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    Ahimsa means nonviolence and avoiding harming others. It is an important principle in Hinduism that extends to protecting animals from harm. The document discusses how animals experience fear and pain when slaughtered for food, and how eating meat that causes suffering goes against God's laws of nonviolence. It encourages following a vegetarian diet in order to avoid directly contributing to the cruel killing of animals just for one's taste buds. True ahimsa means putting others' welfare, including animals, before one's own desires.

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    Ahimsa means nonviolence and avoiding harming others. It is an important principle in Hinduism that extends to protecting animals from harm. The document discusses how animals experience fear and pain when slaughtered for food, and how eating meat that causes suffering goes against God's laws of nonviolence. It encourages following a vegetarian diet in order to avoid directly contributing to the cruel killing of animals just for one's taste buds. True ahimsa means putting others' welfare, including animals, before one's own desires.

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    Ahimsa means nonviolence and avoiding harming others. It is an important principle in Hinduism that extends to protecting animals from harm. The document discusses how animals experience fear and pain when slaughtered for food, and how eating meat that causes suffering goes against God's laws of nonviolence. It encourages following a vegetarian diet in order to avoid directly contributing to the cruel killing of animals just for one's taste buds. True ahimsa means putting others' welfare, including animals, before one's own desires.

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    Vegetarian - Ahimsa

    What is Ahimsa? Himsa means physical suffering, more so of physical suffering


    thru violence. Based on the western modern law, if one uses violence upon another
    human being and causes death be it via murder, manslaughter, homicide and such,
    they can be punished severely. Sometimes, the adage an eye for an eye will be used
    and one can end up being jailed or even sentenced to death for their wrongdoings. And
    this is based on human law. Now, what about God`s law? God is perfect. So his law can
    only be perfect. His law is based on Ahimsa which basically means the importance of
    Nonviolence, Dharma which is Righteousness, Prema that is Love and Shantam which
    is Peace.

    Ahimsa is the opposite of Himsa. Himsa as described earlier means cruelty or


    making other people suffer. Therefore it is of the utmost importance that one practices
    Ahimsa and not Himsa. Do not knowingly or unknowingly hurt anybody`s feelings, do
    not ever physically hurt anyone. You will definitely be punished by the laws of God
    because God is merciful and merciless when it is needed. In Hinduism or Sanatana
    Dharma, this Ahimsa concept is extended to protect the welfare of the animals to. This
    is due to the fact being, we can personally see them scream and cry with pain. For a
    case in point, if you accidently trod on a puppy’s paw or a cat’s tail, that puppy or cat will
    definitely scream out of pain. Now imagine the feeling of those animals that are
    slaughtered for their meat, skin, bones and ivories. Fear is a natural component within
    everyone and every being. How would you behave when somebody ties you up and
    leaves you helpless. Now imagine them sharpening the butcher’s knife in preparation to
    slicing your neck and carving your limbs out? Gory, Distasteful and downright heinous
    are the only feelings that can be summed up. Now, ask this question, is it worth having
    that dish of curry chicken and mutton chops that came out of such intense suffering of
    being cruelly slaughtered to satisfy our own wants?

    In this instance, let us analyse the situation. Our tongue is one of the indriyas
    which are modes of senses. It is a small piece of skin with taste buds and because of
    this small piece of flesh with taste buds; we are willing to be so cruel. Here is much
    reason as to why the ancient Rishis recommend vegetarian food. At least you do not get
    to see the vegetables suffer. Do not give the excuse that even plants suffer, since what
    you see is more important. God has given us two eyes to see, determine, analyse and
    decide. You have to determine how important is it to ensure that the food you put in
    your body does not come from cruel killings. You alone must conclude how essential it
    is the Lord’s law and His own preference in regards of meals to you. When you put
    others ahead of you in every manner, including in the foods you eat, you will definitely
    please the Lord. This is called the real Ahimsa.
    Only then can we begin the journey of AHIMSA PARAMO DHARMA which exemplifies
    Non Violence of the Highest Order which includes not harming both humans and
    animals in any way possible.

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