Comments on: Sin and Eating Meat

By: Gabriela Ferrusquia

Gabriela Ferrusquia — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:57:24 +0000

Hola Dr Deepak Chopra. Me gustaria saber qué piensa sobre los Andromedanos de Alex Collier, gracias.

By: john of england

john of england — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:15:32 +0000

intent,,,,,everything comes down to intent,,,,you intend to nurish your vessil that surrounds your spirit,,,thats a good intent,,,to kill 3 rabbits and only eat one,,,and to leave the other two to rot,is not very careing,,,,we are the rabbits we are the plants we are everything,,,,we are unighting ourselves,,,fear is separation,disrespect,doubt love yourself and eat with thanks

By: kshipra

kshipra — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:34:59 +0000

First of all good and bad are relative.Imagine you are left on planet earth with no veg food ,no plants nothing and left with only animals you have no other option but to kill them to survive you will definitely shed your inhibitions to survive.So I think nothing is forbidden if you living from the soul level…but compassion will naturally flow when your perceiving every lifeform as your own extension….There is a pratice in India to pray before you have your food just to be grateful to plants because of which we survive…everything under the sun including sun are offered prayers…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:07:53 +0000

I agree with Anurag. Having equal reverence toward all of life is the key. Eating meat without that deep appreciation for the being you are eating is unhealthy just as eating rice with the idea that it is not a living being or is of some lesser form of consciousness is also unhealthy. All bodies are of the same stuff. The industries of mass production beef, pork, & poultry have all lost this reverence yet the judgement, anger, & hatred that I see being expressed by so many vegans has also lost it’s reverence.

By: anurag

anurag — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:46:17 +0000

i think, all life forms are the expressions of the same cosmic intelligence and so life and death have no meaning per se. its a self sustaining earth and so all living beings exist by feeding on each other. after all its all a permutation and combination of molecules at the micro level. but still, its the feeling with which we eat meat which matters probably. thats because we humans have a gift of awareness towards the universe. therefore, if we can thank the animal in our heart whose meat is lying in front of us and eat the meat with a feeling of humbleness and gratitude, then it should not matter. hope deepak shares his views here.

By: Zab

Zab — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:14:27 +0000

Meat is murder, misery, pain and suffering. If you want peace in the world stop participating in this cruelty. Animals are our friends! Deepak can you please repost your reply to this question? I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:25:04 +0000

Being vegan/vegetarian is not a prerequisite to spiritual enlightenment. The Dalai Lama eats meat and he’s far more enlightened than any of the Vegan’s I’ve known. Eating more vegan based is certainly a healthier approach to living yet the idea that eating meat is a sin is simply wrong.

By: kshatriya

kshatriya — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:13:35 +0000

Looking at Your Plate

This plate of food,
so fragrant and appetizing,
also contains much suffering. -Thich Nhat Hanh

‘If we want to decrease our suffering and the suffering of others, then we have to wake up to our own potential.’ -Dr. Chopra

Beyond karma….

By: Marina

Marina — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:40:45 +0000

Veganism came to me naturally like Stephany said when i started meditating and living more spiritual life, it feels very natural ans there are no contradictive thoughts. Maybe if you are bothered so much with politics of it, you are not ready yet?

By: Salomão

Salomão — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:45:01 +0000

Instead of manipulating your choice…Allow the truth to reveal itself. You will find ‘The Natural Intention’.

Shalom*

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:59:07 +0000

I can’t comment cause there is no answer to comment on. Something must’ve gotten screwed up in the answer-submit process.

By: Stephane

Stephane — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:29:21 +0000

Hi!

I think Mr Chopra’s answer sums it all. I’ve asked myself the same questions in the past. I realized that becoming a vegan isn’t something you do because you can objectively prove that eating meat is bad (good and bad are subjective concepts).

I simply think that when you develop greater empathy, compassion and love toward all life, and when you realize that everything is ONE at the most fundamental level of reality, becoming a vegan is something that comes almost naturally.

As for not eating plants, I’m pretty sure that not all life forms can feel pain or stress the same way we do. I thus think that it is the degree of consciousness that really matters when trying to determine what you’re willing to eat or not. 🙂