Non-Violence
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Does Eating Meat Lead to a Birth in Hell?
Questioner: It is said that by eating non-vegetarian food,
one is born in hell.
Dadashri: That is absolutely true. Why must you slaughter
animals when there are plenty of other edible things? Do you think
that the chicken does not suffer when it is being slaughtered? What
about the chickens’ parents? Do they not suffer also? What would
you do if someone ate your children? A meat-eater does not even
think about all this. It is nothing but primitive animalistic behavior;
a state of thoughtlessness. We as humans are supposed to be
thinking beings. Just one day of eating meat can destroy the
human mind and turn it into a bestial one. If you want to keep
your mind clear, you must stop eating all non-vegetarian food,
including eggs.
In eating meat, you are taking on the liability for the taking
of a life, but even greater liability is incurred from the increasing
veils shrouding your Soul. There is a liability for the taking of a
life, but it falls primarily on the person involved in the meat business
i.e. the butcher, the owner of the slaughterhouse etc. The consumer
of meat is accountable to a lesser degree, but by eating meat, his
internal awareness is diminished, and it compromises his ‘grasping
power’, which in turn becomes an obstruction to his ability to
comprehend this Gnan.
One’s Life-Form is Dependent on One’s Karmic
Account
Questioner: Can a himsak (violent) person be conceived
in the womb of an ahimsak (non-violent) mother and vice-versa?
Dadashri: Yes, quite easily! You can be non-violent in this
life and be violent in your next life. If you are born to parents who
are violent, the environment around you will make you violent.
Questioner: Why is that?