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>,
Arindam Banerjee > posted:
>
> On Jul 13, 6:51=A0pm, "Ganesh J. Acharya" >
> wrote:
> > On Friday, July 13, 2012 9:30:19 AM UTC+5:30, Arindam Banerjee wrote:
> > > On Jul 13, 1:36=A0pm, "Ganesh J. Acharya" <ganeshjacha...@=
> gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Friday, July 13, 2012 8:54:39 AM UTC+5:30, Arindam Banerjee wro=
> te:
> > > > > On Jul 13, 11:29=A0am, "Ganesh J. Acharya" =
> >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:37:21 PM UTC+5:30, Arin=
> dam Banerjee wrote:
> > > > > > > On Jul 12, 2:23=A0pm, "Ganesh =
> J. Acharya" &gt ;
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > I have agreed to live a MORAL =
> life for my own self, but I am stuck at this particular point.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My dietitians have advised me =
> not to proceed further with the fruit diet... for whole day... As per them.=
> .. Following the same the complete day.... I will be unable to sustain a li=
> fe for myself. But at the same time when I cited my dietitians there are pe=
> ople who do follow such a diet pattern and quizzed how they do it. They hon=
> estly cited their inability due to inadequet research data...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So, how do I proceed further..=
> . for now I have realized I have been a parasite all my life... I do not wi=
> sh continuing the same any further... But, harming myself at the same time =
> will be unwise as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > very unwise! =A0I also tried to avoid eatin=
> g when my wife was not
> > > > > > > around, but my wife's aunt told=
> me to stop. =A0I would be harming my
> > > > > > > internal organs, perhaps without chance of =
> recovery, if I persisted,
> > > > > > > she said. =A0I needed proper guidance from =
> a true guru, if I wanted to
> > > > > > > pursue such a course. =A0So I gave up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I agree that was a wise decision... I did the same, =
> I have started eating fruits only one time a day and stuck with normal diet=
> the other parts of the day. But now the "guilt of not trying&=
> quot; enough keeps coming across my mind, so finally I again decided to com=
> e back here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Still, I did manage to go for a few days wi=
> thout much food and that
> > > > > > > did not seem to harm me too much. =A0But th=
> en I was much younger.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Truly holy men in India manage to live on v=
> ery little food, without
> > > > > > > losing out on energy. =A0How they manage to=
> do it, is quite another
> > > > > > > story!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Again yes they are doing it... but how?
> > > >
> > > > > I have no idea! =A0I was brought up as a child among communis=
> ts on one
> > > > > side, and catholics on another side. =A0Hindu thinking (minus=
> the
> > > > > influence of my senior female relatives)
> > > > > came late to me.
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Arindam Banerjee
> > > >
> > > > I know Muslims trying to quit harming 100%. So many christiians ar=
> e trying the same...
> >
> > > What about the atheists? =A0And how many of above as percentage are
> > > vegetarians.... =A0To put some exception as the norm, how moral is
> > > that? =A0Have you ever been
> > > to the supermarket at any non-Indian country and seen how much meat is
> > > sold and consumed? =A0In the developed countries, vegetarianism is just
> > > an irritating fad
> > > to the vast majority. =A0Some celebrities may embrace it for a while,
> > > but that is about it. =A0By far the vast majority is highly non-veg in
> > > all countries outside India.
> >
> > > >What is Hinduism to do here??
> >
> > > Communists and Catholics and Muslims and Jews and non-Hindu pagans etc
> > > etc did not and do not care about vegetarianism or regard for the cow
> > > as some kind of a way to gain liberation from the bondage of life and
> > > death. =A0Only Hinduism cares for vegetarianism in an institutional way=
> ,
> > > as far as possible by the practising Hindus. =A0Thus at holy places lik=
> e
> > > Haridwar there is no non-veg allowed, or at least such was the case in
> > > the 1960s when I went there. =A0Before any big puja, the priest has to
> > > go on a vegetarian diet for a while, if he is non-veg as most Bengali
> > > priests are. =A0So definitely there is a correlation between
> > > vegetarianism and Hinduism, and in no other major religious thought
> > > process such is the case.
> > > >
> > > > Does one need to change their religion to follow what is appropria=
> te?
> >
> > > No. But to pretend that non-Hindus are as vegetarian as a high
> > > percentage of Hindus are or have to be, or to pretend that outside
> > > India people are as
> > > vegetarian as they are inside India, is extreme intellectual
> > > dishonesty.
> > > While some Muslims are vegetarian, most are not. =A0Indeed the partitio=
> n
> > > of India took place as Jinnah wanted Muslims to kill and eat cows - in
> > > a predominantly
> > > Hindu India he feared that cows would not be killed for food, so
> > > Muslims could not eat cows in an unified India and thus lose their
> > > strength and vitality. =A0It all boiled
> > > down to that!
> >
> > Is GOD a Hindu, a Sikh, a Buddist, a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, a Jain o=
> r an Athiest?
>
> Ask Him!
> In my view He will say that the worthwhile features of all other
> religions derive from the earliest Vedic darshan or view, now
> degenerated to what is called Hinduism.
>
> > The teachings are by GOD? So, who gave the rights to humans to divide
> > those teachings?
>
> When people go astray, the leaders lose credibility and then it is up
> to the individual to find the truth for himself. If he is satisfied,
> he may or may not divulge the
> components of his satisfaction. In the latter case, it is expected
> that the others come to similar satisfaction through their own
> efforts, without spoon-feeding.
>
> So with the keen insight that only God can give, it is possible to
> find the logical consistency in any text or other expression relating
> to the Divine, and then come to
> conclusions that must still be open to further thought. In that
> process established teachings may or may not need comprehensive
> debunking; established hallowed
> characters may or may not be required to be ground into the dust.
>
> Cheers,
> Arindam Banerjee

The Ved are indeed the source and their study is highly recommended.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti