10-07-2006, 09:27 AM
Bodhiji,
This is why I turned veg: my curiosity about life in general led me to read up and think about comparative religions and about Sanatan Dharma in particular. I am incredibly lazy inspite of being curious, and I always want to simplify things. And I found "Truth" to be the one common thread that u can base ur life around and everything will fall in place. "Truth" explains why I keep harping on the need to expose pak and Xtianity and Islam, and the need to show Indians what India was.
I could not bear the guilt of eating animals and still pretending to be on the side of truth. (If killing in the name of Allah is not truth, then why should killing innocent animals be truth? Both are killing for your selfish wants..one is killing for booty and power, the other is to please your palate. "Dominion over animals" etc is a foreign concept, not an Indic one. Plus I visited a few veg sites..saw the treatment of animals..
Also, the US spends thousands of $$ rescuing a pet dog trapped on an ice floe, and shows it on National TV, but send millions of animals to die a tortured death..that disgusted me)
And there is no doubt **for me** that giving up meat improves your connection to God.. <!--emo&
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This is why I turned veg: my curiosity about life in general led me to read up and think about comparative religions and about Sanatan Dharma in particular. I am incredibly lazy inspite of being curious, and I always want to simplify things. And I found "Truth" to be the one common thread that u can base ur life around and everything will fall in place. "Truth" explains why I keep harping on the need to expose pak and Xtianity and Islam, and the need to show Indians what India was.
I could not bear the guilt of eating animals and still pretending to be on the side of truth. (If killing in the name of Allah is not truth, then why should killing innocent animals be truth? Both are killing for your selfish wants..one is killing for booty and power, the other is to please your palate. "Dominion over animals" etc is a foreign concept, not an Indic one. Plus I visited a few veg sites..saw the treatment of animals..
Also, the US spends thousands of $$ rescuing a pet dog trapped on an ice floe, and shows it on National TV, but send millions of animals to die a tortured death..that disgusted me)
And there is no doubt **for me** that giving up meat improves your connection to God.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->