PODCAST: Vegetarianism, Veganism, and the Path of the Masters -- Spiritual Awakening Radio
PODCAST: Vegetarianism, Veganism, and the Path of the Masters -- Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean -- Listen @ Youtube:
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The Vegan Evolution of Humanity: Vegetarianism is Going Vegan
Traditionally, Sant Mat and the yoga philosophy have advocated the lacto-vegetarian diet: abstinence from meat, fish, fowl, and eggs, but allowed dairy. Vegan means complete abstinence from all animal products and strictly adhering to a plant-based diet: no dairy, eggs, or meat of any kind, or products made from animals. Based on the current cruel practices of the dairy industry in India and around the world that violate the principle of ahimsa or non-violence, plus all the scores of medical studies showing that dairy consumption adversely affects our health and well-being, I believe if they were here today, the classic Saints such as Mahavira, Guru Kabir, Guru Nanak, Tukarama, Ravidas, Tulsi Das, Namdev, Dariya Sahib, etc... would not only be advocating a vegetarian diet, but a vegan diet. These days, many are making this transition to vegan, including a growing percentage of those following Sant Mat. This is the compassionate direction that the vegetarian movement is headed in. Vegetarianism is going vegan.
In the East as well as in the West, the Gnostics and other advanced mystics: those serious practitioners of soul travel, inner Light and Sound meditation, have universally adhered to a plant-based diet. It’s hard to reach more subtle states of tranquility in meditation on an animal flesh diet based on the suffering of other beings. "A man of spiritual intensity does not eat corpses." (George Bernard Shaw)
Today a satsang edition of Spiritual Awakening Radio about the spiritual and ethical reasons for going veg, or better still: vegan. There are readings from Kabir, Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj, Darshan Singh, Kirpal Singh, Sawan Singh, Diet and Spirituality, by Dona Kelley (from Lotus Leaves), a document called, "My Visit to a Dairy Farm -- The Reality of Dairy Cruelty -- the Final Destination of Dairy Cows is the Slaughterhouse", published by Pravin K. Shah of the Jaina Education Committee of Jainism (the Vegan Jain movement), and Pythagoras.
Also, hear the earlier programs in this series on:
The Vegetarianism of Jesus and the Hebrew Christians -- Spiritual Awakening Radio: https://youtu.be/11JYfefpnAo
Vegetarianism is Going Vegan: Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Gnosticism -- Spiritual Awakening Radio: https://youtu.be/gpO61cO6VlY
And, A History of Vegetarianism and Veganism in the Great World Religions: https://youtu.be/1i_Uj6eUM_4
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God is the Ocean of Love.
In Divine Light and Sound, Peace Be to You,
James
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