killing -neither direct or indirect

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Great quote

 

23)760120mw.mayVol 18 P.258:Prabhupäda: Hm. Jaya. He is also. (break) Vedic

conception is that the birds and beasts, they should not be driven away. Let

them eat as much as it like. They must eat also.

Tamäla Krsna: So we shouldn't do that in our field?

Prabhupäda: Yes. That is the Vedic.

Jayapatäkä: Then we won't have anything to eat.

Prabhupäda: No, you produce more.

Jayapatäkä: What ha... In the... Because now this field is the only field

that is ripening, so that if he doesn't scare the bird away, all the bird

will come and eat his field. When all the wheat is ripening at the same

time, then nobody cares. They let the birds eat. But if one man only is

growing one crop at one time, then all the birds come. They will clean out

and they all get...

Prabhupäda: No, therefore everyone should grow seasonal grains. Everyone

should take wheat.

 

and coupled with this one

 

SB 7.14.9...One should treat animals such as deer, camels, asses, monkeys,

mice, snakes, birds and flies exactly like ones's own son. How little

difference ther actually is between children and these innocent animals.

(Purport).......For example in the agricultural fields there may be many

mice, flies and other creatures that disturb production, and sometimes they

are killed by pesticides. In this verse, however, such killing is forbidden.

Every living entity should be nourished by the fodd given by the Supreme

Personality of Godhead.....

 

it seams clear that for vaisnavs ther can be no plan to kill slugs. This is

were we came into this dicussion. Which animals are good for eating slugs. I

remember suggesting we an kill them indirectly by having a duck for example

for that purpose. It seams than by these two important quotes that there can

be no killing either direct or indirect. Each and every thing has a right to

eat.

 

So slugs should be fed with nice food so they will not be interested in your

seedlings.

 

I would suggest that fencing is acceptable vaisnava practice. Fencing is

mentioned in the Manu Samhita for example.

 

Perhaps our cow standards should be coupled with a standard for agriculture.

This would be a very important edition.

 

Christopher Hawkins (I don't know who you are) thanks again for those quotes

 

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Syamasundara dasa

Bhaktivedanta Manor