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TIME TO PROTECT ANIMALS

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"Recently, monkeys have been declared as ‘vermin’ in the city of Shimla, allowing for their culling. These monkeys harass people and destroy agricultural produce, reason out the policy makers. The above is a clear indicator of the rise of asuric vritti among humans that has limited their thinking to the self-destructing philosophy of I-me-myself. Their buddhi is polluted and they cannot think of benefit of creation.
An animal needs food and shelter. Declaring monkey as vermin is an example of anti-humanity as it is the land mafia that has usurped their forests by breaking every law possible and it is them who are instigating the policies to kill them so that their lands can be taken over. It is this mafia that is vermin, not the monkeys." Yogi Ashwini



There are two aspects to creation—the positive (sur) and negative (asur). The surs are responsible for protection and preservation of creation, asurs engage in its destruction. So, the ones who are feeding the poor, saving animals, protecting environment would be termed as surs. And the ones who kill animals, destroy forests, and abuse fellow beings would fall in the category of asurs.
The surs and asurs can be found across religions, communities, geographies and ages, and the battle between them has ensued since time immemorial.
Agastya Muni had prophesied around seven thousand years ago, when he caused the asurs to go underground upon request of devtas, ‘after Mahabharat, Kaliyug will start and then these asurs will resurface on earth and create chaos’.
If you look around, his prophecy is coming true. Crime against humans and animals is at its peak and our environment and resources are fast deteriorating.
Recently, monkeys have been declared as ‘vermin’ in the city of Shimla, allowing for their culling. These monkeys harass people and destroy agricultural produce, reason out the policy makers. The above is a clear indicator of the rise of asuric vritti among humans that has limited their thinking to the self-destructing philosophy of I-me-myself. Their buddhi is polluted and they cannot think of benefit of creation.
An animal needs food and shelter. Declaring monkey as vermin is an example of anti-humanity as it is the land mafia that has usurped their forests by breaking every law possible and it is them who are instigating the policies to kill them so that their lands can be taken over. It is this mafia that is vermin, not the monkeys.
An animal that is happy if it gets its food and its children are safe, cannot be killed because humans have taken over its habitats and food sources. The world over, the animals are protected. Forests are conserved and a reserve area is demarcated where these animals are provided for. If only they come out of that area are they ordered to be killed. Nowhere is such blatant killing of animals ratified. This is the asuric vritti at play.
Let’s not forget, it was monkeys who helped Lord Ram in his battle against the asurs. Killing them would be equivalent to siding with the asurs and the fate would be similar to what was meted out to the asurs in treta yug.
Killing animals unleash great pain in the planet and breaks the ecological chain. The results would be disastrous karmically and on the area where this pain would be unleashed, they might retaliate by killing humans in revenge.
This would unleash chaos and have a devastating effect on tourism and India’s image the world over.
The writer is the spiritual head of Dhyan Ashram.
Email: dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com
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