00:00You have told several times in your videos also, drinking milk is cow's milk or something, animal's milk.
00:07We should not do that, should not drink that milk.
00:09If some mosquito comes in front of me and he tries to bite me, how can I take my compassion with that mosquito?
00:17What does violence mean?
00:19Violence is when there is the option not to hurt.
00:24In fact, it is outrageous to compare the agony of a cow with that of a mosquito.
00:28You go and you look at all the animal farms and then you sip your tea.
00:35Hitting this, I mean, any kinds of arguments that we get.
00:40In nature, there is so much violence, why can't we also kill?
00:42They kill because they are made to kill.
00:44They also kill because they are still in the jungle.
00:47You are not in the jungle anymore.
00:48Does the lion have an option to eat grass?
00:51No, it does not have that option.
00:52But you have the option.
00:54Pranam Acharya Ji, I have followed you in YouTube at least for the past four to five years.
01:02Okay.
01:03So, yes, I believe on your thoughts.
01:07In most of the time, I have several arguments with your thoughts also.
01:11I have, means, you have told several times in your videos also, the drinking milk is cow's milk or something, animal's milk is, we should not do that, should not drink that milk.
01:28And you also give explanation for that.
01:30We should have the same, I mean, huge amount of compassion about that living creature, at least.
01:40So, maybe this question sounds bizarre to all of you.
01:47If some mosquito comes in front of me and he tries to bite me, how can I take my compassion with that mosquito?
02:00Why limit it to the mosquito, take it down to another level of miniscularity, the bacteria.
02:09Bacteria is also there?
02:11No, not also there.
02:12You mosquito, you kill in a few number.
02:15Yes.
02:15Is it okay or not?
02:17Bacteria, we kill in hundreds and thousands and millions within the body.
02:22For killing the mosquito, at least some voluntary action is needed.
02:26Bacteria, you are continuously killing even involuntarily.
02:33Please understand, we are talking of violence here.
02:36What does violence mean?
02:38Violence is, when there is the option not to hurt, but you still hurt.
02:44There can be option, means I can use a mosquito coil.
02:47Yes, do that.
02:48Yes, do that.
02:49So, means if I kill the mosquito, then I am doing something wrong.
02:53If there is no option, please understand.
02:56See, I am doing something wrong.
02:57Understand, understand.
02:59Violence is, when it is possible to not to hurt consciousness, if you break a mirror or a cup, that is not violence.
03:12Violence is, when it is possible to hurt, to not to hurt consciousness, and yet you are hurting it.
03:20Right?
03:22And violence always takes into account the level of consciousness.
03:29The mosquito, on its own came to hurt you.
03:35But this is living, means...
03:37Might be, but consciousness will be hurt.
03:39You get Dengu, you die, maybe you are there to uplift the entire universe.
03:44Mosquito doesn't know that.
03:45Mosquito may not know, but we are talking of consciousness here.
03:49You are getting it.
03:51And lion attacks you.
03:54You are well within your right to kill it.
03:55Not even a mosquito, you can even kill a lion.
03:59Because you have no option, nor did you want to attack the lion.
04:02The lion attacked you.
04:05So, two things here.
04:07First of all, is there an option?
04:09Second, what is the relative level of consciousness of the two?
04:15When it comes to the animal's milk, first of all, there is an option.
04:21Second, you are harming a creature of sufficient consciousness in a humongous way.
04:29I don't know how you can even smile asking this question.
04:33Probably you have not gone through the state of the animals that are used to satiate your pleasure.
04:39You are harming them in a huge way.
04:41In fact, it is outrageous to compare the agony of a cow with that of a mosquito.
04:49You go and you look at all the animal farms and then you sip your tea.
04:55And that is not something inevitable.
05:01That is not like the bacteria in your gut.
05:06Where killing happens involuntarily, where killing is inevitable.
05:11The lion kills the deer in the jungle.
05:14That is not violence.
05:18Because there the killing is inevitable.
05:20Because the lion is inexorably made like that, it will go and kill the deer.
05:26That is not violence.
05:27Does the lion have an option to eat grass?
05:30No, it does not have that option.
05:32But you have the option.
05:34There is no way the cow or buffalo milk is needed for your survival or sustenance or health.
05:42So, that option is there.
05:43Secondly, a very conscious creature is being given infinite pain just for your taste buds and your tradition
05:53and your habits.
05:54That's what it is.
05:57It is a very, very bad kind of comparison to compare an animal farm with a biting mosquito.
06:12Any kinds of arguments that we get.
06:18In nature, there is so much violence.
06:19Why can't we also kill?
06:22They kill because they are made to kill.
06:24They kill because they can't live without killing.
06:26They kill because they have no option.
06:31They also kill because they are still in the jungle.
06:33You are not in the jungle anymore.
06:40So, don't take the example of the lion to defend your dietary traditions.
06:47Or that of the mosquito.
06:48The lion is helpless.
06:49The lion is helpless.
06:54What can the poor lion do?
06:57For cow's milk, it is totally fine.
06:59I acknowledge your point of view from very first whenever I have seen your video.
07:05But where should I put the compassion to each living creature in the world?
07:12As much as possible.
07:13See, if you have a lot of mosquitoes in your room.
07:16Obviously, the first thing should be to open the window and try to somehow shoot them away.
07:20That should be the first thing.
07:24Or as you said, a mosquito coil.
07:26Let the mosquitoes go out as much as possible.
07:28Why kill even the tiniest being?
07:32Why kill even cockroaches?
07:33But a point comes when an insect on its own attacks you.
07:39And that can be a big problem.
07:41Because a creature of very small consciousness is attacking someone
07:46who could have brought a lot of good to a lot of conscious beings.
07:51That's when if you exercise the option of killing the mosquito,
07:55it is partially defensible.
07:58Partially.
08:00Otherwise, you could even say, you know, the mosquito is doing what mosquitoes do.
08:05It is my job to put a mosquito net.
08:07So put a mosquito net and mosquitoes won't do their thing.
08:12But even extreme, you say the mosquito still gets to sneak in
08:15and comes and starts biting my nose.
08:18What if it carries dengue or malaria?
08:21And it's doing this and I was half asleep and I did this and the mosquito got killed.
08:25That's fine.
08:26That's fine.
08:27That's fine.
08:29That's fine.
08:33Listen.
08:34I mean, the��면 over there came and I'll see the tail coming.
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