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One should take a balanced diet, which is helpful to life and discipline, which does not cause intoxication or negligence towards duty.
- Prashna Vyakarana (2/4) Knowledge is needed for liberation, body is needed for knowledge, and food is needed for body. As such, food has been allowed as needed.
– Kshama Shraman Jinabhadra There is nothing necessary or desirable for human nutrition to be found in meat or flesh foods, which is not found in and derived from vegetable products.
- Dr. H. Kellog A man can live and be healthy without killing animal for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And so it is immoral.
- Leo Tolstoy Meat can never be obtained without injury to living creatures, and injury to sentient beings is detrimental to the attainment of heavenly bliss; let him (man) therefore shun the use of meat.
- Manusmriti
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