“The will to live.” “The will to just continue.” That, he said, is the basic human existential tendency. I’m asking, “Don’t animals have that tendency?” At the root of all consciousness; is the will to survive and continue. We don’t want to die; the animals, too, don’t want to die, right? We feel pain, we suffer; so do animals. The reasons might be very different. Often the reasons are, in fact, not too different. Separate a human mother from her baby and you see the suffering. It’s very apparent. Separate a cow from her calf, and the suffering is much the same. Read more...
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Acharya Prashant: Namaste Gauriji, can you see me? Hear me?
Questioner: Yes. The fellows and the entire team of People for Animals Public Policy Foundation, People for Animals-Uttarakhand, they’re all here.
Acharya Prashant: Wonderful.
Questioner: And eagerly waiting to hear you.
Acharya Prashant: Wonderful. So, let’s begin.
