SrI: SrImathE vEdAnta guravE namaH Sri Murali, 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 know whether you have ever heard about "AahAra niyamam" of SwAmi vEdanta dEsika, the foremost among the vEdic authorities and Vaishnavites. This grantham of SwAmi deals with what kinds of food that a VaishnavA can eat and what are shunned from eating. Please read it before advocationg your personal beliefs and philosophies to the public. Here is a translation of 8th pasuram of AhAra niyamam. (Translation is done by Sriman Dileepan SwAmi). [8] forbidden foods continued... - Calcium (suNNaambu) extracted from sea shells - bubbles and froth from water - foods that are not offered to our Lord - harvested from the stems that were previously harvested - foods avoided by learned persons with pure heart > 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. Yes, it is just your thought. Not a VaishnavA's thought. I don't think McDonalad's, Taj or Connemara serve the foods offered to Sriman Narayana. > Folks, let's not debate nor lose our sanity over > this debatable subject that > has already been done a zillions of times > by others elsewhere. Invariably, all the achAryas icluding GeethAchAryan Sri Krishna, recommends sAtvic food for vaishnavAs. Where then is the place for debate on this subject? > Nowhere does he nor the others insist what one > should be eating. Again, you propbably never heard our SadhAchArya's preaching. For instance, once in one of his tele-upanyasams, His Holiness SrImad Poundarikapuram Andavan swami advised vaishnavas NOT to eat anything that is not offered to our Lord Sriman Narayana. "If one eats anything that is not offered to the Lord is verily a theif", he further added. Our Srivaishnava acharyAs, unlike other sampradaic achAryAs, follow vEdic commandments (which are verily the commanments of Lord Sriman NArayana) 100% as it is. They are the best examples for a vaishnava to follow. It is in the best interest of every prapanna to safeguard his consciousness, nay, his chasteness to his Husband, Sriman nArAyanA, by trying to not eat any food that is not offered to Him. Please do not try to preach your personal beliefs in the Vaishnava lists, which can hinder the improvements of novice Vaishnavas like aDiyEn. I would request "practise_first_and_preach_next" SrI VaishvAs like our dear Sri Anand sWami, etc, to write more on the importance of AhAra niyamam. aDiyEn, LakshmikumAr. SrImad azhagiya singar thiruvadigalE saranam! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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