God orders us not to harm anyone.

We must not harm anyone, be it the celestial beings inhabiting the Edenic, heavenly planets that make up the upper region of our galaxy, all human beings without exception, all land and water animals and all plants in all their diversity.

In truth, we are all spiritual beings, infinitesimal fragments, integral parts of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. We all belong to the marginal energy of Krishna, and as such we are all equal.

In all material bodies, from celestial beings to human beings, animals and plants, there is a spiritual soul. God, who resides in the heart of all material bodies in the form of the Supreme Soul, also called the Holy Spirit, dwells alongside each of them. This is why the Lord asks us not to harm anyone.

At the beginning of existence on earth, God had ordered human beings to look after all animals, from the elephant to the ant, as well as all plants, from the tree that shelters a large number of living beings to the blade of grass, to take care of them and protect them.

Human beings must not ignore the existence of any living being, from celestial beings to human beings, animals and plants.

God has ordered us: “You will not harm anyone, you will not do violence to any being, you will not kill”.

In truth, there is no justification for taking anyone's life.

The human being must know that in every living being, celestial, human, animal and vegetable, however insignificant it may be, whether it be an ant or a microbe, God is present at his side, if though one must show benevolence to all and do violence to none of them. In today's so-called civilized society, some religious allow and encourage the existence of a large number of slaughterhouses and fish and aquaculture ponds, where a large number of living beings, various animals, terrestrial and aquatic, are killed.

But if the human being has no knowledge of God in each living being, any alleged progress of human civilization, whether on the spiritual or material level, can only arise from ignorance and blindness.

Why be surprised at the chaos that reigns in this world and the rise of atheism?