00:00Usually, people think that spirituality and naturalism go together.
00:09They think, you know, if you are a spiritual man, then you would love fruits and all kinds
00:17of animal products.
00:20And these two often are seen together.
00:24The moment a person picks up some spiritual text, he also starts eating more raw food.
00:35It is often a combination.
00:42It is seen that spiritual people go to the jungles.
00:49So somehow a correlation has been established in the mind that spirituality and Prakriti
00:55go together.
00:56No, wrong.
00:59Spirituality is transcendence of Prakriti and when you transcend Prakriti, then you
01:04can really love Prakriti.
01:07It is a thing that you have to appreciate.
01:11Those who do not transcend Prakriti remain attached with Prakriti and if you remain attached
01:16with Prakriti, you will consume Prakriti.
01:18For example, if you remain attached to your own body, then you will kill somebody's
01:23body to feed your own body.
01:26If you are attached to Prakriti, you will rape Prakriti.
01:31But the saint goes beyond Prakriti, from there he can just lovingly witness and watch Prakriti.
01:39Then he doesn't interfere with Prakriti or consume it or rape it.
01:45Are you getting it?
01:49In fact, a lot of damage to Prakriti is being brought about by Prakriti lovers as well.
01:57So they would say, you know, we require a particular type of fruit.
02:04Now for that type of fruit to be grown, all other species of trees are being cut off.
02:17If you are standing at the intellect ilmari, as you are, use the intellect.
02:25Find out where in the world, from where in the world can you get all nutrients that are
02:46not animal-forced.
02:51If it is required that artificial meat be made in order to satisfy people who necessarily
03:05want to have meat, I am all in favor of more technological research to produce more artificial
03:15meat that closely resembles animal meat.
03:20This is compassion because this is going to save billions of animals every day.
03:27Let technological prowess be used to produce artificial meat because the fellow is now
03:34addicted to meat.
03:36He will eat meat and if you will not give him artificial meat, he will slaughter the
03:39animal.
03:44So use intellect, use research, use technology.
03:50What is all your scientific knowledge for?
03:52You can't even produce a protein molecule in the factory.
03:58And then we sing so much about man's scientific advancements.
04:10Man cannot go back to the jungle.
04:15So even if you want to protect the jungle now, intellect is the answer.
04:25Man can neither go back to the jungle nor can man give up the intellect.
04:32But the jungle has to be protected, so the intellect is the answer.
04:37Use the mind.
04:39Use the mind in service to the truth.
04:47If intellect is what you have, devote the intellect to the service of the truth, to
04:56the service of compassion.
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