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Hare Krishna

It behooves me as to how a sincere spiritually aspiring vegetarian vaishnava
could be eating
in such a nefarious place like McDonalds ! In the worst possible scenario,
should we find no bhagavad prasadam to be had, we should at the least eat in
a decent fully vegetarian restaurant. but to eat in a place like McDonalds
or Kentucky Fried Chicken, clearly is out of the question. It is like going
to a brothel district to look for a chaste bride ! knowing well
that a place like McDonalds is famous for its meat and worse still
beef-oriented food, to still go there and eat is a foolish risk and one
thoroughly deserves what one gets should such an occurrence take place. More
than blame the restaurant chain, it is more prudent to blame these customers
who given their dietary regulations should know better ! i think it is time
we review our eating habits properly because Bhagavan clearly states in the
Gita what tamasic, rajasic and sattvika foodstuffs are and how they affect
our consciousness. social reality today is merely one of naive compromise
steeped purely in material convenience and naivete devoid of any moral or
spiritual backbone. we have to safeguard ourselves with the later on the
basis of shastra, not commit the former. vaishnavas should be fighters when
it comes to uncompromisingly following scriptural principles, not the
reverse.

dasan
r. jai simman
singapore








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