Prabhupada, New York, July 26, 1971: […] You cannot touch others’ body, others’ property. You cannot touch. That is Vedic life. So in all scriptures it is stated that man should live on fruits and vegetables. Their teeth are made in that way. They can eat very easily and digest. Although jivo jivasya jivanam: one has to live by eating another living entity.
Jivo jivasya jivanam. That is nature’s law. So the vegetarian is also eating another living entity. And the meat-eater, they’re also eating another… But there is discretion. Discretion means that these things are made for human being. Just like fruits, flowers, vegetables, rice, grains, milk—the animals do not come to claim that “I shall eat this.”
No. It is meant for man. Just like milk. Milk is an animal product. It is the blood of the cow changed only. But the milk is not drunk by the cow. She is delivering the milk, but she’s not taking, because it is not allotted for it. By nature’s way. So you have to take. Milk is made for man, so you take the milk. Let her live and supply you milk continually.
Why should you kill? Follow nature’s law. Then you’ll be happy. Tena tyaktena bhunjitha. Whatever is allotted to you, take. You live comfortably. So our, in temple, in this temple, we take fruits, flowers, milk because they’re allotted, and Krishna says: patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Krishna does not say that “You give Me meat.”
Krishna says, “You give Me fruits, flowers, vegetables, milk.” So we prepare nice preparations out of these things, we offer it to Krishna, and we take it. If Krishna would have said that “Give Me eggs and meat,” then we would have given and eaten it. But because we are Krishna conscious, we do not take anything which is not accepted by Krishna.
GOD is so powerful that he even can make a human in such a way that he/she can live by eating stones, but he didn’t. As science proves that plants also has life, so how can be cutting plants/vegetables/fruits is not killing another’s life. And for your kind information my brother, Cow’s milk is not for human but her own baby cow that’s why she can produce milk only after giving birth to a baby cow.
And how one can be live without taking another’s life. Even the air we breath have some may microorganisms and what about curd (which make by bacteria or yeast).
One living entity can’t live without taking another’s life and if it is about CLAIM, you even claim plants/vegetables/fruits/milk as human food.
Jivo jivasya jivanam
Rahul writes ; ” ………… And for your kind information my brother, Cow’s milk is not for human but her own baby cow that’s why she can produce milk only after giving birth to a baby cow.”
Yes, Cow’s milk is for Human. Lord Shri Krishna takes care of the cow and enjoy the Milk preparation immensely. The same is said in the Lecture by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada based on the Scripture.
Therefore, your concocted thoughts written in your message is simply your conditional material sentiments conceived by the false imperfect senses of material body.
My humble suggestion is that please try to read and re-read the message thoroughly in order for you to understand what the message is meant for.
May the blessings of Srila Prabhupada be upon you.
Hari BOL.