Podcast details
Why should not we eat eggs?
A spiritual teacher addresses a visitor's question about the consumption of eggs.
"I have heard that Paramahaṁsa Yogānanda... said if you eat one egg, you cannot meditate properly for ten days."
"From the ethical point of view, you see, for the eggs, the hens have to suffer. They have to just sit in one small box, only producing eggs."
Swāmījī responds to a first-time visitor's query on why eggs are not eaten. He explains that eggs are considered non-vegetarian, impure life forms possessing tamas guṇa, and spoil quickly. He cites a traditional teaching about their effect on meditation and concludes with an ethical argument against the industrial production of eggs, describing the suffering of confined hens.
Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer seminar
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