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In many parts of the world, a Climate movement led by children is asking to change laws, to stop eating meat, to stop taking planes. Unfortunately, they are not the solution. They are the problem.Before we even start …This is not an anti-ecology pamphlet — on the contrary …I am a green fellow. I love Nature. I am a volunteer in my village to protect the local population of barn swallows. I coordinate the local protection project for toads and toad migration, and together with my wife and daughter, I collect the litter in the woods and meadows. You name it.But that does not mean I have to flirt with ecological populism, certainly when it masks the real problem …The Nobel Prize ?Greta Thunberg. She seems to lead the current Climate movement.She most probably means good, but she is a young girl, and she does not know what she is talking about. Nor do her many young followers.She is talking about laws, but she isn’t even allowed to vote and as such does not have so much as a basic understanding of what it means to take care of one’s own life in the adult world, and one’s responsibilities.(Smile, Greta ! — you are forgetting you are a young adolescent !)I have read that she is nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace.First of all: it does not mean a thing.Trump was also nominated.So was Mother Theresa, the woman who loved to let her “patients” suffer in excruciating horror, while refusing their sedation (although she had all the money and resources), because bad pain meant “being closer to Christ.”[1](When she got cancer herself, she used all the sedation in the world in a luxurious hospital.[2] Apparently she was an exception to her own rules. Wonder what Christ thought about that.)Anyone can nominate anyone. And apparently, winning has nothing to do with peace.To me, she is just a girl like the others, with a lot of fantasy, and with parents who do not mind her missing school altogether, while traveling around the world.Sounds like very bad parenting to me.Stop eating meat ?Well, I wrote about this before (see Thomas Cayne's answer to What makes you cringe?). We are not carnivorous, but we aren’t herbivorous either. We need them both, meat and plants, and eating healthy on a vegetarian diet is in fact quite hard to do just right.It is also a fantasy.There are billions of animals (cows, sheep, etc.) that are kept in captivity, that are so domesticated that they can never be set free again, both because they would not be able to cope in the wild, but also because their reintroduction into the wild would be detrimental to the delicate eco system(s).[3]If livestock as it is, has become too big a problem, then the problem will get (much) greater if we suddenly stop using it.I know it sounds like a contradiction, but it is not.If we all stop eating meat, the carbon footprint problem could explode in ways we can barely predict.Anyway, the problem is NOT the size of the livestock.Essentially, the problem is the size of the population that needs it.The democracy of the richEcological voices whisper that we should increase prices of plane tickets, to prevent people from choosing airfare on a frequent scale.I hate that idea.The only thing that will happen is that the wealthy will keep taking planes exactly as they did before, and those who already could barely afford airfare, will stop flying altogether.Same thing with cars.Making cars, or fuel, very expensive is only very painful for those who need their money to survive.For the others, it is (barely) an adjustment. Nothing more.So what will be the direct implication of increasing the prices ? Those who don’t have money will have to live, again, in a smaller world, as if they are pushed into a corner, and the others will not change.For some, time will be turned back a couple of rounds.I am not sure whether the climate movements wants this (but I also think they do not really get that point).The essence of the problem …Is not the planes. Not the meat. Not the cars.It is the children.What ? (I hear you think.)Yep.We should have fewer children:[4]A US family who chooses to have one fewer child would provide the same level of emissions reductions as 684 teenagers who choose to adopt comprehensive recycling for the rest of their lives,” it said.And don’t be shocked by the next paragraph ![5]Researchers from Lund University in Sweden found having one fewer child per family can save “an average of 58.6 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year”.58.6 tonnes per year !Comparison: if you would live without a car, only eat a plant-based diet, and save yourself from that one trans-Atlantic flight per year, then you would save about 4.2 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year.That’s about 1/14th of the 58.6 children-tonnes !You can never “beat the children” (pun not intended).And now for something completely different …For once, the next PETA poster might be to the point:(Read the underlying text.)Indeed, as we read in the next paragraph, quoted from Environmentalists: To Save The World, Dump Your Pets:"In the US, there are more than 163 million dogs and cats that consume, as a significant portion of their diet, animal products and therefore potentially constitute a considerable dietary footprint," the study's abstract proclaims. "Here, the energy and animal-derived product consumption of these pets in the US is evaluated for the first time, as are the environmental impacts from the animal products fed to them, including feces production."Sure, some people will feed their cats and dogs a plants-based diet, but that is just biologically absurd: as children, pets cannot choose their diet, and giving a carnivore (be it adaptive), plants, and only plants, is besides irresponsible, also hypocritical from the natural point of view.Veggies who do that must be in a deep state of denial.(Why not have rabbits instead ?)Another quote about this matter:[6]Dr. Fox says that most vegan animal diets lack sufficient amounts of protein, essential amino acids, and vitamins and minerals found in meat and animal products. She also says that "Dogs can technically eat a vegan diet, but it needs to be carefully formulated. There are some commercially available vegan canine diets that have gone through feeding trials ... However, even these diets are at risk of not being complete. All commercial and especially home cooked vegan diets should be analyzed by a boarded veterinary nutritionist [to] help make your chosen vegan diet complete and safe for your dog."The Conversation also suggests that, according to the new study, dogs have evolved to live with humans, and, as a result, may have adapted to more omnivorous ways than their grey wolf ancestors. So, while this means that your pup can maybe eat a vegan or vegetarian diet — so long as it’s dang near perfectly executed — there are some definite risks. And, truth be told, it's not necessarily recommended.(Keevonna Wilson — a modest “internet star” — was recently caught on camera while kicking her dog.[7] That is certainly not the way. Pets come with responsibility. And in different — and greater — forms than we might want to admit.)In any case: the enormous population of large (carnivorous) pets such as cats and dogs is a direct function of the size of our own population.There we are again.Is ecology bad ?No ! I think it is very good that we are becoming more and more aware that nature should be treated with respect (be it animals, trees, or other plants, but also humans for that matter).And even small changes could positively contribute to a better world.But the drastic measures that the climate movement asks to “heal the world” (ewww), are unfortunately mostly besides the point, and simply not fair to many.We should stop thinking about children as cute pets (“Oh honey, let’s have another baby ! Hihi.”), and understand that we have a brutally large responsibility.And I will not even comment about the territorial pissings which are so normal nowadays and which prove to be a larger problem by the day …New partner ? Then we do need a new kid as well The harsh reality ?Easy: the climate movement is fighting symptoms (which is good, up to a certain point), but not the disease.And without finding a cure for that disease, the symptoms will stay, or will morph into other forms, as bad as their ancestors.And that is why the fanatic measures such as becoming a vegetarian, miss the point, and are simply wrong if extrapolated to a global scale.Those who eat meat, or drive cars, do not do the harm to nature that the movement claims they do. In fact, having multiple children and/or cats and dogs, does much more harm.We have to point ourselves to the center of the problem: we have to cure a very large virtual organism from a disease that is growing at a very fast rate, that is eating away pieces of its vital organs, acting as an supermassive metastatic cancer.And the cancer, people …We, are the cancer.Follow me at Quora, and nominate me for a Nobel prize !References: as quoted in the text, plus Google images.Footnotes[1] Thomas Cayne's answer to At what moment in your life did you witness true evil?[2] Thomas Cayne's answer to At what moment in your life did you witness true evil?[3] Thomas Cayne's answer to What makes you cringe?[4] Having children is bad for the environment, say researchers[5] Having children is bad for the environment, say researchers[6] Science Says You Probably Shouldn't Feed Your Dog A Vegan Diet — Here's Why[7] Instagram model, 26, avoids prison after stamping on her dog's head[8] Thomas Cayne's answer to What makes you feel angry?

Absolutely Not!! This is truly a violation of ethics of Humanity itself…Our Vedas never support a sacrifice of ‘ any animal ‘ to please the Almighty in any of the form…This is insanity if we do…My personal opnion state that due to some selfish intentions which were totally malicious in nature these brutal practises have emerged…And I really don't think so that u’ll get any spritual gain by this act of inhumanity…rather a painful regret in ur heart if u really spritual or connected to God (oneself)…And if u wanna know my view …take a chill Phill and read bcoz it's gonna be a long answer..so stay calm and have patience…Those who say that Vedas propagate ideas of animal sacrifice in Yajnas..What is Yajna??So,We must also learn about the meaning of word Yajna. The Yajna word is derived from Diva which has the following meanings:(1) Krida.. Play and Diversion.(2) Vijigisha.. Desire for Victory.(3) Vyavahar.. Social Relations.(4)Dyuti.. Sight.(5)Stuti.. Praise.(6)Moda.. Happiness.(7)Mada.. Self-Consciousness.(8)Swapana.. Negation of motion.(9)Kanti.. Glory.(10)Gatishu.. Knowledge, motion, and attainment.THE BETTER DEFINITION:-Thus Yajna may be defined as “the association of men and concentration of powers for social happiness, conquest over nature or enemy (of one’s county or humanity); promotion of the well-being of society; the propagation and dissemination of enlightened principles; the maintenance of national self-respect; the increase of national glory; and the cultivation of acts of peace and war. It may also be added that Yajna also means such concentrated effort as secures man spiritual advancement and salvation. That the word Yajna was used in the above sense by the Vedic Aryas may be established by referring to certain well-known practices of the Rishis.PROOFS ANALYSIS:-I think we all know about this man:-👇Recognized??Okk firse dekho👇👇:-Kch yaad aaya??Yes he is one of the popular Hindu Scholar Mr.David Frawley..well recognized as Shri Vamadeva Shastri!!Now what he says after years of research on Indian scriptures…He amplifies the mystical viewpoint: "The Vedic yajna has an inner side, with the offerings of speech, mind and prana, such as outlined in the fourth chapter of the Gita, and as reflected in many Vedic mantras. The practice of yoga itself arose from the inner sacrifice."Now what Vedas and Shrimad Bhagvatam says about Animals and humanity:-Vedas:-Yajur Veda 1.1 : l l The Veda that they quote regarding animal sacrifice I I“O human! animals are Aghnya – not to be killed. Protect the animals”.Look on all (Humans as well as Animals) with the eye of a friend. (Yajur Veda).Friend to all should the Arya be! Friend to all! Sure he cannot destroy the life of any. Therefore he is ordered in the sacred scriptures. (Yajur 42-49).”Thou shalt not kill the horse; thou shalt not kill the cow; thou shalt not kill the sheep or goat; thou shalt not kill the bipeds;oh man! Protect the gregarious deer; kill not the milch or otherwise useful animals.”Elsewhere the scripture says: “They that trouble others for the sake of their own good are Rakshas (monsters) and they that eat the flesh of birds and beasts are Pishachas (devils) (Yajur 34-51). For flesh-eating, drinking, gambling and adultery, all, destroy and mar the mental faculties of a man (Atharva VI.7-70-71)They are sinners as eat raw or cooked flesh or eggs go to destruction. (Atharva VIII.2-26-23).The Veda considers the protection of animals to be a very sacred act—so, so very sacred that it lays down that a husband should solemnly ask his wife on the occasion of marriage “to be kind to animals and to try to protect the happiness of all bipeds and quadrupeds.” In return the husband promises to do the same.Further the Veda lays down that they who kill men or slay cows should be outlawed and ostracised (Rig I.16-114).Breehimattam yavamattamatho maashamatho tilam , Esha vaam bhaago nihito ratnadheyaaya dantau maa hinsishtam pitaram maataram cha-Atharvaveda 6.140.2O teeth! You eat rice, you eat barley, you gram and you eat sesame. These cereals are specifically meant for you. Do not kill those who are capable of being fathers and mothers.——————————————–Ya aamam maansamadanti paurusheyam cha ye kravih , Garbhaan khaadanti keshavaastaanito naashayaamasi - Atharvaveda 8.6.23We ought to outcaste those who eat cooked as well as uncooked meat, meat involving destruction of animals , males and females, foetus and eggs.——————————————-Anago hatya vai bheema kritye Maa no gaamashvam purusham vadheeh - Atharvaveda 10.1.29It is definitely a great sin to kill innocents. Do not kill our cows, horses and people.Pashunstraayethaam - Yajurveda 6.11Protect the animals.Yo aghnyaayaa bharati ksheeramagne teshaam sheershaani harasaapi vrishcha - Rigveda 10.87.16Those who feed on human, horse or animal flesh and those who destroy milk-giving Aghnya cows should be severely punished.Vimucchyadhvamaghnyaa devayaanaa aganma -Yajurveda 12.73The Aghnya cows and bulls bring you prosperityAgne yam yagnamadhvaram vishwatah pari bhuurasi , Sa id deveshu gacchati - Rigveda 1.1.4O lord of effulgence! The non-violent Yajna, you prescribe from all sides, is beneficial for all, touches divine proportions and is accepted by noble souls.Rigveda proves Yajna are adarvaya means non violent.The Bhagwat Gita Says:|| mudha-grahenatmano yat pidaya kriyate tapahparasyotsadanartham va tat tamasam udahrtam || 17.19The austerity performed by the whims of the foolish by means of obstinant self-torture, or to destroy or injure others, are said to be in the mode of ignorance.2. Envious persons who perform ostentatious animal sacrifices are condemned in Bhagavad-gītā (16.17) as follows:ātma-sambhāvitāḥ stabdhādhana-māna-madānvitāḥyajante nāma-yajñais tedambhenāvidhi-pūrvakam"Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes perform sacrifices in name only without following any rules or regulations."Sometimes animal sacrifices are performed very gorgeously with grand arrangements for worshiping the goddess Kālī, but such festivals, although performed in the name of yajña, are not actually yajña, for yajña means to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.2.bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁtayāpahṛta-cetasāmvyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥsamādhau na vidhīyate"In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination of devotional service to the Supreme Lord does not take place." (BG 2.44)In fact, Nirukta (Vedic vocabulary) clearly states in 2.7 that Yajna is called Adhwara. Dhwara means violence and hence it is totally banned in Yajna. In other words, any kind of violence – through mind, body or voice – is completely banned in Yajna.ANALYSIS :-So what you think now after going through this.. The Viewpoint of Vedas and the Gita…Do u really think so the scriptures propagate these ideas..??Vishnu Sharma in Panchatantra (Kakoliyam) clearly states that those who perform animal sacrifice in Yajna are fools because they do not understand Vedas properly.This all arose as a sense of ignorance and some selfish intentions …!!Baaki U’d understand …Now what Vedas asks to sacrifice:-External Yajna:-It is mentioned to sacrifice the ghee, the cooked food, the best of food for Aryans, the Soma-Rasa( No it has nothing to do with liquor) - it was life-giving liquid used for medications.. It was indeed delicious and health-giving too…Not like liquors which take away life…‘Aja' has been mentioned in the reference to the wrecked rice which would not germinate.. So sacrifice it…Vedas doesn't approve to sacrifice a living being.Inner Yajna:-Vedas asks to sacrifice ur own ego, false pride, anger and all wrong emotions that could lead u to self destruction to the holy fire …( that's for Inner Yajna.)...It is called Manas Yajna.. Actually this Yajna is the greatest Yajna and is mentioned in Vedas…ISSUE:-One Veda they quote timelessly is Yajurveda.In fact Yajurveda 36.18 clearly states that "May I look upon all beings – Sarvaani Bhootani with friendly eyes."Second they quote from Yajurveda Veda is from Yajurveda 24.29 'Hastina Aalambhate' that means sacrifice of elephants. Right?No !Alambha derived from Labha root does not mean sacrifice or killing? Labha means to acquire or gain. While Hastina has a deeper meaning beyond elephant, even if we take it to mean elephant in this mantra, it means that the king should acquire elephants for nurture of his kingdom. Alambha is used in several places to mean 'acquire' or 'gain'. For example, Manusmriti prohibits indulging in women for Brahmacharis by saying " Varjayet Streenam Alambham".[1]Third they quote is Yajurveda 25.34-35 which states that:"What from thy body which with fire is roasted, when thou art set upon the spit, distilleth _ Let not that lie on earth or grass neglected, but to the longing Gods let all be offered."First of all , it has no reference to any cooking or killing stuff here. It simply means that when people have fever, doctors should care for them unselfishly.This is what YajurVeda says:-Yasmintsarvaani bhutaanyaatmaivaabhuudvijaanatah Tatra ko mohah kah shokah ekatvamanupasyatah Yajurveda 40.7“Those who see all beings as souls do not feel infatuation or anguish at their sight, for they experience oneness with them”.Urjam no dhehi dwipade chatushpade - Yajurveda 11.83“May all bipeds and quadrupeds gain strength and nourishment”.Ghrtam duhaanaamaditim janaayaagne maa himsiheeh - Yajurveda 13.49Do not kill cows and bulls who always deserve to be protected.You can take reference from above , I have already provided alot of quotes from Yajurveda , that speaks pro life pro animal.They also quote Rig Veda promotes Animal sacrifices:-Rigveda (10/85/13) declares, “On the occasion of a girl’s marriage oxen and cows are slaughtered.”Fact: The mantra states that in winter, the rays of sun get weakened and then get strong again in spring. The word used for sun-rays in ‘Go’ which also means cow and hence the mantra can also be translated by making ‘cow’ and not ‘sun-rays’ as the subject. The word used for ‘weakened’ is ‘Hanyate’ which can also mean killing. But if that be so, why would the mantra go further and state in next line (which is deliberately not translated) that in spring, they start regaining their original form. How can a cow killed in winter regain its health in spring? .B) Rigveda (6/17/1) states that “Indra used to eat the meat of cow, calf, horse and buffalo.” (translation by Avatar Gill and group)Fact: The mantra states that brilliant scholars enlighten the world in the manner that wood enhances the fire of Yajna. We fail to understand from where did Avtar Gill and his friends discover Indra, cow, calf, horse and buffalo in this mantra! Also, there is a word "Gavyam", which are five in numbers according to Aayurved-cow's milk, curd, butter, Mutra and Apashisht. Where does the flesh come into the picture? Mantra clearly says that the king should be well built through Saatvik bhojan like Ghrit, so that he can defend his country and kill the monsters.[2]Now what they quote is Ashwamedha means sacrifice of horseYou can take reference Shatpath 13.1.6.3 and 13.2.2.3 clearly states that:A Yajna dedicated to the glory, wellbeing and prosperity of the Rashtra the nation or empire is known as the Ashwamedh yajna.Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaq, Neta Subhaschandra Bose, Shivaji, Lokmanya Tilak etc performed Ashwamedha Yajna. They did not slaughter any horses.YajurVeda says about horse:-Imam ma himsirekashafam pashum kanikradam vaajinam vaajineshu - Yajurveda 13.48Do not slaughter this one hoofed animal that neighs and who goes with a speed faster than most of the animals.———————————————————-Aswamedha does not mean horse sacrifice at Yajna. Instead the Yajurveda clearly mentions that a horse ought not to be slaughtered.In Shathapatha, Ashwa is a word for the nation or empireThe word medha does not mean slaughter. It denotes an act done in accordance to the intellect . Alternatively it could mean consolidation, as evident from the root meaning of medha i.e. medhru san-ga-me.It also says,It says,”ashvam naa himseeh |”(Yajur. 13/42)Meaning:- A Horse should not be harmed.So no point of horse sacrifice.Now let's come to cow sacrifice:-They say it is mentioned that Vedas propagate the idea of Cow Sacrifice ( Go Medha Yajna)But The word Gau also means the Earth . The yajna dedicated to keep the Earth the environment clean is called Gomedha Yajna.1)In Yajurveda, it's mentioned,gaam maa himseeraditim viraajam ||(Yajur. 13/43)The cow is aditi. She is not to be harmed in any manner.2)In The Shatapatha Braahmana we find “ . . . ghrtam duhaanaam aditim janaayeti | . . . eshu lokeshwanam maa himsaareeti ||“.[Trans.: The one who provides ghee is aditi. She is not to be harmed.][3]3)aare te godanamuta purushagnam[Trans. Leave! O murderers of cows and murderers of men.](Rig. 1/114/10)The entire 28th Sukta or Hymn of 6th Mandal of Rigveda sings the glory of cow.Aa gaavo agnamannuta bhadramakrantseedantuBhooyobhooyo rayimidasya vardhayannabhinneNa taa nashanti na dabhaati taskaro naasaamamitro vyathiraa dadharshatiNa taa arvaa renukakaato ashnute na samskritramupa yanti taa abhiGaavo bhago gaava indro me achhaanYooyam gaavo medayathaaMaa vah stena eeshata maaghanshasah1. Everyone should ensure that cows are free from miseries and kept healthy.2. God blesses those who take care of cows.3. Even the enemies should not use any weapon on cows4. No one should slaughter the cow5. Cow brings prosperity and strength6. If cows keep healthy and happy, men and women shall also keep disease free and prosperous7. May the cow eat green grass and pure water. May they not be killed and bring prosperity to us.[4]Guests served cow meat? Really?Getting “guests being treated to beef” from the word “goghnah” is perhaps the most obvious as well as the most stupid case of mistranslation I have ever seen. The very word “aghna” means “the one who cannot be killed or hurt”. The cow has been called “aghnya” in several places in the Vedas. Rig 10/87/16, Yajur 8/83, Atharva 9/4/17 to name a few.This problem arises from the phrase “goghnohatithih“. It is a mere comparative statemtent meant to convey that one should be willing to give away even the holiest of assetts, a cow, to a guest, since a guest must be treated as God. If a cow is killed due to a guest, the guest becomes what is called “nimitta kaaranam” (instumental cause) in Hindu philosophy. Certainly, a religion is not likely to teach that God is the instrumental cause behind the demolition of something holy!! ( Quoting:-[5]Btw:-Vedas says :- antakaaya goghaatam[Trans. Death sentence for the one who kills the cow.]This shows Pastoral Vedic People were really concerned about the animals.Loss of money to buy a Sanskrit grammar book and a dictionary is one of the reason for mistranslation ,When we read Vedic Language.The Vedic Lexicon, Nighantu, gives amongst other synonyms of Gau[ or cow] the words Aghnya. Ahi, and Aditi. Yaska the commentator on Nighantu, defines these as-Aghnya the one that ought not to be killed ,Ahi the one that must not be slaughtered.Aditi the one that ought not to be cut into pieces.These three names of cow signify that the animal ought not to be put to tortures. These words appear frequently throughout the Vedas in context of the cow.——————————————–Aghnyeyam saa vardhataam mahate soubhagaayaRigveda 1.164.27Cow – The aghnya – brings us health and prosperity.Now lemme tell you how mistranslation happens!Refer Atharvaveda 6.10.94.95 which says that we should do Sanjyapan of mind, body and heart. Does it mean we should commit suicide! Sanjyapan simply means unity and nurture. The mantra says that we should strengthen our mind, body and heart and ensure they work in unity. Sanjyapan also means 'to inform'.There are some words in Vedas like “Narmedha” and “Sarvamedha” , does that mean “Human sacrifice” and “Uniform Human Slaughter/suicide”?No !The cremation of the body of a dead person in accordance with the principles laid down in the Vedas is called Naramedha Yajna.Medha also means intellect.Hence , the process needs intellect.They will see Samadhi as Suicide but is it ?Hindu texts also mention pitr-yagna andatithi-yagna. Will these scholars translate them to mean “ritual of the father” and “ritual of the guest” where the father and the guests were sacrificed at the altar respectively?Now let's come to why mistranslation happened?These all translations majorly revolve around Translations done by Griffith around 1870 , 1889, 1893,1896 , 1899 taking inspiration from Max mueller’s texts . Either derived or his own original.So why it happened?Bcoz of lack of experience and understanding of the Vedic society.The language used in Vedas is not prevalent Sanskrit , it's pre Sanskrit, Panini did sanskritized the language which was being lost in grammar , Griffith didn't consider the grammar part of Sanskrit well. Sanskritization means , he cleansed the Vedic language which was being lost and threaded & simplified it with his grammar.Vedic is little different, just take one Vedic mantra “Om Bhur Bhuva…” the famous Gayatri mantra is in Vedic language , you can't to the straight decode it . It has different interpretations , some says it's for Lord Surya, some say , it's for Almighty. It's not easy to decode it without understanding the work , life and exploring different dimensions of Indian traditions..The same works with Ralph T. H. Griffith , his work was done without taking into account the innumerable nuances of the tradition within which the Vedas originated.We need to create a link with Vedic society then , as it's just not literature but a part of history too.But does that mean we can't translate Vedas with prevelant Sanskrit?No ! We can obviously. But it requires more research than what Griffith gave to it. Prevalent Sanskrit is a new form of Vedic Sanskrit. With Time there are changes in traditions and language. It needs a very deep study , analogies.After all , it's history !One more reason to not trust Griffith's work with complete blind eyes is bcoz…I will cite an example:-a short note on Ralph T. H. Griffith's choice of the word "eye" in the last verse of Rig Veda 10:129. In his version it's the eye that controls this world, like a guardian.This make it clear that a guardian of sorts is intended. The highest divinity, who may have created the whole world, is now satisfied by watching over it.Thus, the world seems to be regarded in much the same way as the clockwork universe imagined by European deists of the 18th century. In their view, there might have been a god who created the world, like winding up a clock, but then it just kept on ticking by itself, governed by the natural laws established at that initial moment.[6]It's a very Abhrahmic / Christian way to look at things. This is complete unidimenionsal/one god idea imparting fear and horror.Another example:-Rig Veda says "Krunvanto Vishwam Aryam". ( 9.63.5)."Performing every noble work, active, augmenting Indra's strength,Driving away the godless ones." (Griffith's translation).Are you able to sense the racism/Abharamnical mindset here?“Driving away the godless ones”.Just judge the above lines how discriminating/anti humane it is.This is in a way to prove Aryans invaded India with Abharamnical idea. Instead, we see alot of tribes in India worshipping in a different way.How they didn't get driven out?Now the phrase is not even typical Vedic Sanskrit. It is a very simple phrase to translate.But to Griffith the words "Krunvanto" and "Vishwam" do not exist. The cardinal mimansa rule of interpreation is "Yatha Vachanam Tatha vachanikam" (Read it as it is without adding anything or subtracting anything).Griffith discard this rule.[7]In RV 7-5-3, Griffith mistranslates the name of the River Asikni as dark hued people, thereby killing two birds with one stone: the people of Askini become the dark hued races, thereby wiping out the sense of direction inherent in the reference, while at the same time introducing the racial motif.Griffith again mistranslates names of the tribes as “armed with broad axes” and the word “praca” as “forward”.Why this happening ?Bcoz he was not looking into the depth of the scripts.Vedas compiles with complex language bonding.Without understanding the science behind the language , how will you understand the meaning.Griffith conceals Vedas more than reveal it bcoz he was not interested in the linguistic part of this.Yes ! It's mentioned that he didn't pay attention to the linguistics but the literary flow .You can not decode thousands years old text with just literature.One more fact we should not ignore is that , that time they were alot of literature and other works being produced to align the Hindu - Abharamic thought process. Just to prove that both are very much related and one is offshoot is either ( prevalent idea was prevelant Hinduism is offshoot of Abharamic ideas) like in the case they did with Vaishnavism, saying Vaishnavism was an offshoot of Christianity. The Aryan invasion theory , the European are original Aryans and all.[To understand the foreign psyche, one must read the estimate of Indian scholars:P Subrahmanya Aiyer, Sanskrit Curator, King’s Library, Bangkok, Siam (Thailand)]But butWe should also not forget that Vedas has been in Sruthi Parampara (it has different tones and syllables as I mentioned above), it was a very complex process to save vedas until Ved Vyasa compiled it ( as his name is Ved Vyasa , it means he segregated Vedas) btw oldest manuscripts are from 1040 CE , came to Indian Hindi speaking middle class human's life when they got translated by Arya Samaj in reply to westerners.But was it so easy to translate Vedas?No ! A big No!A lot of hardwork has been around it.And we should give them this credit.It was them who made Vedas got into mainstream or else it would have been lost revolving around just one community.It's bcoz of them we are having this discussion today.Even today , in all Hindu (excluding some Athiests) houses not all would have copies of Vedas, why?Bcoz the history has alot to say , it's not linear the way we look, it has curves , up and downs and sometimes bigger voids too. History is only linear on paper not reality.But why the mis translation happen?Bcoz of lack of knowledge about Vedic Sanskrit.in the Nirukta, we find Yaaska explaining the usage of the word go as follows: athaapyasyaam taaddhitena tena kasnavasannisamaa bhavanti| gobhih shreeneeta matsaramiti payasaa matsar somo mantatestrpti karmanah|(Nirukta. 2/5)This explains a certain rule in Sanskrit grammar known as taaddhita, meaning “like that”. More commonplace examples are words like mrganayani. Even though the word literally means “eyes like a deer”, the intended meaning is “eyes like the eyes of a deer”. This word is used to describe a beautiful woman or girl. No matter how scholarly an exposition, you wouldn’t believe that poet such as Kalidasa described his heroine with eyes shaped like a four-legged animal, would you? The same rule applies to the usage of the word for “cow” in Vedas. The Sanskrit word go has been used with the taaddhita rule. This is the reason why Yaaska mentions “gobhih shreeneeta matsaram“. It does not mean “cook the dairy” or “cook the cow”; it means “cook the dairy product” (in India, that would be ghee).In the rigveda it's mentioned “aghaasu hanyate gaavo”suryaayaa vahatu praagaat savitaa yamavaasrujat |aghaasu hanyate gaavo arjunyoh paryuhyate ||(Rig. 10/85/13)The word hanyate in the above sukta is what has prompted many indologists to claim that cows were sacrificed. Did they bother to study Vedic Sanskrit? Probably not. The word hanyate is derived from the roor verb han, which not only means violence, but also (and more popularly) “motion” (Nighantu. 2/14).It is interesting to note that the same group of scholars who have conveniently forgoteen the latter meaning here, have not hesitated to re-discover it elsewhere! Anyway, I request the reader to be driven by common sense, and put the two meaning together . . . this gives birth to the first colloquial usage of the word which came to mean “to make something move”. In this sense, the word han has even been used to mean “motivate (a student) to move (along the path of knowledge)”!Thus, aghaasu hanyate gaavo means “to make the cows move along”. In the Vedic ages, cows were economic assetts. And exchange of these assetts took place in marriages. In astrology, the waning of summer was called the period of the maghaa nakshatra. The cows were made to travel during this period. The sukta itself mentions the arjuna nakshatra (arjunyoh paryuhyate), also called the faalguni nakshatra. This astrological classification is even today considered to be good for a Hindu marriage. To strengthen my case, I should mention that another sukta from Atharva Veda reads exactly like the one presented here from Rig Veda, with “aghaasu” replaced by “maghaasu” and “arjunyoh paryuhyate” replaced by “faalgunishu vyuhyate” (Atharva. 14/13). This sukta, while talking of marriage, simply mentions the time of the marriage and the fact that cows were given as gift to the newly married couple, and that these cows were made to travel to the couple’s abode during the waning of the summer months.Let's see!How did they infer “cow slaughter” from phrases like the one they quote? If they had so much as casually browsed through the Vedic dictionary Nighantu, they would have noticed the appearance of the verb “han” under the section of motion-specific verbs: hanati, hanti, hantaat. (Nighantu. 2/14) Even a rudimentary knowledge of Sanskrit grammar is enough to understand “goghna” is to be broken up as “gaam hanti“. Is it not extremely clear that these historians and Indologists were studying a civilization without studying its language?You can't browse a text of 1040 CE with modern specs without even taking a pain to revolve your eyes around Sanskrit grammar set by Panini and exemplary works by some Sanskrit scholars like Yasska for reference.Social historical issue:-The issue is due to time people forgotten the reality.. And were false narrated about the process by some corrupt guys.. To earn some money…corruption increased.. Selflessness decreased..And therefore, things which were symbolic due to ignorance and rise of tamas guna.. Came out to be in reality ..In Hinduism everything is mentioned in a symbolic way…the Vedas prefers things in a symbolic way…The metaphorical way…and that is better…But people due to ignorance took it in an exact manner which is not…but it's not a crime or Paap or sin until and unless it's done in a way to harm someone or something…until and unless it harms anything ,it's acceptedNow many of u would say that It is said “ Pasu” In Vedas but the pasu here means the tamsik emotions.. The dark emotions that could lead u to Self-wreckning...like anger, hate, lust, ego and etc.No one can decode Vedas in it's actual form..it's not a child play..okk..Bcoz sometimes Rudra is mentioned for Shiv and at some places for Agni.. How could u say that Vedas approve Animal sacrifice so confidently!!! …But theseis could be made out and let's do a tally ..does it align with present circumstances?????... No!! Surely!!General discussion:- ( not so important u can skip this, only for not so scholar people like me)The Vedic culture which speaks pro animals…and offer respect to them.. How could say that animal sacrifice was present in our Scriptures and it was done in so called Satyuga when it's not even happening in this Kaliyuga..Just see.. If it would have been in the Vedas and Mahabharata and all then how come…it all vanished suddenly..Can u see it in the major part of Indian culture?? Could u??No!! Definitely.. Right? ..Yes!Then How come it all gone suddenly and Hindus started worshipping cows and all if they were sacrificing it in the past..Comm'on okk!!If Vedic rituals like Upanayam Sanskar widely known as Janeyu in north India, Women applying Sindoor and other Sringars, Worshipping cattles and above all Performing Yajna with no animal abuse both external and internal Yajna..still prevalent……but suddenly the ancient vedic anti -animal Yajna ..stopped ?? Wow!! That's amazing na..with the theory of Kaliyuga the latter should have be been prevalant..isnt it??Now when u say.. anceint Indians sacrificed beef and all , which I have already demystifed the point.But one simple query which comes to my mind is can't we digest one fact , India was an agriculture based pastoral land , how it's possible for such a pastoral country to eat up it's own cattles which rears them out gems.…how come this practise just vanished and became a tabboo ???So plss Stop Maligning Vedas and all…when u don't understand anything and want to see everything from ur own specs..It's good to question until and unless it leads to an agenda..And if it's emerged at some level ..at some places..it's all bcoz of some corrupt men.. Who tried to Mindwash people and malign it.. For their own selfish intentions and desires…I'm not saying its not practised but at a very lower level..mostly tribal people ..For more information u can go to this website:-Hinduism does not Justify Animal Sacrifices According to VedasNow.. Who will support animal sacrifice if the great Scriptures of Knowledge doesn't approve itAbove all, Vedas are not like some “light” books which instructs..or constricts u ..I would not even say that they r books..Which has certain rules and laws..it's a deep journey of philosophical ideas which has been evolved after great debates and discussions by our great sages who got the essence of life..the call of godliness..evoked inside them..and that to give realm about ur Karma ur life according to ur conditions and with that much information I can say animal abuse and violence on them cannot be justified..Never ever..It was an anti humane thing and will ever be ..Vedas are to evoke consciousness in u and I don't think so if consciousness evokes in us then who will like to see a bloodstream just for a selfish issue..Now there will be many people who will say..Why eating plants is not cruel?? They also have lives!!So a reply (cum humble request) should be there..Sisters and Brothers!! .. Any living being will consume a living thing or it's product only to sustain life..right..we r not develop that we can live on air or water only.. Right!!but it's important to know how much bloodsheding u r doing for it..how much cries and sorrow u r generatingFirst of all, Plants doesn't have nerve-receptors okkBut still..For me killing even a plant is a cruel thing but plants are made for humans.. Now.. Many ppl will say I'm a hypocrite but see animals should not be the part of food for “evolved” human.. Why?? Bcoz there r alot of proofs sustaining the fact first..go and check alot of articles are there in internet.. Okk.. But I would say something better..(I hope so) Whatever we do has effect on us.. Right?? Do u agree or not?..agree?!!So, try to understand my friend, We aren't Super humans that our fruits of our Karma will not come..When we see a bloodstream happening in front of us.. Our senses can feel it.. Right? So we can sense what cruelty we r doing.. It affects us psychologically.. May be we r not conscious then but it remains sitting in our consciousness.. For a long time..There is an instance which comes in Vedas…Where Vedas ask a great man who has attained Sanyasam and achieved immense knowledge of cosmos and Brahmgyaan…Vedas tell him:- “Manur Bhav:” ; Vedas evokes a consciousness in even a great sanyasi who has achieved great knowledge of life …Then who r you and me..Isn't a great Sanyasi humane? What's the proper definition of humanity? The human consciousness?And if our human consciousness allows us to see a bloodstream and cry to just sooth ur tongue…okk then or think!! What we should do!If we can stop little cruelty if it's in our power why shouldn't we..? I'm not saying Meat eaters or fish eaters or whatever r evil and cruel ppl and they should be send to jail but it's just my experience .. My point of view.. I'm not forcing anyone to be a vegetarian or vegan.. I'm just putting forth my opinion.. U may disagree .. And rest is ur decision..The thing is we humans have come to such a point where we need to introspect that we really doing? And what we need to do? Aren't we come to a point where we r so much scienctifically and socially aware about our society. In this modern time , we should think by breaking superstitions , reasoning should arise as it being. Aren't we in a position as a society that we can sophistically and comfortably reduce our use from animal and thier products…we are!! Actually we r!!! I'm talking about major population not 1–2% ppl who need to consume it to live, I'm not talking about ppl from hills and mountains and other such places. The time has come that we as a modern society think and priotrise our needs with sensibility. Bcoz biologically we r living in a such a age where humans are really gone touch the zenith of evolution. If u say that pollution is increasing and we need to eat to cope up with nutrients , so that won't help bcoz we have only created and we can reduce it…rest all upon usNote:- You shouldn't leave consumption of meat and other similar products out of fear of karma but out of concern, empathy and love ❤ to other beings.Hope u would understand.✌🤘👍👍Anticipate and expect better for u all..Jai Hind!! 🙏Hare KrsnaYours,Neha Singh:)[8]Edit :- there are some people in comments saying “but we have rituals regarding animal sacrifices”.For you:-Did I say Animal sacrifices never existed?No !Did I say Vedas never propagated ideas of animal sacrifice?Yessss! ( A big yes).Guys ! Ever heard a word called “tribe”?This all originated there!India has different customs , in Devi Pujan in eastern India , people sacrifice lives. It happens but that doesn't mean it has Vedic links. Even Nepal has such practises too.but that comes under tribal practises.The present Hinduism is par Vedas.How much Vedic Gods you worship today?This answer was in regard to Vedas. Hence , I have, I never said animal sacrifice didn't exist in Indian rituals.Footnotes[1] Animal sacrifice and attack on Vedas[2] MISCONCEPTION 3:- Violence against animals; meet eating, etc - VedicGranth.Org[3] Ritualistic Animal Sacrifice in Ancient India[4] Animal Sacrifice In Vedas Facts Yes And No[5] Ritualistic Animal Sacrifice in Ancient India[6] Ralph T. H. Griffith's Translation[7] Misconception 5: Vedas can be interpreted by western scholars better because they are more scientific - VedicGranth.Org[8] Vedas on Animal Sacrifice

Best Lines from The Kite Runner1. A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.2. .... a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.3. But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.4. People need stories to divert them at difficult times.5. A man, who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.Best Lines from The Alchemist1. What’s the world’s greatest lie? the boy asked, completely surprised.It is this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie2. You dream about your sheep and the Pyramids, but you’re different from me, because you want t realize your dreams. I just want to dream about Mecca. I’ve already imagined a thousand times crossing the desert, arriving at the Plaza of the Sacred Stone, the seven times I walk around it before allowing myself to touch it. I’ve already imagined the people who would be at my prayers we would share. But I’m afraid that it would all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it.3. He still had some doubts about the decision he had made. But he was able to understand one thing: making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.4. There is only one way to learn, the alchemist answered. It’s through action.5. My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer, the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encountered with God and with eternity.6. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.Best Lines from The Zahir1. Ester asked why people are sad."That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”2. Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.3. No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.4. All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step.5. My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing beauty of life once more. It's happened before, it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive--I'll find love again.6. That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.7. It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.8. Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.9. Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.10. Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have a husband, a home, two children, a house in the country. As long as they're busy doing that, they're like bulls looking for the bullfighter: they react instinctively, they blunder on, with no idea where the target is. They get their car, sometimes they even get a Ferrari, and they think that's the meaning of life, and they never question it. Yet their eyes betray the sadness that even they don't know they carry in their soul. Are you happy?11. When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny. Perhaps there's something wrong with me, I don't know, perhaps my marriage was a dream I couldn't understand while it lasted. All I know is that even though I can live without her, I would still like to see her again, to say what I never said when we were together: I love you more than I love myself. If I could say that, then I could go on living, at peace with myself, because that love has redeemed me.12. Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.13. If a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.14. I must try to enjoy all the graces that God has given me today. Grace cannot be hoarded. There are no banks where it can be deposited to be used when I feel more at peace with myself. If I do not make full use of these blessings, I will lose them forever.15. God knows that we are all artists of life. One day, he gives us a hammer with which to make sculptures, another day he gives us brushes and paints with which to make a picture, or paper and a pencil to write with. But you cannot make a painting with a hammer, or a sculpture with a paintbrush. Therefore, however difficult it may be, I must accept today's small blessings, even if they seem like curses because I am suffering and it's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, and the children are singing in the street. This is the only way I will manage to leave my pain behind and rebuild my life.Best Lines from Man's Search for Meaning1. Don't aim at success.2. In some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.3. Between stimulus and response, there is a space.4. Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.5. Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be.Best Lines from To Kill a Mockingbird1. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.2. Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.3. Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.4. I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.Best Lines from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari1. Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.2. Never overlook the power of simplicity.3. I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.4. Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.5. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.Best Lines from The White Tiger1. I was looking for the key for years but the door was always open.2. It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.3. Go to Old Delhi, and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them. They know they are next, yet they cannot rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop. The very same thing is done with humans in this country.4. The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.5. Me, and thousands of others in this country like me, are half-baked, because we were never allowed to complete our schooling. Open our skulls, look in with a penlight, and you'll find an odd museum of ideas: sentences of history or mathematics remembered from school textbooks (no boy remembers his schooling like the one who was taken out of school, let me assure you), sentences about politics read in a newspaper while waiting for someone to come to an office, triangles and pyramids seen on the torn pages of the old geometry textbooks which every tea shop in this country uses to wrap its snacks in, bits of All India Radio news bulletins, things that drop into your mind, like lizards from the ceiling, in the half hour before falling asleep--all these ideas, half formed and half digested and half correct, mix up with other half-cooked ideas in your head, and I guess these half-formed ideas bugger one another, and make more half-formed ideas, and this is what you act on and live with.6. Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence.7. The dreams of the rich and the dreams of the poor - they never overlap, do they?See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of? Losing weight and looking like the poor.8. The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.9. These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in ... Would they do it this time? Would they beat the Great Socialist and win the elections? Had they raised enough money of their own, and bribed enough policemen, and bought enough fingerprints of their own, to win? Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discuss the elections in Laxmangarh.10. Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven, in their thirties or forties or fifties but still "boys." But that is your fate if you do your job well - with honesty, dedication, and sincerity, the way Gandhi would have done it, no doubt.11. He read me another poem, and another one - and he explained the true history of poetry, which is a kind of secret, a magic known only to wise men. Mr. Premier, I won't be saying anything new if I say that the history of the world is the history of a ten-thousand-year war of brains between the rich and the poor. Each side is eternally trying to hoodwink the other side: and it has been this way since the start of time. The poor win a few battles (the peeing in the potted plants, the kicking of the pet dogs, etc.) but of course the rich have won the war for ten thousand years. That's why, on day, some wise men, out of compassion for the poor, left them signs and symbols in poems, which appear to be about roses and pretty girls and things like that, but when understood correctly spill out secrets that allow the poorest man on earth to conclude the ten-thousand-year-old brain-war on terms favorable to himself.There are many other great lines from all of the above great books and from many other books and the list will go on increasing.Thanks for reading.