Religion's Obsession with Food || Acharya Prashant

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]You look at any organized religion in the world, how enthusiastically they talk of food. This is to be eaten, this is not to be eaten, this is how you slaughter it. These animals are not meant to be touched. And that animal your God the loving made for your consumption. So you should definitely slaughter that animal. Such foods are pious. No, no, don't eat that food because when the asuras were running they just urinated at some place and from that onions were born. So you shouldn't eat all these things. Neurotic neurotic association with food. Why is it all the time talking of food? You must take this kind of milk and offer to the deity. What? Why food food always food? When you do not know real religiosity, which is about being in love with the truth, then the behavioral pattern imposed on you by the society becomes your religion. Culture then becomes very [music] important.