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Fasting is willingly abstaining from some OR all types of food & drink, for mostly a day or a specific time period. While fasting indulging in sexual activities is avoided, also to refrain from eating meat or poultry products. In traditional sense complete fast is abstinence of all food and liquids.  Fasting can be total or partial & may be prolonged or intermittent till the time period of fasting. Fasting can be practiced in number of ways. Skipping breakfast or under eating or taking food only once a day is called partial fasting. Some people break their fast with staple food. Some people keep fast without taking water.

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Nature made man a vegetarian and for this purpose, made all arrangements to meet his food requirements. It is because of the influence of ignorance, laziness, pleasure, illusion, greed and materialism that people get shackled in the chains of alcohol and non-vegetari-anism. Killing animals and birds for their flesh increases the violent nature in man. It badly affects the environment and the balance of nature. Every religion calls for love towards animals. When we are compassionate towards animals we contribute positively towards spiritualism and a dutiful life. We establish the path of peace on earth. When we hurt animals we also harm the environment and disturb the balance in nature.

Speech is said to be of four types – normal, mental, inner and silent. The normal speech is the usual conversation in our daily life. The words are pronounced with the help of throat and inner tongue region. The speech that is made after some thought is called mental speech. In this case the words are transmitted out of our mind in spite of our silence. The thinking that goes on in the heart is inner speech. The soundless speech is called silent speech. This is used when we converse with God or while praying.

Smoking is said to be root cause of several dangerous diseases. According to an authentic survey conducted, marriage with a smoker can also be dangerous for the partner. As per the research, the risk of stroke of heart related problems doubles in case of passive smoker. The past researches have talked about risk of heart attacks in smokers but passive smoking was not mentioned in it. According to the researchers of Harvard University marriage with smokers increases the risk of stroke by 72 percent.