Is milk vegetarian or nonvegetarian?
Questioner: Just as the so-called ‘vegetarian’ egg should not be eaten, the milk of a cow should not be consumed.
Dadashri: Eggs should not be eaten. However, cow’s milk can be consumed freely. Yogurt made from cow’s milk can also be eaten and some people can even eat butter. There is no such thing as they cannot be consumed.
Why had the Lord said not to eat butter? That is a different matter. And that too, it was only said for specific people. You can freely eat milk pudding made from cow’s milk. If you make other sweets from it, even then there is no problem with that. Even if any scripture has objected to this, ‘we’ will still tell you, “Fear not, there are no objections to this; that scripture is wrong.” However, they do say that if you overeat, then you will experience discomfort. You have to see to that. Otherwise, go ahead and eat within limit.
Questioner: But nature intended that milk to be for the calves. It is not intended for us.
Dadashri: That point is completely false. That was the case for the wild cows and wild buff aloes, their calves would drink all of their mother’s milk. Whereas in this case, people nourish the cows by feeding them. That way, the calves also get milk and we can all take a share of that milk as well. And this has been the practice since time immemorial. And if a cow is nourished well, then it can produce up to fi fteen liters of milk a day. This is because if you feed it well, it will produce more than the normal amount of milk that it requires. That is the way milk should be taken. And ensure that the calf is not starved.
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