Fwd: Purity of food and mind

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mantra_tantra, kriya master <kriyamaster>

wrote:

Does purity of food lead to purity of mind? Is

non-vegetarian food not Sattvic? We have in the

Mahabharata instances of people taking the meat of

goats sacrificed to the Lord.

Yes, purity of food leads to purity of mind.

Aharasuddhau Satvasuddhih. Take a dose of champagne

and sit for meditation. Take a dose of orange-juice

and sit for meditation. You will know the difference.

Different foods exercise different influences on

different compartments in the brain. By taking

champagne, meat and garlic, the mind will be confused

and will become restless when you sit for meditation.

By taking milk and fruits, you will get good

concentration. Our Rishis lived on fruits and milk.

The Chhandogya Upanishad says, "Pure food leads to

purity of mind and then one attains Moksha". You

should have dietetic discipline.

Non-vegetarian food is not Sattvic. It is not good for

a seeker. Live for a month on milk and fruits and see.

Give up meat for one month and see. Let us be

practical. Practical experience will tell you that

meat-eating is bad for the mind.

 

 

A man doing a wrong thing argues that he is doing it

because of his Karma; and he does not even try not to

do it, because it gives him immediate happiness. How

to impress upon him not to do it?

ANSWER: Karma does not compel a man to do wrong

actions. Samskara does, to a certain extent. But God

has bestowed free will on man, with which to make or

mar his career. Man has no Bhoga-Svatantrata or the

freedom to enjoy or suffer, which factor is governed

by Karma. But, he has got Karma-Svatantrata or freedom

to do good or evil. He can substitute good Samskaras

in place of the old vicious Samskaras by

Vichara-sakti, will-power and continued practice of

good actions.

That evil seems to give immediate happiness is the

greatest temptation and the greatest obstacle to the

cultivation of virtues; and it can be removed only by

discrimination and experience. Contemplation over the

ultimate and permanent damage done to the very soul of

man by the evil actions, and the harm he is causing to

the entire society itself by his evil, ought to compel

a man to desist from evil action-- however pleasant it

might appear superficially. There is no short-cut to

this really serious problem; the wicked heart will not

yield easily. And therefore our ancients have exalted

Satsang. Constant association with the wise and

spiritually evolved persons alone can remove these

wrong notions from the mind of the wicked one.

 

 

 

 

 

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