Ideas and tips on any subject: Differences in Hinduism and Brahmanism

22. All Gods of Brahman are Kshatryas (Ram, Krishna, Shankara, Vishnu and more) and no God is Brahman. Hindus worship these all and in addition to them worship many female Gods; most Hindus have female gods as their family deity. Brahman essentially has male gods as their family deity, save some exceptions, of course. Brahman have at second level some female gods such as Mahalaxmi.

23. Brahman propagates for vegetarianism under various excuses to Hindus and tries to corrupt them. Hindus believe that the animals of food are created for the food and they must be eaten since all gods (including female gods) are warriors and hunters and they are correct in that. Originally Hindus did not practice fasting or veg food on the festive days to celebrate days of their gods but under the influence of Brahmans they (not all) practice keeping fast on some days on which actually they should enjoy by eating meat food as offering to those gods. While Brahman preaches (most probably under Jain influence) that killing animal is sin and so should be avoided; whereas the Gita says nobody can kill any body and so the accusation that we kill these animals is false according to the Gita (2:11-21). The concept that, "I Kill", is not sign of wisdom but ignorance according to Gita. It not killing but giving pain is violence according to Gita as well as Jainism. Probably it is assumed that killing causes pain and so this mis-concept became popular among Brahman and Jains.

Hinduism believes in principle, life lives on life or “Jeevo jeevasya jivanam” (जीवाे जीवस्य जीवनम्) as the ancient saying goes. May be ancient Brahman were as ignorant as their Jain counterpart about the fact that vegetables are also alive. Considering this we have to kill some life to live on, then what difference it makes, whether it is an animal or a vegetable; Hindus argue. Brahman is confused on this point; however, insist on vegetarianism. Brahmans consider themselves as subordinate to Jains and so, keep coping them. This happened after Adi Sankara was defeated by a Jain scholar, Mandan Mishra and his wife. A large number of food practices of Brahman are copied from Jains. Interesting part is that even though they talk a lot about vegetarian diet, they however continue taking milk as their main food! Actually milk is blood of cow or buffalo. They do not mind that meat diet anyway. They do not mind killing calves to obtain milk which is essentially food by natural arrangement of calf. That killing of several calves is not objected to, by the argument of non-violence. Other controversy we observe is that they (both Jains and Brahman) object to eating unfertile eggs which by all standards is a perfectly vegan food.

Amongst Hindus only 5 percent are Brahman who practice vegan food whereas 7 percent Brahmans practice meat sacrifice and eat meat/fish that means, 95 percent Hindus are meat eaters and only 5 percent are vegan even though this is the reality these five percent are so much vociferous that they give an impression that they are representing all Hindus and by that, mislead the world. Popularly know agencies such as RSS, VHP, Sanatan; BJP and SS (political parties) are controlled by these five percent and use their position in them to create that impression that hey represent all Hindus. Peculiarity of facts is that these 95 percent Hindus do not bother to complain as they do not think this is a matter of any importance to them.

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