Indian Food- The Vegan Way!
Vegan Food Store
We as Indians have always been proud of our culture, our legacy, our values and the vibrant colors that our land offers. Three or four decades ago, we were also proud of our primary occupation being Agriculture. Well, that’s what was the most suited to a large country with the climate & population that we were blessed with. Most of the population believed and followed the Sattvic way of life. Our country then I would love to believe was more compassionate and more Vegan. Sattvic was a diet known to all and much more prevalent.
A sattvic diet, also referred to as a yoga diet or sentient diet, is a diet based on foods that—according to Ayurveda and Yoga, are strong in the sattva guna, and lead to clarity and upeksa (equanimity) of mind while also being beneficial to the body. Any food that causes harm to self or another organism is called tamasic and hence excluded from the Sattvic way.
Vegan food is the most closely that one can relate with a Sattvic diet. Here are the five main reasons why:
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Basic Ground: Those who make Vegan food their choice do so in order to not harm any life for their own needs. Sattvic food emphasized on no harm to the larger life. A Vegan store would have products that are lowest on negative energy or the tamasic vibes, and hence more Sattvic
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Science: All mammals have different lifespan and that also indicates the growth of organs and the overall evolution will be different. The hormones & the fat composition is most definitely different amongst all. Consuming animal fat whether in their meat or in milk is not good for the body. Human body is not designed to digest the hormones meant for the growth of an animal. Additionally, there is enough evidence and research about the carcinogenic properties of casein, the main protein found in milk. Vegan food therefore ensures compliance with the Sattvic way of no harm to our own body and that of other life.
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Shopping: Vegan stores are not found in India, however if one excludes honey, eggs, dairy products (such as ghee, milk, paneer, cheese, butter, curd etc.) and some other non-Indian foods (such as gelatin, custard etc.) out of any normal pansari or kirana shop in any locality can easily be classified as pretty much a Vegan Store. It is this simple for India to turn Vegan.
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Factory farming: Many wonder that dairy products have been integral part of Indian culture and our food, how does excluding that still stay Indian? Even Sattvic diet emphasized on having the milk from a happy cow. The greed in times today has left the natural happiness way behind and even the sacred cows are being used as machines to produce more. The love that Krishna showered on his herd and the belief the cattle had in his affection is not left the non-Vegan food any way Sattvic. Milk production is in fact harming the ecosystem and the cattle.
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Vriti: You are what you eat. Every life has emotions and to have a produce of a terrified or pained animal will have the traces of those emotions in the food when consumed. The vriti formed from the energy from such food is nowhere going to be positive.
The idea to be on a Vegan food journey or to make sure you shop more often at a Vegan store is to get closer to our own roots and go back to basics. Slowly choosing differently and eventually going back to the more peaceful Sattvic life.
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