Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

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Teachings of Swami Vivekananda

 

 

 

There are according to our scriptures, three things which make food impure: (1) Jati-dosha, or natural defects of a certain class of food, like onions, garlic, etc. (2) Nimitta-dosha, or defects arising from the presence of external impurities in it, such as dead insects, dust, etc. that attach to sweetmeats bought from shops; (3) Ashraya-dosha, or defects that arise by the food coming from evil sources, as when it has been touched and handled by wicked persons. Special care should be taken to avoid the first and second classes of defects. But in this country men pay no regard to these very two, and go on fighting for the third alone, the very one that none but a Yogi could really discriminate! (V. 404)

 

 

 

 

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.