Baba
Namaskar,
One well-wisher* of Ananda Marga - Mr. Kareem Mohammad - just started a new business. He is opening a slaughter house that will process around 200 animals everyday.
Since Mr Mohammad belives in religious harmony, for inauguration of his slaughterhouse he invited Vaisnavas to sing Hari Ram Hari Krsna kiirtan for six hours.
But those vaisnavas refused because they do not support the slaughtering of animals - they regard that as sin. So they adamantly declined the invitation.
So then in desperation, Mr. Kareem Mohammad has requested us to arrange the six-hour kiirtan and feast at the inauguration ceremony of his slaughterhouse.
A big debate has ensued.
Some support the idea of conducting the kiirtan and say that it is no problem. The kiirtan will purify the whole environment. We can sing and then have a feast there. There is not need to worry that on that site they will be slaughtering animals - that is of no concern. The kiirtan will make everything pure.
Other margiis vehemently opposed this. They told that it will be a violation of our main dharmic principles and Caryacarya. Doing the kiirtan there means condoning the animal slaughter. So we must not do this.
Then supporters of the program gave this counter response. Our Ananda Marga Caryacarya does not support the annual death day ceremony and the feast of that ceremony, i.e. shraddhanna. But even then we do kiirtan and eat at such programs because the kiirtan purifies everything. So why not do kiirtan and eat at the slaughterhouse and enjoy a feast there.
So now the question we present to all margiis is this:
Should we do the 6-hour kiirtan and feast at the inauguration of this slaughterhouse or not??
Namaskar,
in Him,
Shyam Narayan
NB - This kiirtan / feast will be from 9a to 3p and then the slaughterhouse factory will begin its operations.
* Mr. Kareem Mohammad is a well-wisher as he donates money - from time to time - to our children's home.
DISPUTE IN UNIT - NEED YOUR
SUGGESTION
Namaskar,
One well-wisher* of Ananda Marga - Mr. Kareem Mohammad - just started a new business. He is opening a slaughter house that will process around 200 animals everyday.
Since Mr Mohammad belives in religious harmony, for inauguration of his slaughterhouse he invited Vaisnavas to sing Hari Ram Hari Krsna kiirtan for six hours.
But those vaisnavas refused because they do not support the slaughtering of animals - they regard that as sin. So they adamantly declined the invitation.
So then in desperation, Mr. Kareem Mohammad has requested us to arrange the six-hour kiirtan and feast at the inauguration ceremony of his slaughterhouse.
A big debate has ensued.
Some support the idea of conducting the kiirtan and say that it is no problem. The kiirtan will purify the whole environment. We can sing and then have a feast there. There is not need to worry that on that site they will be slaughtering animals - that is of no concern. The kiirtan will make everything pure.
Other margiis vehemently opposed this. They told that it will be a violation of our main dharmic principles and Caryacarya. Doing the kiirtan there means condoning the animal slaughter. So we must not do this.
Then supporters of the program gave this counter response. Our Ananda Marga Caryacarya does not support the annual death day ceremony and the feast of that ceremony, i.e. shraddhanna. But even then we do kiirtan and eat at such programs because the kiirtan purifies everything. So why not do kiirtan and eat at the slaughterhouse and enjoy a feast there.
OUR REQUEST - PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE
So now the question we present to all margiis is this:
Should we do the 6-hour kiirtan and feast at the inauguration of this slaughterhouse or not??
Namaskar,
in Him,
Shyam Narayan
NB - This kiirtan / feast will be from 9a to 3p and then the slaughterhouse factory will begin its operations.
* Mr. Kareem Mohammad is a well-wisher as he donates money - from time to time - to our children's home.
