Lighthouse

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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Food habits are a private part of one's life and hence it is a private subject matter for everyone. However, when some private subjects lead to harm to health, nature or environment, it certainly calls for some restrictions. The opposition to tobacco, cigarettes, intoxicating drinks and such other vices comes from these considerations even from people who do not have a religious outlook. Let us grant that whether to be a non-vegetarian or not is a personal matter for people. However, it should not be difficult even to convince such people against nonvegetarianism by tactful explanation, careful and compassionate persuasion etc. It is always possible to make such persons understand and give up nonvegetarianism. These days many celebrities are propagating and promoting vegetarianism. Let someone be a non-vegetarian, but if he is simple, open minded and willing to accept the other point of view, he can be persuaded in favour of vegetarianism by the following arguments. A human being was created to be a herbivore (vegetarian) only. For a human being non-vegetarian food is opposed to nature. None of the aspect of a human life should be opposed to nature. There is a lot of difference between the body structure of a vegetarian and non-vegetarian being. Bodies of vegetarian beings and bodies of non-vegetarian beings are created differently. The structure of a human body is similar to the bodies of other vegetarian creatures. What does this indicate? If a comparison is made it would be clear that a human being is by nature vegetarian.
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