Unfortunately it fails to address the point that the most greenest lifestyle is that of the hunter gatherer. Farming has caused untold damage to our environment!!
This I find the longest discussion without any conclusion.
We must accept the conclsive decision from a Quote from Gurbanee as
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਨਿੰਮਿਆ ਮਾਸੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ॥ ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇ ਮਾਸੁ ਮੁਹਿ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਡੁ ਚੰਮੁ ਤਨੁ ਮਾਸੁ ॥ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਕਢਿਆ ਮੰਮਾ ਮਾਸੁ ਗਿਰਾਸੁ ॥ ਮੁਹੁ ਮਾਸੈ ਕਾ ਜੀਭ ਮਾਸੈ ਕੀ ਮਾਸੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਾਸੁ ॥ ਵਡਾ ਹੋਆ ਵੀਆਹਿਆ ਘਰਿ ਲੈ ਆਇਆ ਮਾਸੁ ॥ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਹੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਮਾਸਹੁ ਸਭੋ ਸਾਕੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਐ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬੁਝੀਐ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਆਵੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥ ਆਪਿ ਛੁਟੇ ਨਹ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਚਨਿ ਬਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੧॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 1289}
It seems to be very pertinent to understand the message of last two lines
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਐ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਬੁਝੀਐ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਆਵੈ ਰਾਸਿ ॥ ਆਪਿ ਛੁਟੇ ਨਹ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਚਨਿ ਬਿਣਾਸੁ ॥੧॥ {ਪੰਨਾ 1289}
and in response to this context we come to know next that ---- those are foolish who
discuss on flesh..flesh..
So this is a topic which is ever going to be inconclusive .In fact Guru ji is telling us
not to discuss such an issue.
This is my personal understanding .
Prakash.s.Bagga
In fact Guru ji is telling us not to discuss such an issue.
The only judgement that should be given to foods is their nutritional value.
If we started viewing and treating foods as 'fuels' for our body, as that is what they are! Then we wouldn't have problems that we are faced with.
Non-nutritional classifications are of no value or benefit to anyone except the ones that impose them.
well said. hypocrisy can vanish with introspection. A sikh who trims is a patit. How about a sikh who is not honest minimum at finances. Is he not Patit? In improving ourselves, let Gurbani be the reference but let us also appreciate the good things told even before Sikhism evolved. ( May 11,2013)
The only judgement that should be given to foods is their nutritional value.
If we started viewing and treating foods as 'fuels' for our body, as that is what they are! Then we wouldn't have problems that we are faced with.
Non-nutritional classifications are of no value or benefit to anyone except the ones that impose them.
"The only judgement that should be given to foods is their nutritional value."
Where is the place then for mercy? Is this not perhaps also part of the judgement of saintly ones?
Are we to disregard the cries of panic and pain? I guess they're just low animals, incapable of really percieving fear and suffering. I remember that in WWII and also Vietnam, people were actively compelled not to be taken in by apparent 'human' expressions from the Asian enemies; they didn't really have the capacity to genuinely suffer, as they might appear to.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by how its animals are treated" -Gandhi
Has Waheguru not been merciful to us? Time and again? Should we not also try to extend this blessing to others?