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| {{terms|"human"}} | | {{terms|"human being"|"human form"|"human life"}} |
| {{notes|VedaBase research query: "animal* sacrifice* human"@60}} | | {{notes|VedaBase research query: "animal* sacrifice* human"@60}} |
| {{compiler|Labangalatika}} | | {{compiler|Labangalatika}} |
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| [[Category:Animal Sacrifice]] | | [[Category:Animal Sacrifice|2]] |
| [[Category:Promotion]] | | [[Category:Promotion|2]] |
| [[Category:Immediately]] | | [[Category:Immediately|2]] |
| [[Category:Human Form Of Life]] | | [[Category:Human Form Of Life|2]] |
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| <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> | | <div id="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is" class="section" sec_index="0" parent="compilation" text="Bhagavad-gita As It Is"><h2>Bhagavad-gita As It Is</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">Killing on the battlefield on religious principles and killing animals in the sacrificial fire are not at all considered to be acts of violence, because everyone is benefited by the religious principles involved. The animal sacrificed gets a human life immediately without undergoing the gradual evolutionary process from one form to another, and the kṣatriyas killed on the battlefield also attain the heavenly planets as do the brāhmaṇas who attain them by offering sacrifice. | | <div class="heading">Killing on the battlefield on religious principles and killing animals in the sacrificial fire are not at all considered to be acts of violence, because everyone is benefited by the religious principles involved. The animal sacrificed gets a human life immediately without undergoing the gradual evolutionary process from one form to another, and the kṣatriyas killed on the battlefield also attain the heavenly planets as do the brāhmaṇas who attain them by offering sacrifice. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 2.31|BG 2.31, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the religious law books it is stated:</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 2.31 (1972)|BG 2.31, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">In the religious law books it is stated:</p> |
| :āhaveṣu mitho 'nyonyaṁ | | :āhaveṣu mitho 'nyonyaṁ |
| :jighāṁsanto mahī-kṣitaḥ | | :jighāṁsanto mahī-kṣitaḥ |
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| <div class="heading">Although animal killing in a sacrifice is recommended in the Vedic literature, the animal is not considered to be killed. The sacrifice is to give a new life to the animal. Sometimes the animal is given a new animal life after being killed in the sacrifice, and sometimes the animal is promoted immediately to the human form of life. | | <div class="heading">Although animal killing in a sacrifice is recommended in the Vedic literature, the animal is not considered to be killed. The sacrifice is to give a new life to the animal. Sometimes the animal is given a new animal life after being killed in the sacrifice, and sometimes the animal is promoted immediately to the human form of life. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 18.3|BG 18.3, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty, yet other sages maintain that acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should never be abandoned.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:BG 18.3 (1972)|BG 18.3, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Some learned men declare that all kinds of fruitive activities should be given up as faulty, yet other sages maintain that acts of sacrifice, charity and penance should never be abandoned.</p> |
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| <div class="purport text"><p>There are many activities in the Vedic literature which are subjects of contention. For instance, it is said that an animal can be killed in a sacrifice, yet some maintain that animal killing is completely abominable. Although animal killing in a sacrifice is recommended in the Vedic literature, the animal is not considered to be killed. The sacrifice is to give a new life to the animal. Sometimes the animal is given a new animal life after being killed in the sacrifice, and sometimes the animal is promoted immediately to the human form of life. But there are different opinions among the sages. Some say that animal killing should always be avoided, and others say that for a specific sacrifice it is good. All these different opinions on sacrificial activity are now being clarified by the Lord Himself.</p> | | <div class="purport text"><p>There are many activities in the Vedic literature which are subjects of contention. For instance, it is said that an animal can be killed in a sacrifice, yet some maintain that animal killing is completely abominable. Although animal killing in a sacrifice is recommended in the Vedic literature, the animal is not considered to be killed. The sacrifice is to give a new life to the animal. Sometimes the animal is given a new animal life after being killed in the sacrifice, and sometimes the animal is promoted immediately to the human form of life. But there are different opinions among the sages. Some say that animal killing should always be avoided, and others say that for a specific sacrifice it is good. All these different opinions on sacrificial activity are now being clarified by the Lord Himself.</p> |