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Vegeterianism
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Vegetarian, the belief in and practice of eating exclusively vegetable foods and abstaining from any form of animal food. Food plays a major role and forms the essence in the practice of Religion in India.
During the ancient Aryan Vedic period meat was consumed after animal sacrifice to the Gods. This slowly changed with the rise of Jainism and Buddhisim, since their founders advocated the principle of ahimsa or ''non-violence''. The Brahman priests, who used to exploit the people and advocated animal sacrifices as offerings in the name of religion, also began to preach Vegeterianism since it gained much popularity in India. They began to embrace Vegeterianism by following a vegetarian diet themselves. However due to this constant exploitation of the people, these Brahmin priests soon began losing their status and respect in the society, which once placed them in the highest strata.
By 1908 vegetarianism had become an organized global movement gaining popularity when the International Vegetarian Union was founded in Germany.
Factors involved in Vegetarianism in India today are : (1) Religious or ethical beliefs; and (b) Income considerations or poverty
Rural Indian food in India is often vegetarian. Food items like roots, cereals, pulses, wheat, rice, form the main portion of the diets. Many Indians, being farmers, find it cost-economical to stick to a vegeterian diet.
Hindu scripture speaks in favour of vegetarianism. The roots of vegeteriansim in India are found in the Vedas, Upanishads, Dharma Shastras, Yoga Sutras and most sacred texts of Hindus.
The purchaser of flesh performs himsa
(violence) by his wealth; he who eats flesh does so by enjoying its taste; the
killer does himsa by actually tying and killing the animal. Thus, there are
three forms of killing: he who brings flesh or sends for it, he who cuts off the
limbs of an animal, and he who purchases, sells or cooks flesh and eats it -all
of these are to be considered meat-eaters.
~Mahabharata,
He who desires to augment his own flesh by
eating the flesh of other creatures lives in misery in whatever species he may
take his birth.
~Mahabharata,
Those who are ignorant of real dharma and,
though wicked and haughty, account themselves virtuous, kill animals without any
feeling of remorse or fear of punishment. Further, in their next lives, such
sinful persons will be eaten by the same creatures they have killed in this
world.
~ Shrimad Bhagavatam
One should never do that to another which
one regards as injurious to one's own self. This, in brief, is the rule of
dharma. Yielding to desire and acting differently, one becomes guilty of adharma.
~Mahabharata
Those high souled persons who desire
beauty, faultlessness of limbs, long life, mental & physical strength and
memory should abstain from any acts of injury.
~Mahabharata
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From : The Tirukural.
How can he practice true compassion Who
eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?
Riches cannot be found in the hands of the
thriftless. Nor can compassion be found in the hearts of those who eat meat.
Goodness is never one with the minds of
these two: one who wields a weapon and one who feasts on a creature's flesh.
Life is perpetuated by not eating meat.The
clenched jaws of hell hold those who do.
If the world did not purchase and consume
meat, there would be none to slaughter and offer meat for sale.
Perceptive souls who have abandoned passion
will not feed on flesh abandoned by life.
Greater than a thousand ghee offerings
consumed in sacrificial fires is to not sacrifice and consume any living
creature.
All that lives will press palms together in prayerful adoration of those who refuse to slaughter and savor meat.
It is the principle of the pure in heart
never to injure others, even when they themselves have been hatefully injured.
What is virtuous conduct? It is never destroying life, for killing leads to
every other sin.
Harming others, even enemies who harmed you
unprovoked, assures incessant sorrow. The supreme principle is this: never
knowingly harm any one at any time in any way.
What is the good way? It is the path that reflects on how it may avoid killing any living creature. Refrain from taking precious life from any living being, even to save your own life.
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Famous Vegetarians of the World
Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin,
Socrates, Thomas Edison, Pythagoras, Plato, Voltaire, & many more
World
Champion Sportsmen
Martina Navratilova (USA)- tennis champ
Cheryl Marek and Estelle Gray -world record holders, cross-country tandem cycling
Desmond Howard (USA)- pro football & Heisman trophy winner
Billie Jean King (USA)- tennis champ
Ingra Manecke (Gr) -discus throw champ
Paavo Nurmi (Fin)- runner & winner of 9 Olympic medals and 20 world records
Bill Pearl (USA) -4 time Mr Universe
Ridgely Abele -(winner of 8 national championships in karate)
Dave Scott (USA) -6 time Ironman triathlon champ
Andreas Cahling (Sw)- champion body builder & Olympic gold medalist in ski jump
Sixto Linares (world record holder, 24-hour triathlon)
Bill Manetti (USA) -power lift champ
Stan Price (world weight lifting record holder)
Murray Rose (swimmer, Olympic gold medalist)
Edwin Moses (USA)- Olympic gold medallist & world record holder in track
Surya Bonaly (Fr) -Olympic figure skater
Chris Campbell (USA) -Olympic wrestling Champion
and more sportsmen
Vegetarian
Stars
Paul McCartny, Richard Gere, Alicia Silverstone,
Linda McCartny, Billy Crystal, Bryan Adams, Kim Basinger, Lisa
Bonet, Steve Howe, Chrissie Hynde
Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Steve Martin, Dennis Weaver, Vanessa Williams,
Interesting links :
NOT FOR HUMANS - How humans are not physically created to eat meat.
Why Hindu Don't eat Meat - History of Vegeterianism in India.
Debate for Being a Vegetarian versus Non Vegeterianism
PHYSICAL FITNESS- The Physical advantages of being vegetarian.
Healing Health -The correlation between meats, diseases and obesity
Eight Good reasons to be a Vegeterian
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