![]() ![]() Actually, you will not even have a human society until this cruel practice of maintaining slaughterhouses is stopped. But it is most sinful to regularly maintain slaughterhouses just to satisfy your tongue. Srila Prabhupada: When there is no other food, someone may eat meat in order to keep from starving. Srila Prabhupada: But he never maintained a slaughterhouse.Ĭardinal Danielou: No, but he did eat meat. Jesus Christ taught, “Thou shalt not kill.” Why do you interpret this to suit your own convenience?Ĭardinal Danielou: But Jesus allowed the sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb. Srila Prabhupada: So, in the Bible God’s practical commandment is that you cannot kill therefore killing cows is a sin for you.Ĭardinal Danielou: God says to the Indians that killing is not good, and he says to the Jews that… The practical commandments can vary from one religion to the next. But if you remain sinful, you will never be able to understand God-what to speak of loving Him.Ĭardinal Danielou: I think that perhaps this is not an essential point. The human being’s main business is to understand God and to love Him. And as long as a man is sinful, he cannot understand God. But if, under certain circumstances, others are obliged to eat meat, then they should eat the flesh of some lower animal. ![]() ![]() In preaching Krishna consciousness we ask people not to eat any kind of meat, and my disciples strictly follow this principle. Is that a very humane proposal? In India those who are meat-eaters are advised to kill some lower animals like goats, pigs, or even buffalo. Srila Prabhupada: So if the cow is your mother, how can you support killing her? You take the milk from her, and when she’s old and cannot give you milk, you cut her throat. ![]() Srila Prabhupada: But consider the cow: we drink her milk therefore, she is our mother. If the killing of an animal is for giving food to the hungry, then it is justified. So how can you say that animal killing is not a sin?Ĭardinal Danielou: We believe it is a question of motivation. But man’s food is vegetables, fruits, grains, and milk products. The tiger does not come to eat your fruits. Human beings are meant to eat vegetarian food. Man can eat grains, vegetables, fruits, and milk. The commandment is “Thou shalt not kill.”Ĭardinal Danielou: It is necessary for man to kill animals in order to have food to eat. Srila Prabhupada: That is your interpretation. Srila Prabhupada: But the Bible does not simply say, “Do not kill the human being.” It says broadly, “Thou shalt not kill.”Ĭardinal Danielou: We believe that only human life is sacred. The life of a human being is sacred because man is made in the image of God therefore, to kill a human being is forbidden. Srila Prabhupada: Jesus Christ said, “Thou shalt not kill.” So why is it that the Christian people are engaged in animal killing?Ĭardinal Danielou: Certainly in Christianity it is forbidden to kill, but we believe that there is a difference between the life of a human being and the life of the beasts. “… the Bible does not simply say, ‘Do not kill the human being.’ It says broadly, ‘Thou shalt not kill.’… why do you interpret this to suit your own convenience?” At a monastic retreat near Paris, in July of 1973, Srila Prabhupada talked with Cardinal Jean Danielou: ![]()
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