Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 On 6-Jul-06, at 8:56 AM, ayurveda wrote: > Re: please differentiate > > Posted by: "Mahesh Krishnamurthy" maheshyogi (AT) touchtelindia (DOT) net > mahesh_yogas > > Thu Jul 6, 2006 8:40 am (PST) > > > Sattva is in the mind. Not in what you eat. well said Mahesh - thanks for inserting some good sense into the debate i am constantly surprised by the insistence that food is a spiritual principle food is food - it is nourishment to sustain the body and nothing more to quote Lord Buddha: Passa cittakatam bimbam arukayam samussitam aturam babusankappam1 yassa natthi dhuvam thiti. "Look at this dressed up body, a mass of sores, supported (by bones), sickly, a subject of many thoughts (of sensual desire). Indeed, that body is neither permanent nor enduring." Dhammapada Verse 147 Sirima Vatthu to focus on food, to worry about this, that or the other, is to mistake tamas for sattva, object for subject the debate about which food is sattvic and which is tamasic is a fake, a self-serving sociopolitical ideology that does nothing except create division and disharmony, to elevate one group who believe such and such over another that believes something different this is not Ayurveda, this isn't even the sanathana dharma to quote the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, mehlaa 1: maas maas kar moorakh jhagrhay gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee jaanai. The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom. ka-un maas ka-un saag kahaavai kis meh paap samaanay. What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin? gaiNdaa maar hom jag kee-ay dayviti-aa kee baanay. It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering. maas chhod bais nak pakrheh raatee maanas khaanay. Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night. farh kar lokaaN no dikhlaavahi gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee soojhai. They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom. naanak anDhay si-o ki-aa kahee-ai kahai na kahi-aa boojhai. O Nanak, what can be said to the blind people? They cannot answer, or even understand what is said. anDhaa so-ay je anDh kamaavai tis ridai se lochan naahee. They alone are blind, who act blindly. They have no eyes in their hearts. Caldecott todd (AT) toddcaldecott (DOT) com www.toddcaldecott.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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