why is non vegetarian food not allowed as lord Shiva himself in olden days had eaten that food?

Answer 1

Shiva resided in Mount Kailash, with snow all around. He just wore a piece of rug around him. Not the forget the snake. Why give his example while talking about veg and non-veg when you can't follow all the other things he did?

There's nothing like non-veg is not allowed. But if we don't control it, we would finish off few species for delicacies and disturb the balance of the whole natural environment. So let veggies be veggies and let non-veggies be non-veggies. No restrictions.

All the best...

:-)

Answer 2

Bhai Shah Baaz Paktoon,
God Bless You!

I am glad to know that you have started learning about Hindu Bhagwaans.

First point is that there is no such thing as "Not Allowed" among Indian philosophy. Indian traditions trust and respect the human wisdom and do not force them to close their eyes for opinions or traditions which are different from their own community or tribe. For example, Hinduism does not say, "Read this book or get killed" or "Follow this prophet or rot in hell". The invading barbarians kept razing temples but Indians accepted foreigners as equally respectable human beings and allowed them to practice their own ways. That is why there are more muslims in India than entire Arab region.

Now second point, Lord Shiva doesn't need to eat anything. The devotees present the flowers, leaves and fruits before the lord out of respect and not because the lord needs to eat any of these.

Lord Shiva drank the poison. He loves Bel fruit and Dhatura. All these are vegetables. Lord Shiva is the image of innocence. None of his statues, pictures or scriptural description mentions about him as a meat eater.

I hope that your doubts are clear now. Please feel free to ask questions as they are welcomed in Indian tradition unlike many foreign ones.

Om Shanti (Peace be everywhere)

Answer 3

It is often suggested by Hindu teachers that one adopt a vegetarian diet for two reasons 1) for karmic reasons and 2) for one's health and meditation. The taking of life of an animal is said to gather more karma than the taking of the life of a plant. Thus being a vegetarian means that the karmic consequences for your actions are less and so the teachers often suggest a vegetarian diet. The vegetarian diet also tends to be healthier and often the foods are often relaxing for people who meditate. Thus Hindu teachers often recommend or suggest a vegetarian diet. However as many, many, many, many Hindu teachers have repeatedly told me "it is up to you to test the foods you eat and to determine how they effect your meditation practices, temperment, and so on. What has an ill effect upon you avoid and what is helpful eat more of. Whether you become vegetarian is entirely up to you." I think that's sound advice (and surprisingly it really does get you to stop and pay attention to the foods you eat more...something most of us don't usually do day to day...unless they make us extremely ill).

Great question!

Peace be with you.

Answer 4

Any one reading this should not make his opinion , as this is mostly one sided views coz generally religious people do not eat meat as per their so called sanskar So the majority of people visiting here are religious and vegetation and we are exploring the past but our general believing comes in our way and diverts us before coming to any logical research.
i am a Hindu and i am a Non Vegetarian..
for some eating non-veg is paap, for some eating non-veg on Tuesdays is only paap, for some eating onion n garlic is paap n it goes on
What about devotees of Kali
We say god is one then we have different rules in every state
i have been to Bali in Indonesia n i have seen people follow Ganesha n use non- veg as prashad ,people living in bali were hindu n few centuries back muslims were dominating them n now we see a mix culture..
Does god have different rule books as per our believes????

Answer 5

Lord Shiva is called as Bhutanatha - Lord of the the bhutas, pretas, pisacas etc... Lord Siva is so merciful that he gives mercy to all these ghostly creatures whom nobody would dare to associate with. Lord Siva by giving his association to them tries to elevate them higher consciousness and ultimately liberate them from the horrible conditions they are put in to.
These lowly creatures eat the non-vegetarian food, but not Lord SIva. In another sense Lord Siva is Lord Vishnu himself as per the statement of Lord Brahma in the Brahma Samhita (5.45), “‘Milk changes into yogurt when mixed with a yogurt culture, but actually it is constitutionally nothing but milk. Similarly, Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, assumes the form of Lord Siva [Sambhu] for the special purpose of material transactions. I offer my obeisances at His lotus feet.’

Lord Siva is called as the topmost Vaishnava as per the statement below
nimna-ganam yatha ganga
devanam acyuto yatha
vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh
purananam idam tatha , "Just as the Ganga is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities and Lord Sambhu [Siva] the greatest of Vaisnavas, so Srimad Bhagavatam is the greatest of all Puranas.

So, Lord Siva being the topmost Vaishnava follows the statement of Lord Sri Krishna or Vishnu mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (9.26), "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it."

Answer 6

I probably shouldn't eat meat but I like a nice piece of barbecued rainbow trout, a salmon burger, some sauteed shrimp and crab legs once in a while.

Answer 7

Religion and logic are two different subjects, you should not confuse the two. Science is the child of logic and has made ur life better. Religion has always made humans more savage.

Answer 8

well,

if lord Shiva jumped off of a bridge would you?

Answer 9

please donot compare mortals to the ways of shiva.they can do what he did by drinking the the most deadly poison or by recieving the mighty river ganges on his head or by possessing the third eye or by the performance of the supreme dance the TANDAVA DANCE.