Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People by Satinder Dhiman

Author:Satinder Dhiman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Personhood Press
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Harmlessness and Vegetarianism

Ahimsa is the basis for the vegetarianism within Hinduism and Buddhism though it goes well beyond just being vegetarian. This core principle is derived from the Vedic injunction “ma himsyaat sarva-bhutani”—do no harm to living creatures. This recommendation is also repeated to the seeker after truth in the Upanishads. According to the Chandogya Upanishad (7.26.2), “If the food is pure, the mind becomes pure. If the mind is pure, memory becomes firm. When memory becomes strong, one is released from all knots of the heart and liberation is attained.”11

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