2015-12 "Aahara suddhau sattva shuddhi" [Chandogya Upanishad 7.26.2]
The constitution of a man's mind is determined by the kind of food he takes; and
a man's faith corresponds to his mental constitution.
* आहार शुद्धौ सत्त्व शुद्धिः
सत्त्व शुद्धौ स्मृतिः ध्रुवा
स्मृति लम्भे सर्व ग्रन्थीनां
विप्र मोक्षः || [Chandogya Upanishad 7.26.2]
"Ahara suddhau sattva-suddhih
Sattva-suddhau dhruva smrtihi dhruva
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| Sattvic Food |
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| Sattvic Mind |
The constitution of a man's mind is determined by the kind of food he takes; and
a man's faith corresponds to his mental constitution.
If a man's diet is pure, his mind too, will be pure as a matter of course.
"Purity of mind follows from purity of food." [Chandogya Upanishad]*
"Purity of mind follows from purity of food." [Chandogya Upanishad]*
* आहार शुद्धौ सत्त्व शुद्धिः
सत्त्व शुद्धौ स्मृतिः ध्रुवा
स्मृति लम्भे सर्व ग्रन्थीनां
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| Chandogya Upanishad |
"Ahara suddhau sattva-suddhih
Sattva-suddhau dhruva smrtihi dhruva
smrti-lambhe
sarva-granthinam
vipra-moksah" [Chandogya Upanishad 7.26.2]
"From purity of food comes purity of
mind;
from purity of mind comes constant remembrance of God, and from constant
remembrance of God one becomes free from all bondage - one becomes liberated."
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