Are brahmins allowed to drink alcohol?What are the Panch Maha Paap?Why bengali brahmins are non-vegetarians?Is Janeva (Yajñopavītam or sacred thread) limited to Brahmins only?Why are brahmins represented by names of Vedas?Are Brahmins really the main people of Hindus?Does Bhagavad Gita Sloka 17.23 refer to Brahmanas or Brahmins?Is Shalagram worship forbidden to non-Brahmins?Are Brahmins allowed to cross the sea (means foreign countries like America,Australia,etc)?Do any other scriptures mention Brahma Tirtha, bathing where non-Brahmins become Brahmins?Are Brahmins who eat fish fallen Brahmins?Which texts are Brahmins allowed to read?
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Are brahmins allowed to drink alcohol?
What are the Panch Maha Paap?Why bengali brahmins are non-vegetarians?Is Janeva (Yajñopavītam or sacred thread) limited to Brahmins only?Why are brahmins represented by names of Vedas?Are Brahmins really the main people of Hindus?Does Bhagavad Gita Sloka 17.23 refer to Brahmanas or Brahmins?Is Shalagram worship forbidden to non-Brahmins?Are Brahmins allowed to cross the sea (means foreign countries like America,Australia,etc)?Do any other scriptures mention Brahma Tirtha, bathing where non-Brahmins become Brahmins?Are Brahmins who eat fish fallen Brahmins?Which texts are Brahmins allowed to read?
Do the scriptures mention anything about this? Can brahmins drink alcohol?
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It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
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Do the scriptures mention anything about this? Can brahmins drink alcohol?
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Do the scriptures mention anything about this? Can brahmins drink alcohol?
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It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
– TheLittleNaruto
Mar 9 at 4:57
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It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
– TheLittleNaruto
Mar 9 at 4:57
It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
– TheLittleNaruto
Mar 9 at 4:57
It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
– TheLittleNaruto
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No, Brahmins cannot consume alcohol under normal circumstances.
The twelfth Chapter of the Parashara Smriti discuses the possible expiation of the sin a Brahmana accumulates after consuming alcohol:
A Brahman who has drunk wine must go to a river
that falls into the sea; he must perform a Chandrayana,
which being finished, he is to give a feast to the Brahmans,
and by way of a fee, he is to give a cow and a bull to the
Brahmans. (75) If a Brahman has drunk wine only once, he must
drink flaming hot spirituous liquor; thereby he will purify
himself, both as regards this world, and as regards the other
world. (76)
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
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According to the Smritis, not only Brahmins, none of the twice-borns are allowed to drink spirituous liquors.
Manu Smriti 9.235. The slayer of a Brahmana, (A twice-born man) who
drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura, he who steals (the gold of
a Brahmana), and he who violates a Guru’s bed, must each and all be
considered as men who committed mortal sins (mahapataka)
Drinking liquor, in fact, is considered as one of the five great sins (mahapataka).
Usana Smriti says:
THE destroyer of a Brahmanas, one who drinks spirituous liquors, a
thief, and the violator of the preceptor's bed, and the one who
associates with them, are the great sinners.
Chapter 8, Verse 1
Same thing is repeated in Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.9:
Steno hiranyasya surAm pivamshacha gurostalpamAvasan brahmahA |
Chaite patanti chatvArah panchamashchAcharamstaih ||
One who steals gold, who drinks Sura, who cohabits with the Guru's
wife and one who slays a Brahmin - these four and the the fifth, who
associates with these four - all of these five become fallen.
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
add a comment |
I am adding the views of the Tantras.
The Varahi-Tantra says
A brahmin should never even think of drinking madya.
The Meru-Tantra and Srikrama-Tantra are of the same opinion.
On the otherhand, the Kamahya-Tantra advocates the use of madya by the brahmins in the Tantrik worship. The Niruttara-Tantra is of the same opinion.
The Bhavachudamoni-Tantra reconciles by saying
Madya with the other four tattvas should by used only by the fallen brahmins ie the brahmins who have deviated from the Vedic path.
(Sanstramulak Bharatiya Shaktisadhana, Upendrakumar Das, RMIC, vol 2 page 621-31.
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
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3 Answers
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No, Brahmins cannot consume alcohol under normal circumstances.
The twelfth Chapter of the Parashara Smriti discuses the possible expiation of the sin a Brahmana accumulates after consuming alcohol:
A Brahman who has drunk wine must go to a river
that falls into the sea; he must perform a Chandrayana,
which being finished, he is to give a feast to the Brahmans,
and by way of a fee, he is to give a cow and a bull to the
Brahmans. (75) If a Brahman has drunk wine only once, he must
drink flaming hot spirituous liquor; thereby he will purify
himself, both as regards this world, and as regards the other
world. (76)
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
add a comment |
No, Brahmins cannot consume alcohol under normal circumstances.
The twelfth Chapter of the Parashara Smriti discuses the possible expiation of the sin a Brahmana accumulates after consuming alcohol:
A Brahman who has drunk wine must go to a river
that falls into the sea; he must perform a Chandrayana,
which being finished, he is to give a feast to the Brahmans,
and by way of a fee, he is to give a cow and a bull to the
Brahmans. (75) If a Brahman has drunk wine only once, he must
drink flaming hot spirituous liquor; thereby he will purify
himself, both as regards this world, and as regards the other
world. (76)
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
add a comment |
No, Brahmins cannot consume alcohol under normal circumstances.
The twelfth Chapter of the Parashara Smriti discuses the possible expiation of the sin a Brahmana accumulates after consuming alcohol:
A Brahman who has drunk wine must go to a river
that falls into the sea; he must perform a Chandrayana,
which being finished, he is to give a feast to the Brahmans,
and by way of a fee, he is to give a cow and a bull to the
Brahmans. (75) If a Brahman has drunk wine only once, he must
drink flaming hot spirituous liquor; thereby he will purify
himself, both as regards this world, and as regards the other
world. (76)
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
No, Brahmins cannot consume alcohol under normal circumstances.
The twelfth Chapter of the Parashara Smriti discuses the possible expiation of the sin a Brahmana accumulates after consuming alcohol:
A Brahman who has drunk wine must go to a river
that falls into the sea; he must perform a Chandrayana,
which being finished, he is to give a feast to the Brahmans,
and by way of a fee, he is to give a cow and a bull to the
Brahmans. (75) If a Brahman has drunk wine only once, he must
drink flaming hot spirituous liquor; thereby he will purify
himself, both as regards this world, and as regards the other
world. (76)
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
edited Mar 9 at 5:01
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
answered Mar 9 at 4:53
Surya Kanta Bose ChowdhurySurya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
8,94731674
8,94731674
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
add a comment |
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
What is liquor? Is all alcohol wine?
– Strawberry
Mar 9 at 12:57
add a comment |
According to the Smritis, not only Brahmins, none of the twice-borns are allowed to drink spirituous liquors.
Manu Smriti 9.235. The slayer of a Brahmana, (A twice-born man) who
drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura, he who steals (the gold of
a Brahmana), and he who violates a Guru’s bed, must each and all be
considered as men who committed mortal sins (mahapataka)
Drinking liquor, in fact, is considered as one of the five great sins (mahapataka).
Usana Smriti says:
THE destroyer of a Brahmanas, one who drinks spirituous liquors, a
thief, and the violator of the preceptor's bed, and the one who
associates with them, are the great sinners.
Chapter 8, Verse 1
Same thing is repeated in Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.9:
Steno hiranyasya surAm pivamshacha gurostalpamAvasan brahmahA |
Chaite patanti chatvArah panchamashchAcharamstaih ||
One who steals gold, who drinks Sura, who cohabits with the Guru's
wife and one who slays a Brahmin - these four and the the fifth, who
associates with these four - all of these five become fallen.
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
add a comment |
According to the Smritis, not only Brahmins, none of the twice-borns are allowed to drink spirituous liquors.
Manu Smriti 9.235. The slayer of a Brahmana, (A twice-born man) who
drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura, he who steals (the gold of
a Brahmana), and he who violates a Guru’s bed, must each and all be
considered as men who committed mortal sins (mahapataka)
Drinking liquor, in fact, is considered as one of the five great sins (mahapataka).
Usana Smriti says:
THE destroyer of a Brahmanas, one who drinks spirituous liquors, a
thief, and the violator of the preceptor's bed, and the one who
associates with them, are the great sinners.
Chapter 8, Verse 1
Same thing is repeated in Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.9:
Steno hiranyasya surAm pivamshacha gurostalpamAvasan brahmahA |
Chaite patanti chatvArah panchamashchAcharamstaih ||
One who steals gold, who drinks Sura, who cohabits with the Guru's
wife and one who slays a Brahmin - these four and the the fifth, who
associates with these four - all of these five become fallen.
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
add a comment |
According to the Smritis, not only Brahmins, none of the twice-borns are allowed to drink spirituous liquors.
Manu Smriti 9.235. The slayer of a Brahmana, (A twice-born man) who
drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura, he who steals (the gold of
a Brahmana), and he who violates a Guru’s bed, must each and all be
considered as men who committed mortal sins (mahapataka)
Drinking liquor, in fact, is considered as one of the five great sins (mahapataka).
Usana Smriti says:
THE destroyer of a Brahmanas, one who drinks spirituous liquors, a
thief, and the violator of the preceptor's bed, and the one who
associates with them, are the great sinners.
Chapter 8, Verse 1
Same thing is repeated in Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.9:
Steno hiranyasya surAm pivamshacha gurostalpamAvasan brahmahA |
Chaite patanti chatvArah panchamashchAcharamstaih ||
One who steals gold, who drinks Sura, who cohabits with the Guru's
wife and one who slays a Brahmin - these four and the the fifth, who
associates with these four - all of these five become fallen.
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
According to the Smritis, not only Brahmins, none of the twice-borns are allowed to drink spirituous liquors.
Manu Smriti 9.235. The slayer of a Brahmana, (A twice-born man) who
drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura, he who steals (the gold of
a Brahmana), and he who violates a Guru’s bed, must each and all be
considered as men who committed mortal sins (mahapataka)
Drinking liquor, in fact, is considered as one of the five great sins (mahapataka).
Usana Smriti says:
THE destroyer of a Brahmanas, one who drinks spirituous liquors, a
thief, and the violator of the preceptor's bed, and the one who
associates with them, are the great sinners.
Chapter 8, Verse 1
Same thing is repeated in Chandogya Upanishad 5.10.9:
Steno hiranyasya surAm pivamshacha gurostalpamAvasan brahmahA |
Chaite patanti chatvArah panchamashchAcharamstaih ||
One who steals gold, who drinks Sura, who cohabits with the Guru's
wife and one who slays a Brahmin - these four and the the fifth, who
associates with these four - all of these five become fallen.
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
edited Mar 9 at 7:02
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
answered Mar 9 at 6:40
RickrossRickross
55.5k380192
55.5k380192
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
add a comment |
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
what is the 5th sin of the pancha ? 4 plus associating with those 4, right ?
– ram
Mar 9 at 6:48
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
Yes, but that is not mentioned in manu, other Smritis mention it @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:49
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
See this answer: hinduism.stackexchange.com/a/19613/4732 @ram
– Rickross
Mar 9 at 6:51
add a comment |
I am adding the views of the Tantras.
The Varahi-Tantra says
A brahmin should never even think of drinking madya.
The Meru-Tantra and Srikrama-Tantra are of the same opinion.
On the otherhand, the Kamahya-Tantra advocates the use of madya by the brahmins in the Tantrik worship. The Niruttara-Tantra is of the same opinion.
The Bhavachudamoni-Tantra reconciles by saying
Madya with the other four tattvas should by used only by the fallen brahmins ie the brahmins who have deviated from the Vedic path.
(Sanstramulak Bharatiya Shaktisadhana, Upendrakumar Das, RMIC, vol 2 page 621-31.
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
11.2k852
add a comment |
I am adding the views of the Tantras.
The Varahi-Tantra says
A brahmin should never even think of drinking madya.
The Meru-Tantra and Srikrama-Tantra are of the same opinion.
On the otherhand, the Kamahya-Tantra advocates the use of madya by the brahmins in the Tantrik worship. The Niruttara-Tantra is of the same opinion.
The Bhavachudamoni-Tantra reconciles by saying
Madya with the other four tattvas should by used only by the fallen brahmins ie the brahmins who have deviated from the Vedic path.
(Sanstramulak Bharatiya Shaktisadhana, Upendrakumar Das, RMIC, vol 2 page 621-31.
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
11.2k852
add a comment |
I am adding the views of the Tantras.
The Varahi-Tantra says
A brahmin should never even think of drinking madya.
The Meru-Tantra and Srikrama-Tantra are of the same opinion.
On the otherhand, the Kamahya-Tantra advocates the use of madya by the brahmins in the Tantrik worship. The Niruttara-Tantra is of the same opinion.
The Bhavachudamoni-Tantra reconciles by saying
Madya with the other four tattvas should by used only by the fallen brahmins ie the brahmins who have deviated from the Vedic path.
(Sanstramulak Bharatiya Shaktisadhana, Upendrakumar Das, RMIC, vol 2 page 621-31.
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
11.2k852
I am adding the views of the Tantras.
The Varahi-Tantra says
A brahmin should never even think of drinking madya.
The Meru-Tantra and Srikrama-Tantra are of the same opinion.
On the otherhand, the Kamahya-Tantra advocates the use of madya by the brahmins in the Tantrik worship. The Niruttara-Tantra is of the same opinion.
The Bhavachudamoni-Tantra reconciles by saying
Madya with the other four tattvas should by used only by the fallen brahmins ie the brahmins who have deviated from the Vedic path.
(Sanstramulak Bharatiya Shaktisadhana, Upendrakumar Das, RMIC, vol 2 page 621-31.
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
11.2k852
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
11.2k852
answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
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answered Mar 9 at 8:50
commonmancommonman
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It is allowed for anyone not only brahmin if it is offered to Goddess shakti first as part of Tantra ritual.
– TheLittleNaruto
Mar 9 at 4:57