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Such matters are of great importance for our planet, our future, our environment, our health, and for the entire world. A few days ago, I mentioned that cow dung can be transformed. It is the best fertilizer. Even simply throwing it into the fields is beneficial. This cow dung, when cows are fed artificial feed, develops a bad smell. But cows that eat just grass or dry fodder—like our Jadon cows—do not have such an odor. We know that Ayurveda utilizes these elements extensively. It has been scientifically proven that cow urine, cow dung, and the energy—the radiance from a place where a cow lives or dwells, a cowshed—possess very strong positive energy. In India, in Hindi, there is a word Gawadi. In European languages, this is called a courtyard or a yard. Everyone who builds houses, for instance, on a plot of 100, 200, or 300 square meters, will allocate perhaps 35 square meters for living space, 80 for storage, and another 50 square meters for animals like cows, buffaloes, or goats. They always leave more free space for the animals than for themselves. It is a beautiful harmony. In the warm season during the evening, when the day is pleasantly warm, you sit outside your room and your animals sit very peacefully, chewing their cud. The calves stand nearby. It is an atmosphere. I can say this is an anti-stress meditation. Truly, it is no joke. It is so beautiful. When you come to Jadon, you can sit for hours watching what the calves are doing. When you arrive, they all come running to you. She has taken some pictures. The cows all sit so peacefully. The goats too, of course, and the horses, and the dogs. These are living beings that feel this radiance and trust from you. They feel it, and they understand our language. That is the point. A German cow comes to India and does not understand the Rajasthani language. That is the truth. There is a little joke, a real one. You know that with Mataji Katharina, we worked together to further develop yoga in Austria and so on. She asked, "Samy, can you give me a yoga name, a spiritual name?" Her name is Katharina. I said, "Alright, the name starts with 'K', so I will keep the same letter. Your name is Kamala." I wouldn't have such a name myself. But I said, "Kamala means 'lotus'." Well, when you call me Kamala, I remember something. She said, "What?" You know, in Tirol, the farmers say to the cow, "Kumma, kumma, kumma, kumma, kumma" (come here). And so she said, "It was always 'Kuh-ma' (cow-come), I think, for my cow." But this wonderful therapy—we can try whatever we want. Truly. We have almost 500 cows now, and they are all very gentle. When I go to the Go-Śālā, it is a joy for me. All our calves are the happiest calves. We will not sell them to just anyone. If someone wants to buy, it is only those we know, or if they bring a written declaration from the mayor and the police stating that the person will never sell the animals to a slaughterhouse, that they will only be used truly for agriculture and transport, and so on. Then, yes, they can have one. You know, it is like a part of our own self there. These are our family members. Can you imagine that you lovingly feed, groom, clean, and care for your cows in a stable, and then when your calf is one or two years old, you push it into a truck? And you know what happens. Once they showed in a video how horses are bred in Austria. The ponies are exported to Italy and so on. Many travel by train. In one instance, a man comes, strikes the horse, pulls its hair, and presses a pin into its head and taps it. Then they believe it is dead, but it is not yet dead. Then it goes to slaughter. Your animals, those that grow around you, they are your family, your children. This is very, very important—that we develop love. I say, at the moment the greatest worship—pÅ«jā, mantras, ceremonies—is that we cherish these beloved animals and this entire environment. It is not about whether you like it or not. And in reality, you know, the meat does not taste good. It is like a rubber band. Have you seen this Gimuse Parm? So many refined tastes and such good flavor exist. This year in Pervur, I started in Dschernan. Every year I call and ask, "Have you planned a museum? Have you done this, done that?" The answer is always, "Yes, but there is no such thing," and so on, because it is the wrong time. Actually, or unfortunately, we lack someone who consistently follows through and does the work. I have brought so many good seeds; all have gone underground—I do not know where they are. We need someone who is responsible. Yes, drinking coffee, eating ice cream, and if it's not available, sitting on the terrace and enduring. These are our Karma-Yogi experts. All those who leave here only do these dry, intellectual tasks. But we all must learn. I have said every Karma-Yogi must definitely work one and a half hours in the field. That would be good. This is a prayer. This is a blessing that you can create. First of all, we do not know what plants look like, or what vegetable leaves look like. But farmers, from the very beginning, know when a seed sprouts whether it is an eggplant, lettuce, spinach, beetroot, red beets, and so on, or if it is wheat or rye. People have absolutely none of this knowledge. So, in Pervur I started on not even a whole hectare, maybe half a hectare of prepared land—about 10,000 square meters. Who was in Jadon? Correct? You were there? 10,000 square meters, roughly half. Today I called Jadon and Jasrazin and asked, "How is the vegetable garden?" It has rained two or three times, and water lies everywhere in the fields. He said, "Oh, SwāmÄ«jÄ«, we have so many vegetables. Ten kilos, 40 kilos per day we get of kakḷī (cucumbers), and about ten to fifteen kilos of bhinḷī (okra), and some kilos of guvar (cluster beans) and this and that." I had all kinds of vegetables in mind. There are so many eggplants; no one wants to buy them anymore. No one wants to eat because there are so many eggplants. I said we need to buy pickles, baghār (tempering), because we are not buying the baghār. Monika said we can import here. I said this is a long process. First, I do not know if India allows it. Some time ago, India prohibited certain foods, especially vegetables and fruits. Then there are EU and Austrian laws regarding disease and so forth. But I say, vegetables taste so good. Everyone receives a whole plate full of vegetables and a little rice. That is something. And the taste is that. By the time I get there, it will already be over because the season is already passing. I thought yesterday that I would fly for a week just to eat vegetables. This is an energy. When we have seen this farm, nurtured with love and knowledge, it is like this. All knowledge, every kind of knowledge, is a divine blessing. Of course, we knew how to make this compost, how it would be, and all that. And the earthworms still have, thank God, a private garden in Austria. But where there are pesticides, there is Āriṣṭa (imbalance, poison). When we were in Strilki, we saw a machine about 20 to 30 meters long behind the Spree, near the pump, attached to a tractor. The tractor goes on, spreading the poison. This is greed from a person, but the person does not know what it will cause. First and foremost, it is important to ban these pesticides throughout the entire world. But as I said, the strongest is the food industry. It is very, very powerful. We spoke about vegetarian living as ecological and environmentally friendly in Slovenia with a mayor. He said it is set under special conditions in the EU: farmers must have so many animals and few of these other products, and so on. It is flesh, flesh. The meat industry is very strong. But start with a grassroots project. An individual can do much, much. At the United Nations, it is said that every voice is heard. Everyone's voice will be heard and counted. And so it is. Yes, when it comes to choosing, every person is very important in whom they should choose. And so it is precisely the joyful endeavor we have undertaken. We do not fight; we are not against someone, but we spread love. And it is love for all living beings. I saw a video recently—a very small, beautiful one, yes, in Namaribor, 30 years in Slovenia. How long is the video? Eight minutes? Nine minutes? It is nine minutes. Are you keeping up? Can you get one? It is wonderful. What I want to show you is our peaceful cow. How beautiful she is... You can see from the animal's eyes how much love radiates, how much trust radiates, and how relaxed she is. I want to see again and again only the eye of this cow. It is so dear. The most beautiful eye in the world, you can see. Peaceful—that is what is called joy. It is like a baby coming to the mother, and the mother gives milk to the baby, she breastfeeds the baby. How relaxed and happy and joyful that is. This is an indescribable love. And so all animals, all living beings, have such a love. And this is Ahiṁsā. This is why Ahiṁsā has always been spoken of since that time. But at the moment, people are very much caught up with Hiṁsā (violence). It is a pity. NataÅ¡a said that throughout all of Slovenia, at every gas station you can get a sandwich, but only with meat. What a pity. And there is so little. On the Adriatic Coast in Porto Rose, there are only restaurants where only meat is served—fish meat, fish meat. For us, and for many tourists who go there, it is a horror. There are hotels, but no cooking facilities because that would compete with the restaurant. So, very good. I said then it is a good business for you if you want a business. Build a kombi bus and prepare many, many vegetarian sandwiches, samosas, chai, and so on. In the summer, for only two months, you will earn a lot of money. Truly. Pizza slices, vegetarian sandwiches, ready-made tools people are using—"which one, which one, this one, how are you?" Hot samosa, hot this, hot chai. You naturally have to obtain a license, that is that. And that would be a positive effort. It's not just about the money, but about cultivating this consciousness. Then, you will see, many, many restaurants will offer vegetarian options again.