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Dear Sudhakar garu,

 

Ramana maharshi suggests to eat strict vegetarian(satvic) food.

 

Please read the complete conversation between ramana maharshi and a devotee

regarding this topic.

 

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D. Disciple

M. Ramana Maharshi

 

Talk 22.

 

Mrs. Piggott returned from Madras for a further visit. She asked questions

relating to diet regulation.

 

D.: What diet is prescribed for a sadhak (one who is engaged in spiritual

practices)?

 

M.: Satvic food in limited quantities and by strictly avoiding nonsattvic

foods, that is, all non-vegetarian foods such as eggs, fish and meat, oil

intoxicants such as alcohol and tobacco, excessively pungent, sour and salty

tastes, excess onions and garlics, and so on.

 

D.: What is satvic food?

 

M.: Bread, fruits, vegetables, milk, etc.

 

D.: Is it not killing life to prepare meat diet?

 

M.: Ahimsa stands foremost in the code of discipline for the yogis.

 

D.: Even plants have life.

 

M.: So too the slabs you sit on! which you are sitting has got millions of

bacteria on it.By sitting on it, you are killing at least a million

bacteria!

 

He added that plants and cow's milk are from 'nivritti' of plants and cows,

that is 'their relief(The feeling that comes when something burdensome is

removed or reduced)' and so it did not matter.The domesticated cows yield

more milk than necessary for their calves and they find it a pleasure to be

relieved of the milk.When a devotee pursued the argument,

 

He said:Look, even the slab on which you are sitting are having life and

sitting on it, would be a 'killing'.The Western devotee was perplexed.Bhagavan

Ramana clarified: The slabs contains the atoms and electrons of

silica,(Silicon Carbide),where electrons are constantly rotating around the

protons, and the atoms themselves are in constantly moving from hither and

thither.Hence the 'movement'denotes life and you cannot sit on the slab.Then

the devotee kept quiet!

 

Source: TALKS WITH SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI Book

 

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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:00 AM, sudhakar204 <sudhakar204 wrote:

 

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> I am Sudhakar New member to this group. I want to know difference Veg & Non

> veg. as of normal talks with my friends i was forced came to know that

> Plants also have life, you are killing them for your food then how you

> become vegetarians. I told to them that plants had no blood so they only we

> say. But Actually i want to know that is this correct way of saying. please

> give solution to this

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