Do  Vedas really support animal killing? My understanding from the Upanishads is that Vedic code of living is very strict and goes in coherence with total natural law. Vedas sees one supreme being in all species. During Vedic age, sacrifices were done with symbolic representation of animals but not by actually killing animals. The idea of Yagna was to please gods by sacrifices of your lower nature (tama guna, rajas gun, saatvic gun) by actually sacrificing the symbols of animals which represents our lower nature. In modern Hinduism, people have gone barbaric without understanding the ideas of Vedas. How can Vedas support animal killing when it clearly declares: All this verily is Brahman (Sarvam Khalvidam Bhramha).

Let's enjoy this Dashain with non-violence spreading compassion to all species including lower animals and goats. A goat has an equal right to live like an ordinary human being. Who gave you the right to kiil animals in the name of sacrifice? It is only your desire that is killing goats for your own material needs.