Animals are also citizens

[jagatpurush 0]

Srila Prabhupada: If there is enough milk, enough grains, enough fruit, enough cotton, enough silk and enough jewels, then why do the people need cinemas, houses of prostitution, slaughterhouses, etc.? What is the need of an artificial

luxurious life of cinema, cars, radio, flesh and hotels? Has this civilization produced anything but quarreling individually and nationally?

 

Has this civilization enhanced the cause of equality and fraternity by sending thousands of men into a hellish factory and the war fields at the whims of a particular man?

 

Do not the cows require proper protection for a joyful life by being fed with a sufficient quantity of grass in the field? Why should men kill cows for their selfish purposes? Why should man not be satisfied with grains, fruits and milk, which, combined together, can produce hundreds and

thousands of palatable dishes? Why are there slaughterhouses all over the world to kill innocent animals? Should not a king or executive head protect the lives of the poor animals who are unable to defend themselves? Is this humanity? Are not the animals of a country citizens also? Then why are

they allowed to be butchered in organized slaughterhouses? Are these the signs of equality, fraternity and nonviolence?

[Guest guest]

The bible says 'animals are food'

 

The Koran says killing and eating animals pleases Allah.

 

 

[Nrsinghadev 0]

Jay Srila Prabhupada!

A beautiful and truthful plea for sanity by our beloved acharya.

[jagatpurush 0]

> The bible says 'animals are food'

 

> The Koran says killing and eating animals pleases Allah.

 

provide quotations please.

 

where in the bible and koran does it say this?

[Jijnasi 0]

Most Americans have pets in their houses. They develop a relationship with them as if they are family also. How is it that a cat and dog are different than any other animals on the planet? It is a hypocrasy that it is considred acceptable to have pets and eat other animal flesh. God created everything beautiful in its own way, we have to respect and love all God's creations.

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna,

 

 

Extract from Science of Self Relization by HDG Srila Prabhupada.......

 

Mike Robinson: How do you know that the animal has a soul?

Srila Prabhupada: You can know, also. Here is the scientific proof: the animal eats, you eat; the animal sleeps, you sleep; the animal has sex, you have sex; the animal also defends, you also defend. Then what is the

difference between you and the animal? How can you say that you have a soul but the animal doesn't?

Mike Robinson: I can see that completely. But the Christian scriptures say...

Srila Prabhupada: Don't bring in any scriptures; this is a commonsense topic. Try to understand. The animal is eating, you are eating; the animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal is having sex, you are having sex; the animals have children, you have children; they have a living place, you have a

living place. If the animal's body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut, there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? This is not logical. You have studied logic? In logic there is something called analogy. Analogy means drawing a conclusion by finding many points of similarity. If there are so many points of similarity between human beings and animals, why deny one similarity? That is not logic. That is not science.

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna!

 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I offer my humble obeisances unto him!

 

Srila Prabhupada.........you are the greatest!! I love you and your arguments. Thank you for doing what you did!!

 

Haribol!

 

anand