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Remember that the simplicity and positivity is the first inspiration of any religion. Much pomp and show is made either by the royal people or by the fools. Both the food and the clothings must be simple and positive.
Now we discuss the form of diet. There are three kinds of diets in the world, Shreya (the simple but pleasant), Preya (the loving diet) and Heya (much oily, spicy and heavy diet of low standard). The Shreya diet is simple in taste but pleasant in results. The diet that gives enjoyment is Preya diet and the diet that is too much spicy, it burns the tongue while eating and difficult to digest, is known as the Heya
diet.
The third necessary fact about the diet is that it must have some limitations regarding its time and quantity. Lord Mahavira says that if we take four bites lesser than the requirements of our body, it is a kind of meditation. If we can't remain hungry, we should take some edible but in limited quantity. If you take four breads, now take three and half and give the rest half to any animal and this way you will be able not to let yourself fall ill.
People are habitual of eating many a times in a day but they do not pay attention to its digestion procedure even once in a day. The strength doesn't depend on the quantity of food taken by a person but it is a matter of how properly we digest whatever quantity of food we have taken. It is our foolery if we do not pay attention to the proper digestion of the diet that we have taken. The saints take food one time only. The next time it should be taken only when we feel great appetite. Even simple food becomes tastier and sweeter provided it is taken at the time of feeling sufficient appetite.
The next thing to be cared is to take the food when the food already taken has been digested well. The third important thing regarding the diet is to take care of
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