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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: vijia@pop.jaring.my (SV Singam)
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Date: 7 Dec 1995 02:28:04 GMT
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Article: 670 of soc.religion.hindu
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droyd19@mirage.skypoint.com (Tom Sawyer) wrote: ...
>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?
Even onions and garlic are avoided. Some also leave salt out of the
diet.
>>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.
There are no absolute rules to be followed. Just guidelines that each
individual chooses to adopt as he sees fit. No one person is to judge
another. It is not for me to say that since you NEED to eat poultry,
therefore you are a Material person. Be assured that there are those
who avoid all meats who are probably more material than you are.
>>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.
Skimmed or otherwise, Hindus consider milk to be a gift from the cow.
I suppose if a cow were forced to give up its milk, a Hindu should
avoid taking it. But all the cows I have seen being milked seem to be
quite content about it.
This brings up an interesting, though hypothetical, point. Those of
you who used to read Al Capp's cartoon Lil Abner may remember the
creatures called shmoos. Now these creatures lived to serve Man and
willingly gave up their lives, becoming whatever kind of food the man
wished to eat. I wonder what class those foods would be slotted into.
Peace and blessings.
SV Singam
Minden, Penang
Truth, viewed from any angle, remains truth.
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