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We must look deeper than treaties, deeper than squashing one regime after another, deeper than the death penalty for terrorists. We must look to the nature of the crime and the nature of the criminal if we want to effect a lasting change. Let us put our global resources -- money, time, energy -into not only punishing those who have committed these atrocious acts, but into creating a world system in which these acts cannot exist, into creating a world system in which terrorism is unheard of, and in which we live side by side in peace. That is truly the task at hand. It is a task which I believe is as worthy of global resources as the task of hunting down one man hiding in the mountainous caves of Afghanistan or Pakistan. Lastly, God has given us an important lesson in this tragedy: life is so short. We don’t know when or how our end will come. Every moment is a gift. No matter how high we build our towers of prosperity, we never know when they can come crashing down. Therefore, why not live peacefully, why not live every moment in love, in harmony, in joy? Who knows if this moment will be our last? of love, towers of unity, towers of brotherhood, towers of peace. Let these new, divine towers reach unprecedented heights, soaring toward the Divine, Infinite Abode of the Lord. We, on the holy banks of Mother Ganga, in the lap of the sacred Himalayas, offer our deepest prayers that the departed souls may rest in peace, and that those who are shattered, broken and bereaved by this tragedy may find solace and serenity. Lastly, we pray for those who have committed this atrocious act and for all those who have plans or desires to commit a similar act — we pray that God may bestow wisdom and compassion upon them, so that they can see the folly of their ways and transform themselves. We pray for peace to the Heavens, peace to the Earth, peace to all the humans, all the animals, all the plants and peace for every being in the universe. Om Shantih Shantih Shantih Let us take a new pledge today, in the fertile ground of the rubble. Let us vow to live our lives as precious gifts, to come together as sister and brother, to forgive and forget our grievances and our grudges, and to join hands together in rebuilding the towers. But let these new towers be not only towers of trade and towers of wealth, but let them be towers . . DROPS DROPS OF OF OF NECTAR NECTAR NECTAR 30 DROPS DROPS OF OF NECTAR NECTAR 31
VEGETARIANISM: FOR YOUR BODY, YOUR SOUL AND YOUR PLANET “Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.” ago, the reasons “why” have changed slightly. Some of the meanings and reasons are the same today as when our scriptures were written thousands of years ago. However, many of the reasons are directly related to the world we live in now. While vegetarianism has always been a correct “moral” and “spiritual” choice, today it is more than that. Today, it is an imperative choice for anyone who is concerned about the welfare of Mother Earth and all the people who live here. Today, it is not only a religious decision. Rather, it is the only way we can hope to eliminate hunger, thirst, rainforest destruction and the loss of precious resources. It is, in short, the most important thing that each man, woman and child can do every day to demonstrate care for the earth and care for humanity. We make many choices in our lives without ever questioning “why?” Choices like what religion we believe in, what our values are, what we eat... Perhaps we simply continue to live in the way we were raised; perhaps we automatically adopt our parents’ choices. Or perhaps we rebel against how we were raised: our parents made one choice, so we will make the opposite. In either case, we rarely take the time to truly see why we are living the way we are. Spiritual/Religious Aspects of Vegetarianism One of the most important guiding principles of a moral In this article, I want to take the opportunity to see why life is ahimsaa, or non-violence. There is hardly anything we should live as vegetarians. I want to talk about the more violent than taking the life of another for our mere deep meanings behind this choice we make each time we enjoyment. It would be one thing if we were stranded in put food in our bodies. the jungle, starving to death, and we needed the food to survive. But, we live in a world where we can get all our I hear so many Indian youth tell me, “But my parents can’t calories, all our vitamins and minerals in other, tastier, less even give me a good reason to be vegetarian. They just expensive and less violent ways. Hence, to continue to say that the cow is holy, but if I don’t believe the cow is kill the animals is simply to fulfill our desires, our pleasures. holy then why can’t I eat hamburgers?” The importance of vegetarianism far transcends a belief It is simply selfish gratification at the incredible pain of another. that the cow is holy. In fact, although the tenet of Perhaps more violent than their day of death is the vegetarianism is as important as it was thousands of years numerous days of their lives. The animals raised for DROPS DROPS OF OF OF NECTAR NECTAR NECTAR . 32 DROPS DROPS OF OF NECTAR NECTAR . 33
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What do I want out of life? What is
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Corporal punish
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Gujaratis marrying Gujaratis, Punja
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THE DANGER OF ANGER There was once
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So many times in life we read spiri
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DIVINE ASSISTANCE There was once a
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“You can not take the needle with
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as childish. Yet, those views are f
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ONLY YOU There once lived a king, b
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DO YOUR DUTY There was once a horri
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THE LEAKY BUCKET In the very olden
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The prose has become poetry, the st
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appear better, or we criticize thos
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“I have come to take you away fro
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say, “I will not buy another jack
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SEARCHING FOR THE NEEDLE Once a wom
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way? For how long can you move othe
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Praise for Drops of Nectar Dear Bha
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