Hare krishna prabhus and matajis!

Please accept my respectful Obeisances, All glories to srila prabhupada and sri guru parampara.

I don't want to come in with 'stomping boots on' all over this topic on vegetarianism but it was not something srila prabhupada stressed. Srila Prabhupada would often point out that animals such as monkeys are also living on fruits and many other animals are vegetarian, but that is not our goal.

As Lord Krishna points out in the Bhagavad gita and Nityananda Ram prabhu has nicely quoted on the other thread. The devotees are released from all kinds of sins because they offer their food to krishna first. Even vegetarian foods if cooked for personal sense enjoyments and not first lovingly offered to Lord krishna to eat, will still implicate us in sinful reaction (Krishnas words not mine) or bad karma.

the karmic reaction for eating flesh is obviousley worse than vegeatarian foods but as srila Prabhupada coined the phrase. we are "prasadatarians" not Vegetarians!

your insignificant servant

tom