NYT: Hare Krishna Movement Details Past Abuse at Its Boarding

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> example, suppose you were sitting somewhere chanting your rounds and a cow

> came running by and a minute later a person with an axe came running by

> and he asked you, "Which way did the cow go? She ran away from my

> slaughter house."

> You must answer incorrectly and prevent him from killing the cow. You

> cannot be truthful here. In Krsna consciousness, relative truths of the

> material world is not the basis of judgement, but the significance of

> satisfying Lord Krsna. Because Lord Krsna wants protection of cows, you

> forego the relative truth of the material world. This is what I meant by

> related to the service of Krsna. To tell the truth in this situation

> means to act in Maya's service. Because mundane moralists also tell truths

> but they are also in maya.

 

 

So, this is a very old text, so, I'm 1900 texts behind on the varnashrama

conference, but

 

This logic is childish. I can very truthfully say that , no, I do not agree

to killing cows in slaughter houses, so I will not help you in this regard

 

Sometimes the dichotomy between truthfulness and Krsna consciousness is

solved with the help of a little common sense..