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Vegetarianism/Non-Vegeterianism

 

One who partakes of human flesh, the flesh of a horse or of another animal, and

deprives others of milk by slaughtering cows, O King, if such a fiend does not

desist by other means, then you should not hesitate to cut off his head. Rig

Veda Samhita 10.87.16 Protect both our species, two-legged and four-legged.

Both food and water for their needs supply. May they with us increase in

stature and strength. Save us from hurt all our days, O Powers! Rig Veda

Samhita 10.37.11 O vegetable, be succulent, wholesome, strengthening; and thus,

body, be fully grown.Rig Veda Those noble souls who practice meditation and

other yogic ways, who are ever careful about all beings, who protect all

animals, are the ones who are actually serious about spiritual practices.

Atharva Veda Samhita 19.48.5 You must not use your God-given body for killing

God's creatures, whether they are human, animal or

whatever. Yajur Veda Samhita 12.32 The ignoble ones who eat flesh, death's

agents bind them fast and push them quick into the fiery jaws of hell (Naraka,

lower consciousness).TirumantiramIn waves of ahimsa, all living beings cease

their enmity in the presence of such a person. Yoga Sutras 2.35 Ahimsa is not

causing pain to any living being at any time through the actions of one's mind,

speech or body.Sandilya Upanishad Having well considered the origin of flesh and

the cruelty of fettering and slaying of corporeal beings, let one entirely

abstain from eating flesh.Manu Samhita 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, Anu. 115.40 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, Anu. 115.47

Those high-souled persons who desire beauty, faultlessness of limbs, long life,

understanding, mental and physical strength and memory should abstain from acts

of injury.Mahabharata 18.115.8 How can he practice true compassion who eats the

flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh? Tirukural Verse 251 Riches cannot be

found in the hands of the thriftless. Nor can compassion be found in the hearts

of those who eat meat. Tirukural Verse 252 Goodness is never one with the minds

of these two: one who wields a weapon and one who feasts on a creature's

flesh.Tirukural Verse 253 If you ask, "What is kindness and what is unkind?" it

is not killing and killing. Thus, eating flesh is never

virtuous.Tirukural Verse 254 Life is perpetuated by not eating meat. The

clenched jaws of hell hold those who do. Tirukural Verse 255 If the world did

not purchase and consume meat, there would be none to slaughter and offer meat

for sale.Tirukural Verse 256 When a man realizes that meat is the butchered

flesh of another creature, he must abstain from eating it.Tirukural Verse 257

Greater than a thousand ghee offerings consumed in sacrificial fires is to not

sacrifice and consume any living creature. Tirukural Verse 259 All that lives

will press palms together in prayerful adoration of those who refuse to

slaughter and savor meat. Tirukural Verse 260 My opinion is well known. I do

not regard flesh food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in

which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live. I hold flesh-food to

be unsuited to our species."Mahatma Gandhi 1869 -1948

 

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