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Re: Hindu diet: some one please explain.
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Subject: Re: Hindu diet: some one please explain.
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From: droyd19@mirage.skypoint.com (Tom Sawyer)
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Date: 5 Dec 1995 21:10:12 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 650 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Dreamy Rising Moon
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References: <490kg5$mua@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <49iovp$6ej@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <49iovp$6ej@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
vijia@pop.jaring.my (SV Singam) says:
>To free himself from attachment, the seeker eats simple
>non-stimulating food.
Does non-stimulating food mean food that is not spicy hot?
>The holy person who still posesses a considerable amount of attachment
>and enjoys good food, seeks stimulating foods to satisfy his cravings.
>But he refrains from eating meats.
>One who is very much involved in the material world and does not spend
>too much time with spiritual matters feels the need to eat meat to
>sustain his body's energy needs. But even he avoids the flesh of a
>cow.
That is very interesting. I myself NEED poultry for my metabolism,
but there are surprisingly satisfying dishes that have no meat
whatsoever. And I do not eat red meat. Yet I consider myself not all
overtly Material World Man.
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>The cow is revered as a Mother because it gives life to the farmer.
>One who kills a cow is despicable. One who can bring himself to eat
>the flesh of a cow is lower than the lowest!
What about drinking milk? I drink half a gallon of milk a day, but it
is skim milk.
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