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Vegetarianism

Verse 251-How can he practice true compassionWho eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?

Verse 252-Riches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless, Nor can compassion be found in the hearts of those who eat meat.

Verse 253-Goodness is never one with the minds of these two:One who wields a weapon and one who feasts on a creatures' flesh.

Verse 254-If you ask, "What is kindness and what is unkind?"It is not killing and killing. Thus, eating flesh is never virtuous.

Verse 255-Life is perpetuated by not eating meat.The clenched jaws of hell hold those who do.

Verse 256-If the world did not purchase and consume meat,There would be none to slaughter and offer meat for sale.

Verse 257-When a man realizes that meat is the butchered fleshOf another creature, he must abstain from eating it.

Verse 258-Perceptive souls who have abandoned passionWill not feed on flesh abandoned by life.
Verse 259-Greater then a thousand ghee offerings consumed in sacrificial fires Do not do sacrifice and consume any living creature.

Verse 260-All that lives will press palms together in prayerful adorationOf those who refuse to slaughter and savor meat.

These verses were taken from Holy Kural, an ancient literature to describe vegetarianisme. In India, some 30 % of its population are vegetarians. As for the west, a steady growth of ovu-vegetarianisme have been observed. There are many reasons to point out on why people become vegetarians. One popular reason is due the faith held by the respective party. In hinduisme the type of diet is said to describe the nature of person helds. A vegetarian diet consisting of fruits and vegetables is to have a better potential as self-cleansing material. It leads to clean thinking and eventually sets the path towards Ahimsa( Total Non Violence).

Homo Erectus and Charles Darwin

Getting into science perspective, Charles Darwin, the great observer stipulated that " Men involved from apes" in his work The Origin of Species. My point here, if men really evolved from apes, shouldn t it only involve the diet? If you observe the modern day monkey, most monkeys do not consume meat as their primary food source.The primatologist Jane Goodall established more than 20 years ago that wild chimpanzees kill other animals once in a while and eat the meat with relish( Note that exception exist).In fact, the truth here is that human's diet is trained to accept a vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diet.Why?? See Below.

1)The intestinal length of carnivores (meat-eating animals) is three times the body length to allow for quick removal of flesh wastes that putrefy in the intestines. Man's intestine length, like other herbivores, is six times his body length and is designed for digesting vegetables, grains, and fruits." ( Vegetarian magazine,1990)

2)The way in which predators and plant eating mammals drink is another reason that is suggested. Predators like dogs, cats or lions use their tongue to drink water as digesting meat does not consume as much water compared with digesting vegetables. Plant-eating animals like horses, deer or sheep, suck water as do humans ( Wikipedia.org, 2005)

3)Psychological factor-why do ony humans cook the meat? Now, would you feed a dead cat when you have the opportunity to eat fresh green apples?? ( Douglas Dunn)

Its a very subjective issue....You choose what feeds your need. But don t come and say to me that you are more manly or braver then me if your meal consist of meat and stuff. Respect everyone.I m flexitarian....I eat mostly vegetables and avoid red meat...

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posted by Naveen @ 6:09 am