Be Vegetarian Part 2-Dr. Acharya Yogeesh speaks on Vegetarianism

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Be Vegetarian - Part Two Transcription

Our ancestors did not possess the knowledge about cultivating vegetables. They were familiar only to hunting. As time went by and discovered that they could grow vegetables, they came to appreciate what nature was providing them and gradually they turned to vegetarianism. Vegetarianism has the added benefit of being healthful to our body; no heart or arterial problems come from eating vegetarian foods.

Vegetarianism puts you on the path to non-violence. The difference between meat and vegetables is this: meat grows inside the uterus of the mother (human or animal) and is born through a body canal. Vegetables are grown and come through the soil of the earth. Avoid animal products for health reasons; even too much milk can create problems in the body. Meat eaters are not aware of the cruelty that is being done to the animal. Once people become aware of this they will turn to vegetarianism. It is also advisable not to use shoes made of leather except as Gandhi advised in India, to use the leather from animals who died naturally. They are produced non-violently. We need to raise our voice against those products.

For example to make a beautiful snakeskin purse for women it takes the skin of about 40 snakes. The process to acquire the skin is extremely cruel. The snakes are caught, hung by nail hammered into their head to a tree and a hot iron is applied to the skin in order to peel it off. The snakes are left hanging and they die a long and tortured death. The men who do this do not have the compassion to at least remove the nail from the snake's head or kill it. All of this is done to multiple snakes to make one handbag. At the very least, if you want to use leather buy inexpensive shoes. Many rich women who wear expensive leather shoes declare themselves vegetarian. Sometimes to make the most expensive shoes they have to take the baby from the animal's womb in order to get its soft skin. So you have to raise your voice against these practices or at the very least try to avoid expensive leather goods.

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Be Vegetarian-Dr. Acharya Yogeesh speaks on Vegetarianism

http://www.siddhayatan.org
http://www.yogeeshashram.org
http://www.siddhalishree.com (blog)

Dr. Acharya Yogeesh speaks on Vegetarianism. We are not born as meat-eaters and our human body was not meant to digest meat. He talks about the first animal rights movement in history alongside animal cruelty. 3 part series.

Be Vegetarian

There is currently great awareness about vegetarianism especially among celebrities. Truly, we are born vegetarian. The most obvious factor is that our teeth don't match those of meat eating animals. We lack claws to prey on our food source. Animals can digest raw meat without cleansing. Humans cannot do that. All our foods have to be washed of dirt and insects. Our intestines are very long in comparison to animals. Animals can digest meat very fast because of it. In humans digesting meat takes about three days, which means that food spoils in the intestines causing sickness and disease. Meat also clogs our arteries.

In Hindu culture our ancestors who were hunters ate meat. Unfortunately, their blood is still running in our veins. We need to purify it. Thousands of years ago however, out of realization that eating beef was harmful they declared the cow a sacred animal. When people considered the cow sacred they could no longer kill it. The cow is also considered like a mother because we are raised on her milk. The animal rights movement started in order to protect the life of animals.

Krishna's cousin, a Jain tirthankar, had this vision. Krishna arranged for his wedding in a city in an area where many animals were caged in. His cousin inquired of his charioteer why they were there. The charioteer informed him that they were there for the wedding waiting to be slaughtered. He immediately ordered the charioteer to free all the animals from the cage. That was the origin of animal rights awareness. He then asked his charioteer to take him up the hill and there he became a monk and later became enlightened. He was the 22nd Jain Tirthankar. Krishna followed his example and now you see Krishna's pictures always with animals around him. While he plays the flute the animals are in trance next to him. Even animals can go into trance around peaceful people. Krishna loved his cousin and so he left his kingdom and became enlightened.




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