--- murali sampath <ingit@xxxx> wrote: > What one should do or not is one's personal choice. > I don't think it is > essential for anyone to advocate what one should be > eating or doing > irrespective whether he or she is a Vaishnaivite or > whatever. I don't think it is a personal choice if one wants to work toward liberation or be in a satvik mode. All the Satvik Puranas again and again stress the importance of vegetarianism. First, we have to offer food to Sriman Narayana before we eat it. Bhagavan accepts only Vegetarian food. > There are some vegetarians ( atleast in the USA and > Germany ) who believe > that Cow's milk, butter, ghee, etc are afterall an > animal by-product and so > they do not consume these. They also do not wear any > leather shoes or jacket > since this again is an animal by-product. Does any > vegetarian Vaishnava have > an answer for this? Yes the answer is that what ever we do we should act in love for and pleasing to Sri Baghavan. As Lord Krishna, He has shown that he loves milk. We are Vegetarian because Bhagavan likes only Vegetarian food including milk products. Puranas illustrate this. For example, Adithi worshipped Lord Vishnu for one year, only accepting milk and no other food. At the end of a year long aradhana with milk, Lord Vishnu was pleased and appeared before her and later was born to Adithi as Lord Vamana. >If you look back at our Shastras > or question our elders > regarding the usage of Milk, the only answer you may > get is "Paal > saapidarthil Nishedham illai" ( nothing wrong in > drinking milk )! It's for > you and me to buy that. Lord Brahma initially created Devas. When the Devas were hungry, they went to Brahma. Brhama then created SURABHI (the sacred cow) and asked the Devas to drink cow's milk to satisfy the hunger. > Again there's yeast involved in the milk to > buttermilk process, bread, idly > and more. So where should one draw a line in terms > of what to eat that will > truly render us a vegetarian? Atleast I think it's a > matter of personal > choice - be it French fries at MacDonald's or Milk > at Taj or Dosa at > Connemara or wherever. It is not the matter of achoice if one wnats to be a Vaishnava. Cow's milk constitutes a complete food that saves humans. Therefore, cow is like a mother. Killing or eating anything from the cow (other than the milk or milk products) is like killing one's mother or eating mother's flesh. Narender Reddy reddynp@xxxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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