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Laws of ManuDivine Origin/Remote Antiquity
Laws of ManuThe Laws of Manu, although did not denounce meat eating or sacrifice as sinful, does conclude that the only way to obtain "great rewards" including "endless" (5:46), "heavenly bliss" (5:48 ) and freedom from disease is by "abstaining entirely from the use of meat" which is both "cruel" and "disgusting" (5:49). Manu's laws also condemn those who permit slaughter, as well as those who buy, sell, cook, serve or eat meat, acknowledging them as responsible for the slaughter as the one who actually killed the animal (5:51). Thought composed between 200 AD and 200 BC, Scholars now agree that the Manava Dharma-sastra is an "amplified recast in verse of a Dharma-sutra, no longer extant, that may have been in existence as early as 500 B.C.," credited with "divine origin and a remote antiquity…it's reputed author Manu, the mythical survivor of the Flood and father of the human race" by the Brahmins themselves ¹ ¹ Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910 ed., s.v. "Manu, The Laws of" | ||||||||
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Animal Welfare-Animal Rights Activists-Advocates-Authors Legislators and Educators continuing struggle for Animal Rights, Animal Welfare and Humane Education Against Cruelty to Animals can be seen throughout history in the words and actions of so many individuals. As Primary Source Historical Literature on Animal Rights, Animal Welfare & Humanity Against Cruelty to Animals is made available online, our Animal Rights Timeline, Humane Education Resource, Library-Archive of Primary Source Historical Literature will include not only the more noted events and authors of Animal Rights and the Humane Movement Against Cruelty to Animals, but lesser known advocates as well. |
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