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So even there is no bhūta-hatyā... That is called pañca-sūnā-yajña, five kind of imperceptible sinful activities. Just like when we …

So doing that smashing work, you kill so many animals. In breathing, you kill so many animals. In drinking water, …

Sūnā means violence. So we prohibit these four kinds of sinful life = killing of animals and illicit sex... Striya, …

So Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja says that "It is not possible to counteract." But indirectly, Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja says that if you... He …

When the king orders somebody to be hanged on account of his committing murder, the king is not sinful. King …

When an animal is slaughtered in sacrifice, there is mantra. The mantra is that... The animal slaughter in sacrifice is …

Then why it has been taken by the Vedas? This should be the question, that "Without marriage, sex life is …

Just like anyone can distill liquor at home. It is not very difficult thing. Anyone can do it. In India …

So restriction is required. Why? It is because it is bad. Nobody restricts that "You don't manufacture cāpāṭi." No. Because …

So the human life is meant for purification. Sattva-śuddhi. In the Bhagavad-gītā there is abhayam... What is that? Can anyone... …

By nature, by constitutional position, every living entity is as pure as God. But God does not become impure. We …

Therefore in this human life, if we do not purify our existence, then we go on with this impure existence. …

Therefore if we purify our consciousness by advancing, by developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then we become pure. This is the process …

Therefore, spiritual education begins from this body. As Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, dehino 'smin yathā dehe [Bg. 2.13]. Asmin …

Therefore, generally people cannot understand what is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. They think it is some religious sentiment, like so …

And for such... Just like for being cured from your attack of cold and cough, you take so many medicines, …

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means training people how to become tapasvī. Tapasvī means undergoing tapasya, regulative, so that he …

[aside:] You read some of the purport.

Pradyumna: "Aśvamedha-yajñas or gomedha-yajñas, or the sacrifices in which a horse or a bull is sacrificed, were not, of course, …

Prabhupāda: This is a long subject matter, that the sacrifice in yajña, recommended, that is not for killing the animal, …