“Old men should be killed to show him mercy.”

[suchandra 1]

Srila Prabhupada: "Old man also should be taken care of. Nowadays the philosophy is coming: “mercy-killing.” “Old men should be killed to show him mercy.” Because he is burden in the society, the communistic theory “Old man does not do anything and simply eats; therefore to show him mercy he should be killed.” “Mercy-killing.”

Just see the philosophy: “Killing is mercy.” But this is going on.

“Mercy-killing.” Is that? “Mercy-killing”? What is that?

 

Brahmānanda: They kill someone for that person’s benefit.

 

Prabhupāda: Benefit. So the man killer, will he take that benefit?

If somebody comes that “I shall kill you for your benefit,” that he will be afraid of. But he is philosophizing, “mercy-killing.” This is going on. So one should be respectful also to the old men. According to Vedic knowledge, brāhmaṇa, old men, child, woman, and cow—they have no fault. They are free. They are not within this jurisdiction of law. So therefore cow-killing, brāhmanna-killing, woman-killing, and elderly-person-killing, they are accepted as the great sinful activities."

 

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.56-57 - Bombay, August 14, 1975 (43:43)

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