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There is no deforestation happening in Gujarat or anywhere in India for that matter. India increased its forest cover from 19% to 24% of the land. Now the govt earmarked 6 billion dollars exclusively for forest growth. So deforestation is not the worry here. Gujarat is mostly desert land...

How minimal is an individual choice. There is no set point. Indians went as far as vegetarianism. In their new found zeal Westerners are opting for Vegan. They too will come to some moderation after a time period. Lions are not finding it hard to adapt to the system. They are thriving...

The villagers have to provide evidence of killed beasts before they can claim compensation, so it is not that easy to play the system now. A few here or there does not matter. Lions killing animals is not a political or religious issue. No one gets bothered by that.

Hmm. Give me the quotes.

I think they are trying out something not tried before. Cohabitation of lions and humans with minimal possible conflict. Gujaratis have so far been very accomodative and I think that will continue even if a few lions are relocated to MP.

The 500 odd million Indian vegetarian population is evidence that healthy life is possible with vegetarianism. I don't know what more refutation is required. The point is not whether man has eaten meat all his life or not. No where in Hinduism too does it strictly advocate vegetarianism. The...

Nah I meant Gita for that is how Gandhi is said to have interpreted Krishna's advice to Arjun. Yes one is free to believe anything and that is all you are doing too unless you have experiential evidence for your claims.

@Politico and @El Sidd We have had this dicussion before. Asiatic lions are healthy and multiplying at a more than healthy rate in India. They are no longer confined to the Gir forest and have spread out all over Saurashtra. About 22,000 km. The people there so far have not negatively...

Nah medical science does not say that. It was the meat eating western scientists who tried to bring in this argument which is falling by the way side as more of their society grows vegetarian and/or vegan and are leading perfectly healthy lives as have vegetarian Indians for thousands of years.

It depends on your outlook. Some like Gandhi say Gita is a metaphorical book while others believe it is history. I think gods do reside in the cow and it was no metaphor when the saints said that.

I did not say least harm is only related to the food we eat. The scope of this discussion was on animals/gods/Hindu thought and hence I confined it to that.

The tree huggers are right. Plants do live a social life and feel pain and are an intelligent creation. There is no way anyone or anything can live in this world without interdependence. So we can choose to go extinct and save the planet from the harm of human beings or we can compromise to a...

Yes god resides in wheat and rice too and it is no metaphor. We too are god and our survival is dharma too. Eating wheat and rice or surviving on vegetarian stuff is the least possible harm we can do while ensuring our survival as well.

Too much extreme. Some moderation is required. Vegetarian means that which does not kill or harm any animal/bird/insect. So it already fulfils the criteria of being ethical, humane, and planet friendly. I was reply to your quote to me that it is not god which resides in the cow and it is...

Everything is God as per Hinduism. So if there are 10 million beneficial bacteria in the cow gut then there are 10 million gods in the cow gut. Each a life giver. The GOD you are talking about is another dimension where physicality does not exist. In this dimension this is how God exists as...

You require very less farmlands to feed human population. More forests get destroyed when you clear them to make feeding lots for cattle grazing which goes to make beef.

I think it is more than metaphor. Cow gut hosts millions of extremely beneficial bacteria which goes on to form the soil microbiome.

No, there is no place where God does not reside as per Hinduism. Cows are gods too considering everything in this universe is a manifestation of the divine. Yes we do mean physically present when we say reside. The legend associated with Lord Narasimha. "Prahlāda was born to Kayadu and...

They do trust and they voted in this govt barely 2 years ago. The govt is doing a fantastic job. They just completed huge tunnel connecting Jammu with Kashmir and are busy with their normal work. It is only in these 2-3 districts of 22 districts of Kashmir that some boys play stone pelting...