{"id":11976,"date":"2013-10-18T13:59:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T12:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11976"},"modified":"2013-10-18T13:59:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T12:59:28","slug":"iskcon-european-leaders-traditional-vaisnava-diet-milk-in-iskcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11976","title":{"rendered":"ISKCON European Leaders: Traditional Vaisnava diet: Milk in ISKCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eurorgb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/elm_2013_radhadesh_36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\"  \/><br \/>\nFrom the <a href=\"http:\/\/eurorgb.com\/elm-2013-radhadesh\">12th ISKCON European Leaders Meeting, Radhadesh, Belgium, October 5-6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today the animal rights lobbyists are very outspoken about animal welfare and often they advocate a vegan diet due to the cruelty inflicted on Mother cow in the dairy industry. Many devotees are being influenced by the vegan argument. We will have two presentations on this topic from different points of view. Is there anything different now than when Srila Prabhupada was physically with us that requires us to change the standard given by Srila Prabhupada with regard to a lacto vegetarian diet? Or should we continue with that standard using non ahimsa milk for the deities and devotees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77140675\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n         <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77154009?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n         <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/77152471\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Milk in ISKCON: statement from the European leaders\u2019 Meeting 2013<\/p>\n<p>We deplore the slaughter of cows and regard it as completely unnecessary for the dietary requirements of human society.<\/p>\n<p>We commit ourselves to a future when ISKCON\u2019s self-sustaining communities and\/or slaughter-free farms are able to provide the milk requirements of our ISKCON communities and projects.<\/p>\n<p>Our preference will always be a lacto-vegetarian diet, in accordance with the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n<p>Until such time as cow-protection standard milk \/ slaughter-free milk is available, we will serve this lacto-vegetarian preference in the following ways.<\/p>\n<p>    We will source better qualities of milk. (64%)<br \/>\n    We will completely avoid milk and dairy products. (23%)<br \/>\n    We will reduce our milk consumption generally. (13%)<br \/>\n    We will continue the current status quo. (0%)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads2\/032013-10-18-14-5803.jpg\"\/><strong>By ISKCON European Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Today the animal rights lobbyists are very outspoken about animal welfare and often they advocate a vegan diet due to the cruelty inflicted on Mother cow in the dairy industry. Many devotees are being influenced by the vegan argument. 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