samutpattiṁ ca māṁsasya vadha-bandhau ca dehinām |
prasamīkṣya nivarteta sarva-māṁsasya bhakṣaṇāt ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.49)
“Having fully understood the [disgusting] origin of meat and the [cruel] acts of binding and slaughtering living beings [needed to produce it], one should abstain from eating all types of meat.”
anumantā viśasitā nihantā kraya-vikrayī |
saṁskartā copahartā ca khādakaś ceti ghātakāḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.51)
“The permitter, the cutter, the killer themself, the buyer, the seller, the cook, the transporter, and the eater—all such persons are considered slaughterers.”
nākṛtvā prāṇināṁ hiṁsāṁ māṁsam utpadyate kvacit |
(Manu Smṛti: 5.48)
“Meat is never produced without harming living beings.”
naitādṛśaḥ paro dharmo nṛṇāṁ sad-dharmam icchatām |
nyāso daṇḍasya bhūteṣu mano-vāk-kāyajasya yaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.8)
“For human beings who aspire to follow the highest dharma, there is no better dharma than this: giving up violence—caused by the mind, words, or the body—towards living beings.”
yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati |
sa sarvasya hita-prepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.46)
“One who does not desire to bind, kill, or trouble other living beings and [instead] desires good for them all attains unlimited happiness.”
asaṅkalpāj jayet kāmaṁ krodhaṁ kāma-vivarjanāt |
arthānarthekṣayā lobhaṁ bhayaṁ tattvāvamarśanāt ||
ānvīkṣikyā śoka-mohau dambhaṁ mahad-upāsayā |
yogāntarāyān maunena hiṁsāṁ kāmādy-anīhayā ||
kṛpayā bhūtajaṁ duḥkhaṁ daivaṁ jahyāt samādhinā |
ātmajaṁ yoga-vīryeṇa nidrāṁ sattva-niṣevayā ||
rajas tamaś ca sattvena sattvaṁ copaśamena ca |
etat sarvaṁ gurau bhaktyā puruṣo hy añjasā jayet ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavata: 7.15.22–25)
“One can conquer desire (kāma) with negative resolve [e.g., resolutions such as ‘this is not for my enjoyment’ in regard to objects of desire], anger with rejection of desire [for violence], greed with vision of the detriment (anartha) [i.e., the meaninglessness, vice, etc.] within desired ends (arthas), fear with consideration of truth, lamentation and delusion with rational examination [i.e., discrimination between the self and non-self], pride with service to great persons, obstacles in yoga with silence, violence with indifference to desire and so forth. One can overcome suffering caused by other beings with compassion [i.e., actions performed for their benefit], suffering caused by destiny [i.e., foreboding] with meditation [on Bhagavān], suffering caused by the self [i.e., the body] with the strength of yoga [e.g., prāṇayāma, etc.], sleep with a sattvic diet, rajas [i.e., passion] and tamas [i.e., ignorance] with sattva [i.e., goodness], and sattva with composure [i.e., indifference towards even sattvic action]. A person can quickly conquer all of these [however] by means of bhakti to the guru.”
stheyaṁ ca jīva-hiṁsā ca para-strī-gamanaṁ tathā |
kalanja-bhojanaṁ caiva kāyikaṁ malam eva hi ||
(Unknown Source)
“Stealing, violence towards living beings, approaching another’s wife, and eating flesh—these are impurities of the body.”
