Nature's law is that you grow your own food
Guest (1): But I think for the people it is difficult to understand.
Prabhupada: Because they are fools. How they can understand? (laughter)
Simply fools eating meat and becoming like a tiger and dog. That's all. What...?
Tiger may be very strong, but what brain he has got? No brain. (laughs) For
brain, there must be a brahmana. Satya sama dama titiksa [Bg. 18.42].
He must be qualified. A tiger may attack me and kill me. He is very strong.
But that does not mean he has got better brain than me.
Guest (1): Yes, yes, I see.
Prabhupada: So the modern civilization is making tigers, how he can
be bodily strong and kill others, and discover atomic bomb. They are busy
only on these things. The dog's business, how to attack another dog. That's
all.
Guest (1): This will be a very nice country here for your community.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Guest (1): And I think a very, very good example for the people around.
Prabhupada: But the advanced human beings, they come to shoot here.
Guest (1): Yes.
Hamsaduta: (translates to German)
Guest (1): And then it will be finished. And later it will be finished.
Prabhupada: The animals, they are living in their own atmosphere, and
these people, they come to kill them. Killing business has become very prominent
at the present moment, and therefore they are being killed in the womb of
the mother, abortion and killing child. That they do not know. Nature will
not excuse you. You are killing; you'll be killed within your mothers' womb.
You'll never see the light of the sun. You go on being killed, one after
another, as many animals you have killed. They do not know. And time will
come in this age when there will be no food and man will kill man and eat.
That time is coming. Yes. They are now killing animal, but animal lives on
this grass and grains. When there will be no grass, no grains, where they
will get animal? They'll kill their own son and eat. That time is coming.
Nature's law is that you grow your own food. But they are not interested
in growing food. They are interested in manufacturing bolts and nuts.
Guest (1): Manufacturing?
Prabhupada: Bolts and nuts.
Guest (1): Yes, yes, yes. I see.
Prabhupada: Factory, big, big factory. So they will have to eat bolts
and nuts. Where they will get food grains? They thought that "Let us eat
the animal and manufacture bolts and nuts." Then when the animal will be
finished, then what they will eat?
Satsvarupa: The scientists are making artificial food; so they're not that worried.
Prabhupada: Yes, yes, that is... That I say bolts and nuts. That artificial
food means bolts and nuts. Somebody told me that they have manufactured artificial
butter and by eating they were vomiting. They're vomiting. There is ample
butter supply. Why these rascals are interested in manufacturing artificial
butter to show their scientific brain? Just see how they are rascals. They
can get, huh? Just like Krsna was stealing His mother's butter and throwing
it to the monkeys. Butter can be produced in that way, that everyone can
eat sumptuously. No. "Kill the animals and artificial butter you eat and
vomit." That's all. Just see their intelligence. And they are proud of their
advanced civilization. The same example, that a man barking as a dog, people
will go to see it by purchasing ticket. (German translation).
Prabhupada: And they do not see the natural dog is barking. Artificial,
they pay ten dollars ticket and see how a man is barking like a dog. Hare
Krsna Hare Krsna. You, at least, introduce in your country: "Chant Christ's
name and stop animal killing." This is from Bible. This is not that I am
asking. Bible says, "Thou shall not kill, and glorify the name of God."
Guest (1): Ahimsa.
Prabhupada: Just in the beginning Christ says, "Thou shall not kill."
That is the beginning of religious life. The animal killers cannot understand
what is God. It is not possible. There is a statement in the Bhagavata, vina pasughnat.
nivrtta tarsair upagiyamanad
bhavausadhac chrotra-mano-'bhiramat
ka uttamasloka gunanuvadat
puman virajyeta vina pasughnat
[SB 10.1.4]
"Who can remain aloof from the chanting of the
holy name of God unless he's an animal killer?" Yes. Animal killers cannot
understand what is God, what is God's name. That's not possible. (pause)
Krsna, what to speak of killing animal, He was embracing animal every morning,
every... Yes. He was embracing.
Hamsaduta: But Krsna...
Prabhupada: Don't come near. (German translation)
Guest (1): And also the holy Francis of Assisi was in relation with all animals in the Christian tradition.
Prabhupada: In Christian tradition there is everything nice, but nobody's
following. That is the difficulty. [break] ... portion of the road is not
paved like this. Bhagavad-gétä, it is said, annad bhavanti bhutani. Both the man and animals will live prosperously when there is sufficient foodgrain. [break] ...at anna-sambhavah. If there is sufficient rainfall, the production of foodgrains will be very easy. And yajnad bhavati parjanyah [Bg. 3.14]. And if you satisfy the Lord by performing yajna, then there will be sufficient rain. And yajnah karma-samudbhavah. And our activities should be only to perform yajna, to satisfy the Lord.
Guest (1): But Sanskrit word for..., yajna?
Hamsaduta: yajna, sacrifice.
Guest (1): Yeah, yajna.
Prabhupada: yajna means to satisfy the Lord. Just like glorifying the Lord, that is also yajna. Sankirtana-yajna. yajna means to satisfy the Lord. Do it anyway and there will be no scarcity. Everything will be all right.
