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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