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Thank you very much for your detailed reply. I will not eat honey here then (I'm not living in India, and even then certainly not anywhere near Mithila). Can't abide my eating something that is paid for with the lives of other creatures.
Certainly never knew that bits of bees and their larvae were mixed in with it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Certainly. Food is the most basic necessity of all life. Kind of food eaten has always been and will be governed by what is available and humanly possible. Swami Shankaracharya's discourse on this topic, in the North East where cultivation was not easily possible, and Lamas' opinion in Tibet where enough vegetation does not grow, agree on this.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->See, I always knew great people use(d) their common sense and compassion in understanding humans and life. There are no ridiculously high expectations that can never be fulfilled (without making a sacrifice of one's own life, that is). 'Do the best you can with what is available and hurt as few as you can' is more their point.
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> Thank you very much for your detailed reply. I will not eat honey here then (I'm not living in India, and even then certainly not anywhere near Mithila). Can't abide my eating something that is paid for with the lives of other creatures.
Certainly never knew that bits of bees and their larvae were mixed in with it.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Certainly. Food is the most basic necessity of all life. Kind of food eaten has always been and will be governed by what is available and humanly possible. Swami Shankaracharya's discourse on this topic, in the North East where cultivation was not easily possible, and Lamas' opinion in Tibet where enough vegetation does not grow, agree on this.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->See, I always knew great people use(d) their common sense and compassion in understanding humans and life. There are no ridiculously high expectations that can never be fulfilled (without making a sacrifice of one's own life, that is). 'Do the best you can with what is available and hurt as few as you can' is more their point.