narayanadasa Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Jai Sriman Narayana: Vak (Speech, communication), Manas (Mind, ego), Prana (Breath, life) Humans have Vak, Manas, Prana - has life, experiences pain, can speak Animals have Manas, Prana but no Vak - have life, experiences pain, cannot speak Plants (and fruits, seeds, flowers, roots etc) have Prana but no Vak and Manas - have life, cannot speak, cannot experience pain Other items - No Manas, No Vak, No Prana Generally, anything that has Prana must not be killed and eaten. However, there are specific Vedic rules to be followed in order to kill and eat in certain circumstances. Any comments? Anything wrong above? Please clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Animals can speak, and one of the 64 arts is to speak to animals. In Kali yuga animals seem to lose the ability to speak, or we lose the ability to understand them, or perhaps both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narayanadasa Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Animals can speak, and one of the 64 arts is to speak to animals. In Kali yuga animals seem to lose the ability to speak, or we lose the ability to understand them, or perhaps both.Jai Sriman Narayana: Thanks! So animals use various languages that are not comparable to the ones we humans speak or may be even in fact the way of speaking may be something different also. Can you recommend any literature (books, websites etc) on this topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imranhasan Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Interesting thought, narayanadasa Jai Sriman Narayana: Plants (and fruits, seeds, flowers, roots etc) have Prana but no Vak and Manas - have life, cannot speak, cannot experience pain How do we know that plants do not experience pain (manas)? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalkin714 Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Jai Sriman Narayana: Vak (Speech, communication.......... Plants (and fruits, seeds, flowers, roots etc) have Prana but no Vak..... Any comments? Anything wrong above? Please clarify. Plant's many not speak in the formal sense but the do indeed comunicate through chemicals; pheromones and exo-pheromones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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