Namakaram to everyone. I recently joined the group. When i read the mail that says that plants have life and that grahastas and bramacharyas can eat plants, We call ourselves vegetarian but we consume cow's milk and milk products. Is this justified ? Can anyone enlighten me on this? ~ kidambi Narayanan Ahobila mutt Shishyan RM 822,Crystal Village V8, 2-13-11 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 165-0026,Japan --- Narender Reddy <reddynp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jai Sriman Narayana! > > Yes, plants have life. Plants do not have a > developed nervous system and may not be feeling > pain. By eating plants, we minimize the pain and > suffereing. Ultimately, all enrgy to the planet is > derived from the Sun's races. Plants capture the > solar energy and store it. There is certain > efficiency in converting solar energy (say 70%). > Animals eat plants and they have even lower > efficiency (say 40%). If one were to eat anilmals, > the overall effiency is very low (0.7 multiplied by > 0.4 = 28%). By eating plants, we are converting the > solar enrgy by a lot higher efficiency when compared > to eating animal food. By eating animal products, > one is wasting a significant percentage of the > energy. Moreover, animals have a significantly > developed nervous system and they do feel pain and > suffering and loss of comapnionship, loss of > children etc. Therefore, the suffering is a > thousand (or even million) fold when compared to the > suffering caused to plants. > > We eat plants because Lord Sri Krishna said that He > will accept only patram, pushpam , palam and thoyam. > We do not eat anything which is not offered to Him. > All sAthvik purAnAs with unified voice, proclaim > that one should abstain from eating meat. > > With regard to ahimsa done to the plants, one should > minimze the destruction of plants (environment). > For brahma charyas and grihasthas, eating plants is > allowed. However, for VAnaprasthas, there are > several restrictions imposed even for eating plants. > The first stage of Vanaprasthas eat plucking only > the riped fruit. We are not allowed to pluck the > unriped fruits from the plants. The advanced stage > of Vanaprasthas eat only the fallen fruits. They are > not allowed to even pluck the fruit from the plants. > All this is well explained in Srimath Bhagavatham. > > With all glories to Lord Sri Venkateswara, I remain, > > Sincerely > Narender Reddy > > > Vishwanathan Nagarajan <nvc_vishwanathan@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > one of the yamas and niyamas is Ahimsa -non violence > ( non-killing of anykind, direct of indirect). > > so what disturbs me is if plants do have life, are > we not doing violence to them even being a > vegetarian. The reasons and benefits of being a > vegetarian is explained in several scientific ways. > But spiritually it is said mainly to observe > non-killing or non-violence. then how about eating > vegitables , especailly teh plant varieties. if we > think plants have life, it is equivalent of > observing violence. > > Could some on please, clear me of this Dilemma ! > > I am a non-vegetarian turned Vegetarian and abstain > myself of all animal products except milk. but my > above questions puts me down all the time. i would > appreciate somebody helping me out in this. > > Thanks in advance.. > > Vishwanathan > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://in.messenger.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Religious education Beyond belief Different > religions beliefs Jehovah witness beliefs > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "SriRangaSri" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: > SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > --------------------------------- > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina > relief effort. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Warm Regards, Kidambi Narayanan #822,CRYSTAL village V8, 2-13-11 Arai,Nakano-ku, Tokyo - 165 0026 Res: +81-03-3228-7196 Mob: +81-90-7258-8492 Homepage: http://kidambi.bappy.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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