Some yoga teachers say that a vegetarian diet is not necessary. Pattabhi Jois: [laughing] Oh ... a new method! Many Indians and Westerners eat meat. Pattabhi Jois: They are not practicing yoga. Meat eating makes you stiff. What is the most important yogic practice in this time? Pattabhi Jois: Vegetarian diet is the most important practice for yoga.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Some yoga teachers say that a vegetarian diet is not necessary. Pattabhi Jois: [laughing] Oh ... a new method! Many Indians and Westerners eat meat. Pattabhi Jois: They are not practicing yoga. Meat eating makes you stiff. What is the most important yogic practice in this time? Pattabhi Jois: Vegetarian diet is the most important practice for yoga." in the context of "K. Pattabhi Jois, interview in Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Yoga, Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 83." to mean that wisdom is timeless.