Vegetarianism - Frequently Asked Questions

Q. I had a discussion about vegetarianism with my roommates. They argued that eating vegetables is also like killing living beings. I couldn't give answer to them. I too feel the same i.e., eating vegetables means, we are killing some living beings, because plants also have life and they also feel pain. Can you please give me explaination regarding this? yours friendly, aditya

A. so they say eating vegetables is also like killing animals ..... because plants also have life.... and they feel pain ..... so .... here are a few points ....

1. Ask them to be their own judge ...... ask them to eat .... animals the whole day .... like beef or chicken etc ..... and ask them to be aware of their mind and body state ..... and the other day after giving a 2 days gap .... eat only vegetables ..... and try to feel how it feels now ...... which feels more comfortable .... at the vibrational level
2. Agreed Plants have life ..... but ..... that life is different from animal life .... in sanskrit its more easy to explain .... Plants have Jeeva .... where as animals have Prana ..... Plants live on only 2 elements ..... water and earth .... where as animals live on 5 elements ..... earth , water , fire , air , and space ..... mosquitoes on the other hand have only 1 element ... air , so if you get in to details ..... then thats life form of plants is very much different from animal life form ......
3. Plants are Group soul ...... some 100's some times some 1000's of plants contribute to a single soul ...... where as in animals ..... a few chickens .... like 5 - 10 contribute to a single soul ..... in mosquitoes .... a million mosquitoes contribute to a single soul ..... thas why when you kill a mosquito ..... its not a big karma .... if we talk about law of karma
4. This might shock you .... but this is true ..... Plants dont feel pain ..... Plants ..... have a Gift with them ..... when ever some one even thinks of killing a plant or cutting it ...... they loose conciousness .... or withdraw consiousness from that particular part of their body .... and they dont feel pain ..... this is something that many scientists have proved .... where as when it comes to a animal ..... when you deside to kill any animal ..... it feels the fear of death ..... and when that happens ..... it releases a kind of acid in its own body ..... which on entering a human body can give birth to cells that can lead to cancer
5. Mostly ..... the grains .... lke rice .... wheat ..... pulses ..... etc ... except some leafy vegetables ...... are eaten by humans only after they are dead .... like their life cycle is for 4 - 6 months ..... and only after their death .... do human consume them ..... so thats not killing ......
6. These days of so much advanced technologies available ...... like kirlian photography ...... you can take a photograps of a Grain .... or pulses ..... and see how vibrant they are .... even thouh they are so called dead .... where as you can see that a dead animals body has a very low level aura
7. Animals also have intellegence ..... like a pig has a intellegence of 3 years old human ...... they also have families and like to socalise ....so when you kill a animal ... you are not only punishing it .... but also punishing the whole family of that particular animal .... which doesnt happen with a Plant.
8. Many of the plants that human consume we dont take their life away ..... we just cut a particular stem of it ..... which regrows .... because plants have that capacity ...... but .... that doesnt happen with animals ..... if you cut the leg of a chicken or any other animal it cannot re grow it.
9. Heart disease starts because we consume eggs and non veg ..... non veg can lead to immpotence ..... so many reasons are there to let us know that Non veg is not for Human consumption
10. VEG = Life .... NON VEG = NON LIFE ..... so you only choose ..... which side you want to belong
11. Did you know more than 50% of the water in the USA .... is used for raising cattles ..... which are raised for Human consumption .....
12. The Food that is raised for animals ..... requires more land .... than the Land required to raise food for Humans ..... think about it
13. The food used to raise them ..... can be used to help Developing countries cope up with food shortage for their Humans in their country
14. Human Digestive system is designed for VEG FOOD ONLY .... we have Large intestine ..... which is lacking in carnivorious animals ..... they eat they secreet ..... but it take a human minimim 48 - 72 hours ..... to digest NON VEG ...... whihc leads to so many infections ..... where human is designed to digest any thing in 4-5 hours ... that happens only with Veg food
15. On spiritual side .... OSHO SAYS ..... it takes a minimum of 3 months to get your body Cleansed after you eat nonveg for one day ..... and all those 3 months ..... it has its own side effects ... which are not good for spiritual development of a human being
16. If your friends really dont want to kill ..... if they are so serious about it ...... they can eat Fruits ..... and live ..... there are so many gains ... and pulses ..... which doesnt come under the KILL catogery they can have those also ...... and there are many vegetables also where .... they dont kill the plant .... but only .... take a part of the plant whihc again regenerates ..... so thats is also not killing ..... if they are so much concerned ....about killing even the 2 elements jeeva
17. On a spiritual side ..... the place for any dead body is Grave yard ...... and its up to you to treat your body as a Grave yard or a Temple .... choice is yours

I hope that the above reasons will help your friends take a wise decision ..... the rest is their choice.