It has been mentioned above that a Vaishnava must be a committed vegetarian. These vegetarian Vaishnavs are fully convinced that only vegetarian diet is Sattvika diet and they hold the view that this vegetarian Sattvika diet alone makes the body and mind of a Bhakta clean and pure and this pure mind is essential for remembering God at every instant of time. They also strongly believe that the vegetarian diet is leading them towards Moksha. But quite a long ago, a smarta Pundit has said