Video Information: 07.03.2020, IIM-Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujrat
Context:
~ Acharya Prashant at IIM-A
~ Acharya Prashant returns to his alma-mater.
~ What is vegan movement?
~ Why should one turn vegan?
~ What is the relationship between veganism and spirituality?
~ How veganism is related to compassion?
~ Why veganism is necessary for today's generation?
~ How could veganism change the world?
Music Credits: Milind Date
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Context:
~ Acharya Prashant at IIM-A
~ Acharya Prashant returns to his alma-mater.
~ What is vegan movement?
~ Why should one turn vegan?
~ What is the relationship between veganism and spirituality?
~ How veganism is related to compassion?
~ Why veganism is necessary for today's generation?
~ How could veganism change the world?
Music Credits: Milind Date
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .
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00:00So, from the videos that I have watched, I understand you are a strong veganism promoter.
00:08Now as institutes like IITs and IIMs and institutes which people look up to and get influenced
00:14and follow, what do you believe institutes like these should follow and promote?
00:20Do you also believe that institutes should promote veganism in Europe?
00:24No, I mean a technical institution, an institution that deals with science and technology, or
00:35an institution that is devoted to studies in management, obviously cannot have veganism
00:42on its agenda.
00:48At the same time, we are technocrats and managers later, first of all, we are living persons.
00:58We understand a few things, right?
01:01And from that understanding must come our code of ethics.
01:07We need not borrow it from somewhere and the code of ethics need not be institutionally
01:13enforced.
01:14But don't we understand?
01:16Don't we look around, we know what is happening, we are all pretty literate and sophisticated
01:25people, we are conscious of data and if we look at the data, it is compelling enough.
01:36And from there will come the incentive or the persuasiveness to go vegan and to promote
01:46veganism.
01:49It is not a cult, it is not a fad, it is a demand of the times we live in, right?
01:58And sooner than later, each one of us will have to ask ourselves, what business do we
02:08have exploiting animals?
02:12There was a time when it was alright for a human being to exploit a human being.
02:19Was there not a time, just a couple of centuries back and it was the norm and nobody questioned
02:24it.
02:25It was alright.
02:26The white man could exploit the black man with impunity, right?
02:35And there was a time when it was alright for men to dominate and exploit women, right?
02:43Till recently there were a few countries in which women did not have voting rights or
02:49equal protection of the law, could not even get driving license.
02:55And it was considered acceptable, it was normal.
03:00So just because a few things are normal doesn't mean that they are alright, they will change,
03:07correct?
03:09The rights that gays and transgenders enjoy today were unthinkable just half a century
03:21back.
03:23So we have had human rights, we have had equal rights to women, we have had equal rights
03:35to bisexuals, transgenders.
03:40Next you will see, we will have a situation where animals too will be accorded the right
03:50to life.
03:53That is going to be a historical imperative.
03:57Now we have to decide whether we want to be on the right side of history or not.
04:03Otherwise it's alright, I mean, if we don't agree to something willingly, the tide of
04:10time will sweep us away.
04:12Even today there are people, for example, who would not quite agree to women being equal
04:20to men.
04:21But then you could call them dinosaurs as far as the progress of consciousness is concerned.
04:32You would say, they are very primitive people, correct?
04:35Similarly, 50 years from now, if you are someone who will deny animals their basic right to
04:43life, you will find yourself being termed primitive by history.
04:51As young people, I suppose, we should know what the demand of time is, in the language
05:01of spirituality, that is called Kaladharma, we better apply ourselves to that.
05:12And then these things will be very apparent, the two things that you mentioned, environmental
05:18activism and veganism, they are very closely related.
05:23If we are someone who cares for the environment, we cannot miss the fact that a huge bulk of
05:35carbon emission comes from animal agriculture.
05:42Because we cannot quit the flesh on our plate and because we cannot quit our dairy, that
05:50is leading to immense environmental and ecological damage.
05:56So being scientifically minded, being in possession of the facts, these things should matter to us.
06:04Irrespective of the institution we come from, it is not the job of the institutions to enforce
06:09such things.
06:11Institutions should actually be, in a liberal sense, enforcing nothing.
06:15We as individuals should be looking at these matters, we as young people should be looking
06:19at these matters and deciding on our own.