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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 29]
be successful. Of course this is not possible for living entities who are lower than human beings, but in human society it is feasible that all living entities can be enlightened with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Even living entities who are lower than human can be raised to Kṛṣṇa consciousness by other methods. For example, Śivānanda Sena, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, delivered a dog by feeding him  prasāda . Distribution of  prasāda , or remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord, even to the ignorant masses of people and to animals, gives such living entities the chance for elevation to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Factually it happened that the same dog, when met by Lord Caitanya at Purī, was liberated from the material condition.
It is especially mentioned here that a devotee must be free from all violence ( jīvāhimsā ). Lord Caitanya has recommended that a devotee not commit violence to any living entity. Sometimes the question is raised that since vegetables also have life and devotees take vegetable foodstuffs, isn't that violence? Firstly, however, taking some leaves, twigs or fruit from a tree or plant does not kill the plant. Besides that,  jīvāhimsā  means that since every living entity has to pass through a particular type of body according to his past  karma , although every living entity is eternal, he should not be disturbed in his gradual evolution. A devotee has to execute the principles of devotional service exactly as they are, and he must know that however insignificant a living entity may be, the Lord is present within him. A devotee must realize this universal presence of the Lord.
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अहम्बारचेर्द्रव्यैः क्रिययोत्पन्नयानघे ।  
 नैव तुष्येऽर्चितोऽर्चायां भूतग्रामावमानिनः ॥२४॥
aham uccāvacair dravyaiḥ 
    kriyayotpannayānaghe 
    naiva tuṣye 'rcito 'rcāyām 
    bhūta-grāmāvamāninaḥ
aham—l; uccāvacaiḥ—with various; dravyaiḥ—paraphernalia; kriyayā—by religious rituals; utpannayā—accomplished; anaghe—O sinless mother; na—not; eva—certainly; tuṣye—am pleased; arcitaḥ—worshiped; arcāyām—in the Deity form; bhūta-grāma—to other living entities; avamāninaḥ—with those who are disrespectful.