VEGETARIANISM-- FLESH-LESS LIFE
Tejinder
Narang
What
is to be inferred from “flesh”? It is
the bondage to (the prison house of) body. Man’s core and crux is flesh, his
conception is by flesh, formed and framed in flesh itself. All his “give and
take”, “pleasures and sufferings” are with bodies of flesh. To be free from bodily limitations, he must
cut himself from the flesh. That is feasible only, if he is under no compulsion
to reincarnate himself in ‘tissues of flesh’ in future. Then his relationship
with flesh ceases. Cycle of transmigration is not applicable then.
The
prohibition on food of flesh is self-imposed by salvation seekers, who are
aware of the purpose of human life and wish to pursue path of mysticism. If one
feeds oneself on flesh, he establishes an intense and intimate relationship
with the flesh that he digests. He therefore continues to be in the cycle of
flesh and bodies. Mirdad, the mystic says, “To feed on Death is to become food
for Death. To live by other’s pain is to become a prey for pain. So has decreed
the Omniwill”.
Whether
the feed is of flesh or of vegetation, the same karmic principle applies except
that ‘debt of death’ of vegetarian diet is very minimal and can be settled by
prayer and meditation. Aspirant of “Mukti”, willingly abandon ingestion of food of
flesh in compliance with the teachings of their God Masters so that they owe
least “Debt to Death”. Says Mirdad, this
life of flesh then becomes a ‘bridge to the fleshless life.
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