How to inspire the distracted modern youth (Gen Z) to take up Cow Protection?

I observe that the current generation (Gen Z) is deeply lost in the illusion and distraction of social media and material trends, disconnected from our Vedic roots.

Srila Prabhupada always emphasized that cow protection is essential for human civilization. However, when we speak to the youth today, they see it as "outdated" or "religious dogma."

How can we scientifically and spiritually present the importance of Cow Protection to the modern, logical, and distracted mind? What practical strategies can we use to wake them up from this slumber and engage them in service to Mother Cow, not just as a ritual, but as a revolution against the cruelty of Kali Yuga?

Beyond maintaining Gaushalas for old cows, what is the Vaishnava perspective on active, legal, and social activism to abolish slaughterhouses? How can different Dharmic communities like Sikhs and Vaishnavas come together to create a stronger, unified front to demand a total ban on cow slaughter in today's political environment? Hari Hari.

Hare Krishna

I think the fact that people think that meat is essential for protein and other vitamins is a big reason for animal slaughter.

,ayye educating people about the fact that vegetables can provide BETTER source of vitamins and minerals and that it is meat eating only which had reduced the supply of food grains available since we have to feed a LOT OF food to those animals which have to be cut , but then give only a fraction of food in comparsion to what was consumed.

Also I feel like educating children about hell, karma, and what is actually DHARMA and how animal killing is cruelty and they also feel the pain is also crucial, by only writing in books of very small kids is not sufficient having these knowledge throughout their childhood is very important.

People of Japan are taught about cleanliness from their childhood, they clean their school from childhood to youthhood, so by doing and that too consistently for years have made them so perfect in that , that they will keep the wraper in their own pocket, but will never throwi0 them on street. I think it is a practical approach, of course as individuals only have a limited scope , authorities have to take actions with them. But as srila Prabhupada used to say, what can we expect from government where voters are Sudras (not much intelligent) and the prime minister (head of the government, not pointing out any specific person) is also a sudra.

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Akshit December 3, 2025 at 7:51pm

Hare Krishna

I think the fact that people think that meat is essential for protein and other vitamins is a big reason for animal slaughter.

,ayye educating people about the fact that vegetables can provide BETTER source of vitamins and minerals and that it is meat eating only which had reduced the supply of food grains available since we have to feed a LOT OF food to those animals which have to be cut , but then give only a fraction of food in comparsion to what was consumed.

Also I feel like educating children about hell, karma, and what is actually DHARMA and how animal killing is cruelty and they also feel the pain is also crucial, by only writing in books of very small kids is not sufficient having these knowledge throughout their childhood is very important.

People of Japan are taught about cleanliness from their childhood, they clean their school from childhood to youthhood, so by doing and that too consistently for years have made them so perfect in that , that they will keep the wraper in their own pocket, but will never throwi0 them on street. I think it is a practical approach, of course as individuals only have a limited scope , authorities have to take actions with them. But as srila Prabhupada used to say, what can we expect from government where voters are Sudras (not much intelligent) and the prime minister (head of the government, not pointing out any specific person) is also a sudra.

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