Not only must we be kind to those who suffer, but we must also try not to let any creature suffer through us.
Shri Krishna taught that harmlessness is the best Dharma.
What does harmlessness mean? It means that we should never hurt anything, if we can help it.
Little children very often hurt animals and other children, because they do
not stop to think. In this way they often do harm without meaning it. If a boy
is strong, he should not use his strength to hurt a little boy that is weak.
We ought to be kind to all animals because they cannot speak and tell us if we
hurt them. If we see some poor animal, a dog or a cat, near us, we must not
kick them if we want them to go away.
Neither should we let a house be beaten when he is doing his best to pull a
heavy load, nor a little donkey that often has to carry loads far too great
for its strength. We should be kind to all God's creatures and remember that they
feel pain even as we do.
Sometimes a donkey or a pony has two, or even three, of his legs tied together
to prevent him from straying. If the two forelegs are loosely tied, no pain
is given; but when they are tightly tied, as we sometimes see, or when one
hind leg is tied to the forelegs, then the poor creature is hurt, and gets no
rest, and this is cruel.
You know that if any one beats you or pinches you, you feel it. Do you know
why? It is because on your body, all over your skin, there are many little
points , the ends of tiny threads which we call nerves. When these tiny
threads are struck or hurt, they send up a message to our thinking and feeling
part, which is our brain. And our brain feels the pain, and then we say: "It
hurts me".
All animals have these points and threads, and, like us, would say if they
could: "It hurts me."
Therefore we must not beat animals, nor throw stones at them, nor kick them,
nor hurt them in any way. We may use them for our service, but we must treat
them kindly.
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