Srimathe Rangaramanuja Mahadesikaya Namaha

“So, she started asking, “Vedantis on one hand treat everyone equal but on other hand discriminate all living beings as in Ahara Niyamam. So, which one is correct.”” – There is no discrimination. In fact everything vis there for a purpose.

Swami Desika says “don’t drink milk from the cow named PArvathi”. So do we go about analysing name of each cow? It means “avoid dEvathA them in any form”

It’s not discrimination. We can avoid swine flu if we don’t eat the food touched by cock’s (bird’s) wings. Instead of culling the birds we can avoid the disease altogether correct?

The same Desika talks about Jeeva kArunyam. By this way we are not harming any creature.

More than anything it’s for mainly SrivaishNava bhrAhmna dharmam. This is to assist AchAra anushtAnam.

Crow is Pitru so Swamy Desikan would have said like that.

If dog sees a food it might think “this guy is eating my food”. So it amounts to our sin. So Swamy Desikan sAdhichiruppAr.

Sharing our food with creatures amount to ucchishtam , so to avoid ecchal we don’t eat.

In fact adiyen used to think the sandhyavandhanam theertham should be dropped in plants or water storage. If we put in drains adiyen feel the entire mantra water does not give effect. So ucchishtam is important
The entire process of sandhyavandhanam gets over only based on where we drop the residual water.

The food should be eaten before it looses it’s freshness. It shouldn’t be stored . So we should avoid fridge.

This clearly means brahmnan should live for the day not worrying about the future .

Any big words kshmikkavum
Dasanudasan

*Avoid devathAnthram

Sri Ramnujaye Namha

Swami this is adiyen’s understanding.

Paramatma is present in every living being from Worm to Brahma, and even in non living objects.

Only way to see every living being equal is to see them as part and parcel of Supreme Lord as His servant and seeing what service they can do.. But the service is not equal to all..

We need to understand that due to karma, the soul inside material body is contaminated with different level of ignorance /envy.. so we need to help them not commit further disservice, so in fact we are doing good and protecting them by following the sastras..

For example : There are so many people in a city common and equality is that they are all citizens of a country and have certain rights and freedom and privileges. Of them some of them are sick some are in prison etc.. so some of them have to be isolated and some of their rights and privileges have to be curbed to ensure smooth running of society without causing disturbance to others normal in society. By doing so we are respecting the King of the city, the other people of the city, and finally also providing a more secure environment for the isolated people. But all are equally being viewed as citizens of the state. So when we view them they should be seen as citizen of state who in a later stage will have equal opportunity o serve in more full fledged way.

Adiyen.