"Not To Eat At Night Is a Great Vow..."

                                            Night Dinner 


Shrimadji said...


"Bhagawan Mahavir has said that not to eat at night is a great vow like five great vows beginning with non-violence. 


All four types of food at night are forbidden by him such as 


(1) Eating breads, rice, sweets etc.
(2) Drinking water etc. 
(3) Eating fruits, fresh and dry, and 
(4) Munching cardamom or cloves etc. 


These foods are forbidden because small germs called Tamaskaya like the food one takes at night, are formed in food and they have the same color shape as that of the food and so they cannot be distinguished by us at night. 


By igniting fire at night many innocent germs with firewood and moving by on walls are burnt by heat, if some poisonous germs are getting into our stomach with eaten food they may cause some serious diseases in whole family. 


Therefore objectively and mentally night eating involves violence, and so it is forbidden.


Even in epics and the religion based on these historical works, night eating is prohibited for maintenance of noble behavior still it is habitually done by the followers of epics. 


But prohibition of night eating still stands as a principle, good to follow.


There are two kinds of lotuses in our body, which are crouched at sunset and which open their petals at sunrise and therefore at some places Ayurveda (Lore of longevity and health of human body) also enjoins upon prohibition of night eating as it involves eating some disease-bringing germs along with food and causing harmful diseases.


Saints take their food two Ghadi (48 minutes) before sunset and then they do not take food till two Ghadi (48 minutes) have passed after sunrise. 


More details about prohibition of night eating can be gained from contact with Jain Monks or learning from Jain religious scriptures. 


One immensely gains by avoiding all four types of night eating and this is advised by Jineshwar Bhagawan... 


(SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA.Mokshmala lesson 28)