Is Mushroom Considered as Veg or Non-veg?

[Shri Manikanta asked: Padanamskaram Swamiji, Eating Mushroom will be considered as Veg or Non-Veg.? Please give enlightenment on this By, Manikanta]

Swami replied: The main point is that the source of your eaten food shall not suffer agony by forced death. Mushrooms are treated as fungi and even some bacteria are involved in our food materials like in the formation of curd from milk. Scientists are unable to include mushrooms either in Botany or Zoology. However, the pain is not expressed as in the case of killing a bird or an animal. Therefore, mushrooms can be taken as food, which contain lot of proteins useful for a sugar patient. On such medical angle also sin need not be investigated. Plants do not have nervous system to feel pain and hence, become vegetarian food without sin. Bose suspects awareness in plants also. Parvati left eating even the leaves of plants during her penance and hence, was called as Aparna. We need not go to such a micro level as done in the case of Jainism. If we follow the non-violence at the macro level, it is sufficient.

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