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Namaskar,

 

 

 

Can you say me please, in which script I will get the details of food allowed to eat?

 

 

I have heard that we should be vegeteranian and should not eat meat.

but I have also heard that beef is not allowed-but tortoise is allowed to eat-then we are taking meat.

 

I am confused with it that which foods are really allowed and which are not.

 

Can someone say in which script I will get about this.

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Dear Shuvo,

Vegetables are allowed, but need to be offered to GOD first before eating.

Beef a DEFINITE ABSOLUTE NOOOOOOO!

Tortoise- where did you get this information:eek:? NO TORTOISE.

Anything that involves killing is not recommended. Vegetables also involves killing but not much pain is involved as the killing of animals. But eating vegetables still involves killing and that is why they must first be offered to GOD (that way we dont get the bad karma involved in killing).

In Bhaghavad Gita, we can get good information on what to eat, certainly there is no tortoise.

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but I have also heard that beef is not allowed-but tortoise is allowed to eat-then we are taking meat.

 

This is a reference to a verse in Manu samhita. But the verse is speaking of what animals can be offered in the pitru yajna, not simpy what food you can eat. The pitru yajna as well as ashwamedha yajna and gomedha yajna are forbidden in Kali yuga.

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Anything that involves killing is not recommended. Vegetables also involves killing but not much pain is involved as the killing of animals. But eating vegetables still involves killing and that is why they must first be offered to GOD (that way we dont get the bad karma involved in killing).

 

 

Can we eat meat then as a way of sacrifice to God?

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;) Please shuvo,

Show some respect to the lovely vegetarian food which lord Krishna provides to us.

Don`t even think of eating anything else.

All you are asking has been asked many many times before, and the answer is that krishna only allows what pure devotee`s offer to him, ie, fruit , grains, etc.

WE MAKE WONDERFUL FOOD AT OUR TEMPLES, by the grace of lord Krishna Mahaprabhu.

The devotees are happy, and lord Krishna is happy.

What else can we ask for??????

Hare Krishna

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Can you say me in which chapter of Bhaghavad Gita, we can get the details of food allowed and which are not?

 

From Bhagavad gita Chapter 17:

 

 

 

 

Text 10

 

 

 

yata-yamam gata-rasam

puti paryusitam ca yat

ucchistam api camedhyam

bhojanam tamasa-priyam

 

 

 

 

Translation

 

 

Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

 

 

The purpose of food is to increase the duration of life, purify the mind and aid bodily strength. This is its only purpose. In the past, great authorities selected those foods that best aid health and increase life’s duration, such as milk products, sugar, rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables. These foods are very dear to those in the mode of goodness. Some other foods, such as baked corn and molasses, while not very palatable in themselves, can be made pleasant when mixed with milk or other foods. They are then in the mode of goodness. All these foods are pure by nature. They are quite distinct from untouchable things like meat and liquor. Fatty foods, as mentioned in the eighth verse, have no connection with animal fat obtained by slaughter. Animal fat is available in the form of milk, which is the most wonderful of all foods. Milk, butter, cheese and similar products give animal fat in a form which rules out any need for the killing of innocent creatures. It is only through brute mentality that this killing goes on. The civilized method of obtaining needed fat is by milk. Slaughter is the way of subhumans. Protein is amply available through split peas, dal, whole wheat, etc.

Foods in the mode of passion, which are bitter, too salty, or too hot or overly mixed with red pepper, cause misery by reducing the mucus in the stomach, leading to disease. Foods in the mode of ignorance or darkness are essentially those that are not fresh. Any food cooked more than three hours before it is eaten (except prasadam, food offered to the Lord) is considered to be in the mode of darkness. Because they are decomposing, such foods give a bad odor, which often attracts people in this mode but repulses those in the mode of goodness.

Remnants of food may be eaten only when they are part of a meal that was first offered to the Supreme Lord or first eaten by saintly persons, especially the spiritual master. Otherwise the remnants of food are considered to be in the mode of darkness, and they increase infection or disease. Such foodstuffs, although very palatable to persons in the mode of darkness, are neither liked nor even touched by those in the mode of goodness. The best food is the remnants of what is offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In Bhagavad-gita the Supreme Lord says that He accepts preparations of vegetables, flour and milk when offered with devotion. Patram puspam phalam toyam. Of course, devotion and love are the chief things which the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts. But it is also mentioned that the prasadam should be prepared in a particular way. Any food prepared by the injunctions of the scripture and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be taken even if prepared long, long ago, because such food is transcendental. Therefore to make food antiseptic, eatable and palatable for all persons, one should offer food to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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Meat eating is totally prohibited in this yuga . But very long ago people used to take meat but in many yuga avatrs of god taught people to avoid meat.

In special cases like when a person is seriously ill he/she may take meat but meat of tortoise,pig,and beef is totally prohibited.

 

cow is highly respected in our religion And so killing and eating meat of this animal is a henious sin. We are benifitted from this animal in many ways(it serves us like mother). Moreover tortoise and pig are very lower class animals. eating meat of such animals is a great sin.

 

of course our foremost duty is to avoid meat as god has fixed vegiterian diet for us. we should remember to take sattic ahar. First our food should be offered to god and then we should take prasad.

 

hare krsna..

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Meat eating is totally prohibited in this yuga . But very

In special cases like when a person is seriously ill he/she may take meat but meat of tortoise,pig,and beef is totally prohibited.

 

 

hare krsna..

 

 

Is it not sinful to take meat when we are seriously ill?

And what types of meat is allowed at that time?

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Radhe Krishna,

 

Radhe Krishna, shuvo.

 

When one is ill, the digestive tracks need rest badly.

 

It is better that even among vegetarian foods, one is supposed to take very light foods, which could be easily digested. During these conditions one normally avoid oily and spicy foods even though they are vegetarian.

 

Eating meat at this condition would further worsen the condition rather than improving it.

 

Yes when It comes to healthy food in some cases of illness, one can still go far many vegetarian healthy foods which would be healthier than non vegetarian foods.

 

Radhe Krishna

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