Licorice

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Haribol

 

Is it ok to eat licorice / drink licorice tea please ?

 

I have heard it has mildly calming effects on the mind -

not the same as intoxication I hope..

 

I switched to drinking licorice tea intead of ordinary

caffeine tea (a brand caled yogi tea appropriately) when I started trying to follow the 4 regs properly about 18 months ago. I have never come across anything in KC literature saying you should avoid it but thought I ought to check - it would be just my luck/karma to find out I should not be consuming it..

 

AGSTP

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It's no problem.

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Srila Prabhupada includes tea and coffee as intoxicants.

 

 

Example:

 

"The human form of life is meant for God realization, but this process, which begins with sravanam kirtanam visnoh--hearing and chanting of the holy name of the Lord--is disturbed as long as our senses are materially attracted. Therefore devotional service means purifying the senses. In the conditioned state our senses are covered by material sense gratification, and as long as one is not trained in purifying the senses, one cannot become a devotee. In our Krsna consciousness movement, therefore, we advise from the very beginning that one restrict the activities of the senses, especially the tongue, which is described by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura as most greedy and unconquerable. To stop this attraction of the tongue, one is authoritatively advised not to accept meat or similar uneatable things nor to allow the tongue to hanker to drink or smoke. Even the drinking of tea and coffee is not permitted. Similarly, the genitals must be restricted from illicit sex. Without such restraint of the senses, one cannot make advancement in Krsna consciousness. The only method of controlling the senses is to chant and hear the holy name of the Lord; otherwise, one will always be disturbed, as a householder with more than one wife would be disturbed by them for sense gratification." Srila Prabhupada (Bhag. 7.9.40, purport)

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The tea Prabhupada was prohibiting was black tea, as is typically consumed in England, so herbal tea is permitted, as the matter of fact they are right here in my Krishna cookbook so....