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The natural way of life is being lost through cruelty to animals. Separating any creature from its young is a profound crime, as all beings possess deep familial bonds and memory. This violence creates suffering that echoes through generations, much like inherited familial patterns. True spirituality and understanding of divine reality depend on how one lives, especially in behavior toward others. Compassion is the foundation. A story illustrates that blessings from the holy are not about quantity but the divine quality imbued within even the smallest offering.

"To separate children from their parents is a big crime, no matter the species."

"It is not the quantity of prasāda that matters, but the quality."

In ancient times, people did not consume much meat. Everyone had their own garden where they grew fruits, nuts, and oil seeds; there were many recipes. First, he took strict care of the horses. He headed into the field, and people knew that when the cows entered the field again, it was like machine work—so nicely selected. So we went straight to the place where the children were happy, where we were waiting to stay for a few days. Using the field again daily also helps. Nowadays, can you feel the pain of that mother? Can you see her baby? We milk her because she gives more milk, and this cortisone goes into our bodies. The natural way of life is getting lost. It doesn’t matter if it is a goat, a sheep, a horse, a cow, a bird, or a little mouse; they all love their children. To separate children from their parents is a big crime, no matter the species. You know they have a long, long memory. Once I was told Russia experimented with one rabbit family. They took three baby rabbits in three different directions, about 100 to 200 kilometers away. They killed the little baby 100 kilometers away. Then, with the remaining two babies and the mother, they measured their heartbeats. They were so nervous, and the heartbeat was very heavy. Then they killed the second baby, and then they killed the others. That story they told me was very sad. So, for every incident, it is graced in the child and also in the body of the father. It is very... it is about sixteen days you have, sixteen generations you have the relations. It is like the moon. From the half moon, it goes for sixteen days to change again. Intensive, intensive, slow, slow, it goes from generation to generation. For humans, it is said that they should not marry within this generation or dynasty. We call it Ṛṣi Kul. There were many ṛṣis, and they had many children. These children also had children, so they will not marry in this dynasty. They will at least avoid sixteen generations because it is not healthy if a sister gives a child with a brother. It is not acceptable, and the child will not be healthy, he said. It is not good. Well, so love is very intense, and therefore there are no separations. People were overthinking if they should have a child. So, the animals love that. Nowadays, people kill the goat, that sheep is going to... and they take the young, and they kill that every year to make a cap. It’s a very gentle... It is not that you have such a cap on your head. It means you have that sin on your head. So you see how far humans can go. If animals could not do like this, then spirituality, and to understand God and to get God realization or to come to freedom or heaven—whatever you call it—it needs how you live, especially your behavior towards other people. Therefore, it is said: love them, feed them. So there was... he noticed one day, suddenly one cow comes and joins the... And when he goes back home with the cows, half a kilometer or one kilometer before, that cow disappears into the mountains. The cow disappeared into a cave. The man who was taking care of the cows took care of this cow the whole day, and he pays me. So I said, one day he decided to go behind this cow. Purī Jī, Śrī Prakāś Purī Jī, Śrī Prakāś... Purī Jī, Śrī... The grey hair is your wisdom. In India, we used to say, "You’ve got only grey hair, you should be wise." So, it means you are running. So the master, we said... He said, "No, master, I was curious to whom this car belongs." And so he said, "It’s nice." And he said, "Yes, send your disciple to me, because he doesn’t know how to get out." I said, "Well, I said I would give you something for one year, which you were taking care of my cow." There was wheat. So, to feed the cow is very good. I took it with both hands and wanted to give it to her. He had nothing with her. Thanks to God that I know what plastic was there. Fortunately, at that time there were no jellies, but he had only one shawl. So he took his shawl like this, put it on his shoulder, greeted the master, and one disciple guided him. He came out of the cave there, and the disciple went away. He was so disappointed and so angry. "One year I am taking care of the cow, and he gave me only one handful," he said. He opened it, threw it like that. He opened it, and he threw it like that. He opened it, and he threw it like that. He opened it, and he threw. It was like that, and he threw it like that. He came home. She said, "I was worried. What happened to you?" He said, "Did all the cows come?" "Yes, yes, all cows go home. No one came who did not let their cows go. But where have you been?" Then he told us, "Such is a holy man, no one has the blessing to see. A lot of prosperity, throw it there." For one year it was, "Oh my God, are you serious?" "Yes, I did it. Look, I have nothing." But something remained hanging here. They were lightning, our ten to fifteen pieces of diamonds. Oh, let’s go there quickly. So both of them were looking and searching. Some vows were coming to him, so one gives him. And have your blessings in it. Whatever is touched by a holy man has his divine blessing. You may not understand in that minute, but one day you will realize what is great. The prasāda has influence on our body. It is not the quantity of prasāda that matters, but the quality. It can be a very small piece.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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