Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of animal slaughter, specifically in the context of religious festivals and daily consumption. He highlights the staggering scale of violence against animals, noting that humans kill millions of crores of animals and fish annually. He acknowledges the argument that if one consumes meat throughout the year, they have no moral standing to object to slaughter on a specific religious day. He asserts that objections to such practices are only valid if one's own character is clean and free from such violence. He emphasizes that meat consumption should be opposed every single day of the year due to its devastating impact on animals, nature, and humans themselves. However, Acharya Prashant clarifies that one wrong does not justify another. The fact that animals are killed daily does not make slaughter on a festival day acceptable. He defines religion as a force that should lead a person from violence to non-violence and from animalistic tendencies to humanity. He explains that while humans share basic instincts like anger, greed, and lust with animals, humans possess intellect, which makes them even more dangerous if these instincts are not refined. He argues that religion is meant to be the medicine for human flaws. Therefore, while killing an animal for taste or greed is wrong, doing so in the name of religion is ten times worse because it turns the 'medicine' of spiritual healing into 'poison'.
