C RAVI
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I am initiating this topic because of my craze for Dogs. From my childhood I liked to play with Dog. I love to interact with a Dog as a friend and could sense what my friend wants to reciprocate.
I pet a Dog when I was 12 years old when we were in Assam Air Force Station. A brown colored healthy and charming street dog that got attached to our home and sheltered himself somewhere at the corner of the door step. I named him "JIMMY" and had wonderful days with him for 4 years. He used to come along with me till my class room and I had to force him to go back at teacher's instructions. I used to go to him at the class room entrance, sit near his face and tells him in Hind to go back home and wait for me till afternoon when I leave my school, patting him. He leaves the school. When I return from the school at around 3pm, I find him running towards me somewhere near the school on my way back home.
After 4 years my Dad got Promotional Transfer to Nasik and we had to move. That day I can not forget till my life time. I cried like anything as well my brother. When we were preparing to leave I could notice the restlessness of my JIMMY. When the Vehicle started moving, JIMMY looked very upset and started running behind the vehicle looking at us till the Vehicle exited the security Gate.
My above narration is to tell how deep was my intimacy with JIMMY and how we felled the relationship as if we were fellow beings. And to emphasis that a two different species can live as fellow beings (as long as it is practical) and share the feelings.
My question is –
1) Whether as per shastras we Brahmins are allowed to have pets (Dogs or Cats) and keep them in our house as one of our family members?
2) Will this leads to Karmic Bondage? Should we need to perform any rites for this departed soul (at least at once at the time of death or yearly) as we feed our pet, love our pet and live with our pet for long. And in return the pet shows its love to us, be with us and helps us to the best of its understanding and capacity.
Or karmic bondage exists only among human beings who all are closely related?
3) Does Brahmin shastras objects such a close relationship with other species to avoid any sort of mystic and complicated karmic bondage?
I request the learned members to help me with my queries, as I have strongly decided to pet one dog the moment I could feel the possibility, considering the acceptance of other family members.
Cheers...
RAVI
I pet a Dog when I was 12 years old when we were in Assam Air Force Station. A brown colored healthy and charming street dog that got attached to our home and sheltered himself somewhere at the corner of the door step. I named him "JIMMY" and had wonderful days with him for 4 years. He used to come along with me till my class room and I had to force him to go back at teacher's instructions. I used to go to him at the class room entrance, sit near his face and tells him in Hind to go back home and wait for me till afternoon when I leave my school, patting him. He leaves the school. When I return from the school at around 3pm, I find him running towards me somewhere near the school on my way back home.
After 4 years my Dad got Promotional Transfer to Nasik and we had to move. That day I can not forget till my life time. I cried like anything as well my brother. When we were preparing to leave I could notice the restlessness of my JIMMY. When the Vehicle started moving, JIMMY looked very upset and started running behind the vehicle looking at us till the Vehicle exited the security Gate.
My above narration is to tell how deep was my intimacy with JIMMY and how we felled the relationship as if we were fellow beings. And to emphasis that a two different species can live as fellow beings (as long as it is practical) and share the feelings.
My question is –
1) Whether as per shastras we Brahmins are allowed to have pets (Dogs or Cats) and keep them in our house as one of our family members?
2) Will this leads to Karmic Bondage? Should we need to perform any rites for this departed soul (at least at once at the time of death or yearly) as we feed our pet, love our pet and live with our pet for long. And in return the pet shows its love to us, be with us and helps us to the best of its understanding and capacity.
Or karmic bondage exists only among human beings who all are closely related?
3) Does Brahmin shastras objects such a close relationship with other species to avoid any sort of mystic and complicated karmic bondage?
I request the learned members to help me with my queries, as I have strongly decided to pet one dog the moment I could feel the possibility, considering the acceptance of other family members.
Cheers...
RAVI
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