Prabhupāda: Why you drag like that? Vegetarian does not mean to become coward.
Devotee (1): That I understand.
Prabhupāda: That . . . try to understand. Why do you say because you are vegetarian you shall not fight.
Devotee (1): No simply the fact that you said that veg. That meat eaters are. If one is a meat eater then all religions are.
Prabhupāda: No meat eaters. That is another point of view, meat eaters we think are not even human beings. These are less than animals. Less than cats and dogs. That is the point. The cats and dogs they eat meat. Arjuna was hesitating to fight from another constitution not that he was a coward. So don't think that Vaiṣṇava's are cowards.
Devotee (1): No I don't think that. But what is.
Prabhupāda: When there is need of war they must fight.
Devotee (1): I understand the principle of that—how can I serve God if I slaughter His, His fellow human beings, animals that I understand.
Prabhupāda: Yes this is the.
Devotee (1): But at the same time being vegetarian does not make myself God conscious.
Prabhupāda: No that we don't say then we would have accepted all vegetarian Kṛṣṇa conscious, we don't say that. There are so many Gujarati's, Marwaris who are strictly vegetarian. We don't accept them they are good devotees.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Just like the person who had very nice.
Prabhupāda: This is, this is the general confusion a devotee cannot kill. He will hesitate, why shall I kill? That is devotee that is a symptom of . . . but when there is need of killing he will kill. That is another thing. But unnecessarily for his satisfaction of his tongue he will never kill.
Just like the law is to kill a human being is murder that is human but if somebody attacks me I kill him that is not murder. That is not murder. So devotee means for his personal sense gratification he will never kill but when there is reason he must kill, that is another thing. (pause) (break) Passing to some slaughterhouse, where is that?
Chandanācārya: That is near the Bay.
Prabhupāda: Ah. So obnoxious smell. It is for miles . . . (indistinct) . . . that smell. So these civilised people they are maintaining such big slaughterhouse in a country where so many nice things are available, milk fruit grains milk products, so many nice things. What is the use of maintaining? And who is maintaining that? Unnecessary. Vitamins only
Devotee (1): Prabhupada this week you also said that, what is the use if all our. If I am proud if we are vegetarian but yet even within that.
Prabhupāda: It is not a question of vegetarian it is a question of . . . (indistinct)
Devotee (1): That I understand but I am. We appreciate the same stand of nonviolence to the animals at the same time if we. If there is so hate amongst Godbrothers themselves.
Prabhupāda: That is the misfortunate Godbrother. There are so many Godbrothers they are not disturbed but if one is disturbed that means he is unfortunate. That is the . . . (indistinct) . . . they are living with Godbrothers they are not disturbed but if one is disturbed then he is to be understood that he is unfortunate, that is the position. Disturbance there must be as soon as there is more than one man but why should I be disturbed? So many letters are coming daily I should have retired but I am taking fight for this disturbance. It is a mission.