Why Should We Be Vegetarian? (with Swami Kriyananda, direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda)

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ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA
In 1948 at the age of twenty-two, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda. Yogananda is best known for his spiritual classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi".
In his book he recalls his experiences growing up in India and his life in America. He writes of meeting the great spiritual master Babaji, and how Babaji reintroduced the life changing meditation technique of Kriya Yoga. He tells of his life with his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, of his guru Lahiri Lahiri Mahasaya, and his meeting with Anandamoy Ma.
He tells about his experience in cosmic consciousness (samadhi) and his trips to see many of the saints in India and his trip to the Kali temple.
Yogananda moved to America and developed the energization exercises and taught the meditation techniques of Hatha Yoga and especially Kriya Yoga.
He founded Self Realization Fellowship and spoke often of the need for world brotherhood colonies.
At Yogananda’s request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years. His talks, his music, and his many books have touched the lives of millions. An advocate of simple living and high thinking, his more than 150 books emphasize the need to live wisely by one’s own experience of life, and not by abstract theories or dogmas. A composer since 1964, Walters has written over 400 musical works. His music is inspiring, soothing, and uplifting. His books and teachings on spiritualizing nearly every field of human endeavor include business life, leadership, education, the arts, community, and science. He wrote extensive commentaries on the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, both based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. He taught meditation to thousands and has initiated many into the life changing technique of Kriya Yoga.
He is known as the “father of the intentional communities movement,” which began in the United States in the late 1960s, fulfilling Yogananda's dream. He founded the first of what are now 10 Ananda communities worldwide in 1967 near Nevada City, California.
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@DerekScottOHara Жыл бұрын

I agree. When I gave up meat, I took a huge step on my spiritual journey!

@ironcammandooo6061 Жыл бұрын

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@jshdhdyjfjdjfhfyyene731 Жыл бұрын

both work for one another

@77JAI Жыл бұрын

Eating caracasses? Dead bodies cooked and eaten

@lightjoybliss Жыл бұрын

Thanks for creating shorts of Swamiji, Master, Ananda kirtans, and more.

@AnandaWorldwide Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! :-)

@guhapooinpatarsan2853 Жыл бұрын

I just want to add that my late grandpa ( who used to be a near carnivore) had a burst appendix at age 65. He developed septicemia. After a couple of days in the hospital,he voluntarily discharged himself AGAINST Medical Advice and turned Vegetarian( he took unfertilised eggs occasionally though). He lived another 20 years and had the MOST DESIRED BY EVERYONE kind of Death. In the the Cardiac ward,aged 85, after being on the monitors,etc as his heart was failing,he still could joke and said" Ok,it's time for me to LEAVE!" and Passed Away!.

@ironcammandooo6061 Жыл бұрын

That's y biggest fools Sons and daughters of B........ and unhealthy persons with lots of diseases especially diabetics r vegetarians prove me wrong if u can crybabies 🤣😂

@ironcammandooo6061 Жыл бұрын

@des_pra Жыл бұрын

In india we have a tradition to keep a cow in every house hold, the cow that is like a family member would shed tears when a family person dies even when the body is not shown to the cow. They are that intelligent creatures, please dont eat them you stomach is not a graveyard.

@alpardo4124 Жыл бұрын

"Your stomach is not a graveyard" haha, hadn't heard that one before. You know what the meat eaters would say: well, the plants and fruits were alive weren't they? Anyway, another point to make is that all animals even without the poisonous adrenalin running through them are already vibrating at a lower rate than humans. But the bottom line about the acceptance or rejection of meat eating is that people who think of themselves as spiritually inclined will more readily accept veganism, but of course those not spiritually inclined will almost never accept giving up their meat.

@des_pra Жыл бұрын

@@alpardo4124 I agree, if you want ascend into the spiritual realm of gods then you must first purify yourself of any substance that is procured via sinful means. That why spritual education is a must in todays world!

@alpardo4124 Жыл бұрын

@@des_pra Yes, so true, all mankind's problems stem from his separation from God, and so every problem we have is a spiritual problem, and can only be solved by spiritual solutions. But one very essential part of our spiritual education involves knowing about the fallen angels who fell in the great rebellion, and also those who fell as the 'Watchers'. They were made to inhabit physical human bodies and work out their karma. Unfortunately the great majority of them continued their rebellion and today they hold positions of power and authority throughout the world. These are the real enemies of the people and must be routed out of their strongholds .

@brilliantbreak 15 күн бұрын

@@alpardo4124 Plants do not have nervous systems and pain receptors like animals do. 2. Even if they did, we would reduce suffering by eating plants because it takes many times more plants to feed animals, and then eat the animals, than to eat plants directly.

@alpardo4124 15 күн бұрын

@@brilliantbreak Yes, isn't it interesting to note that some people are advocating plant eating over meat for purely ecological reasons such as to save the environment. Most of them probably have little understanding of the spiritual reasons to do so.

@xiominanda2956 Жыл бұрын

When you raise your conciousness you see that everything is alive equality has right to live. Even vegetarian food comes from kiling of crops. But, Killing an animal for appetite when you cant create a life, especially all these animals are emotionally evolved seems cruel and unethical. If you can eat a cow you should be able to slaughter it yourself and be ok with eating a dog or a cat too. Plants do experience certain pain yet we can regrow them from same portion, seeds, from twigs, bottom part of a plant. You can literally regrow them so life continues in them. And there are sect in hindus they dont eat anything that come from killing a plant. Eg They eat vegetables like eggplant, okra, tundra, cucumber etcand leaf veg, fruits too. But wont eat potato, groundnut, sweet potato unless they're left to die naturally and harvested later. It's rare now. Still Hinduism says " don't eat for the pleasure, eat just to survive. We don't survive to eat, we eat just to survive so we shouldn't thrive on eating, dont focus on eating but it's a basic thing. Eat minimal and focus on your life". That's why Hinduism has so many fasting days in the name of Ekadashi, chaturdashi, Weekley one day fast, fast during full moon n during new moon, fasting during eclipse and during shiva ratri, fasting during every navami/panchami. If you fast all tense days you will only eat around 156+days out of 365 days😂. It was clear that hinduaim does says Eat less even its vegetarian food. Never call yoursef a foodie even if you are a vegetarian because even that comes from certain suffering to those lives. Thia is what I learned. So eating one meal a day and vegetarian diet is good.

@vayasaberlo8 Жыл бұрын

Wise words🎉

@manishakumari-it2me Жыл бұрын

Wow .... Great perspective 👍

@vani-uz9of Жыл бұрын

Agreed, it does effects our thinking process

@djdhasumusic1297 Жыл бұрын

Please stop eating meat. Don’t kill these innocent animals just for filling up your plate! There are other vegetarian options available. Animals are more evolved and experience emotions just like us!

@h.u.l.k.7072 Жыл бұрын

Animals are not more evolved than humans. Evolved animals incarnate as humans when "the time is right". EVERYTHING is Consciousness. There's nothing outside of It. Animals were designed as food for human at this level of Cosciousness (3D). From 4D upward, emotions are used as energy source. At Co-Creator level food is no longer in any of its forms (physical, emotional) needed because energy is all there is.

@moespaghetticonfetti5041 11 ай бұрын

@@h.u.l.k.7072I didn't agree with you. Animals are not meant for human consumption. They are living things that are spiritually connectioned to the divine.... just as human they have emotion and feelings. You think they want to get murder to be put on a plate for us to eat? Humans can live without eating meats. You said animals incarnate when the time is right, are you trying to say that you will it meat before they turn into human? If you constantly eat meat you will end up sick. Why would the divine give us something to get us sick if it's for human consumption. No one gets sick form eating fruits and vegetables.

@daimalishar6926 Жыл бұрын

blessings ❤️💝

@shanmugch3960 Жыл бұрын

Truth and Non violence is a great thing and deserves highest respect.

@sgmyamuna Жыл бұрын

Proud to be a vegetarian ❤❤

@jillnurse Жыл бұрын

Lamb, deer and all animals experience pain and fear. Not just pigs and cows.

@ranigovender3252 Жыл бұрын

He mentioned those 2 animals becos they are more evolved.

@dazzleyou5025 Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@AlexanderMatrix11111 Жыл бұрын

He didnt say "just pigs and cows" try again.

@Rakz108 Жыл бұрын

His so right I use to eat non veg food and it gave my body alot of trouble with health issues after reading the Bhagavad Gita and When I read it saying about the right food to eat I turn to vegetarian.

@fiorellatonini1871 Жыл бұрын

Swami💗

@yungfrogleg Жыл бұрын

Jai sri Ram❤

@jn8922 Жыл бұрын

I'm just looking at my cat who is sitting near me wanting my attention by putting her head on my hand and purring so happily... I couldn't eat her. The thought of killing her makes me feel sick. It's the love of all the pets I ever had, makes me a vegetarian. I can't ever see them as food.

@BharatCitizen Жыл бұрын

Good explanation

@DineshJayavasagan Жыл бұрын

Jai Guru 🙏

@eliminator2847 Жыл бұрын

Jai Shree Ram 🙏🏻♥️

@Musikmaker658 Жыл бұрын

That makes sense and it also implies that we don’t have to stop eating meat altogether but have to make a serious cut to the quantity of meat we consume so we can maybe create a more respectful offering where the animal agrees with the process and not a slaughter as we do now. I like eating meat but the reality of things is that I also don’t like to imagine the practices of mass produce. I’ve slaughtered animals with my family before and even before I accepted my spirituality I was always appalled by the screaming and squealing. Human or not your heart just hurts when you are next to it.

@gismosfinalform2031 Жыл бұрын

It's rare enough for a healthy human to find the silver lining in untimely death so to expect that much understanding from some critter is well... yeah. We can't negate or deny the quality of our actions but acknowledging that I think is a step in the right direction.

@vayasaberlo8 Жыл бұрын

Follow your heart ♥

@Tomharry910 Жыл бұрын

Very true indeed. Hari Om 🌺

@SrikantSahu999 11 ай бұрын

Radha ❤️🙏 Jai Gurudev paramhansa yogananda babaji 🙏 Jai Swami kriyanda Baba ji 🙏♥️

@8no1likeme-infinitestar65 Жыл бұрын

It's horribly sad what's being done to those poor animals 😢

@srijanasharma5825 Жыл бұрын

🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🕉🕉🕉

@jyotivyas9286 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Phillyphysi Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@taniaechegaray1034 Жыл бұрын

❤

@linneshwharparameswaran6147 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hinduism ❤

@rkselvan5155 Жыл бұрын

Very true guru 🙏

@namashivayanamashivaya9191 Жыл бұрын

🇮🇳 Hinduism is the only religion which preaches these science. Bhagavathgita n Vedas are advanced science book which say God particle multiple big bang infinite universe evolutionary theory... the science how men n universe came into being.. The science in Vedas n Bhagavathgita are taught in schools colleges n universities. .

@rebeccablossom9823 Жыл бұрын

🥺❤️💐🙇🏼‍♀️🙏🏻

@bhupenbaruah9802 Жыл бұрын

👣🌼🌺🌸🙏

@AlwaysAnnaiah Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@venkateshnaik2888 Жыл бұрын

Correct Sir

@milasana6165 Жыл бұрын

🙏

@joshuacromley7439 Жыл бұрын

This says little of wild-game. We aren't meant to farm animals. "As above, so below." By farming animals, we ourselves become farmed.

@vayasaberlo8 Жыл бұрын

It helps the animals for certain!🎉

@sunitasharma2617 Жыл бұрын

🙏🌺

@bhanuprakashmeditator Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@sanjayraut5423 Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

@roadsidemechanic4753 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽❤️

@deepakbhatia2930 Жыл бұрын

💯🙏

@bibhutibhusan9587 Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@coreymiller7570 Жыл бұрын

Not just meat but dairy bc the dairy industry is the meat industry. Go vegan go for your health, the animals, and the ecosystem of The planet.

@waltershumer4211 Жыл бұрын

What is best in Life? "To see your enemies drive before you! and to hear the lamentation of the women!" -Conan the vedic Aryan

@maaransezhiyan 8 ай бұрын

I became fully vegetarian Not gonna hurt any living species here after 🤍 30 days Im a successful vegetarian And it will just continue forever

@peggyscott2180 Жыл бұрын

He's right. They release cortisol. My grandfather's pigs would squeel and run to the back of the pin to avoid being shot. My grandmother was evil, died at an early age eating all that pork.

@Dr.Farhad Жыл бұрын

Very very true!

@christopherneufelt8971 Жыл бұрын

And back in the kitchen 3AM, the mac with cheese is waiting for the early daily ritual, hidden from the eyes of the untouchables and plebs.

@AlexanderMatrix11111 Жыл бұрын

I think its you projecting your junk food craving

@christopherneufelt8971 Жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderMatrix11111 I think if the gurus kept the promise to be what they preach to be, we would be in a better world. You either live with your principles or your deficits. Speaking now about this mac and cheese, I still prefer some red meat with some bread.

@AlexanderMatrix11111 Жыл бұрын

@@christopherneufelt8971 Thats your problem.

@jaikishore7184 Жыл бұрын

Sir I believe that not only animals even plants and vegetables also have life..n even vegetables also cry for their life's but the only thing is they don't make noise..lol

@sgmyamuna Жыл бұрын

But, the nervous system Between plants and animals are different

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

so u are comparing plucking a fruit from a tree and butchering an animal... imagine both the seen in your mind ... u will see the difference.... plants do not have much consciousness... but when u see animals ... they are evolved and feel a lot of emotions that we humans feel....

@jaikishore7184 11 ай бұрын

@@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub when u stop watering a plant for 1 or 2 days u I'll notice the difference..after seeing the plant going low u just water it again u see the plant stands straight again within few mins..so aren't they conscious..sir..lol

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

@@jaikishore7184 yes they are concious... But the level of consciousness is very very low... Plants do not have pain receptors whereas animals do have pain receptors.... Please read the animal body and plant body you will see the difference..... Common man ....

@Servant_of_lord_madhav 10 ай бұрын

@@jaikishore7184There is a difference between consciousness and feeling pain. Consciousness is the defining feature of every living organism, even bacterias as conscious! It means the ability to sense and respond to the environment Plants don't have a neural system, they don't feel pain, they don't have power to think. They need a developed neural system to think or feel any sensation Nervous system is found in animals only, not in any other organism.

@jackieclark3703 Жыл бұрын

Temple Grandin

@rebeccablossom9823 11 ай бұрын

I’m a vegetarian sir my husband and son eat flesh and it’s hard. I don’t like to prepare it.

@nw3877 Жыл бұрын

Sattvic foods include Milk but not Eggs and Meat. But it's true, Milk nowadays comes from unethical dairy farms. Milk in itself won't be bad

@jaynathan7394 Жыл бұрын

Plants are also innocent

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

bro so u are comparing plucking fruits and vegetables with butchering an animal... imagine both the seen in your mind you will get the answer....in plants the consciousness is very low... but animals feel a lot of emotions... Stop lying to yourself... you don't want to leave nonveg because you are tied by your tongue.... try to control you will feel the difference.

@patg3331 Жыл бұрын

Imma have some cattle for dinner tonight. Yum

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

your comment tells how some people are so emotionless and ruthless... who don't want to understand anything... and are the servents of their tongue.... try controlling it you will feel the difference

@brilliantbreak 15 күн бұрын

ur so alarmed. you meat eaters cry when someone teaches you!! so much ego

@andreafelton689 3 ай бұрын

But lots of food is created with bad vibes too...cows milk, etc

@guhapooinpatarsan2853 Жыл бұрын

I am an Eggless Vegetarian( not Vegan) may for over 40 plus years of my life. I have personally seen vegetarian people who are " Kind to Animals but CRUEL to Humans!). SomS

@DiegoAlonsoOM Жыл бұрын

How can consciousness be affected if it's unchanging and ONE? 🤔

@AnandaWorldwide Жыл бұрын

Tthank you, Diego! There are lot's of different levels of consciousness. He's talking about our conscious and subconscious states which can be easily influenced by outside factors, including diet. Blessings!

@akhilbs9625 Жыл бұрын

To witness the unchanging consciousness it requires some subtle elements to be invoked

@hgf44876 10 ай бұрын

Its good to raise and kill animals. Animals enjoy life and by farming them they get ti experience that joy. Killing an animal doesn't undo oe neutralise the benefit that their existence brought to reality/divinity. Killing animals is only wrong if you truly believe that death is real. If you believe that then you shouldn't eat meat. If you believe that life can bit be destroyed then farming animal ia not only ok, it's a service. Now, thw way we care fir animals whilst theyre alive is another matter.

@nitharsanam630 Жыл бұрын

Some how this is correct, but don't plants have feelings?

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

so you are comparing plucking fruits from a tree and butchering an animal.... imagine both the seen in your mind and you will feel the difference.... in plants the consciousness is very low.. but animals have High consciousness and feel a lot of emotions... you are right now controlled by your tongue.... tongue should not control you... you should control your tongue

@19683 Жыл бұрын

milk is not a vegetable

@shawnastone Жыл бұрын

Rev 4.7 Rahab Hindu native American ahimsa vegan

@ankitruparel1895 Жыл бұрын

Go vegan dear friends

@cakunjanshahkandivalimumba4835 Жыл бұрын

right. n plants r not so evolved..so don't say stop eating plants.

@bhavyawadhwa1 Жыл бұрын

You are comparing plants to animals?? Seriously ? Plants don't have that evolved system to register pain at a level compared to animals.

@namashivayanamashivaya9191 Жыл бұрын

😅.. Plants don't have brain n central nerve system 😅

@cakunjanshahkandivalimumba4835 Жыл бұрын

@@bhavyawadhwa1 agreed

@ingeheidecker6282 Жыл бұрын

@@bhavyawadhwa1 Doch haben sie... Kräuter z. B. freuen sich wenn man sie nutzt und Bäume haben Angst und Schmerzen wenn man sie fällt.

@bhavyawadhwa1 Жыл бұрын

@@ingeheidecker6282 Das habe ich eigentlich gesagt....Pflanzen haben zwar Gefühle, aber im Vergleich zu Tieren oder Menschen sind sie fast vernachlässigbar.

@peacemode4107 Жыл бұрын

We ate halal meat

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

be it halal or whatever... u r still killing it... animals have very High consciousness.... they feel everything... try controlling your tongue you will see the difference in your life

@kyek9 Жыл бұрын

Nope

@zifas123Z Жыл бұрын

Yes and no. He should see wen real Muslim say besm Allah thing change the animal just enter in peace

@bharathreddy9337 Жыл бұрын

As though the plants or vegetables do not have life and expressions.

@ShikhaJaiswal-uf2ub 11 ай бұрын

so you are comparing plucking fruits and vegetables and butchering an animal... imagine both the seen in your mind and you will feel the difference... plants have very low consciousness... but animals have very higher consciousness.... they feel emotions at higher level... right now you are the servent of your tongue.... try to be the owner and control your tongue.. .. try you will feel the difference

@axeljohansson6050 Жыл бұрын

Show me a scientific paper and I’ll listen

@namashivayanamashivaya9191 Жыл бұрын

Why scientific paper... When you drag an animal to kill it will shout yell jump shed tears tremble n try to escape you.. This is simple common sense..

@AlexanderMatrix11111 Жыл бұрын

No one has to show you anything.

@John-qp4cb 10 ай бұрын

God wouldn’t have given me canine teeth if he didn’t want me eating meat.

@AnandaWorldwide 10 ай бұрын

Actually we don't have canine teeth like meat eating animals.

@John-qp4cb 10 ай бұрын

@@AnandaWorldwide you must know nothing about biology. Vegetarians are weaker, smaller and unhealthy individuals. We are omnivores and eat meat and vegetables and fruit

@brilliantbreak 15 күн бұрын

@@John-qp4cb humans were more like animals before. they would eat raw living beings. But when their minds evolved they became aware. They started to interpret feeelings. They realized that killing animals to live is not right for humans. So, the 4 canine teeth you have are due to our animal-like ancestors. And Vegetarians live longer than primitve meat eaters!!

@klauspatzac3176 11 ай бұрын

Vegetables also dont Like to get slaughzerd

@JaySriRam-mj3fh Жыл бұрын

Stop non veg by law.

@Alex722 Жыл бұрын

Not a sane way.

@JaySriRam-mj3fh Жыл бұрын

@@Alex722 No Alex. Christians kill birds and animals for food, taste and appetite by giving minimum pain to them. Muslims do the same by giving most pain most cruel way as per un holy book. Hindu holy books say God resides in birds and animals. They have equal right to live full life on earth. I think if stomach of humans get filled up by vegan food he/she must eat only vegan food. Rather they should try ensure that every human on earth is getting good vegan food everyday in sufficient quantity. Which is very possible in these days thanks to saintly inventors whose inventions brought humans to today's level.