Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Dear Vallath, Rama was a fruitarian in the forest. Krishna was a lacto fruitarian. Sri Yukteswar has a chapter in his book THE HOLY SCIENCE on fruitarian diet. Yogananda established the first vegetarian restaurant in the US. Hindu means du hin or away from violence. Inherently the slaughter of animals is himsan or nonHindu. http://www.peta.net/feat/military Military abuse of animals http://www.mccruelty.com McDonald's slaughterhouse cruelty http://www.pcrm.org 7000 vegan MD's http://www.mad-cow.org 7700 articles on Mad Cow in US - -- In Ammachi, "Vallath Nandakumar" <vallathn@h...> wrote: > > Hi Keval, > > As I understand it, the Hindu tradition does not recommend > vegetarianism across the board. For physically active people, > for example, meat is allowed and even recommended. If an individual > is uncomfortable eating non-veg, they should try to either stop eating > meat or overcome their discomfort. > > As for the Gita saying that tamasic foods are to be avoided, as I > recall, the cause and effect state therein is opposite. In Chapter 14, > Krishna says that 'you will crave old, putrid, etc. food if you are in > a tamasic state of mind' (paraphrased by myself). Krishna does not > say that such foods will MAKE you tamasic. And meat is not listed > among the foods that tamasic people crave, anyway. > > Vallath Nandakumar > vallathn@h... > > > > > >Mike Brooker <patria1818> > >Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:33:52 -0700 (PDT) > > > >As for posts on vegetarianism -- there's no doubt that > >a veggie diet is best for health and environmental > >reasons, and it's recommended in the Hindu tradition, > >though the Gita never says "Thou shalt not eat meat" > >(only that certain foods are tamasic and should be > >avoided) ... > >Jai Ma! > > > >Keval > > > > > > > >Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > >http://webhosting./ > > > _______________ > Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 >Rama was a fruitarian in the forest. Maybe it was a poor translation, but when I read the Ramayana, I was quite surprised to read that when Rama and Sita got hungry, Laksman went and shot an animal for them all to eat. I don¹t intend to emulate him, but that¹s what the book said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Ammachi, Rick Archer <rick@s...> wrote: > >Rama was a fruitarian in the forest. > > Maybe it was a poor translation, but when I read the Ramayana, > I was quite surprised to read that when Rama and Sita got hungry, > Laksman went and shot an animal for them all to eat. I don¹t > intend to emulate him, but that¹s what the book said. What I find odd is the notion that humans are somehow more in tune with God/Creator/Nature on a vegetarian diet when the design of human physiology is so clearly that of an omnivore. In fact, some essential nutrients are most plentiful or assimilable from animal sources. Most notable are the receptors for heme iron, which comes only from animal products and is the most easily assimilated form of iron. Fish contains Omega 3 oils that are immediately usable by the body, unlike seed oil sources that the body has to first convert to the type found in fish. And, there may not even be any truly vegan B12 sources, as the plant sources may be B12 analogs that the human physiology can't use; best to stick with B12 from a bacterial culture. As for fruitarianism, how many places on Earth naturally have a plentiful year-round supply of fruit? Nature's own seasonal cycles should tell us that a year round fruitarian diet is not natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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