14 Demandas Comun
Demanda Ses: Esce indus es proibida de come carne?
R: Indus ensenia vejetalisme como un modo de vive con un minima de dana a otra esentes. Ma en la mundo de oji no tota indus es vejetalistes.
A: Hindus teach vegetarianism as a way to live with a minimum of hurt to other beings. But in today’s world not all Hindus are vegetarians.
Responde plu longa: Nosa relijio no comanda “fa e no-fa” rijida. On ave no cosa como decaloga. Induisme dona a nos la sajia per fa nosa propre desides sur cosas cual nos pone a en nosa corpo, car lo es la sola corpo nos ave — en esta vive, a la min. Vejetalistes es plu cuantiosa a la sude de Barat ca a la norde. Esta es par causa de la ambiente climal plu fria de la norde, e de la influe muslim pasada. Pretes e gidores relijial es serta vejetaliste afin los es capas de manteni un nivel alta de puria e consensia spirital per reali sua obligas e velia la partes refinada de sua natur. Soldatos e polisiores no es comun vejetalistes car los debe vive sua fortes agresiva per fa sua labora. Per pratica yoga e susede en medita, lo es obligante de es vejetaliste. Lo es un caso de sajia — aplica la sabe a cualce momento elejeda. Oji, sirca des-du persentos de tota indus es vejetalistes.
Longer answer: Our religion does not lay down rigid “do’s and don’ts.” There are no commandments. Hinduism gives us the wisdom to make up our own mind on what we put in our body, for it is the only one we have—in this life, at least. Vegetarians are more numerous in the South of India than in the North. This is because of the North’s cooler climactic conditions and past Islamic influence. Priests and religious leaders are definitely vegetarian, so as to maintain a high level of purity and spiritual consciousness to fulfill their responsibilities, and to awaken the refined areas of their nature. Soldiers and law-enforcement officers are generally not vegetarians, because they have to keep alive their aggressive forces in order to perform their work. To practice yoga and be successful in meditation, it is mandatory to be vegetarian. It is a matter of wisdom—the application of knowledge at any given moment. Today, about twenty percent of all Hindus are vegetarians.
Esplica detaliosa: Lo pote es un tema delicata. On ave multe modos de responde cual depende sur el ci demanda e sur la ambiente fondal do el ia es elevada. Ma la prinsipe suprema cual defini la responde indu a esta demanda es ahimsa — asteni de fa feri fisical, mental o emosial a cualcun o cualce creada vivente. La indu ci vole segue rigorosa la via de nonosisme adota natural un dieta vejetaliste. Lo pertine plu a consiensa ca a alga otra cosa.
Elaboration: This can be a touchy subject. There are several ways to respond, depending on who is asking and the background in which he was raised. But the overlying principle that defines the Hindu answer to this query is ahimsa—refraining from injuring, physically, mentally or emotionally, anyone or any living creature. The Hindu who wishes to strictly follow the path of noninjury naturally adopts a vegetarian diet. It’s a matter of conscience more than anything else.
Cuando nos come carne, pex, avia e ovo, nos asorbe la vibra de la creadas instintosa en nosa sistem nerval. Lo altera cimical nosa consensia e grandi nosa natur basa, cual es propensada a teme, coler, jelosia, confusa, odia e tal cosas. Multe swamis indu consela seguores ce los es ja vejetalistes bonesperiosa ante inisia a mantra, e ce los resta vejetaliste ance a pos. Ma la plu de los no insiste sur vejetalisme per los ci no xerca inisia. Swamis ia aprende ce familias cual es vejetaliste ave min problemes ca los cual no es tal. Sitas tocante de scrivedas santa consela contra come de carne. La Yadjur-Veda (Yajur Veda) (36.18) clama per compatia a tota creadas vivente sur la tera, en la aira e en la acua. La Tirukural, un obra mestral sur etica cual ave 2 200 anios, dise, “Cuando un person reconose ce carne es la corpo taliada de un otra creada, el va asteni de come lo” (257). La Manu-Darma-Xastras (Manu Dharma Shastras) declara, “Considerante bon la orijina de carne e la cruelia de restrinje e mata esentes corpal, ta ce on va asteni intera de come lo,” e “Cuando la dieta es pur, la mente e cor es pur.” Per gida sur esta e otra consernas, indus ance fida sua propre guru, decanos de comunia, sua propre consiensa e sua sabe sur la beneficas de asteni de carne e joia un dieta vejetaliste saninte. Serta, on ave bon indus ci come carne e on ave indus no tal bon ci es vejetalistes.
When we eat meat, fish, fowl and eggs, we absorb the vibration of the instinctive creatures into our nerve system. This chemically alters our consciousness and amplifies our lower nature, which is prone to fear, anger, jealousy, confusion, resentment and the like. Many Hindu swamis advise followers to be well-established vegetarians prior to initiation into mantra, and to remain vegetarian thereafter. But most do not insist upon vegetarianism for those not seeking initiation. Swamis have learned that families who are vegetarian have fewer problems than those who are not. Poignant scriptural citations counsel against eating meat. The Yajur Veda (36.18) calls for kindliness toward all creatures living on the Earth, in the air and in the water. The Tirukural, a 2,200-year-old masterpiece of ethics, states, “When a man realizes that meat is the butchered flesh of another creature, he will abstain from eating it” (257). The Manu Dharma Shastras state, “Having well considered the origin of flesh and the cruelty of fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let one entirely abstain from eating flesh,” and “When the diet is pure, the mind and heart are pure.” For guidance in this and all matters, Hindus also rely on their own guru, community elders, their own conscience and their knowledge of the benefits of abstaining from meat and enjoying a wholesome vegetarian diet. Of course, there are good Hindus who eat meat, and there are not-so-good Hindus who are vegetarians.
Oji en America e Europa miliones de persones es vejetalistes car los vole vive tra un tempo longa e es sana. Multes senti un obliga moral de evita la modo de pensa violente cual es levada par come la carne. On ave bon libros sur vejetalisme, como “Dieta per un America Nova” (“Diet for a New America”). On ave ance un bon jornal nomida “Tempos Vejetaliste” (“Vegetarian Times”).
Today in America and Europe millions of people are vegetarians because they want to live a long time and be healthy. Many feel a moral obligation to shun the mentality of violence to which meat-eating gives rise. There are good books on vegetarianism, such as Diet for a New America. There is also a fine magazine called Vegetarian Times.