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realize during meditations should enable us to implement this commandment more easily.
Food habits in day-to-day life
It is absolutely necessary that the food we take should be of the sattvic type and there may not be any exception to this in the name of work etc.
13. I still eat chicken/fish when I get a chance. Not that I crave for them, but can't deny either when there is opportunity. Also during office gatherings, I join them for beer! I don't know how to control
I lived with a native American (a Jew) long back in 1970s. He and his wife lived with their son and daughter. He had a house near Cleveland in over 300 acres of land. He never ate meat or any non vegetarian food nor his family members. He did not take any intoxicants and that included Coffee. He was unhappy that I take Coffee and wanted that I try instead Sanka (a decaffeinated drink). He avoided even milk saying it is non vegetarian. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY THING TO DO WITH THIS SYSTEM OF PAM YOU MUST STOP YOUR NON VEGET ARIAN FOOD AND TAKING ALCOHOL
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