Why night meal is prohibitive in Jainism

As I told you before too, Rules of Jainism is not only religious but it has scientific reasons along with it also. Jainism prohibits night meal there are religious as well as scientific reasons also. Let us discuss it in details.

The reason behind this is not only linked with religion and non violence, but also related to health. The food we eat in the night is not digestible. There is a close connection between our digestive system and sunlight. The sun rays fall on earth and illuminate it, and the heat of the sun activates our digestive system. After the sun sets, darkness spreads and our digestive system becomes inactive. The food consumed during the inactive phase does not get thoroughly digested, and then there is room for illness.

The activity or inactivity of the digestive system is profoundly linked with the sun. When the sun sets, the temperature drops. At low temperatures, drowsiness sets in. In the night, we are lazy, indolent and inactive. Daytime is the preferred time for eating. Further, during the day, when the sun is at the midst of the sky - when light spreads out, when the temperature is pleasant and warmer - our digestive system gets activated. So only the time around 12 noon is considered to be the perfect time for our lunch.

So we have seen scientific reason now let me tell you something about religious reason of the same. At the day time, you won’t see flies, mosquitoes and other small creatures in air as compare with evening and night. If you are having meal at night, it might be possible that you may get small creature in meal too and Jainism wants to spread as much non-violence as possible.  It is not possible for any human being to be 100% non-violent but you can at least follow it as much as possible.

When I was looking at web, I found one of the good link about this at

http://www.atmadharma.com/shastras/vegetarian_food_and_jain_conduct_eng_txt/vfjcmp06.html

Reference: Jain Sadhu Maharaj
Prepared By: Ritesh Shah
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