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Bali Pratha!

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Red Alert! Danger ZONE Ahead. You are entering into a land of mines, if you are compassionate types you are about to step on one, so kindly back off, abstain from moral lecturing, throwing free advice.


So I am a vegetarian, being born in a family that is primarily So, straight to the point, Bali is not good, it's cruel, you are taking a life of an animal, and hence the ritual of offering Bali to a devata in a temple, has to stoped. The sad part is that the  Tripura HC has passed a judgment to ban the practice.
I was invited for lunch at my friend's place, and they had offered goats as Bali and were serving the meat as prasad to their guests. Of course, the Liberal comment had to be thrown, they have made a contract with God that if you offer the meat, he/she will be pleased. I just have one question, eating non-veg is alright, but eating it as prasad is wrong? What about Halal, is it not a ritualistic practice, but there's no problem in that, but we have a problem with Jhatka. Though Jhatka is a single stroke death, whereas Halal, is more cruel with cutting if Jugular vein, waiting for it to bleed completely, with it facing the direction of Kaaba, and a Muslim doing the whole process. It doesn't treat another person as a kaffir, is more accommodating for the lower, underprivileged sections of society, moreover, it is a less painful method of death for the animal.
The liberal logic and common sense should end at this point
The next argument, eat plants, thrive on them, but aren't you killing a life anyways for your survival, and if you get into Karuna bhav, then you will end up killing yourself. Of course, there's a difference in killing sentient and non-sentient creatures, taking the life of a creature that is more closer to the ladder in human evolution. But there's a cost to be paid for every life you take If you have the Shakthi to decipher it, then who am I to stop you from eating what you want? You want to eat beef, your bloody choice, the consequences are your responsibility, that's it, end of discussion. I tried to explain the tantra aspect of the process to one of my acquaintances, but no, compassion argument ke aage kuch nahi chalta hai!
Please, aapka compassion ka katora leke kahin aur bhik maango!
I don't have the shakthi to get into all this right now, but if one day Devi feels I am worthy enough!
The nonsense that is tolerated in the name of being a compassionate, O mother.
The statement " The Road to HELL is paved with Good Intentions" is just perfect.
When Swami Vivekananda was asked to comment on Pashu Bali at Kalighat, the questioners expected condemnation. Instead, he merely said - "Why not a little blood to complete the picture?'
Quote Sriguru Rohit Arya
 That is what it takes to be a real Hindu. Not this craven caricature we see today always afraid that people will disapprove of their rituals and perpetually seeking approval from people who will only sneer their contempt even harder at such mendicancy.


Sarvam Shivamayam!
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In any case, the famous Mola Ram chant remains an unintentional bright spot of truth. "Bali Mangti Kali Ma! Mukti degi Kali Ma! Shakti degi Kali Ma!"
The name of Durga that I love the most is Dasaprahara dharini. She who wields ten assaults{weapons}. There is not even one hand free as is traditional in devata roopams for blessing or abhaya mudra. Her blessing will come as a prahara, a stunning blow or strike. She is perhaps the most uncompromising devata of all, even the word Durga means Remote and {mostly} Inaccessible.
But there is no success in battle unless she is pleased and since Shivaji Maharaj, Hindus have not done well to earn her grace...
More is needed. More Tapasya, more shakti.
Ab kankar kankar Shankar hoga
Chandi naad bhayankar hoga!
Dsapraharadharini ki jai!
A detailed article on the same by Rajarshi Nandy  
A Case for Pashubali in the Light of Vamacara Tantra
- http://indiafacts.org/a-case-for-pashubali-in-the-light-of-vamacara-tantra/?fbclid=IwAR3HjX6OZGCmn6dZ-HH6twELGQBVlTUVG1_wQXrJDgWlQoRRF5Oo7LzfrN8

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