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Never eat meat

A spiritual talk advocating for vegetarianism and traditional values within yoga practice.

"People also say, 'Yes, we are coming more and more.' Unfortunately, much of this is coming from India now, for yoga practice... but they also say that if they want, they can eat meat too. And that is not good."

"You know that people who eat meat, at a certain age... they cannot even speak. And many, many people cannot think anything. This is because of the meat."

The speaker addresses an audience, expressing concern that modern yoga teachings from India are permitting meat consumption, which they see as a decline from pure, traditional practices. They praise the audience for maintaining vegetarianism and call for a return to strict principles, linking diet to spiritual and physical health. The talk concludes with an abrupt shift to advising on strong family and marital bonds.

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

It is said that in the beginning, there were many very bad things—much improper eating and so on. People think that we are all good now. Yet, many humans have begun to eat meat and such things. Of course, in your countries too, there are many, many good people who do not eat any meat. In all countries, many countries... But I have found that in our countries, those who began spiritually, their children are also very good. Because the father and mother are very good, the children become very good through this. People also say, "Yes, we are coming more and more." Unfortunately, much of this is coming from India now, for yoga practice, and they are spreading to whole countries. But there is one thing that is not good. They are doing many good things in colleges and everywhere, but they also say that if they want, they can eat meat too. And that is not good. Do you know how many years it has been since I came to this country? From that time we began, and you are all so good that you do not eat meat and such things. Some people go out and begin eating here and there; they are not like this. But I am telling you about your countries. And by "our countries," I mean mostly those from Croatia and all these countries—are they all Slavic countries? Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia? The other countries, many, many... What is in Czechoslovakia, Croatia, New Orleans, America... I am speaking about all those lands: Czechoslovakia, Croatia, but also America, for example. What I told you is about the Czech countries—Česko and Slovensko—and they are here in Czechoslovakia. There was another one. And now, they take everything from here, from Europe, no? In India, this was not there at that time. These people from here and there were from different lands, and many different things have happened. But it is very much, I assume, myself and you all see a thing. When you see that now, it is very good. So you are very good, and I think God has given this to you. So here, that God there... Where was it? So now we have done very good. But somehow, someone went out. Yet the Indians came inside, and they went to all countries in the world. But what they said is: "We don't think, we don't want. We can, if you want to eat meat and such, it is yours. We don't want." So now it has come. This is not very good. This is from India. They came, but with the meat. I go to India now, and I will ask all Indians from the government: "Do you eat meat or not?" They say, "We are eating." Then what are you doing here? In India, there are many, many people who are very strict; they do not eat meat or anything. But where there were mostly people, they went out. So I am telling you, please, take everybody everywhere. We will have Yoga in Daily Life. "Yoga in Daily Life"—we have learned very much here. We worked very hard. So now I want to tell you that you should all go in again and tell only the "Yoga in Daily Life" people. They have not given this like that. They said, "No, we don't want, we don't know about eating and not this." We do, we can do. That is not right. And so, it came last year, after two years, I think. And that has come to these countries: that we are coming to God, and we all will come to God. So let's work and tell the people everything: what is Yoga in Daily Life, what Indians are bringing, and what is good or not. So, we all—you know where you are—are very good, and we have to be strong. We will bring the people back again, to be with Yoga in Daily Life. There are some people more, not only Yoga in Daily Life. But they were all; it was swamis. And that all was many, many. They were not eating meat and such things. And there are many who don't go into that, who are as if born to have it there. They are practicing according to their guru, and that guru's guru, but all are one in one. They are all making the same thing, spiritually: not killing anything, not giving meat, and like this. But they always clean their hands, yes? After eating, they are cleaning their mouths, etc. Everything is cleanly created. So there are many, many sādhus, and they are very great; they are working now. So you should... I help you, that we should all come back and we should become like this: no meat and nothing. I am helping you with this, so that you do not eat meat, and so that other people return back to it. And you know that mostly, who is eating meat? You will see that after a certain year, you have many problems in the body. You know that people who eat meat, at a certain age—and many people are like this—they cannot even speak. And many, many people cannot think anything. This is because of the meat, from the good cows and many other animals. They are all very good, but they are killing very much and many, many things. So let us come, that we will bring now the best again. Do you understand? Thank you very much. Always, I am whole night and day thinking very much on you, all of you. Look at the little child. He's also making like this. Good. So it is. Siddhi, Pāṇḍare, Bhagavān, Gītā, Dev, Purī, Sāma, Dev, Gītā... So Mātā Pitā, Mātā and Pitā. So when you come and marry, both should be together for their whole life. And you know, many things now are lost. Very many problems. Maybe the girl is not good, or her husband is not good. And they have children, and the children are without them. So please, if you marry, then make it your vow that we will not kill children. We give our children very good food, and we will all be together. When husband and wife they are, yes, okay. But when you get a child, then both children, the wife and husband, they are coming and helping and are good to the child. And when the child comes, then this lady, it is her child, and she has so much in her heart for the child. So they said, husband and wife, "Yes, now we have our children." And we should help very much and take our children, and we will work very good again. But you know, maybe many things in you, that their parents are gone, or this or that. So we will bring more again back. Thank you. Hari Om.

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

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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