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Stop Believing This Myth About Onion And Garlic

20 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this short Hinglish dialogue, the speakers discuss the cultural and spiritual reasons behind avoiding onion and garlic, especially on days dedicated to sattvic (pure) practice. Speaker B points out that dhabas deliberately serve onion to stimulate appetite and increase desire, which can lead to a restless, wish‑ful mindset. The conversation explains that many spiritual traditions advise students to refrain from onion and garlic during yoga or meditation because these foods are classified as tamasic, potentially destabilising the mind and fostering constant craving. The overall message is that avoiding these ingredients helps maintain a calm, contented, and sattvic state of mind and body.

प्याज़ रस्सन Why is that bad?
अगर आप कभी ढाबे पे जाओगे, आपने notice किया होगा सबसे पहली चीज़ वो आपके सामने क्या रखेंगे?
Onion.
This is not by chance. They know that when we eat onion before a meal, it gives birth to more and more and more desire within us. कि उसकी गणना आपने दो डिशर का पका दिए। Now it's not like we do it once, we do it twice, it'll make any change. But as a lifestyle, when we are putting it in every meal, we essentially start to become More and more wishful, and we become less and less content in our lives. That's why in a lot of spiritual organizations, they recommend their students not to have onion and garlic for those days when they're doing the yoga practice, because it doesn't keep your mind stable. It basically keeps your mind in a state of constant desire of more.
So जिस दिन आपको अपने mind और body को सात्विक रखना है, हम प्याज़ लहसुन नहीं खाते। आता ही तमस की category.