5 Pulses
If you’re like me, you’ve been afraid of the “V” word for a long time. It’s almost a little disgusting if you think about it. It sounds unwholesome and unnatural. But once you spend a little time with the “V” word, it doesn’t seem so evil.
Of course, I’m talking about vegetarianism. The long and oft-debated alternative to eating the flesh of dead animals, vegetarianism has surprisingly received some serious defilement. Perhaps it’s because of the unimaginable amount of funds poured into negatively advertising vegetable eating by meat and fast-food industries. Although, that doesn’t seem likely. So maybe it’s that people love killing other living beings, like the cow, that do nothing except eat the stuff we can’t ingest, like grass, and biochemically alter it into nutritious foods like milk and cheese.
Whatever the reason, people seem to think of vegetarianism as something only hippies do. The Higher Taste approaches the arguments for vegetarianism with simplicity, clarity and logic. It raises some of the most interesting and convincing arguments for the practice you are likely to find. While it discusses in detail biological reasons why the human body was designed to eat and digest plants as opposed to meat, it also delves heavily into the ethical and spiritual reasoning behind vegetarianism.
The subtitle of the book is “A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet,” and it is published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the foremost Western publisher of literature on the subject of Krishna Consciousness, a non-
sectarian spiritual movement founded on principles of the Vedic texts.
The book provides such a convincing defense of vegetarianism that it is almost impossible for a reasonable person to read it and still continue a carnivorous diet without admitting that it is unhealthy and wholly illogical. It also includes 60 great recipes and a color picture section. Most likely unavailable at any book store near Murfreesboro, your best bet is to find it online. Or seek out the Hare-Krishna devotees who will pop their heads up every now and then.
