“Abincin da nake ci ya ƙunshi zafafan oatmeal, wanda nake ci sau biyu a rana tare da burodin alkama. Bugu da kari, a abincin dare ina cin miya kabeji ko miyan dankalin turawa, buckwheat porridge ko dankali dafa ko soya a cikin sunflower ko mustard man, da compote na prunes da apples. Za a iya maye gurbin abincin rana da na ci tare da iyalina, kamar yadda na yi ƙoƙari in yi, da oatmeal guda ɗaya, wanda shine babban abincina. Lafiyata ba kawai ta sha wahala ba, amma ta inganta sosai tun lokacin da na daina madara, man shanu da ƙwai, da sukari, shayi da kofi, ”Leo Tolstoy ya rubuta.
Babban marubuci ya zo da ra'ayin cin ganyayyaki yana da shekaru hamsin. Wannan kuwa ya faru ne saboda kasancewar wannan lokaci na musamman na rayuwarsa ya kasance da bincike mai raɗaɗi na ma'anar falsafa da ruhi na rayuwar ɗan adam. "Yanzu, a karshen shekaru arba'in na, ina da duk abin da aka saba fahimta ta hanyar jin dadi," in ji Tolstoy a cikin sanannen Confession. "Amma na gane kwatsam cewa ban san dalilin da ya sa nake buƙatar wannan duka ba da kuma dalilin da ya sa nake rayuwa." Ayyukansa a kan labari Anna Karenina, wanda ya nuna tunaninsa game da ɗabi'a da ɗabi'a na dangantakar ɗan adam, ya kasance a lokaci guda.
Abin da ya sa ya zama babban mai cin ganyayyaki shi ne lamarin lokacin da Tolstoy ya kasance shaida marar sani game da yadda ake yanka alade. Kallon kallo ya girgiza marubucin da rashin tausayi har ya yanke shawarar zuwa daya daga cikin mahautan Tula domin ya kara dandana kudarsa. A gaban idanunsa, an kashe wani kyakkyawan bijimin. Mahaukacin ya daga wukar a wuyansa ya caka masa wuka. Bijimin kamar an fado ya fado cikinsa, cikin rarrashi ya birgima gefensa yana dukanta da kafafuwansa. Wani mahauci ya fado masa daga gefe guda, ya sunkuyar da kansa kasa ya yanke masa makogwaro. Bakin jajayen jini ya zubo kamar guga da aka juye. Sai mahauci na farko ya fara fatattakar bijimin. Rayuwa tana ci gaba da bugawa a cikin katon jikin dabbar, ga kuma wasu manyan hawaye na birgima daga idanu masu cike da jini.
Wannan mummunan hoto ya sa Tolstoy ya sake tunani sosai. Bai iya yafewa kansa ba don bai hana kashe masu rai ba don haka ya zama sanadin mutuwarsu. A gare shi, wani mutum ya taso a cikin al'adun Orthodox na Rasha, babban umarnin Kirista - "Kada ku kashe" - ya sami sabon ma'ana. Ta hanyar cin naman dabba, mutum yana shiga cikin kisan kai a fakaice, don haka ya saba wa ɗabi'a na addini da ɗabi'a. Domin samun matsayi a cikin nau'ikan mutane masu ɗabi'a, ya zama dole a sauke nauyin da ke kansa na kashe masu rai - don daina cin naman su. Tolstoy kansa gaba ɗaya ya ƙi abincin dabba kuma ya canza zuwa cin abinci marar kisa.
Tun daga wannan lokacin, a cikin ayyukansa da yawa, marubucin ya haɓaka ra'ayin cewa ɗabi'a - ɗabi'a - ma'anar cin ganyayyaki yana cikin rashin yarda da kowane tashin hankali. Ya ce a cikin al’umma, tashin hankali zai yi mulki har sai an daina cin zarafin dabbobi. Don haka cin ganyayyaki yana daya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin kawo karshen munanan dabi'un da ke faruwa a duniya. Bugu da ƙari, zaluntar dabbobi alama ce ta ƙananan matakin hankali da al'adu, rashin iyawa da gaske da jin tausayi ga dukan abubuwa masu rai. A cikin labarin "Mataki na Farko", wanda aka buga a 1892, Tolstoy ya rubuta cewa mataki na farko zuwa ga halin kirki da ruhaniya na mutum shine kin amincewa da tashin hankali a kan wasu, kuma farkon aikin da kansa a cikin wannan shugabanci shine sauyin yanayi. cin ganyayyaki.
A cikin shekaru 25 na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa, Tolstoy ya haɓaka ra'ayoyin cin ganyayyaki a Rasha. Ya ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban mujallar cin ganyayyaki, inda ya rubuta labarinsa, ya tallafa wa buga littattafai daban-daban kan cin ganyayyaki a cikin jaridu, ya yi maraba da buɗe wuraren cin ganyayyaki, otal-otal, kuma ya kasance memba na girmamawa na yawancin al'ummomin cin ganyayyaki.
Duk da haka, a cewar Tolstoy, cin ganyayyaki ɗaya ne kawai daga cikin abubuwan da ke cikin xa'a da ɗabi'a na ɗan adam. Kammala na ɗabi'a da na ruhaniya yana yiwuwa ne kawai idan mutum ya ba da adadi mai yawa na sha'awa iri-iri waɗanda ya ke ƙarƙashin rayuwarsa. Irin wannan sha'awar Tolstoy da farko ya danganta ga rashin zaman lafiya da cin abinci. A cikin diary, an shigar da shigarwa game da niyyar rubuta littafin "Zranie". A ciki, yana so ya bayyana ra'ayin cewa rashin daidaituwa a cikin komai, ciki har da abinci, yana nufin rashin girmamawa ga abin da ke kewaye da mu. Sakamakon wannan shine jin ta'addanci dangane da yanayi, ga irin nasu - ga dukkan abubuwa masu rai. Idan mutane ba su kasance masu tayar da hankali ba, Tolstoy ya yi imani, kuma bai lalata abin da ke ba su rai ba, da cikakkiyar jituwa ta yi mulki a duniya.