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dishonesty. cruelly the avoidence of these three vices make culture hout cruelty who is more tolevant to our discussion, he says. Do not be cruel show kindness to every being that is weaker than yourself Every living thing loves its own life and is sensitive to pain, be tender to them all. If you gre mean faisip or cruel, everyone will know it and know you are not cultured man or woman Do unto bers as you would be done by. This is the essence of culture in word and action,
He contine's. "We can exaggerate and caricature every discipline. It is easy to paint the picture of foolish concern for the bugs and the ants and the mosquitoes. It is easy to prove the impossibility of avoiding all killings and to establish that eating one another is the law of Nature. But culture consists essentially in putting yourself in other's position and thinking and feeling in that position. Sementically speaking it is the standard of behaviour set before people and kept up steadily by the enlightened among them that should be called the culture of that group and not the actual performances and failures. 1
88. It is instructive to note what famous Constitutional Lawyer N.A. Palkiwala has to say on the quintessence of Indian Culture. (See Essential Unity of all Religions. N.A.Palkiwala, 1990. Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Bombay)
"The quintessence of ancient Indian culture, and of great religions flourishing today. can be reduced to the five immortal Ideals which, our rishis have been preaching indefatigably for ages-Satva. Dharma. Shanti. Prem and Ahimsa. None of these five hallowed words has an exact equivalent in the English language. The various nuances of each of these five words cannot be precisely encapsulated in a single word in any modern language. About Ahimsa he says: "There is far more to Ahimsa than merely non-violence and harmlessness. When you practise Ahimsa you identify yourself with all animate creatures. It involves a feeling of kinship. of oneness, with all life-your followman and animals birds and trees. In 1979, the world celebrated the centenary of Dr. Albert Einstein's birth; and tributes were paid to him in all continents. Dr. J. Rober Oppenheimer, the world renowned Physicist of USA said, "If I had to think of a single word for his attitude towards human problems, I would pick the Sanaskrit word 'AHIMSA."
89. In fact, now it is not necessary to go into ethics or morals or persuasive views of others in order to establish a relationship of compassion towards living creatures. As we will see shortly. the Constitutional 42nd Amendment, has given the constitutional place of pride to the value of compassion to living creatures, by enactment of a Fundamental Duty on the Citizens. In short now it can be said that one can kill the animals, only by violation of his Constitutional Duty.
90. Before coming to legal relation created by Statute etc. its scope and implications for the STATE, above discussion may be summarised:
91. The discussion shows that there exists vast unregulated killings of animals, particularly livestock which is destructive of the environment itself. Such killings now have nothing to do with the compulsion of man to go for the life of animal with the object of survival, as was the case in primitive era. Now it is economic greed based for personal economic ambitions. The killings are a trade and animals are killed to earn a livlihood. Meat Industry has come of age, which blames Indian Cultural values as impedimant to its fast growth. It is now clear, that in this age of advanced civilisation supported by advanced agriculture, with sufficient food for the world, animals are still consumed for taste and pleasure, cultivated by environmentally destructive food habits, handed down to generations in unconscious manner without thinking of its consequences. In short slaughtering is in the naine el food, and not for sake of food.