Mohammedans eat beef. Why should we accept any eatable thing from their hands?
If you think that a man is full of vicious deeds, do not take food from his hands.
If you think that Lord Siva or Hari dwells even in an evil-minded man, if you entertain this strong idea,
you can eat from anybody’s hands. Your Drishti or angle of vision is very limited now. You are
a beginner in the spiritual line. Your heart is not expanded now. Do plenty of Japa and other
religious practices, which I have taught you, wholeheartedly. Feel His indwelling presence in a
stone, flower, spoon, towel, in everything. After some time you will be elevated. You will see
the Lord only in everything. You have now got a strong anti-Mohammedan Samskara. Destroy
it gradually. Love a Mohammedan from the bottom of your heart. Serve him with great
devotion. See Hari in his sparkling eyes, in the throbbing of his heart. Have Sattvic Ahara, any
kind of pure food. Offer it to God first and then take it as Prasada or sacrament. Repeat His
Name before you take food. Thus you can purify or spiritualize any kind of impure food.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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