When Hajrat Junaid was moving for Baghdad’s Qaaba (the holy piligrim ), he saw an injured dog on his
way. The dog was badly affected by some accident as it was not even able to move and was struggling
for life. At first stroke Hajrat thought to abandon it there, but very soon changed his thought and
decided to give aid to him. There was no source of water in the near vicinity, so he carried the dog
with him and after walking for miles, could find a well. Then, he cleaned its wounds by water and also
helped to drink water with the help of vessel made of his clothes ,provided he had only one pair of
that. When dog became conscious, Hajrat decided to move to Qaaba, suddenly an akashwani took
place,” You have saved the life of one of my creatures, so your Haj is already accepted. Now it’s your
will, whether you come or not……….”
The reason to describe this bold lettered anecdote (for sure, a real one) swirls exclusively around
humanity. I, often doubt whether god really listens to them who kill (directly or indirectly) animals just
to feed their stomach. Yes, turning to vegetarianism is the absolute need of the hour…
Adding to the point of humanity, I I believe there is no single religion in the world which allows any
form of violence or more precisely killing, it could only be allowed in the case of “self defence” (the only
justification behind the Mahabharata), so how could this mass killing be justified???
The Christ himself has written in the Bible, “Thou shall not kill”, which was wrongly interpreted as, “Thou
shall not murder”……as the term murder is associated with the humans only, whereas killing is more
generalized……
Sir Paul McCartney of Beatles said-
If slaughter houses would have glass walls, nobody in the world would be non-vegetarian…..
Human beings are the best example of opportunist, i.e. they mould each and every statement and
activity in their favor .e.g. every non vegetarian can publish a book regarding 1000 reasons- why you
should turn non vegetarian….
Few of those selfless reasons are-
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We are contributing towards balance of food cycle, as if we won’t kill these animals for their
flesh, they may be fatalist to the existence of entire mankind……
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We eat vegetables, or more precisely another form of living beings’ so even consuming them
would make you considerably paap ka bhagidar….
How could those people survive who reside along coastal areas, as their main food is sea
food……
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How could you sharpen your brain or increase your potency without consuming non vegetarian
food?
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Well, I am not claiming to convince all the flesh eaters, but I think that a simple logic and a meager dose
of humanity can satisfy the aforesaid queries…
Well, I think if one is really concerned about the Mother nature’s food chain balance ,they must
first look into the enormous amount of energy or water needed to produce 1 Kg of animal flesh,
in comparison to any type of grain, wouldn’t it create any kind of imbalance??
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We cannot consume anything which is non living being (except those, who consume things like
glass, wood, steel – for sake of some sort of record making), as far as spiritual perception is
considered- yes, it will be considered as a crime, but in comparison of animal killing-an infinitely
simile one; which can be regretted…
In this era of globalization, the popular items of regular use (vegetarian food items is certainly
one of them) could be found across the globe, only if you wish to do so…….and one more
question, are all the dwellers of plain areas consume strictly vegetarian food? Certainly,not so..
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Even if we look into the animal kingdom, the most powerful and sharp creatures lie in this cadre,
e.g. elephant, rhinoceros, horse.
Well, my concern is not to initiate the debate called vegetarians vs non-vegetarians (which I believe is
endless), I simply expect from all the philanthropic non-vegetarians to give a second thought to their
food habits.
