Jesus clarified this: “Those who feed on animal flesh are, in fact, feeding on corpses.” This mentality of killing animals without a second thought and with coldness makes the hearts of many so hard that it becomes easy to kill human beings without any restraint.

Once one acquires true spiritual knowledge, which is superior to material knowledge, does one automatically become good?

Yes, once one acquires true and perfect spiritual knowledge, one automatically becomes good and inherently immersed in pure virtue; this is an indisputable truth. However, one who does not become good is because they have not received true and perfect knowledge.

Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the original source, the Supreme Author, of true and perfect spiritual knowledge. He is also the Supreme Teacher. Indeed, one who knows the Supreme Lord as He truly is, at the same time discovers the absolute truth as it is. This is why Lord Krishna is also called “the Absolute Truth.”

True knowledge is the ability to distinguish the spiritual from the material, to realize God, to discover our true identity, and to be Krishna conscious. It is the ability to analyze things in their proper perspective, to discover the path that leads to the Supreme Eternal, and to abide there unwaveringly.

Knowledge is the ultimate perfection of spiritual realization, and spiritual realization, or the correct understanding of the pure soul, allows one to free oneself from all material attachments.

Knowledge leads to the ultimate perfection of existence and to the perception of the individual spiritual being, distinct from God, in all its truth.

How do we become better and pure?

We truly become better by realizing God, by renewing the bond and relationship that unites us with Him. But to achieve this, purity is required. Since God is pure, we can only approach Him if we ourselves become pure.

This is why the Lord asks us to observe the regulative principles of purity, which prohibit the eating of meat, fish, and eggs, gambling, illicit sexual relations outside of marriage, the consumption of drugs and intoxicants in any form, as well as coffee, tea, cigarettes, and alcohol.

These immoral activities protect us from perpetual impurity. It is therefore impossible to progress in Krishna consciousness without renouncing them.

By adopting Krishna consciousness or God consciousness, we automatically become pure. On the one hand, we must observe the regulative principles of purity, and on the other, we must increasingly develop our tendency to serve Krishna with love and devotion. Truly, by surrendering completely to Krishna and serving Him with love and devotion, one becomes pure.