Learning to cook is fundamental to understanding life, health, and self-care. You should cook for yourself to know what you eat. Begin your day with prayer, yoga, and meditation, then prepare your breakfast. When others cook, you do not know what goes into your food. A mother cooks with the most love, then a wife, though a husband cannot cook with the same depth. If a wife is upset, her emotions can enter the food, so one should cook while chanting or singing. Eating fresh, homemade food nourishes your body, mind, and spirit. Eat consciously with thankfulness. Human greed causes diseases like bird flu and suffering in factory farming. Animals feel pain; taking a life is a great sin. Non-violence is the highest principle. Do not be a slave to taste. Vegetarianism is an ethical, health, and environmental imperative. The torture in animal transport is horrific; if you consume, you support this. As a human with intellect, you can choose compassion. Learn to cook fresh food with love. If you do nothing else, promote vegetarianism to alleviate suffering.
"Therefore it is said, ahiṃsā paramo dharma—non-violence is the highest principle."
"Eat the vegetables, fruits, nuts, honey, and milk grown in the field; you will be healthy."
Filming location: Melbourne, Australia