Sunday, February 13, 2011

ARGUMENTS OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL disempowering INGNORANTE TO TAKE THE LIFE OF OTHER BEINGS NOT HUMAN ANIMALS!




ARGUMENTS OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL disempowering INGNORANTE TO TAKE THE LIFE OF OTHER BEINGS NOT HUMAN ANIMALS!



"At the beginning of Genesis it is written that God created man to rule over the birds, fish and other animals. Of course, Genesis was written by a man and not a horse. Nothing assures us that God really wanted man to reign over other creatures. It is more likely that man invented God to sanctify the power they usurped the cow and the horse. The right to kill a deer or a cow is the only thing on which humanity expresses unanimous agreement, even during the bloodiest wars. This right - to kill a deer or a cow - it seems natural because we're on top of the hierarchy. But it sufficed for a third entered the game, for example, a visitor from another planet to whom God had told Thou mayest reign over all the creatures of the other stars, so that all the evidence of Genesis was in doubt.The man tied to a cart of a Martian - perhaps grilled on a skewer by a visitor of the Milky Way - maybe to remember the veal chop that had the habit of cutting off her plate. Ask (too late), apologize to the cow. "The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

July 1973. Near Paris, in a monastic retreat, Srila Prabhupada talked with Cardinal Jean Danielou: "... The Bible does not say only: 'Do not kill the human being'. It says in general: 'Thou shalt not kill',... why do you interpret it to their own convenience? "

Srila Prabhupada: Jesus Christ said: "Thou shalt not kill," Why, then, that Christian people are killing animals?
Cardinal Danielou: Certainly in Christianity it is forbidden to kill, but we believe there is a difference between the life of a human being and lives of beasts. The life of a human being is sacred because man is made in God's image, so killing a human is forbidden.
Srila Prabhupada:But the Bible does not say only: "Do not kill the human being." She says in the broadest sense: "Do not kill."
Cardinal Danielou: We believe that only human life is sacred.
Srila Prabhupada: That is your interpretation. The commandment is "Thou shalt not kill."
Cardinal Danielou: It is necessary for man to kill animals to have food to eat.
Srila Prabhupada: No. Man can eat grains, vegetables, fruit and milk.
Cardinal Danielou: No flesh?
Srila Prabhupada: No. Human beings are designed to eat vegetarian food. The tiger does not come to eat your fruits. His prescribed food is animal flesh. But man's food is vegetables, fruits, cereals and dairy products. How then can you say that killing animals is not a sin?
Cardinal Danielou: We believe it is a matter of motivation. If the animal is killed to feed the hungry, then it is justified.
Srila Prabhupada: But consider the cow: we drink their milk, so she is our mother. Do you agree?
Cardinal Danielou: Yes, certainly.
Srila Prabhupada: So if the cow is your mother, how can you fail to kill her? You take the milk from her, and when she is old and does not give you milk, you cut her throat. Did he's human? In India, those who eat meat are advised to kill some lower animals like goats, pigs or buffalo. But cow killing is the greatest sin. In preaching Krsna consciousness, we ask people not to eat any kind of meat, and my disciples strictly follow this principle. But if, under certain circumstances, others are forced to eat meat, then they should eat the flesh of some lower animal. Do not kill cows. This is the greatest sin. And while the man is sinful, he can not understand God. The primary mission of humanity is to understand God and love Him.But if you remain sinful, will not be able to understand God - not to speak of loving Him.
Cardinal Danielou: I think perhaps this is not an essential point. The important thing is to love God. The practical commandments can vary from one religion to another.
Srila Prabhupada: So, in the Bible God's practical commandment is that you can not kill, therefore killing cows is a sin for you.
Cardinal Danielou: God says to the Indians that killing is not good, and say that Jews ...
Srila Prabhupada: No, no. Jesus Christ taught: "Thou shalt not kill." Why do you interpret this to suit their own convenience?
Cardinal Danielou: But Jesus allowed the sacrifice of the Passover Lamb.
Srila Prabhupada: But he never maintained a slaughterhouse.
Cardinal Danielou: [Laughs] No, but he ate meat.
Srila Prabhupada:When there's food, someone may eat meat to keep from starving. This is another thing. But it is very sinful to regularly maintain slaughterhouses just to satisfy your tongue. Actually, you will not even have a human society until they stop this cruel practice of maintaining slaughterhouses. And although animal killing is sometimes necessary for survival, at least the mother animal, the cow should not be killed. This is just a matter of human decency. On motion for Krishna consciousness is not our custom to allow the killing of any animal. Krishna says: Patras puspa phala toyama yo me bhaktya prayacchati: "Vegetables, fruit, milk and cereal should be offered to Me with devotion." [Bhagavad-gita 9.26] We take only the remnants of food Krishna (prasad). The trees offer us many varieties of fruit, but trees are not killed. Of course, a living entity is food for another living entity, but this does not mean that you can kill your mother for food. Cows are innocent, they give us milk.You take their milk - and then kills them in the slaughterhouse. This is sinful.
Student: Srila Prabhupada, Christianity's sanction of eating meat is based on the view that lower species of life has a soul like humans.
Srila Prabhupada: That is foolishness. First of all, we need to understand the evidence of the presence of the soul within the body. Then we can see if the human has a soul and no cow. What are the characteristics that distinguish man's cow? If we find a difference in characteristics, we can say that in animals there is no soul. But if we see that the animal and humans have the same characteristics, then how can you say that the animal has no soul? The general symptoms are that the animal eats, you eat, the animal sleeps, you sleep, the animal mates, you mate, the animal defends, and you defend. Where is the difference?
Cardinal Danielou:We admit that the animal may be the same type of biological existence as in men, but there is no soul. We believe that the soul is a human soul.
Srila Prabhupada: Our Bhagavad-gita says sarva-yonisu: "In all species of life is no soul." The body is like a suit of clothes. You're using black vestments, I'm wearing saffron robes. But behind the clothes, you're a human being, and I am also a human being. Similarly, the bodies of different species are just as different types of clothing. There are 8.4 million species, or clothing, but within each there is a spiritual soul, a part of God. Suppose a man has two sons, not equally meritorious. It may be that it is a Supreme Court judge and another is a common laborer, but the father claims both as his sons. He did not make the distinction that the son who is a judge is very important, and child labor is not important. And if the judge son says, "My dear father, his other son is useless, let me cut it and eat it," the father allow this?
Cardinal Danielou: Certainly not, but the idea that all life is part of God's life is difficult for us to accept. There's a difference between human life and animal life.
Srila Prabhupada: That difference is due to the development of consciousness. In the human body, there developed consciousness. Even a tree has a soul, but the consciousness of the tree is not very developed. If you cut a tree, she can not resist. In fact, she resists, but only so far. There is a scientist named Jagadish Chandra Bose who has made a machine which shows that trees and plants are able to feel pain when cut. And we can see directly that when someone comes to kill an animal, it resists, it cries, it makes a horrible sound. So it is a question of developing awareness. But the soul exists within all living beings.
Can you imagine if I like the idea?
Cardinal Danielou: But metaphysically, human life is sacred. Human beings think on a higher level than the animals.
Srila Prabhupada: What level is this? The animal eats to maintain his body, and you also eat to maintain your body. The cow eats grass in the field, and humans eat meat from a huge slaughterhouse full of modern machines. But just because you have big machines and a ghastly scene, while the animal simply eats grass, does not mean that you are so advanced that only within your body is a soul and there is no soul within the animal's body. This is illogical. We can see that the basic characteristics are the same in animals and humans.
Cardinal Danielou: But only in human beings find a metaphysical search for meaning in life.
Srila Prabhupada: Yes So metaphysically why you believe that there is no soul within the animal - that is metaphysics. If you are thinking metaphysically, no problem. But if you're thinking like an animal, what is its metaphysical study? Metaphysical means "above the physical" or, in other words, "spiritual."In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna says, sarva-yonisu kaunteya:" In every living being there is a spiritual soul. "This is metaphysical understanding. Now, either you accept Krsna's teachings as metaphysical, or shall avail itself of the opinion of a third-class fool, considering the metaphysical. Which do you accept?
Cardinal Danielou: But why did God create some animals eat other animals? There seems to be a defect in creation.
Srila Prabhupada: There is no defect. God is very kind. If you want to eat animals, then He will give you ease. God give you the body of a tiger in your next life so that you can eat meat at home. "Why are you maintaining slaughterhouses? I'll give you fangs and claws. Now eat. "So that meat eaters are awaiting such punishment. The animal-eaters become tigers, wolves, cats and dogs in their next life - to get more facility.


Book: The Science of Self Realization.
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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