Guest guest Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 As far as I know there are in India three categories of food: sakahara, anahara, and phalahara. People of one of these groups abstain from eating grain. Are there also people who eat only raw fruit and vegetables but no cooked things? Do these people then drink milk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 On 6/10/03 at 2:39 AM Alexandra Kafka wrote: As far as I know there are in India three categories of food: sakahara, anahara, and phalahara. People of one of these groups abstain from eating grain. Are there also people who eat only raw fruit and vegetables but no cooked things? Do these people then drink milk? A search in Google on fruitarianism and Natural Hygiene will provide the required info. Fruitarians won't drink milk whereas Natural Hygiene emphasizes the damage wrought by processing like cooking, hence doesn't object to the use of fresh milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya Dear Alexandra, > As far as I know there are in India three categories of food: sakahara, > anahara, and phalahara. People of one of these groups abstain from eating > grain. > Are there also people who eat only raw fruit and vegetables but no cooked > things? Do these people then drink milk? Regarding food, I always find the short story below both amusing and interesting. Apologies to those who have heard me tell it again ...and again. It is taken from 'Suzuki Roshi's Way' by Zoketsu Norman Fischer. It is available on the net. 'Practice is beyond all views- it includes all views and honors all views but it doesn't stick to any views. So he [suzuki] was always interested in pointing out to people the nature of their sticky views, and encouraging them to unstick themselves from them. There is one famous story about Suzuki roshi driving up to the city from Tassajara with a student who was an ardent vegetarian. In those days, as I suppose still now, people had some quite definite ideas about was was right and wrong to eat, or good for you or not good for you. When Suzuki roshi and the student stopped at a restaurant for lunch the student was quite surprised and challenged by the fact that Suzuki roshi ordered a big hamburger. Probably rare. The student ordered a salad or something like that. But the student was even more surprised when the food came and Suzuki roshi took the salad for himself and pushed the hamburger plate, without a word, in front of the student. I do not think that this meant that Suzuki roshi disapproved of vegetarianism. It was not any particular view that he was against or for- rather how do you hold the views that you hold: this was the question for him.' Ever Yours in Sri Bhagavan,, Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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