Shree Hari 

   Beneficial Advice for Children

 

21.  One should not eat those sweets and foods that have been touched by other people.  

22.   One should not eat any impure thing.  

23.   Anything that you eat or drink,  should be first offered to the Lord and then consumed.  

24.    Eat a little bit less than your hunger.   

25.    Ever remain joyful while eating.  

26.   While eating,  it is not good to have various feelings and sentiments such as anger,  mourning, impoverished,  hatred,  etc.,  because when these persist,  the food is not properly digested.   

27.  Before eating, one should wash both hands,  both feet, and mouth - these five should be clean.  

28.   Before and after eating one should definitely take a sip of water (aachaman) in the mouth.  

29.  After your meal,  it is proper to gargle;  because when there is food in the mouth,  disease such as pyorrhea etc. can come about.

30.  One should not eat while walking-strolling or running, and in unclean state and unclean places;  because while eating and drinking,  all body consumes food from every pore and gate.

31.  One must not eat, before taking a bath and doing prayers and worship of the Lord.  

33.  Garlic, onion, eggs, meat, alcohol, fermented intoxicanting drinks (eg. taadi),  should never be consumed.   

33.   Lemonade, soda, and ice must not be used;  because from them, the possibility of getting various related diseases are likely.  

34.    Never consume any kind of stimulants, or even spicy, burning foods.  

35.   Sweet, salty, biscuits, milk, yoghurt, cream, snacks and savories must not be purchased from the market;  because the shopkeepers, due to greed,  do not pay attention to the health and purity in the preparation,  by which there are possibilities of falling sick.   

36.  Cigarettes, bidis,  ‘bhaang’ cannabis based drink ,  tea,  and various intoxication drinks should never be consumed.   

37.   Besides food and water do not develop a habit for any thing else.   

38.   Do not chew your nails with your teeth.  

39.  At no other time should your fingers go into your mouth,  other than while brushing, gargling etc.  .  

40.  It is not OK to apply spit to your finger and then to use that finger to turn the pages of a book.  

to be continued.......

From book in Hindi 'Jeevan ka Kartavya'  by Swami Ramsukhdasji