Let the cow die naturally & then let the civilized men eat it

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Let the cow die naturally & then let the "civilized men" eat it.

 

June 11, 1974, Paris

Prabhupäda: ...giving to the vultures. Let the flesh-eaters take it. He did

not like this idea much. (laughs)

Yogeçvara: It would ruin the economy.

Prabhupäda: Economy? What is that economy?

Yogeçvara: Because there's so much business that depends on the slaughter

and the sale of animal flesh. Just like in India now, there is such a low

economy that in some of the communist states, they've decided to export meat

because it's good...

Prabhupäda: You can export after death. What is the wrong? You can export.

Immediately, you take the cows after death, take the skin and take the meat

also, skin and flesh, and put it into refrigerator and make export. We

simply say that until the death of the cow, don't kill. Let us take the

milk. That is our appeal only. What is the wrong there?

Puñöa-kåñëa: Also, the other day, Çréla Prabhupäda, you were telling us in

Geneva that in India it was, at least until the present day forbidden to eat

cows, and that those who would eat animals, they would eat dogs or goats,

like this.

Prabhupäda: Yes. We recommend the meat-eaters who eat dogs, as Korea,

they're eating dogs, so you can eat also dog. But don't... You eat it. After

death. We don't say don't eat. You are so much fond of eating. All right.

You eat. Because after the death, we have to give somebody, some living

entity. So generally, it is given to the vultures. So why to the vultures?

Take the civilized men, who are as good as vultures. (laughter) The

so-called civilized men. Yes. What is the difference between the vultures

and these rascals? The vultures also enjoy a dead body. And they also kill,

make it dead and enjoy. They're vultures.

Yogeçvara: Çakuni.

Prabhupäda: Yes. Çakuni, yes. They're vultures, and their civilization is

vulture-eater. The animal-eaters, they're like jackals, vultures, dogs.

They're similar to these animals, the animal-eaters. It is not human food.

Here is human food. Here is civilized food, human food. Let them learn it.

Uncivilized, rudes, vultures, räkñasas, and they're leaders. Therefore, I

say all fourth-class men, they are leaders. Therefore the whole world is in

chaotic condition. We require first-class men to lead. We are first-class

men. Take our advice, and then everything will be all right. We are creating

first-class men. What is the use of fourth-class men leading? All

fourth-class men. If I say so frankly, people will be very angry. All

fourth-class men. Basically, they're all fourth-class men. Now, these first,

second, third-class men are described. So at the present moment, no one

belongs to this qualification. Even they are not to the third-class men.

Kåñi-go-rakñya-väëijyam [bg. 18.44]. Who is, who is protecting the cows?

That is the third-class man's business. So therefore everyone is

fourth-class. So the fourth-class men, they are electing their

representative to govern. They are also on the big fourth-class men. That is

stated in the Bhägavata, çva-viò-varähoñöra-kharaiù saàstutaù puruñaù paçuù

[sB 2.3.19]. Where is that verse? Find out. All fourth-class men. Not

fourth-class, less than fourth-class. Fourth-class has got also some

regulative duty. But at the present moment, no regulative duty. Anyone can

do whatever he likes, whatever he thinks. All fifth-class, sixth-class men.

No regulative principle. The human life is meant for regulative principles.

Just like we are insisting our students only for regulative principles just

to make them real human life. No regulative principle means animal life.