TO KILL COW: MEANS TO END HUMAN CIVILIZATION
Preface
We are the masters of the universe and the whole creation is made to fulfill our whims - this misconception is costing us dearly. We are thinking that we can do whatever we like, everything has evolved from chaos and there is no body to check on anything we do. This is a dangerous philosophy. This is a significant shift from the traditional concepts of reverence for the cosmic world and its Creator.
Today we are treating other life forms just like inert objects. We are showing unprecedented cruelty and callousness. Cruelty has been industrialized, barbarism has been institutionalized. Today the mistreatment of animals is phenomenal, unprecedented in human history. The unspeakable treatment meted out to poor animals before they become our dinner will never go unpunished by the stringent laws of nature.
This book specifically deals with ‘cow’, the very representative of the aphonic creation of God. Cow is a symbol of selfless service in life and death. Our attitude towards this important animal will decide our fate. Strange it may sound or even eccentric, cow will prove to be the making or breaking point for humanity.
Already we stand at the crossroads today. Dangerous challenges are staring us in the face from environmental, ecological, moral, social, economic and health fronts. Global uncertainties are mounting and humanity’s future prospects look increasingly bleak.
There is a correlation between cruelty towards animals and wars in human society. Animal slaughter and violence in human society are interrelated. 20th century saw the establishment of global networks in animal products and inhumane factory farming system. At the same time, 20th century also saw the two most brutal World Wars, the worst acts of barbarism like holocaust, gulag concentration camps, genocides and atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the bloodiest century in human history.
Mahatma Gandhi often said, “Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion the two sides of the same coin.”
The same sentiments were echoed by George Bernard Shaw, “The Peace we say we are anxious for? Thus cruelty begets its offspring—War.”
Cruelty is killing us in many ways. Dr. Neal Barnard says, “The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people", you"d better live real close to a real good hospital.”
We are the masters of the universe and the whole creation is made to fulfill our whims - this misconception is costing us dearly. We are thinking that we can do whatever we like, everything has evolved from chaos and there is no body to check on anything we do. This is a dangerous philosophy. This is a significant shift from the traditional concepts of reverence for the cosmic world and its Creator.
Today we are treating other life forms just like inert objects. We are showing unprecedented cruelty and callousness. Cruelty has been industrialized, barbarism has been institutionalized. Today the mistreatment of animals is phenomenal, unprecedented in human history. The unspeakable treatment meted out to poor animals before they become our dinner will never go unpunished by the stringent laws of nature.
This book specifically deals with ‘cow’, the very representative of the aphonic creation of God. Cow is a symbol of selfless service in life and death. Our attitude towards this important animal will decide our fate. Strange it may sound or even eccentric, cow will prove to be the making or breaking point for humanity.
Already we stand at the crossroads today. Dangerous challenges are staring us in the face from environmental, ecological, moral, social, economic and health fronts. Global uncertainties are mounting and humanity’s future prospects look increasingly bleak.
There is a correlation between cruelty towards animals and wars in human society. Animal slaughter and violence in human society are interrelated. 20th century saw the establishment of global networks in animal products and inhumane factory farming system. At the same time, 20th century also saw the two most brutal World Wars, the worst acts of barbarism like holocaust, gulag concentration camps, genocides and atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the bloodiest century in human history.
Mahatma Gandhi often said, “Cow-slaughter and man-slaughter are in my opinion the two sides of the same coin.”
The same sentiments were echoed by George Bernard Shaw, “The Peace we say we are anxious for? Thus cruelty begets its offspring—War.”
Cruelty is killing us in many ways. Dr. Neal Barnard says, “The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people", you"d better live real close to a real good hospital.”
Dr. Sahadeva dasa
5th August 2009
Secunderabad, India
5th August 2009
Secunderabad, India
