Let me speak on this one subject. If you were at our movie on Tuesday, it was about a vegetarian diet and how it is scientifically proven that the vegetarian diet, which is the yoga diet, is the diet for humans. In that movie there is a point made that contradicts the teachings of the Vedas, being followers of the Vedas, we don’t accept that part of the...
More2. How to help cows?
Here is another part. I think I said in our main lecture that we offer all the food that we eat to the Supreme Lord before we eat. That is the bhakti-yoga system; you see this is again the science of bhakti-yoga. All food is karmically contaminated. All food, whether that is vegetables that you have grown, or whatever, it is still karmically contaminated...
More3. How can I offer food to God?
Question: How can I offer my food to God? Answer: That is a good question. You have to remember what is the actual situation… You are God’s child. So what you are doing as a child is that are coming to your Father and offering Him something and it is the love and devotion that God wants from us. It is not the apple or the money or a fantastically...
More4. What about the goat milk, the horse milk or the camel milk?
Question: What about the goat milk, the horse milk or the camel milk? Answer: Actually I was thinking about that today, you have read my mind. I know in your culture you drink horse milk. So you can offer the horse milk or the goat milk, or the camel milk. Different cultures – different milk. You see, the main point is that you offer it, this is the...
More5. What will happen to a cow if it is not eaten?
Question: What will happen to a cow after 15 years of life if it is not eaten? Answer: Actually it is stated in the Vedas that there is an evolutionary cycle that the soul progresses through from the lower forms to the higher forms. When the soul gets the cow birth the next birth is the human birth in the mode of goodness. Now the meat cows that are up...
More6. A vegetarian eats meat again. What are the consequences?
Question: If a vegetarian did not eat meat for a long time, one or two years and then he began eating it again. What will be the consequences? Answer: Well, karmically he will increase his karma again to where it was before he became a vegetarian. It will put him back in a heavy karma position. He may experience some actual physical problems until he gets...
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