Jala Narayana

 Bhagavad Gita . 3.13

yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo
mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ
bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā
ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt

The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for Yajna. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.

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What does other religions say about Meat Eating?

Indeed all the major religions advocate the ideals of vegetarianism:

The Annushasen Parva, - - - -Mahabharat says “Undoubtedly all those human beings who prefer meat to several forms offood are like vultures.”
-The Manusmrti says “All supporters of meat eating are sinners.”It further states, “One whose meat I eat will eat myflesh in the next life.”
-The Christian Faith also says in Genesis (1.29) “Behold, I have given you every herb-bearing tree in which the fruit of the tree-yielding seed, it unto you shall be for food.”
-Guru Nanak, Founder of the Sikh Faith, said “My disciples do nottake meat and wine.”
-Lord Buddha said, “Meat is food for sub-human beings”.
-The Acharang Sutra of the Jain Faith said, “All creatures desire self-preservation, hence no creature should be slaughtered.”
-Gandhiji said “I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellowcreatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.”
- Islam, Prophet Muhammad “whoever is kind to the creatures of God, is kind to himself”

Srimad Bhagavatam purana 7.15.7
na dadyad amisam sraddhe
 na cadyad dharma-tattvavit
muny-annaih syat para pritir
 yatha na pasu-himsaya

A person fully aware of religious principles should never offer anything like meat, eggs or fish in the sraddha ceremony, and even if one is a ksatriya, he himself should not eat such things. When suitable food prepared with ghee is offered to saintly persons, the function is pleasing to the forefathers and the Supreme Lord, who are never pleased when animals are killed in the name of sacrifice.

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Plants and Vegetables are also living being is it not a sin to kill them for food too?

This explanation is given in Srimad Bhagavatam Purana (3.29.15) purport by the founder Srila Prabhupada:

“Eating vegetables is violence, and vegetarians are also committing violence against other living entities because vegetables also have life. Non-devotees are killing cows, goats and so many other animals for eating purposes, and a devotee, who is vegetarian, is also killing. But here, significantly, it is stated that every living entity has to live by killing another entity; that is the law of nature. Jīvo jīvasya jīvanam: one living entity is the life for another living entity. But for a human being, that violence should be committed only as much as necessary.

A human being is not to eat anything which is not offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yajna-sistasinah santah : one becomes freed from all sinful reactions by eating foodstuffs which are offered to Yajna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee therefore eats only prasada, or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord, and Krishna says that when a devotee offers Him foodstuffs from the vegetable kingdom, with devotion, He eats that. A devotee is to offer to Krishna foodstuffs prepared from vegetables. If the Supreme Lord wanted foodstuffs prepared from animal food, the devotee could offer this, but He does not order to do that.”

So yes even plants and vegetables have souls and killing them unnecessarily and for personal sense gratification causes sin, that’s why it is recommended to offer the vegetarian food to Lord Krishna first then later eat that food as Prashadam or mercy. Lord Krishna can do anything so he transforms the food offered to him into spiritual food, this will free us from sin and karmic reactions.

Eating only food offered to Krishna is the ultimate perfection of the vegetarian diet. After all, pigeons and monkeys are also vegetarian, so becoming a vegetarian is not in itself the greatest of accomplishments. The Vedas inform us that the purpose of human life is to reawaken the soul to its relationship with God, and only when we go beyond vegetarianism to prasada can our eating be helpful in achieving this goal.

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