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“People may not realise that changing what’s on their plate could have an even bigger effect.” Joyce D’Silva, Compassion in World Farming.

The following is my response to an email thread about cow protection, or, more correctly, the lack thereof, in ISKCON, and the mentality that has led to that lack:

The Two most astonishing things for the British who invaded India were:

1)      The Indian gurukula system.

2)      The Indian agriculture system.

The then Governor of British India Robert Clive made an extensive research on the agriculture system in India.

The outcome of the research was as follows:

1)      Cows were the basis of Indian agriculture and agriculture in India cannot be executed without the help of cow.

“Human civilization means to advance the cause of brahminical culture, and to maintain it, cow protection is essential.”

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