Unknowingly ate Fish

[GNANA SUNYAM]

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If you have the habit of eating egg then you're not vegetarian but eggeterian

Whether I am egg-tarian or that tarian or this tarian, I am not interested. You call me whatever. I don't care.

Just confirm, if I had commited an unpardonable, unforgivable sin by eating egg.

Should I also chant kaamokarishidh so that God successfully completes my tenure on this earth? If I don't chant, would God throw me into hell?

Would you accept me as brahmin only if I chant kaamokarishid?

Would I be born as chicken in my next birth for having eaten egg?

 

[GNANA SUNYAM]

Is there any unequivocal statement in any of the hindu scriptures that interprets that eating meat is a sin?

 

[a-TB]

Hinduism is not like Christianity and there is not one scriptural authority. One may say Vedas but very few if any have learnt or consult Vedas as a practice. Even Vedas in later sections negate what is the earlier sections. So trying model so called Hinduism like Christianity will not work. It is not a founded religion.

There are no commandments. Though patanjali Yama and Niyama list of 10 map precisely with Ten Commandments.

One principle that is emphasized and that is Ahimsa as a value. Hindu teachings do not mandate vegetarian food. Depending on one’s desire to mature spiritually Satvic food is suggested. Meat is not considered Satvic

Moksha has nothing to do with going to a place called heaven. Moksha is not for a person.

 

[GNANA SUNYAM]

Hinduism is not like Christianity and there is not one scriptural authority. One may say Vedas but very few if any have learnt or consult Vedas as a practice. Even Vedas in later sections negate what is the earlier sections. So trying model so called Hinduism like Christianity will not work. It is not a founded religion.

There are no commandments. Though patanjali Yama and Niyama list of 10 map precisely with Ten Commandments.

One principle that is emphasized and that is Ahimsa as a value. Hindu teachings do not mandate vegetarian food. Depending on one’s desire to mature spiritually Satvic food is suggested. Meat is not considered Satvic

Moksha has nothing to do with going to a place called heaven. Moksha is not for a person.

Sir, let us not stoop down to compare, contrast tenets of other religions here when it is unwarranted and irrelevant to the topic of discussion.

So, I take this input from you. There is no unequivocal statement or command that even remotely says, meat-eating is sin. Hence the author of this thread shall rest assured he has not committed any sin to feel guilty about. Hence he need not feel guilty. He need not perform any parihara.

Whether moksha has or has not to do with going to heaven, Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian also has nothing, absolutely nothing , to do with going to heaven.

Whether Meat is Satvic or not satvic is a subject matter for discussion in a separate thread.

 

[a-TB]

Sir, let us not stoop down to compare, contrast tenets of other religions here when it is unwarranted and irrelevant to the topic of discussion.

So, I take this input from you. There is no unequivocal statement or command that even remotely says, meat-eating is sin. Hence the author of this thread shall rest assured he has not committed any sin to feel guilty about. Hence he need not feel guilty. He need not perform any parihara.

Whether moksha has or has not to do with going to heaven, Vegetarian or Non-Vegetarian also has nothing, absolutely nothing , to do with going to heaven.

Whether Meat is Satvic or not satvic is a subject matter for discussion in a separate thread.

The OP was answered adequately by a number of posts by many. Including post number 3

For a Hindu which is only an umbrella term for large number of seemingly contradictory practices, asking for scriptural authority is a wrong question and has no answer.

Hinduism by itself is not a founded religion. Only in a founded religion scriptural authority question arise. Hindu name is given by outsiders. One who is from a founded religion wanting to map Hinduism in the same mold will have that question.

For a given ritual there is scriptural authority. It is all related to beliefs and general discussion is not possible.

The authority for universal questions is wisdom and common sense. Ahimsa is the guideline. There are no commandments in Hinduism. We can coexist with all kinds of gods, practices , temples and accept others provided they cause no harm. Idea of conversion is alien in Hinduism. There is no one with any authority to say one is a Hindu or not. Indian constitution says Hindu is one who does NOT call himself as belonging to another religion

That is but one essence of eternal dharma

Opening post is about a guilt feeling. It is fully answered in post 3 fir example

 

[GNANA SUNYAM]

The OP was answered adequately by a number of posts by many. Including post number 3

For a Hindu which is only an umbrella term for large number of seemingly contradictory practices, asking for scriptural authority is a wrong question and has no answer.

Hinduism by itself is not a founded religion. Only in a founded religion scriptural authority question arise. Hindu name is given by outsiders. One who is from a founded religion wanting to map Hinduism in the same mold will have that question.

For a given ritual there is scriptural authority. It is all related to beliefs and general discussion is not possible.

The authority for universal questions is wisdom and common sense. Ahimsa is the guideline. There are no commandments in Hinduism. We can coexist with all kinds of gods, practices , temples and accept others provided they cause no harm. Idea of conversion is alien in Hinduism. There is no one with any authority to say one is a Hindu or not. Indian constitution says Hindu is one who does NOT call himself as belonging to another religion

That is but one essence of eternal dharma

Opening post is about a guilt feeling. It is fully answered in post 3 fir example

Plenty of irrelevant, irrational junk here.

This is an inherent problem here. You always want to have the last word. Always bent on taking on an offensive, bent on entering into a mental combat, "Are you great or Am I great". Ok, conceded, you are great, if that would suffice to satiate your ego and feed your meanness. Is this an inborn TB mentality, ethos? I wonder. As if the numerous ego-combats witnessed in this forum ever since started which benefitted absolutely nothing, is not enough!

When are you going to break out of this shell?

And please, for heaven's sake, and also to maintain the sanity of this Forum, please do not drag this further.

Thanks for your understanding.

 

[prasad1]

Recite kaamokaarishidh manurkaarishid namo namaha 108 times so that your unknowing sinful act will be forgiven and please ensure that you never repeat this again even by mistake

This is a flippant comment. Hinduism is not Catholic Christianity. There is absolution from the results of your action (karma Phala). Similarly, there is no pariharam in Hinduism. Pariharam and prayschittam are borrowed from Christianity, and perpetuated by greedy and ignorant astrologers/vaidyas to make money.. There is no Vedic sanction for one's action. It also would run against Karma theory. If one wants to delude oneself, one can.

If you want to self-hypnosis you are welcome, but do not prescribe it to others, because you have no basis.

 

[renuka]

This is a flippant comment. Hinduism is not Catholic Christianity. There is absolution from the results of your action (karma Phala). Similarly, there is no pariharam in Hinduism. Pariharam and prayschittam are borrowed from Christianity, and perpetuated by greedy and ignorant astrologers/vaidyas to make money.. There is no Vedic sanction for one's action. It also would run against Karma theory. If one wants to delude oneself, one can.

If you want to self-hypnosis you are welcome, but do not prescribe it to others, because you have no basis.

Dear Prasad ji,

There is no my way or the high way in Hinduism.
A person can choose to connect with God in any way.

Karma theory is not as rigid or as black and white as you seem to think.

Lets try to understand..once an act is done, we are going to reap what we sowed.
Just say someone felt they did a bad act and regrets their actions..they decide to recite some mantras as prayaschit.
Is the karma erased?

No, it wont be..whatever done is done.
But by self reflecting and making changes through prayaschit via reciting mantras, it helps generate the capability to introspect thats one of the 1st steps in self realization.
Once one is able to see his or her mistakes one chooses the path of equilibrium and learns to gradually not walk down the path of chaos.

So, lets says if the karma of the bad act done in the past fructifies..what happens?
Well, if the person who did prayaschit had aquired enough insight to understand the consequences of his/her actions, he/she might sail through the problem with a more stable approach in the present and with this newly acquired skill of equilibrium the chances of generating binding aagaami karma( future karma) would be less.

This is the benefit of prayaschit.
It does NOT erase Karma but it gives us insight to handle the fruits of our actions better and make our future lives more conducive for self realization.

Now..does Anjan Chakravarty ji has the right to recommend what he wrote to others?
Yes! He does have the right to share what he feels which is a good advice.
There is no harm in thinking that one might be " forgiven".
Its we who finally FORGIVE ourselves and acquire Viveka.

Even if a person doesnt know how prayaschit works, it does not matter..nothing is lost when we keep trying.