Look, even here there is love.
Hridayananda Goswami: One time Prabhupada was sitting taking massage, and then right in front of Prabhupada these two little kittens were wrestling and they actually rolled right onto Prabhupada's lap.
So among the various zealous misconceptions that plagued us in our early days, one that we had is that animals were so contaminated that it's horrible to even touch them. I was appalled that these two kittens, they were cute, but they just rolled right onto Prabhupada's lap and I was thinking, "Oh, my God, an animal touched Prabhupada." But to my surprise, Prabhupada just started petting them. And Prabhupada said two things. He said, "Look, even here there is love."
What I immediately understood from that was that our original love for Krishna is so strong that even in the body of an animal or a cat, it still manifests in some way. Then Prabhupada said, "If I put my head in your lap and you cut my throat, that is the greatest sin." He said the greatest sin is that if someone trusts you and takes shelter of you and then you betray them and cause them harm. It can be parents toward a child, it can be a man protecting a woman, any situation where someone has sincerely trusted us and depends on us and then we betray them.
So among the various zealous misconceptions that plagued us in our early days, one that we had is that animals were so contaminated that it's horrible to even touch them. I was appalled that these two kittens, they were cute, but they just rolled right onto Prabhupada's lap and I was thinking, "Oh, my God, an animal touched Prabhupada." But to my surprise, Prabhupada just started petting them. And Prabhupada said two things. He said, "Look, even here there is love."
What I immediately understood from that was that our original love for Krishna is so strong that even in the body of an animal or a cat, it still manifests in some way. Then Prabhupada said, "If I put my head in your lap and you cut my throat, that is the greatest sin." He said the greatest sin is that if someone trusts you and takes shelter of you and then you betray them and cause them harm. It can be parents toward a child, it can be a man protecting a woman, any situation where someone has sincerely trusted us and depends on us and then we betray them.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Hridayananda Dasa
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