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Fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan within 45 mins of ceasefire announcement
Heavy firing reported in Akhnoor
Reports of firing in Naushera and Sialkot hot again!!!
On the eve of #ShriRamMandir inauguration in #AyodhyaDham SP Kamrup Rural, Guwahati sends his force who barge into a Gaushala to forcibly take cattle, manhandle a senior lady volunteer, causing her distress & palpitations - all in the absence of @CMOfficeAssam@himantabiswa.
@hpocrsydemocrsy@ShefVaidya@parantapah For each of the 5 days of Diwali... the flashcards have the important mantras and rituals involving the 15 gifts that are part of the kit.
@BreathinHistory@timesofindia When they understand humility that comes with acknowledging that another of God's humble creation like a cow, helps us sustain on the planet not just with her milk but also her dung to #SaveSoil - @timesofindia would appreciate Sanatan Dharma and stop this #Hinduphobia. Shame.
Function of cow is to sustain earth by being at the centre of farming, by recycling grass, sequestering carbon, improving soil health & reversing climate change. Real protection of cows can happen when we overcome our own exploitative tendencies & let cows be with her family.11/n
And this is where ISKCON is playing a crucial role in talking about _Vedic Environmentalism_ - a vision that doesn't end at veganism but instead helps people understand the _real_ function of the cow as taught by the flute-playing cow-loving Krishna.
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But I want to take it a step further - Let's imagine a world where everyone is vegan.
What would happen to the bulls & cows?
They'd go from being overly exploited to being completely useless. 9/n
If we manage cow grazing lands alongwith farmlands, campaigns on "save soil" wouldn't be needed. If commercial milk stops being the unfortunate reality it is today, the worth of a cow wouldn't depend on its gender. So yes, thanks Mrs. Gandhi when you advocate for Veganism. 8/n
If we Sanatanis strive to usurp all the gauchar lands & leave none for the gauvansh, if we solely look at cows as milk machines, it doesn't take much to guess the value attached to male calves. 7/n
Such hormonal-laden milk leads to innumerable incurable diseases in humans like prostrate cancer in men and ovarian & breast cancer in women but since we're talking of animal abuse, we'll leave the human-karmic consequences aside for this discussion. 6/n
#ISKCON#Meneka
ANYONE who uses modern commercial dairy products is actively aiding in -
1) Male calves being sent to slaughter
2) Painful separation of the calves from their mother
3) Forced & abusive impregnaton of ALREADY LACTATING cows just 2-3 months after calving. 5/n
#ISKCON#Meneka
All our scriptures including the Bhagwad Gita, emphatically talk about protecting the _entire_ Gauvansh, not just lactating cows.
Protection, however, does not merely imply saving cows from slaughter but instead, from a life that is a bigger miserable deplorable continuum. 4/n
ISKCON is a decentralized organization. Wrong doings, if any at all, happen at an individual unit level & must l be looked into. Blaming entire org is unfortunate & discouraging for multitude of ISKCONs like GEV, Belgaum etc that are doing great work for cow preservation. 3/n
Here's why - Mrs. Gandhi & ISKCON are stellar examples of excellence in their respective areas - the former in animal welfare advocacy & the latter in embodying the Sanatan way of Dharmic living. Hence, the question of right & wrong or credibility does not & should not arise. 2/n
Every change begins with a conversation, but it is not often that a conversation brings with it a cathartic moment of gratitude towards the parties involved.
This is one such moment - so thank you Mrs. #MenekaGandhi & #ISKCON. 1/n