Question - Ma, Is it right to eat meat (Non Vegetarian Diet)? Sri Anandamayi Ma -  You should partake (take or consume) of whatever food that is helpful in your sàdhanà (spiritual practice) and abstain (avoid) from what hinders (interferes with) it. Question - Ma, But meat is tamasic (promoting inertia or dullness in spiritual terms)! Sri Anandamayi Ma -  Exactly! This is why I said what I said. You can reason it out for yourself. Question - Ma, When a man kills in order to eat, will not this affect him adversely (in a harmful or negative way)? Sri Anandamayi Ma -  Certainly, it will. Question - Ma, What about animal sacrifice? It is advocated (recommended or supported) in the Sàstras (ancient Hindu scriptures). Sri Anandamayi Ma -  This body does not comment on what the Sastras ordain (officially order or command) or forbid. However, it must be understood that the actual significance of the term 'animal sacrifice' is not the sacrifice of the animals but of one’s own animal nature. For more such amazing posts of Ma, follow the WhatsApp channel of Sri Anandamayi Ma: http://bit.ly/srima_wachannel