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I am a part and parcel of the almighty God. So when animals are butchered, why the butcher does not get pain?

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"I am a part and parcel of the almighty God" |"So when animals are butchered, why the butcher does not get pain"

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Butcher does not get pain? Do you know that? There is a Sanskrit verse that vyādha mā jīva, mā mara: "My dear butcher, you don't live, don't die." Do you think this butcher, that butchering work is very palatable work? Can you see it, before you, a man is killed, an animal is killed? So he has become accustomed. It pains him.
Lecture at Bharata Chamber of Commerce 'Culture and Business' -- Calcutta, January 30, 1973:

Guest (2): Why God created sinful activities?

Prabhupāda: You have created. God has not created. You have created. Yes.

Guest (1): In what respect?

Prabhupāda: You have created.

Guest (1): In what respect I have created?

Prabhupāda: You want to kill animals. God does not say that "You kill animals." So you have created sinful activities.

Guest (1): I am a part and parcel of the almighty God.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Guest (1): So when animals are butchered, why the butcher does not get pain?

Prabhupāda: Butcher does not get pain? Do you know that? There is a Sanskrit verse that vyādha mā jīva, mā mara: "My dear butcher, you don't live, don't die." Do you think this butcher, that butchering work is very palatable work? Can you see it, before you, a man is killed, an animal is killed? So he has become accustomed. It pains him. But that work is so abominable that he should not live for executing that work. But what is the benefit of dying? Because after death, he will be butchered. Therefore the śāstra says, mā jīva mā mara: "Don't live, don't die." Yes.

Page Title:I am a part and parcel of the almighty God. So when animals are butchered, why the butcher does not get pain?
Compiler:Mangalavati, Rishab
Created:07 of May, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1