Re: Tulasi Kanthi & Japa Mala
My decision to eventually give up eating meat of any kind: four-legged, poultry, seafood, was long in coming. I stopped this week, having taken what was in the refrigerator and put it in the freezer. Others can eat it if they wish. Smoking, alcohol, gambling ,etc. are not things I do anyway.
I think the only difficulty in going veg. is in stopping to think of what can and cannot be eaten, a learning process. It's not unlike today being Ekadasi. No grains, but potatoes are OK. But I won't get homefries from the cafeteria at work because they are fried in vegetable oil, which is soybean oil. You just have to stop and think. You may be hungry while you're learning what to eat and what not to eat, but isn't that part of the sacrifice?
I offered the kanthi mala to Lord Krishna, put it on and made my vow. I intend to uphold it. I feel Tulsidevi is watching over me, guiding me and reminding me of the vow I've taken: to dedicate myself to Lord Krishna in all possible ways.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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