GBC has agreed to active participation in cow protection

June 13, 1999

On 12 Jun 1999, Hare Krsna dasi wrote:

> One aspect of what they endorsed obligates them to visit each of ISKCON's

farms

> and traveling ox program 4 times per year. The need to schedule 1 hour

private

> meetings with the herdsmen and teamsters at each visit, and also inspect the

> cows'

> facilities. They also need to submit a report to ISKCON's Ministry for Cow

> Protection and Agriculture quarterly. The first one is due by July 30. So

> allowing 2 weeks for slow mail, let's at least give them until August 15

before

> we

> put them down for not being sincere about cow protection. We may be

pleasantly

> surprised at how conscientious many of them are about fullfilling their

promise

> on

> this matter.

I'll acknowledge ANY positive action towards cow protection. It should be

encouraged. But if they are agreeing to do the above for the cow citizens why

can't they do similar things for the people citizens and go to each temple or

farm and inspect the VAD counseling facilities and curriculum in the

varnasrama college that is supposed to be in EVERY center? Is it VAD they are

supporting in their cow protection legislation or something else?

> At least we owe it to them to give them a fighting chance to prove their

> determination to set things right as far as cow protection goes.

I don't think we really "owe" them anything. This has been their assigned

prescribed responsibility and they have neglected it up to this point. This a

chance for reformation, I agree, but swift retribution must follow continued

neglect. The citizens MUST demand a bottom line result.

> They've said

> they will do this. Now let's give them a chance before we criticize them

more.

> It's only fair.

I would remind them that they will be spending a LOT of lives in the material

world for each hair on bodies of the cows they neglect while holding the title

of "leader".

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