Omen of the Black Crow.... I went to Vatican City and I became happy to see a great monument there. There were hundreds of thousands of pilgrims there, all paying their respects, and I also wanted to pay respects: “O Jesus Christ, how glorious you are.” Then, seeing some very beautiful and soft calves of only two or three days old, I asked, “Why are there so many calves here?” “You don’t know? The pope will take their flesh today. He will invite his friends, and they will eat all of them.” I then began to hate that land, and said, “I should not spend another moment here. I should go away. These people are cruel butchers. They have no pity or mercy upon these cows and calves, nor upon anyone else.” The cow is like a mother. She gives milk without considering caste and creed. She gives milk to everyone, whether such persons are Mohammedan, Indian, American, or anyone else. We can therefore think of her as a mother who gives her breast milk. If one takes a new calf and kills her for her meat, Is This mercy? Bhaktivedanta Narayan Goswami Discourse on Raya Ramananda Samvada Maui, Hawaii: May 24, 2000
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