“When the mind’s activities are perfectly at rest the Atman (soul) manifests itself.”
– Swami Vivekananda
One of the defining features of India that sets it apart from all other nations of the world, is that for thousands of years, a large majority of its people have been vegetarian.
But why was this so?
In this video we examine 2 extraordinary spiritual reasons why the Hindu system of Yoga lays so much emphasis on having a pure vegetarian diet.
Additionally the video also details why the Rishis of India have advocated a pure vegetarian or “sattvic diet” as being a crucial factor in the attainment of God-realization or Samadhi.
While watching the video please note that the following terms are synonymous, they all mean the same thing:
Samadhi = God Realization = Self-Realization = Soul Realization.