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Date: 27 November 2016
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Post No.3394
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December 2016 ‘Good Thoughts’ Calendar
Important days
December 12 :Tiruvannamalai Kartikai Deepa, 13-Sarvalaya Deepa/Pancharatra Deepa, 13- Miladinabi, 25-Christmas
Ekadasi- 10, 24/25;Full moon-13;New moon-28;
Auspicious day-1, 4, 5, 9

December 1 Thursday
The purer the food, the better the mettle; the purer the mettle, the better the memory – Chandogya Upanishad 7-26-2
December 2 Friday
Relish not a sweet alone -Pachatantra 5-95
December 3 Saturday
The lone eater is a rank sinner – kevalaagho bhavati kevalaadii
December 4 Sunday
Who can indeed enjoy food without defiling it with his touch– Avimaraka 5 p 123
December 5 Monday
The really famished find even putrefied food very sumptuous– Subhasitavali 150

December 6 Tuesday
The whole world is a slave to belly- Sanskrit saying
December 7 Wednesday
None can worship the Lord on an empty stomach –Kahavatratnakar
December 8 Thursday
how can a man be compassionate who, for the purpose of increasing his own flesh, eats the flesh of other animals? – Tirukkural 251
December 9 Friday
one who eats like a goat, shrivels up like a TB patient – Kahavatratnakar
December 10 Saturday
Heated oil is poison; FRIED PULSES ARE Nutritious -Tamil saying

December 11 Sunday
After digestion let one eat with moderation; for that is the way for one to live for a long time – Tirukkural 943
December 12 Monday
Starving is the best medicine (for stomach ailments) -Langanam Parama Aushadam
December 13 Tuesday
The butcher with knife in hand, cannot have compassion in his heart
it is just the same with those who relish taste of flesh – Tirukkural 253
December 14 Wednesday
The foods that are bitter, sour, saltish, very hot, pungent, harsh and burning, producing pain, grief, and disease are liked by the passionate/raajasik – Bhagavad Gita 17-9
December 15 Thursday
the food that which is spoiled, tasteless, putrid, stale, refuse and clean is the food dear to the dull/taamasik- Bhagavad Gita 17-10

December 16 Friday
The person who eats once a day is a Yogi, one who eats twice a day is a Bhogi (enjoyer); three times a day is a Rogi (afflicted with diseases); four times is a gone case –Tamil Verse
December 17 Saturday
Eating less is the virtue of a woman (Tamil proverb)
December 18 Sunday
If the world will not kill for the sake of eating, then there will be none who will sell meat -– Tirukkural 256
December 19 Monday
The foods which promote life, vitality, strength, health, joy and cheerfulness, which ae sweet, soft, nourishing and agreeable are dear to the good/ saatviks- Bhagavad Gita 17-8
December 20 Tuesday
food cooked in ghee and honey is delicious; enhance its appeal by adding condiments –Padmaprabhrka 6-6, Canakyaniti

December 21 Wednesday
he will be afflicted with diseases who eats immoderately in ignorance of the rules of health – Tirukkural 947
December 22 Thursday
Indeed the tiger breaks its fast by devouring an animal
December 23 Friday
A glutton eyes food everywhere –Vikrama Urvasiya of Kalidas
December 24 Saturday
no medicine is needed for him who eats after well knowing that what he has already eaten has been digested – Tirukkural 924
December 25 Sunday
for one suffering from indigestion, food is verily poison – Hitopadesa 2-57, Canakya Niti 9-1

December 26 Monday
All living beings will raise their hands in worship to him who has never taken a living being’s life and has abstained from eating meat – Tirukkural 260
December 27 Tuesday
untimely eating nourishes not –Kahavatratnakar, p 126
December 28 Wednesday
With food entering the belly, even the weak become strong –Kahavatratnakar
December 29 Thursday
If a man eats that which will not disagree with him, there will be no suffering for him – – Tirukkural 945
December 30 Friday
Even a spirit/ghost is pacified on being fed -Vikramorvasiya, 2 p 46

December 31 Saturday
the wise will not eat flesh from which life has departed – Tirukkural 258
–Subham–
































