\nHow can he practice true compassion
\nwho eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?
\nKural 252
\nRiches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless,
\nnor can compassion be found in the hearts of those who eat meat.
\nKural 253
\nHe who feasts on a creature’s flesh is like he who wields a weapon.
\nGoodness is never one with the minds of these two.
\nKural 254
\nIf you ask, ”What is kindness and what is unkindness?”
\nIt is not-killing and killing. Thus, eating flesh is never virtuous.
\nKural 255
\nLife is perpetuated by not eating meat.
\nThe jaws of Hell close on those who do.
\nKural 256
\nIf the world did not purchase and consume meat,
\nno one would slaughter and offer meat for sale.
\nKural 257
\nWhen a man realizes that meat is the butchered flesh
\nof another creature, he will abstain from eating it.
\nKural 258
\nInsightful souls who have abandoned the passion to hurt others
\nwill not feed on flesh that life has abandoned.
\nKural 259
\nGreater than a thousand ghee offerings consumed in sacrificial
\nfires is to not sacrifice and consume any living creature.
\nKural 260
\nAll life will press palms together in prayerful adoration
\nof those who refuse to slaughter or savor meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"