\ DOUBTS AND CLARIFICATIONS DOUBT : W hich are Sattvika food items? Which are the food items to be avoided? Is meat eating wrong? CLARIFICATION : Shri Krishna does not classify foods. He only talks about variation in taste preferences according to Gunas. Sattvika person knows the direction in life very clearly. Hence, while describing his taste, Shri Krishna mentions the effects of foods and says Sattvika person will prefer foods that will give strength, health and long life. The Rajasik person is always in excited state and does not think about effects. He prefers momentous, exciting tastes. Hence, Shri Krishna does not mention types of foods but the tastes he chooses, while describing Rajasik preference. He says that Rajasik person prefers excessively salty, hot, spicy, sour foods. Shri Krishna cautions that these tastes are momentarily exciting, but harmful in effect....
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