4 The Dharma Path – Discussing Vegetarianism in Hinduism

Discussing finding hope in religion against a dystopian future society, plus vegetarianism in Hinduism via books by Stephen Rosen & Adi Da. Live 1.1.2023.

0:00 – Reviewing my New Years resolutions/goals of 2022 (Note: apologies for bad streaming quality)
4:16 – Goals as a way to fight against a dystopian future society
9:12 – Finding hope in religion to fight against a dystopian future society, having clear thinking
15:13 – Scam warning of online e-mail subscription to "Personalized Daily Energy Report" from https://www.cosmicenergyprofile.com/
20:34 – Understanding vegetarianism in Hinduism, Stephen J. Rosen's book "Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution To Vegetarianism & Animal Rights"
25:09 – Hindu views of vegetarianism influenced by Jainism and Buddhism
26:52 – Eating effects our temperament, Sattvic/Rajasic/Tamasic, Adi Da's regenerative/degenerative eating diet from his book "The Eating Gorilla Comes In Peace"
28:56 – Avoiding meat for ahimsa, karma, spiritual progress, good health
32:25 – Opinions on vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian eating in Hinduism
36:12 – Meat eating for heath reasons, blood type diet
39:50 – Indian food and bad vegetarian advice from ISKCON guru
41:09 – Closing thoughts

Vegetarian sources cited:
1. "What the Hindu Scriptures Say About Vegetarianism?" by Gyan Rajhans, 2017.2. "Do Hindu scriptures prohibit eating non-veg? Is it true that even Brahmins were non-vegetarians in the distant past?" by C.V.Rajan, 2018.3. For more about blood type diets see wikipedia.

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