SHOULD I LEAVE NON-VEGETARIAN TO ADVANCE IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

Question asked : I am leaving non-vegetarian to advance in Krishna Consciousness but I am afraid that my pledge might break accidentally. What mantra should I chant to keep my pledge secure?

To advance in Krishna Consciousness becoming a vegetarian and leaving all non-vegetarian is not the basic step to start with according to me and my understanding.

When one is very fond of non-vegetarian food and suddenly forced to convert to vegetarian because of his spiritual following then he / she will not make much progress and his food habit will become his own barrier in his spiritual progress.

Let the understanding of not eating non-vegetarian food come from his inside ( soul ). The moment he / she hear the call they will immediately stop eating non-vegetarian food.

They will even not have watery mouth when they see non-veg food or when they sit in with friends in hotel and someone in front of him / her eating non-veg will not affect them at all.

I am myself is an example being a vegetarian for last 35 years.

I herd a call from inside that when I can not give life to anyone then I do not have right to take life of anyone for the sake of taste, which remains on the tongue for a minutes and taste is then imprinted in the brain.

SO FOR A MINUTE OF ENJOYMENT / EXPERIENCE ( TASTE ) ON MY TONGUE I HAVE NO RIGHT TO KILL SOMETHING IF I DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO GIVE THE LIFE BACK.

This thought turned me into a complete vegetarian in split of second.

The same is applicable for the native in question.

But this kind of thought doesn’t come all of a sudden if one is not following some path.

The native need to keep his focus understanding Lord Krishna and in the process of understanding he will himself develop himself to receive a call and that call will make a transformation in the understanding and then leaving non-veg will be matter very very easy and one will never ever dream for it again in life.

Because understanding Lord Krishna has enlightened the consciousness and thus one will no longer have the attachment for non veg.

ONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ADVANCEMENT IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IS A PROCESS OF ATTACHMENT WITH THE KRISHNA ( KNOWLEDGE ) AND DETACHMENT FROM THE LUST AND UNWANTED REQUIREMENTS OF LIFE.

One will experience lighter and more lighter as one progress in the path of KRISHAN CONSCIOUSNESS.

And the journey goes on . . . . . .

Jai Shree Krishna Jai Shree Krishna Jai Shree Krishna . . . .