Every living creature is the son of the supreme Lord, and He does not tolerate even ants being killed
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the divinity in all living beings and the importance of respecting life.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's quote expresses the belief that all creatures, regardless of their size or significance, are children of the Supreme Lord. This perspective encourages a reverence for all forms of life and a moral obligation to treat them with care and compassion, reflecting a deep understanding of interconnection within the universe.
In practice
During a seminar on environmental ethics, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of all life forms.
Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bonafide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. By the mercy of both Krishna and the spiritual masters, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.
The future will be like the past, in the sense that, no matter how amazing or technologically advanced a society becomes, the basic human rhythm of petty malevolence, sordid moneygrubbing, and official violence, illuminated by occasional bursts of loyalty or desire or tenderness, will go on.
The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images.
To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.
I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.
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