Deathless Heroes

A devotee of the Lord has the indomitable determination to never be defeated by the material energy and thus he constantly takes shelter of Lord Sri Krishna to insure that is always protected. In this way by the sweet grace of Krishna he is always victorious in his struggle to remain free from the control of the material energy. Such liberated souls are the greatest heroes in this world because while other heroes are defeated by death the devotee heroes are deathless.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Scripture Prohibits Meat Eating?

A friend of my friend argues that there is no reference in Hindu scriptures that meat eating is prohibited. Is this true? How can I convince him that meat eating is not permitted in Hinduism? Is there any reference in our Vedic scriptures about this?

Ashish

Answer: He Eats Me

The law of karma is equally applicable to everyone. Whether one identifies with a particular "ism" or not, the law of karma will still apply. If someone is speeding on the highway, he will be given a ticket no matter whether he is a Christian, Hindu, or atheist.

So no matter what your "ism", if you kill an animal, then you must be killed by that animal. It is stated in the sastras "mam sa khadati". This means "He eats me." This is why the word in Sanskrit for flesh is mamsa, which literally means "me he" as in "He eats me."

Whether you kill the animal yourself or you take the flesh of animal that has been killed by someone else, you are either the murderer or an accomplice to the murder. In either case you will suffer the reaction and be killed and eaten by that animal in the future.

So those who want to eat meat should be educated properly so that they will understand the karmic consequences of their meat eating.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Little Sparrow Who Conquered the Ocean

Image
In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 24 Srila Prabhupada wonderfully teaches us the power of determinations by telling us the story of the little sparrow who conquered the ocean: "As for determination, one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the waves of the ocean. A sparrow laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean, but the big ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow became very upset and asked the ocean to return her eggs. The ocean did not even consider her appeal. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to pick out the water in her small beak, and everyone laughed at her for her impossible determination. The news of her activity spread, and at last Garuda, the gigantic bird carrier of Lord Visnu, heard it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Thus Garuda at once asked t
Read more

Heart Melting Reunion with Amarendra and Gayatri

Image
On Friday 26 June 2015 I was blessed with the greatest good fortune of meeting with two of the dearest devotees of my entire life, His Grace Amarendra Prabhu and his good wife, Srimati Gayatri devi dasi. I am eternally indebted to these great souls for how much they helped me in my spiritual life when I was a young devotee. When I was young brahmacari monk in 1973 I joined with the two of them in Gainesville, Florida. We were a three person preaching center, and they were just like a mother and father to me. I had so many wonderful Krishna conscious experiences in their association that I can hardly begin to describe them here. But at least may it suffice for me to say for now that Gayatri taught me what it means to be a soft-hearted devotee of the Lord and she gave me my first cooking lesson, teaching me how to make cauliflower pakoras, and Amarendra taught me the art of how to preach strongly, intelligently, and coolly to defeat opposing arguments. Recently Gayatri almost died. But
Read more

Misguided Fools Say that Masturbation is Healthy

Image
Foolish modern day materialists recommend masturbation as follows: "Masturbation is a common activity. It’s a natural and safe way to explore your body, feel pleasure, and release built-up sexual tension. It occurs among people of all backgrounds, genders, and races. Despite the myths, there are actually no physically harmful side effects of masturbation." They are wrong. To get a proper understanding on this this topic read the question and answer section below. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What are the Ill Effects of Masturbation? Since you answered questions related to understanding the real need of sex in a human being's life, so I also request you to please enlighten us with the knowledge about semen conservation, it's importance, and the consequences of frequently releasing it thorough sex or masturbation. Since today most of the youth are indulged in mansturbation and they think it to be good in comparison to doing sex with some female for
Read more