The thing is that Saying that the Vedas permit beef eating and cow slaughter amounts to striking a lethal blow to a Hindu s soul Respect for bovine or livestock animals is a core tenet of Hinduism But Once you are able to convince a hindu of flaws in the foundation of this core tenet and make him feel stupid guilty he becomes an easy prey for the predator faiths There are millions of ill informed Hindus who are not empowered to counter argue and hence quietly surrender and convert Vegetarianism is an integral part of most schools of Hinduism The Vedas are also accused of animal sacrifice in sacrificial ceremonies popularly known as the YAJNA Interestingly a section of home bred intellectuals claiming to have deep study of ancient India has also come up who cite references from works of western indologists to vindicate such untrue accusation against the Vedas The Vedas have not condoned the practice of killing animals anywhere But due to the rise of dilettantism fused with a plethora of societal changes influence of external cultures and severe lack of awareness about real Vedic injunctions the role of religion has withered over the years But alas thanks to all the slanderous and conjectural accusations heaped upon the Vedas that can be attributed mainly to the interpretations of commentaries written by Mahidhar Uvat and Saayan in the medieval times and to what Vam margis or the Tantra cult propagated in their books in the name of the Vedas animal Sacrifice is rashly associated with Hinduism as if the religion itself promotes violence against animals In the more recent times Swami Dayanand Saraswati known as the grandfather of modern India interpreted the Vedas as per the correct grammars of the language and authentic evidences His literature which includes commentary on the Vedas Satyarth Prakash loosely translated as Light of Truth An Introduction to the Vedas and other texts led to widespread social reformation based on Vedic philosophy and dispelling of myths surrounding the Vedas Some verses of Vedas prohibiting killing animals Some verses from other Hindu scriptures prohibiting Killing animals Quote The humble sage by virtue of true knowledge sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana a cow an elephant a dog and a do