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Hare Krishna, One of the greatest fears of the modern day society is the fear of terrorism. Since September 11, 2001 the US government has spent more than $58 billion

to combat terrorism. But in spite of such a huge amount of money being spent to combat it, it is still going on with great vigor. What's wrong?. Why can't they stop it permanently ?. Leaders (both political and religious) who are themselves guilty of promoting terrorism do not have the power to bring it to an end . These Leaders have big, big conferences and discourses on how to stop terrorism . But when it comes time for their lunch they all dine on the bodies of terrorism victims, the poor innocent animals who are mercilessly murdered in the slaughterhouses . How much are we terrorizing our four-legged and winged brothers and sisters?. Let's look at some statistics. In the USA ten billion animals were killed in 2003. That's 27,397,260 animals every day, 1,141,553 every hour, 19,026 every minute. By comparison this makes September 9/11 look like a Sunday school picnic . Since what goes around, comes around and since he who terrorizes must be terrorized, we must reasonably expect to be the victims of terrorism as long as we continue to inflict terrorism on others. If we want to win the war of terrorism, we must first stop terrorizing the animals and unborn babies. Then we shall see come scope for a terror free world . Otherwise we can go on dreaming our lives away in a state of false euphoria until the next massive terror attack sobers us up a little bit. The materialistic philosophies that recommend and glorify meat eating, can not lead human beings to an auspicious life, free of suffering, illusion and fear . According to the Vedic system , Indriya-nigraha means limits placed on sensual enjoyment . " The eyes must not see certain things, the ears must not hear certain things and the mouth must not eat certain things"- restrictions with regard to what you can see,

listen to, eat and do with your body. The body is meant for spiritual discipline. The senses must be "fed" only to the extent necessary to keep the body alive. Lord Sri Krishna says in Srimad Bhagavatam (11.21.18 to 21): “ By refraining from a particular sinful or materialistic activity, one becomes freed from its bondage. Such renunciation is the basis of religious and auspicious life for human beings and drives away all suffering, illusion and fear. One who accepts material sense objects as desirable certainly becomes attached to them. From such attachment lust arises, and this lust creates quarrel among men. From quarrel arises intolerable anger, followed by the darkness of ignorance. This ignorance

quickly overtakes a man's broad intelligence. A person bereft of real intelligence is considered to have lost everything. Deviated from the actual purpose of his life, he becomes dull, just like a dead person. “ Please Chant : Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare And Be Happy. QUESTION & ANSWER Question – (According to Zen Philosophy Everything Happens Automatically...

)Zen people say that by sitting silently doing nothing spring comes and the grass grows by itself. They say that you have only to sit silently doing nothing, and everything goes on happening of its own accord. The spring will come and the grass will grow. In this way everything is going to happen automatically. You don't need to do anything. If so then where does ‘Karma’ stand?. According to this theory we should be effortless. Thanks, With regards, Sangita Answer – (Zen Starvation…..) Let the Zen philosopher get his nourishment without putting the food in his mouth and chewing it . Then we will see about taking his philosophy seriously. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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