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If we are taking diet like the diets of gods, if we are aware of the purity of diet, certainly the heart and head of us will enjoy the holiness of our feelings. I believe that you are grasping and pondering over my things so we will try our best to maintain the purity of our diet right from today. We have also learnt this virtue from the followers of Digamber section of Jain religion. It is not necessary to take four vegetables in the diet but the maintenance of purity of diet while preparing and taking it, is very necessary thing.
If the nature of diet is pious, pure and virtuous, the nature of mind will also be pious, pure and virtuous. If the diet is respectively Rajsik or Tamsik, the nature of mind will follow the same respectively. Man contains three virtues in him i.e. Satogun, Rajogun and Tamogun. The people who eat non-vegetarian things and drink wine are known as of the Tamsik nature. They increase violence, cruelty and terrorism. The people who take butter curd, cheese, sweets and highly oily and spicy dishes in much quantity are known as of Rajsik nature. They increase evil things too. But the people who take simple, pious and pure vegetarian dishes free from much spices and oil are known as of Satvik nature. Such people are sincere, honest and devoted to their duties positively. They have power to keep patience. They do not get aggravated immediately and behave politely and wisely with others without any excitement.
Therefore, the diet must be positive i.e. pure, pious and vegetarian. It is a matter of sorrow that people specially the Jains have begun getting the Rajsik dishes prepared in their personal parties. They get the Rajsik dishes prepared so much that even the dishes of wedding ceremonies remain trivial before them as the sweets, oily and spicy dishes were prepared only in weddings earlier. Specially, it has become a
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