“People are eating meat. As long as people eat meat, there will be war. And if a man eats meat, he will be sure to have illicit sex also.”

—  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, p. 77. (2003)

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