Sangh Samachar writes on the Shambo slaughter case in the UK where the Hindu Forum mobilsed opinion against the slaughter of the sick sacred bull.
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A brief respite from the Hindu forum of Britain (and its allies’) nonsensical comments on the sacred bull. Jay Lakhani is listed as the Director for Education of Hindu council UK, espouses a Sanghi attitude to religious conversion — he calls it an atrocity — and doesn’t puncture the myth of the sacredness of the bull, but is reasonable in his analysis of the Shambo fiasco.
… it´s a shame what the welsh assembly government have done. This very special case would have deserved a very special solution. But for some reason (which ???) no exception was made by the officials. How strange and how sad.
Even stranger: the statement of Mr Lakhani … he thinks that the farmers - who are commercialy killing animals - are better in tune with hinduism than the monks of the temple (???).
Everyone should realise that a Religion in its core is not represented by people who just talk about and probably know a lot about it in theory, but by people who live and seriously practice it….especially when it really counts.
The temple we are talking about was founded by a, recently passed away, saint; recognized as a spiritual leader by many Hindus and also some Non-Hindus in the UK, India, Sri Lanka and other countries. He made this temple a sanctuary for all life (read the website of skandavale.org for this).
And now Mr. Lakhani comes and states that the monks acting in this spirit are making “a mockery out of hinduism” and that “the farmers were actually better in tune with the tenets of Hinduism”.
I can only shake my head…
The unenlightened editors at the Washington Post are now saying that killing Shambo was the best thing for the economy and religous freedom!!??!! Has the world gone entirely mad?
There is nothing reasonable about the views of Mr. Lakhani. He simply doesn´t understand the real “context” of the story of Shambo. I think the Hindus in the UK should quickly do something about the now created situation. Thanks god they are not only represented by Mr. Lakhani.
Mr. Ramesh Kallidai is more on the right path I think, when he wants to talk to the government about a special law for such cases.
To say such things as Mr. Lakhani does, only shows, that his understanding of religion is rather a theoretical than a substantial one. He should be removed from his post as educational director of the Hindu Council of UK.