Protection Farms - True Economy for Cow Protection

[Guest guest]

> Varnasrama is aimed at reaching that state, as opposed to going in the

> direction of commerciality.

 

I do not mind the concept of varnasrama, but varnasrama involves a large

community of people with the same spiritual center. On the way to that goal,

one has to work within this present world in a way that is realistic. Even

many devotees will, when offered the choice, not hesitate buying milk from

slaughter cows just because it's cheaper.

 

We live in a world where people do not hesitate in the slightest to kill

cows. Prabhupada asked, "Would you kill your mother?" but people don't care

about their parents in old age either, they dump them in old folks homes. In

the vedic times, even the most degraded tribes in the forests were reported

to eat pig meat, but there is never any mention of cow's meat. So we live in

extremely degraded times.

 

Prabhupada mentions clearly in his Krsna book that the cowherdmen made

business with their milk products. They were very rich. The difference is

that at that time everyone was willing to pay the price, since "happy cow

milk" was the standard and only option.

 

Anyway, I'm sure you know all of this already, so I'm sorry to waste your

time, but I just wanted to say I'm excited to read the texts of all of you

in this conference and am anticipating for better times where we will have

the option to buy "happy cows milk" (at the price it costs).

 

Your servant,

Raktambara das

The Bhaktivedanta E-mail Services