In English
Today it is difficult to define the true meaning of sathwik food. We talk of taking food. How do we take food? Amongst the five sensory organs the tongue is the one through which we taste and take our food. It is not enough if we take in sathwik food through one of the five organs, namely the tongue only. There are four other organs through which also we should take care to accept only sathwik food. With the help of our mouth, we may take only limited amounts of milk or fruit. There are other organs. What you see with your eyes must also be sathwik. We should not look at bad things. Bad vision will become bad intake through the eyes. There is a third organ, the ears. What goes inside through the ears is also food. We should listen to only good things. This kind of food should be rendered sathwik by restricting the ears to listen to only good sounds.