Gopesh
Morning Walk — April 15, 1976, Bombay:
Prabhupāda: Even if we vegetarian are, then how you become big? The goats are vegetarian. Huh? Apadāni catuṣ-padām. This vegetable is meant for the catuṣ-padām, for the animals, four-legged animals. If somebody says that “Why shall I take this vegetable? It is meant for the animals. I shall take the animal.” That is a good argument. Yes. So, to become vegetarian is not ahiṁsā at all. It is a bogus theory. To become a devotee and take Kṛṣṇa prasādam, that is perfect. Kṛṣṇa says, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati (BG 9.26).
Morning Walk — April 15, 1976, Bombay:
Prabhupāda: Susil Kumar. He went to San Francisco. He met me there. (aside:) Hare Kṛṣṇa. So he has come back, so I inquired what is the result of his preaching.
Viśāla: All glories to Prabhupāda!
Prabhupāda: He said that he has converted one million persons to be vegetarian. So vegetarian, automatically our disciples, they are automatically vegetarian. There is no separate preaching. And what about the… He was talking about the ahiṁsā. And I told that vegetarian does not mean ahiṁsā.
Morning Walk — April 15, 1976, Bombay:
Prabhupāda: No, no. No interpretation. They say that “no killing.” So no killing is not possible. That is my point. Then where is the thesis stands, that “We are for not, no killing”?
Dr. Patel: Every action, sir, is, I mean, entangled in this.
Prabhupāda: So then our Vaiṣṇava’s philosophy is perfect, because we take Kṛṣṇa prasādam. We don’t say vegetables. We are not advocating vegetarianism. We are advocating that “You take Kṛṣṇa prasādam.” How perfect it is. We are not so nonsense that “Because we have become vegetarian, we are perfect.” The goats are vegetarian.
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