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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલક.
[ Morja understanding, will clearly prove why they have such tendencies and propensities. These embodied Souls, being in continued association with fleeting, transitory and perishable things attribute such properties to immortal souls and being prompted by wanton cruelty, luxury, relishing taste, imaginary and misleading notion of gratifying gods and goddesses through ignorance of real spiritual truth, recklessly and mercilessly take away the invaluable lives of innocent poor creatures,
Every religion emphatically lays down rules embodying the high principles of non-injury (Ahimsā), truth, non-stealing, chastity and non-covetousness. These are the natural attributes of the Soul. They are clogged and obscured in living beings by selfish and worldly motives and desires. An aspirant after emancipation must get mastery over them through the practice of Yoga, in order to attain complete control over body, mind and speech.
The first and foremost is the avoidance of Himsā. Himsā in its wide significance, includes wishing evil or doing harm by word, thought, or action. It is therefore a necessary conclusion from it that it is obligatory to refrain from animal food which can not be obtained without direct or indirect killing. It will be pointed out further on, that flesh-eating is not in any way advantageous but on the contrary it is positively injurious to health. The. Hindoo scriptures most vehemently deprecate the practice of Himsā and flesh-eating. It is very impossible to cite all
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