Dear Sriman Kannan, Jai Srimannarayana ! Keeping aside doing harm to fellow creatures in adopting non-vegetarianism, it must be noted that indiscriminate consumption of food is anyhow harming ourselves body and soul. Human beings are not born to control proliferation of every other being just by eating them. The food we eat is responsbile both for our growth as well as our decay, just as water can make us survive or kill like drought/floods. Everybody knows how oneself undergoes though to his dislike every moment various uncontrollable emotions like anger, greed, reactions to dwandas/duels like joys/sorrows, heat/cold, happiness/unhappiness, gains/losses and finally the everlasting lust etc. These emotions needs to be controlled one day or the other. Our sastras, itihaas, puranas suggest control of inputs to our senses is the only way out. These inputs (not only in the form of food but inputs to other senses like ears, eyes, nose and touch) are classified as those promoting Sattvic/Rajas/Tamas and the details of these intake are explicitly dealt in Srimadbhagawadgita (Chapter 17). If we recognize the unbearable hardships we face from all the sense organs including its king the mind (Manas), we will certainly like to avoid all the Rajasic and Tamasic inputs with full faith, just as a terminally ill patient totally sticks to all the restrictions put by his doctor without questioning to avoid the pain. Thus our sastras and acharyas not only categorized non-veg items but also many vegetarian items which promote Rajas/Tamas like onions, garlic, drumstick, gongur, old food, etc. and other foods which are not offered to Lord Srimannarayana. Thus a Mumukshu who realizes the pains of duality from the senses, at once rejects all the rajasic/tamasic food in addition to sticking to the Tiruvadi of Acharya/Emperuman/Emperumanaar without any second thought. Simple rules of food our acharyas say all should know are What to eat ? When to eat ? Where to eat ? How to eat ? How much to eat ? Jai Srimannarayana Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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