Re: Avoidance of Onion and Garlic

Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna.

I can understand some parts of the reasoning, but still have a few related questions.

 As a means to identify danger, man uses his eyes, ears, taste, nose, touch and so on. Onions and garlic have this nasty smell which most animals seem to shun. This kind of behavior is the most likely copied/used by religions to avoid these plants.

Unlike onion and garlic, the origin of hing is originally not from cow's meat or bones.

Onion and garlic are only flowering plants. Who invented the story it comes from the cow’s meat or bones? This is way off, and is just as odd as the origin of the plant called mandrake.  

scientifically (clinically) verified that onions or garlic increase the agitation

I’ve read other reports on garlic, onions and even chocolate which claim just the opposite. Why all of a sudden hang on to ‘scientists’ who change their logic every other day?

The food offerings to Lord Gauranga Krishna with onion or garlic are considered unacceptable.

Why is it unacceptable? What is the true reason for this?

Since leek is related to onions and garlic, are we not to eat leek as well?

Trying to understand the reasoning,

Damodara Svarupa dasa

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