$JES 921 Book of Compassion Reverence For All Life Reference Book

Author(s): Pramoda Chitrabhanu, Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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1.- MY VISIT TO A DAIRY FARM
In our rituals, we should substitute regular milk with simple water or almond or soya milk, ghee (used in deevo) for vegetable oil, sweets for various types of dry nuts, and serve only vegan meals during any religious function. Our youth will appreciate such changes in our rituals.
Note:
This article was first published on Internet (Jain-list) in August 1997. Since then we have received many feed backs from the readers across the world. We have published some of these responses in an article called "What Our Readers Say About ..." at the end of this book. We strongly recommend you read the feedback.
So you have two choices. We could perform triple bypass surgery, where we take a vein
out of your thigh, and open up your chest so we can sew the vein onto your coronary artery. This costs more than $100,000 and will keep you
laid up for at least two months.
Or we could put you
on a vegan diet.
A vegan diet? Gee, Doc, that sounds pretty
extreme.
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