In Vighai Tyag what food items to quit and why
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Vighai Tyag means renouncing foods that disturb inner peace and generate violence (ahiṁsā) or unwholesome mental states. The traditional list of vigai (perversions) is:
- The nine vigai (nav vigai): milk, curd/yogurt, butter/fresh butter, ghee, oil, jaggery/solid sugar, honey, alcohol, and meat.
- In many Jain traditions these are grouped as two levels: