To vegan or not to vegan

[Guest guest]

Okay. It's gotten to the point in this practice

where I'm not just doing it for the way it makes me

FEEL when I'm done. It's become meditation. I want to

embrace it wholly. Is it advised that the diet changes to

vegan? I'm many years a vegetarian who eats dairy.

Should I jettison the cheese?<br><br>Thank you for your

insights and wise responses in advance.

[Guest guest]

Lots of interesting discussion of diet here in past messages, e.g. 283, 293,

306, 308, 485, 494, 4346, 4362, 4374, 4375 & related threads.<br><br>Patthabi

Jois is (I'm pretty sure) not vegan

[Guest guest]

Being vegan is a choice which doesn't have much

to do with the practice. Bhakti yogis (devotional)

are not vegan, for the most part, nor are ashtangis

for any reason other than personal. You should do

what is right for you, but as far as I know,

practicing yoga doesn't rule out eating dairy, and being a

vegan would also mean no honey, no animal products of

any sort. This choice is personal.

[Guest guest]

I think you should be asking yourself this

question. If you're doing enough yoga, you're body will

tell you what to eat. You might start feeling like

dairy is too heavy, or that it clogs you're sinus.

Maybe the key is moderation and non-attachment to

veganism?

[Guest guest]

Ancient texts on yoga specifically advocate dairy

products, but in modern times the main arguments against

dairy are:<br>1 the mass production and exploitation of

animals in the dairy industry<br>2 the levels of hormones

and antibiotics contained in milk.<br>therefore using

dairy products today usually contravenes both the laws

of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Saucha (purity).

[Guest guest]

<< therefore using dairy products today

usually contravenes both the laws of Ahimsa

(non-violence) and Saucha (purity) >><br><br>Just

wondering: is Sri K Pattabhi Jois a vegan? Or is he

lacto-vegetarian?<br>And if Sri Jois does include dairy products in his

diet, does it necessarily mean that he contravenes the

laws of ahimsa and saucha?<br><br>Thanks for any

comment.

[Guest guest]

Then every one of us contravenes both the laws of

ahimsa and saucha for we have grown and survivied by

sucking our mother's milk.<br><br>Questioning Sri Jois

has become a fashion nowadays and one may be thinking

too much of oneself by doing that. <br><br>By the

way, what about you?

[Guest guest]

When I cook for myself, I never eat fish & meat,

and I never buy them either. But if I go to a

restaurant, or if sit at the table together with

non-vegetarians, yes then it happens that I do eat fish &

meat.<br><br>I also include eggs in my diet. However, I only buy

dairy products & eggs from organic farming.<br><br>On

the whole, I am only partially vegetarian, and I

don't follow any particular dietary ideology.