There are cuisines around the world where animals are eaten alive. You like to have an octopus, a living octopus on your plate, and then you take the octopus and you take it in.
You have to address the entire value system. You have to ask man: Who are you? What is it that you want, and how will you get it by slaughtering somebody else? And what if it is proven that that which you really want is being hindered, impeded, obstructed by your food habits?
Your food habits aren’t merely your food habits. Your food habit is your life habit. The way you eat is the way you live. If you are horrible with your food, then surely your life too is horrible. This has to be drawn home.
This article has been created by volunteers of the PrashantAdvait Foundation from transcriptions of sessions by Acharya Prashant
