Aug 21, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 12 segments
"I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house, and you walk from one holy city to the next with a…
I was, you know, as you and I have mentioned earlier, you know, it used to be that we're always saying, uh, send in your questions because every Saturday was a Q&A day.
Yeah.
And one of the most common questions we would get asked would be this question.
Because our, the theme of our shastras and, and, and all that has so much to do with life beyond and, you know, how we're not the body.
And, and, and, and so people would ask us all the time b- uh, this kind of question about pets.
And it was a q- question that we never really wanted to have to answer because it's difficult, you know.
Right.
And, and the one reference that we'd turn to often was this re- this story about Narada, uh, who speaks to the hunter, uh, Mgrari, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He would torture the animals.
And, and, and so Narada was kind of walking along the path seeing all these animals suffering in agony.
You know, when, when this really unrefined human being of a hunter saw him, he could recognize he was someone great.
You know, like, he, he bowed down and he, he was kind of reverential towards him.
He didn't say, "Stop killing." It, it, apparently, he could sense that that was gonna be too much for him to be able to process or to follow.
I was, you know, as you and I have mentioned earlier, you know, it used to be that we're always saying, uh, send in your questions because every Saturday was a Q&A day.
Yeah.
And one of the most common questions we would get asked would be this question.
Because our, the theme of our shastras and, and, and all that has so much to do with life beyond and, you know, how we're not the body.
And, and, and, and so people would ask us all the time b- uh, this kind of question about pets.
And it was a q- question that we never really wanted to have to answer because it's difficult, you know.
Right.
And, and the one reference that we'd turn to often was this re- this story about Narada, uh, who speaks to the hunter, uh, Mgrari, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
He would torture the animals.
And, and, and so Narada was kind of walking along the path seeing all these animals suffering in agony.
You know, when, when this really unrefined human being of a hunter saw him, he could recognize he was someone great.
You know, like, he, he bowed down and he, he was kind of reverential towards him.
He didn't say, "Stop killing." It, it, apparently, he could sense that that was gonna be too much for him to be able to process or to follow.
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