First Step of Spiritual Path: Vegetarianism

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Acharya Shree Yogeesh says that the first step to be on the spiritual path is to be vegetarian. Vegetarianism is very important as it teaches on to respect, love, and be one with all living beings. Without being vegetarian, a person will always be mentally, emotionally, and physically imbalance thus making the spiritual path hard to progress in. No one can reach the highest states of samadhi, enlightenment, or self-realization, without being vegetarian.
By eating meat, a person collects karma. It is suggested to eat vegetables, grains, and fruits as these living beings are in a "vegetable state" and do not feel pain.

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[mvikneswaran]

I support vegetarianism not because of spiritualism. You can erradicate famine being a vegetarian. Just do the math...How many kilos of grain do you feed a chicken, pig or a lamb to get 1 kilo of meat. Find the ratio and you will know how much of grain is being spent for the sheer pleasure of tasting the meat of any kind. Al the grains wasted could stop the famine in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia & etc.

You could try to at least reduce the meat intake per week. You could make a difference!

[LionEntity]

Respect for Life is first of all respect for your life source. It doesn't mean that no animal should be killed because some animals can only eat other animals. That is their life source, and they respect their nature. But Humans don't respect their nature which is herbal, as we are primates. Many who claim that meat is necessary to eat are just egoistic people who love meat for its good taste, cooked&spiced.I'd love to see these people hunting an animal with their bare hands and eating it alive.

[DirtyWobbleBass]

In response to the arguments presented in the video: Being vegetarian is more suited to the human digestive system and therefore our bodies feel better. However if I was to gas a chicken with high levels of gas that made the chicken feel intense euphoria before it passed out, then ate the chicken, would the chickens euphoria release toxins that made me feel good after eating the chicken, as the chicken would also not die in pain, is there a moral issue?

[MG34ification]

@Chillitz I don't think animals are religious.

[dineshs89]

I took the first step :-) Thank you...!!

[karinyates]

Eating a hand full of nuts could give you a good load of calories. Or heck, potato chips for that matter! I've been vegan for 30 years, and am an avid runner, cyclist. Always seem to maintain same body weight.

[lunasolgirls]

Awesome video and information!!

[unclecrackerhead]

So according to his logic, it would be fine for me to eat chicken just as long as I only take one leg to eat without killing the bird. I'll have to try that.

[twostarsdancing]

People tend to destroy in the name of money/greed and not survival.

[Poodleinacan]

@LionEntity Hum, if lost in nature and I need to survive, you are shure that I would only use my hands to kill, but a weapon (it's more efficient)...but if I am forbiden to use any weapons,but my hands, I would go for small preys....because we aren't equiped with deadly natural weapons, like fangs.

[Poodleinacan]

@Chillitz Haha.

For me, if something can be eaten, I will eat it.

[TheFlutevisions]

People are confuse . Most of the people in the U.S where raise on a meat diet. To them eating meat is a normal way of life. Some people will allow them self's to go crazy If they don't get there daily ration of meat. In the new world to come, meat eating will be a thing of the past..