Do not eat meat.....

Rig Veda:

"One who partakes of human

flesh, the flesh of a horse or of another animal, and deprives others of

milk by slaughtering cows, O King, if such a fiend does not desist by other

means, then you should not hesitate to cut off his head."

Rig-veda (10.87.16)

Manu-Samhita:



"Meat can never be obtained without injury to living creatures, and injury to

sentient beings is detrimental to the attainment of heavenly bliss; let him

therefore shun the use of meat. Having well considered the disgusting

origin of flesh and the cruelty of fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let



him entirely abstain from eating flesh." (Manu-samhita 5.48-49)



"He who permits the slaughter of an animal, he who cuts it up, he who kills

it, he who buys or sells meat, he who cooks it, he who serves it up, and he

who eats it, must all be considered as the slayers of the animal. There is

no greater sinner than that man who though not worshiping the gods or the

ancestors, seeks to increase the bulk of his own flesh by the flesh of

other beings." (Manu-samhita 5.51-52)

Mahabharata:

"He who desires to augment his own

flesh by eating the flesh of other creatures, lives in misery in whatever

species he may take his [next] birth." (Mahabharata, Anu.115.47)

"The purchaser of flesh performs violence by his wealth; he who eats flesh

does so by enjoying its taste; the killer does violence by actually tying

and killing the animal. Thus, there are three forms of killing. He who

brings flesh or sends for it, he who cuts off the limbs of an animal, and he

who purchases, sells, or cooks flesh and eats it--all these are to be

considered meat-eaters." (Mahabharata, Anu.115.40)


"Flesh cannot be had from grass or wood or stone. Unless a living creature

is killed it cannot be procured. Hence is the fault of eating flesh. The

celestials who live upon Svaha, Svadha, and nectar, are given to truth and

sincerity. Those persons, however, who are for satisfying the sensation of

taste, should be known as Rakshasas [flesh-eating demons] pervaded by the

quality of Darkness. (115.24-25)

"If there were nobody who ate flesh, then there would be nobody to slay

living creatures. The man who slays living creatures kills them for the sake

of the person who eats flesh. If flesh were not considered as food, there

would then be no destruction of living creatures. It is for the sake of the

eater that the destruction of living entities is carried on in the world.

Since, O you of great splendor, the period of life is shortened by persons

who kill living creatures or cause them to be killed, it is clear that the

person who seeks his own good should give up meat altogether. Those dreadful

persons who are engaged in the destruction of living beings never find

protectors when they are in need. Such persons should always be molested and

punished even as beast of prey. (115.29-32)