Namste
If it is your opinion that egg is meat is just fair. But the dead animals were a joke of yours I hope.
And as I just told that, it doesnīt mean, that I stand for it.
Kind regards
Arjunesh
AUM
I love animals, and I love chickens - they make me laugh with the noises they make and their pottering about. And yet, in the few years I have spent thinking myself a vegetarian, I did not think to avoid egg in ingredients. Now I will
Many have defined life as 'that which has consciousness / feeling'. So by that definition eggs are not alive, however, the do have the 'potential' for life - at least the fertilized ones. So to me, the debate is also weather non - fertilized eggs contribute to hatya / himsa and are therefore non-veg.
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egg is not veg. PERIOD.
and do not confuse Hinduism with vegetarian food. Shirdi Sai Baba, Ramakrishna, Bamdev, etc, etc are the great yogis and saints of India and they happily ate non-veg. Lord Krishna was a non-vegetarian and so was Ram. they were kings and went for hunting. what do you think happened to the animals they killed??
so don't confuse food habits with religion. PERIOD.
eat what your body supports and can digest. laws of nature built the food chains and the food chains must exist to keep balance in nature.
I think there's a misconception about eggs. For instance I've heard that in the ISKCON they consider eating eggs as cruelty to animals... maybe they think eating an egg means a chiken abortion, but this is not true, since the eggs whe buy for food are NOT FERTILIZED eggs.
So I think eating eggs is equivalent to eat milk products, since no animal death is involved in the process.
I agree with Ale84 here as I think there is a major misconception that an egg is akin to some sort of abortion, eggs are not fertilized they are a waste product which would end up rotting and in the bin if not eaten the same as any piece of fruit.
I learnt members of ISKCON have no problem eating honey however, what are other Hindus views? The reason I raise this for consideration is because taking honey is taking another living things food away from it, the honey bee keeps honey for food during the winter months when flowering plants are not in abundance. Generally speaking it is the excess honey which is taken, but it is still taken non the less. (This is applicable to colder climates such as in Europe, not too sure about other places.)
All this food for thought, mind the pun.
~ Om Namah Shivaya ~
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