Do Animal Have Souls?

Srila Prabhupada: Some people "We believe that animals have no soul." That is not correct. They believe animals have no soul because they want to eat the animals, but actually animals do have a soul.

Reporter: How do they know that the animal has a soul?

Srila Prabhupada: You can know, also. Here is the scientific proof…the animal is eating; you are eating; the animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal having sex, you are having sex; the animal have children, you have children; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the animal’s body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut , there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? That is not logical. You have studied logic? In logic there is something called analogy. Analogy means drawing a conclusion by finding many points of similarity. If there are so many points of similarity between human being and animals, why deny one similarity? That is not logic. That is not science.



Vegetable Quiche
1 cup cauliflower(cut in flowerets)
1/2 cup sliced carrots
3/4 cup sliced zucchini
3/4 cup water-packed artichoke hearts
12 ounces sour cream
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 cup grated monterrey jack cheese
1 tablespoons cornstarch
3 teaspoons ghee
1/2 teaspoon hing(optional)
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
pinch of turmeric
Crust:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup melted butter
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons water

Blend together flour, cheese, and butter. Texture will resemble wet sand. Add water a little at a time. Pat mixture on bottom and along sides of 9-inch quiche pan. Bake at 400F for 8 minutes.

In frying skillet heat ghee and add hing. Add cauliflower and carrots, and stir untill they are evenly coated. Cover and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add zucchini and cook 5 more minutes.

In large bowl combine sour cream, constarch, salt, pepper, and tumeric. Add Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup monterrey jack cheese. Fold in vegetables and artichoke hearts. Pour into quiche pan and top with remaining monterrey jack cheese. Bake at 400F for 40 minutes or untill the edges of the quiche are dark and the center is slightly golden.

Allow the quiche to set about 30 minutes before cutting and serving.