PART 8 ON ROLE OF DIETARY REGIMEN IN CONTROL OF MIND

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Dear Bhagavatas:

Presented below is Part 8 on Role of Dietary Regimen in Control of mind

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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PART 8 ON ROLE OF DIETARY REGIMEN IN CONTROL OF MIND

 

D. The following can be taken as exceptions to general prohibitions :-

 

1. The remnants of food partaken by father, preceptor and eldest brother.

2. The remnants of soma juice tasted through the soma vessel during Somayaga.

3. The remnants of food eaten by wife / husband even if hair, worm, thread,

etc., are found in such remnants, these can be thrown away and the remnants

eaten.

4. In times of danger to life, even prohibited items can be consumed.

5. During fasting days one can take water, roots, ghee, milk, sacrificial

remnants, medicines -- these will not spoil the fast.

6. If it becomes necessary to eat totally prohibited items in order to save

life, a bit of ghee or honey could be mixed with them and taken.

7. Even those foods that had become rotten can be taken after mixing with

ghee. Even other impurities like hair if noticed therein can be removed and

thrown away.

8. Of items that have turned sour, the following can be taken -- curds,

butter, fruits that became sour due to contact with water, roots, flowers and

pickles made out of these (vide Manu Smriti and Srimad Ramayana).

 

E. Those that can be taken freely without any restrictions:

 

1. Sugarcane juice

2. Curds

3. Milk (but subject to restrictions listed at H)

4. Ghee

5. Sangam (equivalent not available)

6. Pepper

7. Honey

8. Cardamom

9. Ice

10. Betelnut (subject to restrictions listed at J)

11. Anything fried in fire (Bar-be-que?)

12. Fruits that have ripened on their own

13. Boiled rice |

14. Vadam |

15. Appam | even if they are old provided they have not lost their taste

16. Seedai |

17. Chappathi

18. Milk products

19. Thenkuzhal

20. Murukku

21. Medicines prescribed by doctors

22. Jaggery and flour combined edibles even if old

23. Wheat flour combined edibles |

24. Side dishes, butter milk, ghee, milk, curds mixed with cooked rice

25. Cooked rice put in a vessel with clean water

26. Edibles prepared with curds, milk etc.

27. Juice of flowers, raw vegetables, fruits, Tender Coconut Water.

 

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