VII

ETHICAL CODE
 OF VEDIC BRAHMINS

These are very serious allegations.  Yet the rise of Hinduism from the simple Rig Vedic psalms  to gods of natural  forces to the present day Hinduism with its elaborate Upanishads and philosophies and Sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga, Mathematics and for that matter the whole 21^st century knowledge base needs to be explained away in terms of the ethics and morality of the people involved. These can be found in the founding principles of Hinduism of the third and fourth century AD.  These are

Vasishtha Smriti

Vasishta, was chief of the seven venerated sages (or Saptharishi) and the Rajaguru of the Suryavamsha or Solar Dynasty. He was the manasaputra of Brahma.  Smriti is that which is based on the Vedas.  Unlike Shruti they are the actual production of various Rshis.  In matters of Dharma they are as valid and imperetive as Shruti.

  Bhagavatha Purana

Sage Sukracharya

 Krishna told Arjuna: "Do it! You will not incur any sin. I shall protect you."
It was not "moral" to kill Dronacharya, Bhishma and all the other great and pious heroes fighting for the Kauravas, but Arjuna surrendered to Krishna, his guru. He thus surpassed the mundane principles of morality, which involve following rules and regulations to keep peace and order in human society.

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B. B. Bodhayan President of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math

 Krishna : "The wise men who reached true knowledge see with equal vision a brahman (priest), a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater One whose mind is free from egotism, whose intellect is pure, is not bound even though he slays many people, for he does not truly slay. Those who think that they can kill or those that think they can be killed are confused in the manifestations of ignorance. The infinite, immortal soul can neither kill nor be killed" (Bhagavat Gita 2,17-19).