VEGETARIANISM

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VEGETARIANISM
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Brahmarishi Patriji
Spiritual Health is the root and Physical health
is the fruit.
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• Holistic Health .. means Wholesome Health
  .. or Complete Health .
• Holistic Health consists of five mega
  components
• Physical health
• Mental / emotional health 
• Intellectual health
• Spiritual health.
• Social health.
• -PATRIJI

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Science of Vegetarianism
BE A VEGETARIAN
Studiies of human evolution have shown that our
ancestors were vegetarian by nature. The
structure of the human body is not suited for
eating meat.
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Humans, like other naturally vegetarian animals,
have 28 feet long small and large intestine.
They are much longer than those found in
carnivores. The meat we eat stays in our
intestines for a longer period of time.
Consequently, the meat can putrefy and create
toxins. These toxins have been implicated, as a
cause of colon cancer, and they also increase the
burden on the liver, which has the major function
of getting rid of toxins.
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Antibiotics as well as other drugs including
steroids and growth hormones are either added to
animal feed or injected directly into the
animals. People eating these animals will absorb
these drugs into their bodies. There is a
possibility that antibiotics in meat are
diminishing the effectiveness of antibiotics for
human use
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Food from plants is a more direct source of
nutrition that meat. People eat animals, but the
sources of nutrition for the animals we eat is
plants. The lives of most animals are short, and
animals have nearly all the disease that mankind
has. It is very likely that the diseases of
mankind come from eating the flesh of diseased
animals. So, why dont people get their
nutrition directly from plants? The classic
example of eating diseased cows suffering from
MAD COWS DISEASE.
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Recent scientific work by Fernstrom and Wortman
at M.I.T. has demonstrated the subtle
biochemical mechanism which causes a high protein
diet to decrease levels of serotonin (low levels
of serotonin are found in depressed humans) and
conversely, high carbohydrate diet (vegetarian
diet) increases serotonin. This work is the
first to demonstrate a dietary link with mental
health and adds to the evidence in favour of
becoming vegetarian. Practically speaking, as
one begins to eliminate meat from his diet he
feels more energetic, less nervous and less
pressured. Additionally one ceases to need a
deodorant (a daily bath or shower should suffice)
and finds the smell of the stool to be much less
offensive.
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Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, MD, Fellow of
Royal Society. It must be honestly admitted that
weight by weight, vegetable substance, when
carefully selected, possesses the most striking
advantages over animal food in nutritious value.
I should like to see a vegetarian and
fruit-living plan put into general use, and I
believe it will be. The well-known physician, Dr.
William S. Playfair, CB, has said quite clearly
Animal diet is not essential to man and we
find Dr. F.J. Sykes. Bsc., the medical official
for St. Pancras, writing Chemistry is not
antagonistic to vegetarianism, any more than
biology is. Flesh-food is certainly not
necessary to supply the nitrogenous products
required for the repair of tissues therefore a
well-selected diet from the vegetable kingdom is
perfectly right, from the chemical point of view,
for the nutrition of men.
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The Dean of the Faculty of Jefferson Medical
College (of Philadelphia) said It is a
well-known fact that cereals as articles of daily
food hold a high place in the human economy they
contain constituents amply sufficient to sustain
life in its highest form. If the value of cereal
food products were better known, it would be a
good thing for the race. Nations live and thrive
upon them alone, and it has been fully
demonstrated that meat is not a necessity. There
you have a number of plain statements, and all of
them are taken from the writings of well-known
men who have made a considerable study of the
chemistry of foods. It is impossible to deny
that man can exist without this horrible
flesh-diet, and furthermore that there is more
nutriment in an equal amount of vegetables than
of dead flesh. I could give you many other
quotations, but those above mentioned are
sufficient, and they are fair samples of the
rest.
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Less Disease Many serious diseases come from
this loathsome habit of devouring dead bodies.
Here again I could easily give you a long list of
quotations, but as before I will be satisfied
with a few. Flesh is an unnatural food, and
therefore tends to create functional
disturbances. As it is taken in modern
civilizations, it is infected with such terrible
diseases (readily communicable to man) as cancer,
TB, fever, intestinal worms, etc. to an enormous
extent. There is little need to wonder that
flesh-eating is one of the most serious causes of
the diseases that carry off ninety-nine out of
every hundred people that are born.
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VEG vs. NON VEG
FOOD ITEMS Protein gms
Spirulina 60
Soya beans 43
Green gram,Blackgram, Lentils,Peas,Bengal gram, 22 - 25
Almond, Pistachios, Cashew nut 20
Cheese 24
FOOD ITEMS Protein gms
Egg 13
Fish 22
Mutton, Pork 18
Beef 22
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Protein is shown as a percentage of calories
Vegetables Protein Legumes Grains Protein
Spinach 49 Lentils 29
Broccoli 45 Pinto beans 26
kale 45 Chickpeas 23
Mushroom 39 Peanuts 18
Okra 27 Sunflower seeds 17
Tomato 20 Wheat 17
Pumpkin 15 Oatmeal- Cooked 15
Corn 15 Cashews 12
Potato 11 Rich-brown 8
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SALT Is salt bad for
hypertension? What is bad for hypertension is
iodized salt, which is a fake salt. It is made up
of only 3 synthetic chemicals, sodium, chloride,
iodine. It does not melt in water (glistens like
diamonds), does NOT melt in the body, does not
melt in the kidneys, gives kidney stones, and
raises blood pressure. However, it is the salt
favoured by the drug-based doctors who say it is
very clean and sanitary, pointing to how white it
is and how it glistens like diamonds. The fake
salt is man-made in a factory.
IODISED SALT
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The true salt, which comes from the sea and
dried under the sun and commonly called rock salt
, has 72 natural minerals including natural
sodium, chloride, iodine. It melts in water,
melts in your body, melts in the kidneys, does
not give kidney stones, and best of all, brings
down blood pressure and stops/prevents muscle
cramps, numbness,tingling. If you get muscle
cramps in the lower legs at night, just take a
half teaspoon of rock salt and a glass of water,
and the cramps with its horrific pain will be
gone in 5 minutes.
ROCK SALT
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Coconut Oil
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Coconut oil, once shunned as being unhealthy
because it is high in saturated fats, is now
considered by many as a magical health food. The
difference between coconut oil and other
saturated fats is in the size of the fat
molecules. Long chain fats are hard to digest,
and pass directly into the lymphatic system. The
fats in coconut oil are medium chain fatty acids
(MCFA's).
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These MCFA's are quickly digested, even without
the aid of pancreatic enzymes, and are
transported via the hepatic portal vein to the
liver. MCFA's never enter the lymphatic system or
bloodstream, so they don't clog arteries like
their longer chained relatives. Instead, they are
light, easy to digest, and quickly converted to
energy. Coconut oil actually lowers cholesterol
and improves fat metabolism.
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  Most commercial grade coconut oils are made
from dried copra (meat of the coconut) and go
through an extensive refining process to extract
the oil. Virgin coconut oil is made from the
fresh meat and the oil is extracted either
through a quick drying method, using minimal heat
and then mechanically pressed or it goes through
a process called wet-milling where the meat is
not dried.
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Instead the "coconut milk" is expressed first,
and then the oil is further expressed from the
water either through the method of boiling,
fermentation, refrigeration or a mechanical
centrifuge. Some retailers and manufacturers will
call their oil "Extra Virgin Coconut Oil" but
there is no other processing method then what is
listed, so there is no official classification or
difference between "virgin" and "extra virgin"
like there is in the olive oil industry. 
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  There are false claims of coconut oil being raw
and full of enzymes, all coconut oil has "seen
heat". For one thing coconuts are native to the
tropics where temperatures are very hot, so
shipping alone will expose the oil to higher
temperatures and some heat needs to be applied in
the processing to ensure that no moisture is
present in the oil that may cause deterioration.
Virgin oil uses minimal heat in the processing
methods. 
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The good thing about coconut oil is that it
isn't damaged by heat. That's why it is so good
for cooking. It's the saturation that makes it
stable. If coconut oil contained enzymes it would
become very perishable-just like all raw foods
containing enzymes Lita Lee Ph.D. 
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 Cooking with coconut oil does not introduce
hydrogen into the oil or hydrogenate it.
Hydrogenation is an industrial process to make an
oil turn solid at room temperatures which creates
harmful Trans fatty acids. Coconut oil is
naturally very stable oil.  To purchase a healthy
coconut oil, one must determine between "virgin"
and "refined" oil. Virgin oil, healthier oil, is
made from the fresh meat therefore it will have a
distinct aroma and the taste of coconut will be
present.
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Tasteless coconut oil is more than likely
refined and made from copra (dried meat). Buying
organic virgin coconut oil may help to insure
that there has been no pesticides or
fertilization used on the crop.  Buying
"expeller-pressed" oil usually means that the oil
was extracted by "physical refining" rather than
a chemical extraction using a solvent. 
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  The health benefits from using coconut oil
claim to be many and come mainly from the MCFAs.
Coconut is a food so therefore the oil is very
safe for consumption in adults, pregnant women,
children, and pets. An adult should consume about
3.5 tablespoons of coconut oil throughout a day
to receive the best benefit and taken with foods
high in fiber and protein. 
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List of Iodine Rich Vegetarian Foods

• Sea salt
• Navy beans, cooked
• Strawberries
• Iodized salt
• Potato with peel, baked
• Soybeans
• Spinach
• Garlic

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UNHEALTHY FATS AND OILS Our body
needs certain fats and oils. The Essential
Oils, known as Omegas 3 and 6 are absolutely
essential for every aspect of our health, from
energy and stamina, to weight loss, brain
function, heart health, the immune system, the
skin, detoxification, digestion, and fertility.
Fats are an essential part of each and every cell
and without them we would not be able to survive.
The body needs fat the RIGHT KIND OF FAT!
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• Essential Fatty Acids that you absorb for
  example from fresh nuts and seeds are very
  good for you.
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• But you must make sure that you keep your
  unhealthy fat intake to a minimum.
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Refined oils in any shape or form, including any
oil that you find on the supermarket shelves
(with the exception of cold pressed unrefined
olive oil) and any oil that is cooked with, and
almost certainly any oil that comes in fast or
pre-packaged food are produced and refined in
such a way that they contain many toxins and can
only poison your immune system.
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• People with fatty, unhealthy diets are often
  tired and sick. You see, when theres too much
  unhealthy fat (and toxins) in your system, your
  red blood cells stick together, they move more
  slowly, and as a result you get far less oxygen
  reaching your cells. Your cells then become
  weaker some cells may even die or mutate.
  Thats why so many studies show high fat intake
  related to cancer.

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• ANIMAL FLESH
• If you want to be healthy, stop ingesting animal
  flesh.
• Every single time you ingest animal flesh your
  body suffers dreadful consequences.
• Meat is highly toxic and truly breaks your body
  down!
• Amazing shifts occur in peoples quality of life
  when they stop consuming animal products but
  dont take my word for it just try it on for 10
  days, and see how you feel.

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Spend just 10 days without eating meat. Do you
know what goes into these mass-produced food
animals? Cement dust, radioactive material, dead
carcasses, animal faeces, etc. Anybody who has
any intelligence at all KNOWS that eating such
mass-produced animal flesh is stupid.
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• In addition animal flesh doesnt give you much
  energy after you take into account the amount of
  energy needed to break it down.
• Not to mention what the animal fat does to your
  body You have been taught culturally that eating
  meat is ok. Dont buy into the cultural
  hypnosis! Dont do something just because
  everybody else is doing it! Everybody else is
  unhealthy! 1 in 2 die of heart disease, 1 in 3 of
  cancer those are the statistics!

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ALKALI vs ACID
The pH of the blood should be maintained in a
Positive Alkali Balance for Perfect Health.
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Acid and Alkali Balance in Blood The ratio of
acids to alkalis in blood is generally
2080.Maintenance of this ratio is essential for
health.The body naturally exerts its utmost to
maintain this ratio. Some of our foods leave
alkaline residues in the body after undergoing
the full cycle of digestive and metabolic
processessome others leave acidic residues.We
may call such foods alkali-genic and acdi-genic
respectively.
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• Generally,the acid produced by the metabolic
  activites,(such as uric acid,latic acid, etc.)
  react with the alkalis in the blood, lymph, bile,
  etc,. Thus being neutralised and rendered
  innocuous.But if our diet is replete with
  acid-genic foods, the body cannot cope with all
  the resulting acids.whn the acids accumulate in
  the blood, symptoms associated with acidic blood
  like fatigue, headache, anorexia,insomina,
  nervous tension,hyperacidity, coryza, etc., begin
  to appear.

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• Acidic blood is an abnormal condition that
  hinders the physical devlopment of children and
  adolescents, causes degeneration in order people,
  and diminishes vitality. It causes difficulties
  in preganancy and lactation. It is the origin of
  diseases like measles, appendicitis, pneumonia,
  tuberculosis and cancer.
• Dr.Geroge Cryle, the renowned surgeon of
  Cleveland,USA, is of the firm opinion that there
  is no such thing as natural death.All so-called
  natural deaths are the culminating stages of
  chronic acidic condition of the blood.

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The above discussion makes it quite clear that
all the toxic substances in the body are in the
form of acids, and that in order to prevent or
counteract the accumulation of acids in the body
we must take food that is mainly
alkalic-genic.It is important, therefore,know
what food will result in the generation of how
much alkalinity or acidity in the body.The
well-known Biochemist Dr.Regnar Burg has carried
out extensive investigations regarding the
overall acidic or alkaline effects of various
food.
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ALKALI vs ACID FOODS

• FOODS AND ITS PERCENTAGES

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ALKALI GENIC FOOD ACID-GENIC FOOD
FOOD FRUITS ALKALI-GENIC EFFECT IN PER CENT
Figs (Fresh) 27.81
Raisins 15.10
Grapes 7.15
Sugar-cane 14.57
Tomatoes 13.67
Lemons 9.90
Oranges 9.61
plums 5.80
Dates 5.50
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Peaches 5.40
Apricots(fresh) 4.79
Bananas 4.38
Pomegranates 4.15
Coconuts 4.09
Pineapples 3.59
Pears 3.26
Watermelons 1.83
Apples 1.38
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FOOD ALKALI-GENIC EFFECT IN PER CENT
VEGETABLES, TUBERS AND ROOTS
Spinach 28.01
Leafy Salad Plants 14.12
Cucumbers 13.50
Beetroots 11.37
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Turnips 10.80
Sweet Potatoes(Yams) 10.31
Radishes 6.50
Potatoes 5.90
Peas(fresh) 5.15
Cabbage 4.02
Cauliflower 3.04
Onions 1.09
Pumpkin 0.28
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MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Skimmed Milk 4.89
Cream 2.66
Human Milk 2.25
Cows Milk 1.69
Butter Milk 1.31
Goats Milk 0.25
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ACID-GENIC FOODS
FOOD ACID-GENIC EFFECT IN PER CENT
CEREALS CEREALS
Rice (polished) 17.96
Rice (manually de-husked) 3.68
Cake 12.31
Bread 10.99
Barley 10.58
WhiteFlour (Wheat) 8.32
Maize 5.37
Wheat 2.66
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PULSES AND LEGUMES PULSES AND LEGUMES
All pulses and legumes Highly acid-genic All pulses and legumes Highly acid-genic
NUTS
Peanuts 16.39
Walnuts 9.22
Almonds 2.19
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FOOD ACID-GENIC EFFECT IN PERCENT
FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN(EXCLUDING MILK)
Yolk of Egg 51.83
White of Egg 8.27
Eggs 11.67
Beef 38.61
Chicken 24.32
Goats Flesh 20.30
Fish 19.52
Pork 12.47
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MILK PRODUCTS
Cheese 17.49
Butter 4.33
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From the table it is obvious that meat, fish,
eggs and pulses are highly acid-genic. Wholemeal
wheat flour,manually dehusked unpolished rice,and
such other cereals in their more or less natural
forms are only midly acid-genic, but refining
them makes them much more acidic in affect.All
vegetables,tubers,roots and fruits are
alkalic-genic.Green leafy vegetables are of
special importance in this respect.
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We have not formed habits of regularly taking
alkalic-genic foods like fruits. And we have not
realized the importance of uncooked vegetables at
all.It is chiefly for this reason that our entire
nation is caught up in the web of diseases and
medicines.
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• It is quite possible to maintain a balance
  between the acids and alkalis in the body by a
  judicious combination of various unprocessed
  cereals,raw vegetables,fruits and nuts in our
  daily diet and thus keep diseases at bay.
• Not only do the alkalis in such foods neutralize
  the acids in other foods, but they also help in
  extracting the acids and toxins accumulated in
  the cells of the body, and ejecting them from the
  system.These qualities make a diet made up of
  alkali-genic components not only pure and
  wholesome, but also an efficient eliminating and
  cleansing agency.

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Vegetarian Aura
Patrijis Aura(meditator)
Dr.Shankers Aura (meditator)
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Non -Vegetarian Aura
Non meditators Aura
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IF YOU RESPECT ANIMALS,GO VEGETARIAN.YOUR REWARD
IS LESS HEART DISEASE ,DIABETES AND CANCER
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A tree as great as a mans embrace springs from a
small shoot. A terrace nine stories high begins
with a pile of earth. A journey of a thousand
miles starts with the first step
- LAO-TZU


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Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself
is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
LAO-TZU
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When you are inspired by some great purpose, all
your thoughts break their bonds your mind
transcends limitations, and you find yourself in
a new, great, and wonderful world
- PATANJALI
Father of Yoga
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ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL HEALTH OF VEGETARIANISM
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India is the home not only vegetation cooking,but
also of the science of healthful living. The
Scriputure Known as the Ayur-Veda, is the oldest
known as work on biology hygiene,medicine and
nutrition. THE ENVIRONMENT Water Conservation
It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce
animal protein as it does plant
protein. Efficient use of grains It takes upto
16 pounds of soyabeans and grains to produce
1lb.of beef and 3 to 6 lbs. To produce 1 lb of
turkey egg. Soil conservationwhen grains
legumes are used more efficiently. Our precious
topsoil is automatically made more efficient in
its use. Conservation of fossil fuel It takes 78
calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of
beef protein 35 calories for 1 calories of pork.
22 calories for 1 calories of pourltry. But just
1 calories of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of
soyabeans. Saving our forestsBy not supporting
the meat industry. I directly reduce the demand
to pillage these irreplaceable treasures of
nature.Since the forest land filters our air
supply botanical.
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• PERSONAL HEALTH
• No deficiencies There is no nutrient necessary
  for optimal human functioning.
• High fat plus cholestral Animal foods are higher
  in fat than most plant foods.Plants do not
  contain cholestrol.
• crabdeficientMeat is deficient in
  carbohydrates.
• Vitamin deficientExcept for the B-complex,meat
  is largely deficient in vitamins.
• Agricultural Chemicals Being higher on the food
  chain,animal contain far higher concentrations of
  agricultural chemicals that plant foods.
• Exposure to livestock drugsthese are over 20000
  different drugs,including sterols,antibioticsm,gro
  wth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are
  given to livestock animals.
• Pathogenic Microorganismsthere are ahost of
  bacteria and viruses,some quite dangerous,that
  are common to animals.

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Worms and other parasites ditto on the above
point Shelf life differentialplant foods last
longer than animal fosod Oraganoleptic
indications of pathenogensplant foods give
tell-tale signs of going bad Heart Diease meat
eating increases the risk of heart disease.this
country 1 killer.Cancer preventionof all the
natural cancer prevention substances
foundvitamin C.B-,17 hydroquinone,Beta carotene
, NDGA.-none has been found to be animal
derived. Acne Aggravated by animal
food Obesitystudies confirm that vegetarians
tend to be thinner than meat eaters. Intestinal
Toxemia Animal products putrefy the
colon. Transit timewholesome food travels food
travels quickly through the G.I tract,leaving
little time to spoil and incite disease within
the body. Fibre deficient fiber absorbs
unwanted,excess fats,cleans the
intestinesprovides bulk and aids in
perstalsis.plant food is high in fibre
content. Body wastes food from animals contain
their waste,including adrenaline,uric and lactic
acid,etc.,
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Excess protein the average american eats 499 of
the RDE for protein. this causes excess nitrogen
in the blood that creates a hostof long-term
health problems. Longevity to increase ones
riskof getting degenerative disease means
decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long
healthy life. PERSONAL FINANCE Health care
costs beimg healthier on a vegetarian diet means
spending less on health care. Food costs
vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat
based items ETHICS Love of animals i love
animals as i love myself.i have no desire to kill
them or cause them harm. Stance against factory
farming i cannot make a statement against
factory farming if i myself eat animals. Respect
for sentient life- i show gratitude to my
creators? Economic vote- i show support of the
meat industry and the way they operate when i
purchase and use their product.
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Small sacrifice-the sacrifice i make is nothing
compared to the animals,its life Natural diet-our
hands,teeth,feet,intestional tract even our body
chemistry is that of an herbivore. Reciprocity-if
i partake in the slaughter of animals, i will
have to repay my contribution to that
act. protecting the temple- whatever affects
the body has a corresponding effect on the mind
and soul . I belive in nonviolence.slaughter
isnt . World peace- there can never be peace
among men while men are declaring war on other
highly developed life forms. Clear conscience- i
feel good inside about my decision to remain
meatless. Example- to livt this way is to
prtect the underlying values to those around me.
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Spirituality of Vegetarianism
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• Hindu Yogis have long espoused the belief that
  the seat of wisdom in the body resides in the
  stomach.
• Further they have followed a vegetarian diet
  believing that the seat of wisdom should not be
  hyper stimulated by such foods as meat.

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From the beginning of recorded history, we can
see that vegetables have been the natural food of
human beings. Early Greek and Hebrew myths all
spoke of people originally eating fruit. Ancient
Egyptian priests never are meat. Many great
Greek philosophers such as Plato, Diogenes and
Socrates all advocated vegetarianism. Many
famous writers, artists, scientists, philosophers
and eminent men were vegetarians Pythagoras,
Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Bertrand Russell,
Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw etc., Meat
eating is just an acquired habit. In the
beginning, we were not born with a desire for it.
Flesh eating people cut off their inner seed of
Great Mercy. Flesh eating people kill each other
and eat each other This life I eat you, and
next life you eat me and it always continues in
this way!
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• God doesnt like the flesh and blood that you
  offer as sacrifice.He expects nothing but your
  absolute faith.
• -Quran

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VEGETARIANISM
Questions and Answers
Master Ching Hai
Q isnt eating vegetables a kind of killing too
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As we have to eat in order to survive, we choose
food which has the least consciousness.. And
suffers the least. Plants consist of 90 water,
thus their level of consciousness is so low that
it hardly feels any suffering!

Furthermore, when we eat many vegetables we
dont cut their roots, but rather we help their
asexual reproduction by cutting branches and
leaves. The end result can actually be
beneficial to the plant !

This is even more evident with fruit. When
fruit ripens, it will attract people to eat it by
its fragrant smell, beautiful color and delicious
taste. It is in this way fruit trees can achieve
their purpose of propagating their seed over a
wide area. If we do not pick and eat them, the
fruit will become over-ripe and will fall to the
ground to rot. Its seed will be shaded from
sunlight by the tree above them and will die. So,
eating vegetables and fruits is a natural
tendency, which brings to them no suffering al
all.
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Q can vegetarians eat eggs?
No! When we eat eggs we are also killing beings!
Q man raises animals and poultry, pigs,
cattle, chickens, ducks, etc., why cant we eat
them ?
So? Parents raise their children. Do parents
have the right to eat their children ?! All
living things have the right to live, and no one
should deprive them of this!
Q animals are born for people to eat if we
dont eat them, they will fill the world!
This is an absurd idea. Before you kill an
animal, do you ask it if it wants to be killed
and eaten by you or not ? All living beings
desire to live and are afraid to die. We dont
want to be eaten by a tiger, so why should
animals be eaten by humans? Human beings have
only existed in the world for several tens of
thousand of years, but before mankind appeared,
many species of animals had already existed. Did
they overcrowd the Earth? Living things maintain
a natural ecological balance !
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Q Why should I be a vegetarian ?

I am a vegetarian.. Because the God inside me
wants it!
Eating meat is against the universal principle of
not wanting to be killed! Everything that you
do against others makes you suffer. Our life
will be not limited within this body, but
extended to the life of animals and all kinds of
beings. Eating vegetarian food makes us grander,
greater, happier and limitless!
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Q How can this contribute to world peace?
Raising cattle and animals for meat has caused
our economy to go bankrupt in all aspects. It is
an American citizen who did this type of research
and wrote a book about itDiet for a New
America by John Robbins. He is a very famous
ice-cream millionaire. He gave it all up in
order to be a vegetarian, and to write a
vegetarian book against his family tradition and
business! As you sow, so shall you reap..If we
kill someone for food, we will be killed for food
later, in some other form the next time, the next
generation. Its a pity. We are so intelligent,
so civilized and yet most of us do not know the
cause of why our neighboring countries are
suffering. It is because of our palates, our
tastes, and our stomachs! In order to feed and
nourish one body we kill so many beings, and
starve so many fellow human beings. We arent
even talking about the animals yet. Understand?
Then this guilt, consciously or unconsciously,
will weigh down upon our conscience. It makes us
suffer from cancer, tuberculosis.
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Q we buy meat from the butcher! We dont kill!
therefore, it is all right to eat it.
This is a disastrous mistake. You must know that
butcher kill living beings because some people
want to eat. In the Lankavatra Sutra, Buddha
said, If there was no one eating meat, then no
killing would happen. So eating meat and killing
living being are of the same sin. Because of
the killing of too many living beings, we have
natural disasters and man-mad calamities. Wars
are also caused by too much killing.
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Q any spiritual benefits from being a
vegetarian?
The spiritual aspects of a vegetarian diet are
that it is vegetarian clean and non-violent.
Thou shall not kill.. God said this to us.Do
not kill any beings. Didnt he say that he made
all animals to be-friend us, to help us? Did he
not put the animals in our care? He said, Take
care of them. So, now you have to help us? Did
he not put the animals in our care? He said ,
Take care of them. So, now you have to become
God in order to understand God. I invite you to
be God-like again, to be yourself, to be no one
else. To meditate on God doesnt mean you
worship God! you realize that you and God are
one! For Health reasons, we should be
vegetarians! For scientific reasons, we should be
vegetarians! For economic reasons, we should be
vegetarians! For spiritual reasons, we should be
vegetarians! To save the world, we should be
vegetarians!
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Please be a vegetarian! For you own sake, and
for the sake of the world! Be a Hero !

Be a Vegetarian
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Thank you