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support cow killing or animal killing from the pages of the Vedas, and this
is now being done by the modernized sannyasis. Lord Buddha had to
reject the authority of the Vedas altogether. This is simply technical, and
had it not been so he would not have been so accepted as the incarnation
of Godhead. Neither would he have been worshiped in the transcendental
songs of the poet Jayadeva, who is a Vaisnava acarya. He preached the pre-
liminary principles of the Vedas in a manner suitable for the time being
(and so also did Acarya Sahkaracarya) to establish the authority of the
Vedas. Therefore both Lord Buddha and Acarya Sankara paved the path
of theism, and Vaisnava dcaryas, specifically Lord Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu, led the people on the path towards a realization of going back to
Godhead.

We are glad that people are taking interest in the nonviolent movement
of Lord Buddha. But will they take the matter very seriously and close the
animal slaughterhouses altogether? If not, there is no meaning to the
ahimsa cult.

Srimad-Bhagavatam was composed just prior to the beginning of the
age of Kali (about five thousand years ago), and Lord Buddha appeared
about 2,600 years ago. Therefore in the Srimad-Bhagavatam Lord Buddha is
foretold. Such is the authority of this clear scripture. There are many such
prophecies, and they are being fulfilled one after another. They will in-
dicate the positive standing of Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is without trace
of mistake, illusion, cheating and imperfection, which are the four flaws
of all conditioned souls. The liberated souls are above these flaws; there-
fore they can see and foretell things which are to take place on distant
future dates.

TEXT 25
ware watt TAY Tag |
ater oer aa Hea TEA: ZAM
athasau yuga-sandhyayam
dasyu-prayesu rajasu
Janita visnu-yasaso
namna kalkir jagat-patih

atha—thereafter; asau—the same Lord; yuga-sandhyayam—at the con-
junction of the yugas; dasyu—plunderers; prayesu—almost all; rajasu—the
governing personalities; janita—will take His birth; visnu—named Visnu;
yasasah—surnamed Yaga; naémna—in the name of; kalkif—the incarnation
of the Lord; jagat-patih—the Lord of the creation.
