Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 Dear Tom, http://groups.msn.com/catholicveg /messages/salvarmy/2 http://www.plumvillage.org http://www.jewishveg.com /messages/christianveg http://www.islamveg.com These sites indicate that nonviolent diet is common to all paths to God.. and that nonviolent diet is an essential petal of the flower of ahimsa. -- - In Ammachi, "Tom" <tomgull@m...> wrote: > Most of what's extreme vegetarianism comes from the Vaishnava > tradition, of which the Hare Krishna movement follows. Vaishnavas > are much different in the way they do things, compared to people of > other paths. For example, they place much more importance > on "acharyas" (learned teachers), and lineages, while finding a > sadguru is acceptable. There's much more importance placed > on "properness", which tends to give it an elitist reputation. A > non-vegetarian would feel pretty alienated amongst Vaishnavas, while > not so among Shakta's or Tantric folk. > > I have a very old Catholic Bible with extra stuff at the back of it, > and I recall it emphasized little meat in the diet unless you did > manual labor. In some Catholic monastic orders, you were to eat > vegetarian unless sick (weakness) or while traveling since you were > expected to beg for your food along the way. > > There's good reasons and spiritual reasons for being vegetarian, but > it's not a be-all end-all aspect of life. Better to be a nice > person, of stable mind and eat meat, than to be a flaky, imbalanced > vegetarian. > > tom > 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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