us. > > But what I find disturbing is that we offer silk sarees to our Gods when > we know how silk is made - by putting scores of silk worms into boiling > water to extract the threads. > > Kanchi Maha Swamigal advised us not to use silk. > > In my opinion, offering silk sarees also is a form of animal sacrifice. > > In my opinion, Leather goods made of dead animals is ok but to > deliberately kill them for our wants is not good. But we don't know whether > the leather goods we buy, like shoes, belts etc are made of naturally dead > animals or are killed to make them. > > In conclusion I surmise it is safe to say "What is sauce for the Goose > NEED NOT NECESSARILY BE sauce for the Gander". > > N Sekar > > On Tue, May 7, 2024, 8:37 AM Markendeya Yeddanapudi < > markandeya101...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No animal sacrifices another animal to get benefit from God.But the rotten > human sacrifices often after terrible torture animals by the dozens or even > hundreds.He wants to impress God with this horrible cruelty.The Jews too > are no exception to this. > YM > > -- > *Mar* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLQ7tR95NbWz9ZU53GGUFmFrJMYyVEtZ6%2BBOWM5q5EcwA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLQ7tR95NbWz9ZU53GGUFmFrJMYyVEtZ6%2BBOWM5q5EcwA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZfX8NSkO9N2x5MAA1pSBWeQUASxZ3z0ni6s6u3Zx0%3DSSg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZfX8NSkO9N2x5MAA1pSBWeQUASxZ3z0ni6s6u3Zx0%3DSSg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZeWf0NGm8%3D_dT-OjC3gtCiHiN65y0mJBHYU5%3DjH75xXRA%40mail.gmail.com.
