Why Hinduism Champions Vegetarianism as an Support to Samadhi

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An in depth have a look at why the Hindu system of Yoga emphasizes a pure vegetarian or “sattvic food regimen”, as essential to the attainment of “Samadhi” or God-realization.

Whereas watching the video please be aware that the next phrases are synonymous, all of them imply the identical factor: Samadhi = God Realization = Self-Realization = Soul Realization.

Urged Additional Studying:
1. Swami Abhedananda’s speech on “Why a Hindu is a Vegetarian”
http://www.spiritualbee.com/media/why-a-hindu-is-a-vegetarian-by-swami-abhedananda.pdf

2. Swami Chinmayananda “On Vegetarianism”
http://www.chinmayamissiondelhi.org/articles/on_vegetarianism.pdf

3. “Apply of Brahmacharya” by Swami Sivananda
http://www.dlshq.org/obtain/brahmacharya.pdf

4. “Apply of Faith”, Full Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol 4.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_4/Lectures_and_Discourses/The_Practice_of_Religion

5. “Absolute & Manifestation”, Full Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol 2.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_2/Jnana-Yoga/The_Absolute_and_Manifestation

6. “Conversations And Dialogues”, Full Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol 7.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_7/Conversations_And_Dialogues/II

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IMAGE CREDITS
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Photos used on this presentation belong to the general public area. Many because of the next web sites for preserving these pictures:
1. Portray of Sita within the Ashram of Valmiki, courtesy LACMA.
http://collections.lacma.org/node/198498

2.Portray of sage receiving Choices from a girl, courtesy LACMA.
http://collections.lacma.org/node/238409

3. Mom Parvati worshipping Lord Shiva, courtesy LACMA.
http://collections.lacma.org/node/198422

4.Portray of Lord Krishna @ The British Museum
http://www.britishmuseum.org/analysis/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=266281&partId=1&folks=137804&peoA=137804-2-70&web page=1

5. Portray of Sage Valmiki composing Ramayana, courtesy Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiki#mediaviewer/File:Valmiki_Ramayana.jpg

6. Portray of Sage Narada visiting Rishi Valmiki, courtesy Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiki#mediaviewer/File:Narada_visits_Valmiki.jpg

7. Picture of galaxies current shortly after the Massive Bang, courtesy Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy#mediaviewer/File:NASA-HS201427a-HubbleUltraDeepField2014-20140603.jpg

8. Illustration of an Atom, courtesy Wikipedia
http://easy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom

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