All living things, humans, animals and plants interact with each other and with respect to each other.

Every member of each community, in human society, as well as in the animal and vegetable kingdom, each human being, cow, dog, goat, insect, grass, shrub, tree etc., has a role to play and acts for the good from all the others. Everyone must work in harmony with the others, for the benefit of society as a whole, which includes not only mobile beings but also still beings, mountains, hills, earth. The community of men made up of traders, farmers and businessman, by the production of cereals, the protection of cows, the transport of food when necessary, and the financial activity, is particularly responsible for the economic progress of society.

Krishna, God, the Supreme Person teaches us that even cats and dogs, although of little importance, should not be neglected, the protection of the cow keeps the first place, however. Likewise, the most degraded of men who are called “untouchables” in India, must not be “forgotten” by the higher groups of society. Each being is important, some, however, are primarily responsible for the progress of human society, others more indirectly. When Krishna Consciousness, or God consciousness, reigns, everyone finds what will be of greatest benefit to him.

All of these elements are linked together and interdependent. But in the final analysis, the Lord is the ultimate bonum, and therefore the lifeblood of everything.

Whatever body it resides in, the soul is the same.

As pure spirits, all spiritual souls are equal and identical, whether they reside in the body of a celestial, human, animal or plant being.

This is why it is written: “Those who are truly enlightened do not see the external appearance of the living being, (the material body) whether it is a celestial being, an inhabitant of the planets paradise, of a human being, of an animal or of a plant.

Those who are enlightened with pure divine knowledge, no longer see the body of white, black, yellow, red, mestizo, or animal or vegetable material form, but only the spiritual entity which is there. Therefore they experience an equal love towards all human beings without exception. They go further still, because in all the bodies of animals and plants they also see only the spiritual soul which is there, and also do not make a difference between a man, a woman, a dog, a cat, an elephant or an ant, they