One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
From B. R. Ambedkar
Life should be great rather than long.
Religion and slavery are incompatible.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Generally speaking, the Smritikars never care to explain the why and the how of their dogmas.
An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared.
Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
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