36764018 Onion and Garlic Facts

7/30/2019 36764018 Onion and Garlic Facts

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/36764018-onion-and-garlic-facts 1/23

This presentation isprepared not to quarrel orargue with people who saythat garlic has medicinaleffects or may be good forthe body, but to help themunderstand that we shouldnever accept foodstuffs thatare harmful for the mind.

Everyone of us know how tempting a foodstuff preparedusing onion or garlic could be to the tongue but if one isaiming at mind control, then we should try to avoid eatingfoodstuff containing onion and garlic.



A humble offeringTo

His Divine GraceA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

PrabhupadaFounder Acharya of ISKCON

By

ISKCON MysoreKrishna Balaram Temple



Scientific Facts

Historical Facts

Famous Personalities

Vedic Facts

Srila Prabhupada

Lord Sri KrishnaExcerpts from Puranas

Lets try to understand why Onion and Garlicare harmful for the mind through…..



Dr. Robert C. Beck, DSc, highly respected researchphysicist in his lecture given at the Whole Life Expo,Seattle, WA, USA, in March 1996 on his last researchproject that focused on the brain and altered states of

consciousness.

Scientific

Facts



The reason why garlic is so toxic is that it containssulphone hydroxyl ion that penetrates the blood-brainbarrier including the corpus callosum in the brain, and is

a specific poison for higher life-forms and brain cells.

At Alpha-Metrics Corporation he built biofeedbackequipment and found out that garlic usuallydesynchronizes brain waves.

Onions contain complex sulphur compounds. When youcut into an onion, two chemical reactions take place.First, when a knife cuts through the cells of an onion, itsenzymes release a strong odor.

Second, the onion releases allicin, a volatile sulfur gasthat irritates the eyes and sends one rushing for atissue. One cannot deny the power of the onion on theolfactory senses.



Historical Facts



Because of its stimulating qualities,garlic was never part of Buddhisttradition in China or Japan, whose

practitioners felt it would upset one’sspiritual balance. Garlic was neveradopted into traditional Japanesecuisine and was shunned by Zenmasters. The Greek citizenry, especially the

aristocracy, firmly rejected garlic andfound its smell repugnant. Anyonesmelling of garlic was considered vulgarand was prevented from entering thetemples.

Garlic Like the Greeks, the early Romannobility did not embrace garlic in theirown diets but considered the herb worthyonly of being fed to the laborers andslaves, to give them strength and vigor.

Any man smelling of garlic wasconsidered of low breedin .



The seventeenth century British view of garlic was solidly negative, withexpressions like, “not fit for Ladies’

palates, nor those who court them,” orthat eating garlic “was part of thePunishment for such as had committedthe horrids’t Crimes.”

In Pompeii those “lowly vendors” who soldonions were rejected from the guild of fruit and vegetable vendors, and had toform their own guild.

Even till today Hindus and Brahminseschew garlic and onions, as they aretoo stimulating and interfere with theability to reach a high spiritual plainin meditation and self-realization.



The pungent odor and awesome strengthof the onion was a mystery to ancient man.An old Turkish legend explains it rather

profoundly. It tells that when Satan wasthrown out of heaven, garlic sproutedwhere he first placed his left foot, andonions grew where he placed his right foot.

In the ancient world in Egypt the onionswere highly revered by the poor andeaten extensively along with bread and

beer. From ancient history up to the 19thcentury, onions were relegated as thefood for the poor. The rich found the odorof Onion downright disgusting.



Dr. Robert highly respected physicist says mostpeople have heard most of their lives that garlicis good for you, and we put those people in thesame class of ignorance as the mothers who atthe turn of the century would buy morphine

sulphate in the drugstore and give it to theirbabies to put them to sleep.

Horace, famous Roman lyric poet and satirist,said of garlic in his Epodes, it is “morepoisonous than hemlock.”

Famous Personalities



Hippocrates, history's most famous physician

did warn that garlic “caused flatulence, afeeling of warmth on the chest and a heavysensation in the head; it excites anxiety andincreases any pain which may be present.

Percy Bysshe Shelley one of the greatest lyricpoets in the history of English literature, whenhe visited Italy with his friend Lord Byron, he

was shocked and appalled to see his friendeating the garlic that was served at a socialgathering.



Vedic Facts



O sages, one who eats garlic, onions, sigrum (a kind of plant),turnips and meat, that person should observe a candrayanafast.

- Padma Purana, Brahma Khanda 19.10, spokenby Suta Gosvami

Onion, shit-thriving pigs, Selu, garlic, Goplyusa (milk of acow before the lapse of ten days from calving), Tanduliya (agrain growing in faecal rubbish) and mushrooms - all theseare to be avoided.

- Skanda Purana40.9

The expiation for having eaten the prohibited food is fasting.One should do the stiuka expiation tisucandrayana for havingeaten bhustma (a kind of fragrant grass) and garlic.

- Agni Purana

173.37



Garlic, leeks and onions, mushrooms and (all plants), springingfrom impure (substances), are unfit to be eaten by twice-bornmen.

A twice-born man who knowingly eats mushrooms, a village-pig, garlic, a village-cock, onions, or leeks, will become anoutcast.

- Manu Samhita

(But) he should avoid stalks of lotuses, safflower, gold or

silver, onion, garlic, sour gruel, a thick fluid substance; soalso chatraka (a kind of mushroom), vidvaraha, greasy milkof a cow during the first seven days of calving, vilaya (aparticular product of milk) and mushrooms.

- Padma Purana Vol. 42,

4.56.19b -24By eating garlic and onion one becomes sinful and asatonement one should perform Candrayana.

- Garuda Purana1.96.72



Srila Prabhupada



So far foodstuffs offered do the needful. Whatever isavailable and also very nice, that is offerable, as long as nomeat, fish, eggs, garlic, onions, or other very objectionablefoodstuffs are there.

- 19th February 1972. Letter to Upendradasa Calcutta.

Regarding the cook-book, that is a nice proposal to divideinto two parts. There is no harm if devotees have inventedrecipes, so long they are strictly vegetarian, no garlic, noonions, like that.

- 27th October 1972. Vrindavan - Letter to Kirtanananda.

No. No meat, no onion, no garlic, no intoxication, no liquor,we don’t smoke even, we don’t take tea, coffee. We simplytake what is absolutely necessary for keeping the body fit toexecute Krishna consciousness. We don’t indulge in luxury orfor the satisfaction of the tongue.

- 12th March 1968. Radio Interview on KGO.

San Francisco



Lord Sri Krishna



Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dryand burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such

foods cause distress, misery and disease. - Bhagavad GitaCh.17:9

The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins

because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice.Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment,verily eat only sin.”

- Bhagavad GitaCh.3:13

If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit

or water, I will accept it. -Bhagavad Gita Ch.9:26



xcerpts from Puranas



Once, in Satya Yuga the rishis were performing gomedha andasvamedha sacrefices for the welfare of the whole universe. Acow or a horse would be cut into pieces and placed in the fire.Afterwards the rishis would utter mantras and the same

animal would come alive in a beautiful young body. One timethe rishi who was about to perform a gomedha sacrifice, hiswife was pregnant. She had a very strong desire to eat andshe had heard that if, during pregnancy one has a desire toeat and does not fulfill this, then the baby that will be born will

always have saliva coming from its mouth. Very strangely, shedesired strongly to eat meat, thus she decided to keep onepiece of meat of the cow’s body that was offered in sacrifice.She hid it and was making a plan to eat it very soon. At thattime the rishi was finishing the sacrifice and uttered all themantras for the new young cow to come to life. However whenhe saw the new cow, he noticed that there was a little partmissing from her left side. He went into meditation andrealized that his wife had taken away a piece of meat duringthe sacrifice. Now his wife also understood what happenedand quickly threw the meat far away in a field. Due to the

effect of the mantras uttered by the rishi there was now life in



Here is another story, from Puranic Encyclopaedia by VettamMani (under CANDRA VI.): Solar eclipse according to the Puranas. The Devas and the asuras jointly churned Kshirabdhi wherefrom emerged Dhanvantari with theAmrtakumbha (pot of nectar).But an asura mayavi (magician) called Saimhikeya absconded toPatala with the Amrtakumbha which nobody noticed as everybodywas busy with dividing other divine objects. Only after the mayavi'sdisappearance was it noticed that the Amrtakumbha was missing. Atonce Mahavisnu assumed the figure of a beautiful woman, got back

the Kumbha and gave it to the devas. The devas began drinking theamrta when, at the instance of some other devas, Saimhikeya, themayavi, assuming the form of an old Brahmin reached svarga, got ashare of the amrta and began to drink it. Surya and Candra (Sun andMoon) who were on guard at the gates divined the secret of the 'oldBrahmin' and informed Mahavisnu about it. He cut the throat of the

pseudo-Brahmin with his Sudarsana Cakra. But, half of the nectar hehad drunk stayed above the throat and the other half below it. Therefore, though the head and the trunk were severed theyremained alive. These two parts, in course of time, evolved as Rahuand Ketu. When the throat was cut some blood dropped on theground, and became the red onion and the white onion (garlic)

respectively. So both onion and garlic originated from the throat andblood of the demons or asuras, thus their consumption brings us



Hope the presentation was helpful.

If you are serious about avoiding food stuffs that cannot beoffered to the Lord and that may ruin our spiritual progressthen we have a practical solution for you.

Just chant….

Hare Krishna Hare KrishnaKrishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare RamaRama Rama Hare Hare

……attentively

36764018 Onion and Garlic Facts

Documents

Transcript of 36764018 Onion and Garlic Facts