Nowadays vegetarianism is growing very fast while on the other hand some people that once were vegetarian are now becoming carnivorous.
It may be surprising but both changes are due to awareness reasons.
But I would like to increase your awareness a little more, because the real problem is something else. A serious problem that you may think is different but is related with this topic.
The subject of vegetarianism is not very serious matter of consideration, because our religion does not force into it. A more serious matter for real consideration is about cow meat. It is not just scriptures talk about that, it is our belief. This is a matter of our human values.
Our values are such that we Hindus (Sanatan or the eternal) cannot eat beef (cow-meat). Therefore my main aim is not to encourage people towards vegetarianism, but to educate Hindu and Muslim to avoid cow and pig meat because your duty is, after defending your nation, protecting religion.
If you want to eat meat or fish you can eat them as much as you want!
That won't make it a religious problem. And yes, Hindus should not eat the meat of five fingers' animals like monkeys, dogs, etc. And we all know that Muslim can only eat halal meat.
But for Hindus it would be better, as much as possible, to try becoming more and more vegetarian.
I do not say that you must stop eating meat if a particular Hindu family has a culture/tradition of being non-vegetarian. You should decide what is right and what is wrong by yourself or with the consent of the family. In some Hindu families being carnivore is linked with their religion, because of the tradition of animal Bali (Qurbani) has not yet ended in Hinduism.
But people who are in a vegetarian family don't need to start eating meat!
Cows have a very special place in Hindu religion. We believe and respect cows as our mothers. Not only because of our religious text but also because cow's milk, dung and urine are very useful for us.
Because of our foreign friends, we have lots of products in our market (like gelatin) that are made from cow and pig. The fault is 100% our, because the markets is not hiding the gelatin content in products. We have closed your eyes, we never want to know. But the fact, that Hindus and Muslims do not know this reference to the Hindu and Muslims religion. Therefore we use products with animal gelatin.
Nowadays the use of gelatin has increased and is growing very fast. But the common people do not know that gelatin is made from cow/pig bones and skin.
Glycerin and Pepsin are also made from cow/pig fat. In fact glycerin is the name given to a component of fat or oil. Similarly, many chemicals are actually made from animal body parts.
You would be surprised to know that you can find animal products in some pure vegetarian ice-cream! Lots of soap on the market are also containing animal fat and some very popular soap are in the list!
Also some very popular toothpaste are made with glycerin and we now know what glycerin is maybe made of; Because indeed glycerin is just another form of gelatin. When you boil Cow and Pig bones/skin in water than you get on the water surface a layer of a gel-like substance called Gelatin and a substance called glycerin. The fist is in the upper layer while the second is in the lower layer.
However, glycerin can also be made by petroleum…
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