[Advaita-l] Advaitic Foods

Krunal Makwana makwanakb at googlemail.com
Wed Dec 15 07:37:01 CST 2010


Jai Sri Krsna

Namaste Venkateshji,

> Southerners are more orthodox undoubtedly.

>From where do you get your evidence? I agree that the ritualistic and
practical aspect differs between north and south but to say South is more
orthodox is wrong.

North are mainly influenced by Vaishnava philosophy and hence our social and
ethical values are used from there.

If you're going to make bold claims like that please base it on factual
evidence rather than hear-say, as it does cause offence!

Kind regards,

Krunal

On 15 December 2010 12:57, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The reference to stale food is directly found in Baudhayana Dharma
> Sutra 1 1.2 3 about peculiar customs in South India.
>
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe14/sbe1435.htm
>
> I observe the practice of eating left over stale food after big
> festivals is there in many ladies of respectable families.  If costly
> food like sweets is prepared in festival they will eat it even a day
> or two after. In Deepavali people eat sweets and other dishes for many
> days. This is in North also. Why Baudhayana says only Southerners do
> it?
>
> I observed marrying paternal aunt's daughter or maternal uncle's
> daughter also recently. This is acceptable in many places and not
> wrong also. But Northerners make fun of this. Southerners are more
> orthodox undoubtedly.
>
> Eating meals with wife is probably not a bad custom. Why Baudhayana
> says it is only in South India?
>
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
> <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <<<  Why Dharma allow even females to eat Tamasika food like
> > stale food but not males?  >>>
> >
> > Will you like to give reference please?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
> >
> > --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Advaita-l] Advaitic Foods
> > To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 4:38 AM
> >
> > I experience good concentration on Advaita topics after eating
> > Sattvika foods like milk and fruits, nuts so on. Just wanted to know
> > if other members experience such a thing.  Rajasika foods like fried
> > things, hotel food are bad for Advaitic thoughts. Eating food cooked
> > by unknown persons is very bad.
> >
> > Question- Why Dharma allow even females to eat Tamasika food like
> > stale food but not males?
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > -Venkatesh
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