Vivekananda Mailing List-2/25/03

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Then again, there are people who are foolish in another way: they teach

us that all these animals were created for us to kill and eat, and that

this universe is for the enjoyment of men. That is all foolishness. A

tiger may say, " Man was created for me " and pray, " O Lord, how wicked

are these men who do not come and place themselves before me to be

eaten; they are breaking Your law. " If the world is created for us, we

are also created for the world. That this world is created for our

enjoyment is the most wicked idea that holds us down. This world is not

for our sake. Millions pass out of it every year; the world does not

feel it; millions of others are supplied in their place. Just as much

as the world is for us, so we also are for the world.