Importance of Vegetarianism in the Indian Context Bharat, i.e. India, is an ancient land. In the general stream of continuity of culture, history, religion and tradition, the importance of vegetarianism seems to have remained constant I and unaffected. We come across vegetarians spread all over India. Bom vegetarians, they never felt like tasting meat at…
Vegetarianism and the Cultured Way of Life It is a usual practice to begin the meals with a prayer from the Atharva Ved: Om Sahanavavatu | Sahanau Bhunaktu j Sahaviiyam Karavavahai | Tej asvinavadhitamastu | Ma vid visha vahai ] Om Shanti ! Shanti!! Shanti!!! Here follows a free translation in English: “We should protect…
Milk: an Integral Part of Vegetarianism There is no conflict in the mind of an Indian regarding the relationship between milk and vegetarianism. However, in several other countries, the debate continues about whether milk can be classified as vegetarian. It is, after all, an animal product. At least the vegans, a very large section of…
Human Anatomy It is a commonplace to state that man is an animal. However, in the light of our present knowledge, it is not possible to find out whether man originally belongs to the group of vegetarians or to that of meat-eaters. In other words, whether man is a born vegetarian is not known for…
Jainism and Vegetarianism The reason is not far to seek, Ahimsa is the very foundation of the Jaina system of religion and culture. The basis concept of Jaina philosophy is that every living organism, however lowly and underdeveloped, is endowed with a soul of its own, which is in its inherent nature and potentialities, not…
Case for Vegetarianism In fact, as human consciousness develop[s so the scope of man’s compassion expands. At first, it was freedom only for the elect, then the serfs were freed from oppression, then the slaves were given freedom. The uplift of the so-called Harijans, untouchables, outcastes, the Adivasis, and the hitherto down and trodden has…
Movement for Vegetarianism It was well-nigh two hundred years ago that the traditionally and conventionally meat-eating west began to wake up to the necessity of changing over to vegetarianism. As early as 1809 A.D. Rev. Williams Cowherd established the Bible Christian Church Salford, which initiated the advocacy of vegetarianism as one of its objectives. In…
Definition Vegetarianism is the theory or practice of a ‘vegetarian’, a term derived from the Latin root Vegetare* and coined for the first time in 1842 A.D. to mean ‘One who abstain from the use as food of flesh, fish and fowl, with or without the addition of eggs and dairy produce’. In other words,…
आहार शुद्धौ सत्त्व शुद्धि मानव—जीवन में शुद्ध अन्न सेवन का बड़ा महत्व है। उत्तम निरोगी और स्वस्थ जीवन के लिए शुद्ध आहार की जरूरत है— सर्वेषामेव शौचानामन्नशौचं विशिष्यते। (बृहस्पति) सब प्रकार की शुद्धि में अन्नशुद्धि सर्वश्रेष्ठ है। इसका कारण यह है कि अन्न से शरीर, मन और प्रज्ञा उत्पन्न होती है; इसलिये अन्न शुद्धि और…