Comments on: Yoga for Foodies: Sinful Delights in a Sacred Setting? Gluttons Rejoice, Kindle Veg Debate

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By: yogak

yogak — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:54:04 +0000

for the record, my career as a yoga and holistic professional has kept me quite current in the field (hardly living under a rock). as well, i am quite aware that brahmacharya is associated with celibacy i meant to shed light on the contradictions in the texts.

sammi, i respect your well researched perspective but am confused by the tone that you use. you sound like you like the practice of yoga and food because it is more inclusive, no? so why do you use phrases like, “living under a rock?” that hardly sounds inclusive.

as well, “big names” are really of little interest to true yogi’s, right? you sound like you practice, so would you throw your beliefs under the bus because yoga journal published something that ran counter to your beliefs? no, right?

i just wanted to throw out a point for consideration. i do think you chose a wonderful quote and it is very valid and worth deep consideration. i enjoy your thinking. i just wish you would explain why YOU feel so opposed to my points. you seem extremely bright and i am interested in your perspective.

By: sammi

sammi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:28:04 +0000

Yogak,

Brahmacharya IS very much about celibacy. What rock have you been living under? Fortunately, some present day yogis/yoginnis that write about, teach about the yamas and niyamas question the strict interpretation that has traditionally been ascribed to brahmacharya. Check out various yoga website, including yogajournal.com, read what some of the “big” name yogis/yoginnis are saying. You will discover lots of discussion on the role/usefulness of celibacy (brahmacharya). For the record, I personally think it’s unuseful.

Ken Wilber sums up all the sanctimonious cow-towing to writings/sayings/beliefs/doctrines:

“dogmas or given beliefs are precisely what hinders the emergence of deeper truths and wider vision. —— “There is more spirituality in reason’s denial of God than there is in myth’s affirmation of God, precisely because there is more depth. (And the transrational, in turn, discloses yet more depth, yet more Spirit, than either myth or reason).”

By: yogak

yogak — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:17:48 +0000

Btw, “celibacy” as described in the pradipika refers to intimacy with more than one person. So celibacy does not mean complete sexual abstinance but it also does not mean serial monogamy either.

By: yogak

yogak — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:09:21 +0000

I first heard about the whole “Chocolate and Chakra” phenomenon when waiting at a said vegan’s yoga studio in nyc. One teacher whispered to the group about how foul and evil this idea was but not because of the food as much as the alcohol.

I felt compelled to read the article and several blogs with comments to gain some perspective. I wanted to disagree with the teacher because of the judgement she was exuding.

Truthfully, I find it sort of crazy how many people are for this. Someone else mentioned that many church doctrines are outdated and thus yogis should modernize. I respect that but when does it stop? How much is too much?

If we say it is ok to eat meat (ahimsa) and consume decadent food and alcohol, which are in direct conflict with non-hoarding and sense withdrawl, right in the yoga studio; what comes next?

People want to fit some yoga asana into their lives and that is wonderful. That said, what is being done to fit into a yoga lifestyle? No sacrifice, flaunting of material wealth w/over priced meals and cloths? I guess we are all just trying our best but before we go making the devout out to be tyrants, how about considering their perspective.
Om Shani

By: sammi

sammi — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:03:09 +0000

what is it with all the yogi “literalists” and their statements that one MUST be a vegetarian/vegan in order to be a yogi?? they sound an awful lot like fundamentalist christians who say “it’s in the bible and the bible is the word of God”.
get over yourselves people and make up your own mind and what to eat. stop thinking you need to adhere to something someone wrote down eons ago.
for all the self-righteous veggies/vegans out their who say we must not eat meat because it goes against AHIMSA, i have a question for you — can i assume you also practice BRAHMACHARYA too? (ie you are celibate 100%, even those of you that are married)? If not, why not? It’s one of the Yama/Nyamas folks. Can’t just pick and choose which ones you want to follow. That would be hypocritical.

Blessings

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