I just found a nice quote from Srila Prabhupada on the topic -

Initiation Lecture -- Boston, December 26, 1969:

We have no quarrel with vegetarian and nonvegetarian. We are after Kṛṣṇa-prasādam. If Kṛṣṇa accepts something beyond these vegetarian dishes, then we can accept also. But Kṛṣṇa says, "No. Give Me patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam (BG 9.26)." Kṛṣṇa can eat everything. He is God. But He says that "Give Me this." Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam. "Offer Me this flower, fruit, water. Like that." So we are after Kṛṣṇa-prasādam. That is our motto. We don't fight with vegetarian and non... We are not making propaganda... Just like there is vegetarian society. No. We have no business. Even if a man becomes vegetarian, what does he gain? In this material world, either vegetarian or nonvegetarian, they are on the same platform, birds of the same feather. You see? So that is not our propaganda. We are introducing Kṛṣṇa-prasāda; therefore we invite people to take nice prasāda. So these four principles we should follow. We shall not accept anything which is not offered to Kṛṣṇa. That is our position.

rangadevi > Rishabhadeva dasa April 11, 2010 at 6:59pm

thank u prabhu fr dispelling all my doubts.

Rishabhadeva dasa April 9, 2010 at 8:45pm

The first two points are rock solid, but the third one needs more explanation - plants also feel but to a much smaller level. In that body, their consciousness is reduced a lot.

But this whole point is not our argument. we are not interested only in vegetarianism, as nondevotee vegetarians surely receive bad karma for this very reason. the reason we are vegetarians is because Krishna said in the Gita and other scriptures that he will only accept vegetarian food. we are excused from the karma of killing our food only if we offer that food to the Lord.

But, if they keep on asserting that there is no difference, then argue from the point of view of health, ecology, etc. In these fields they cannot defeat us...

rangadevi > Rishabhadeva dasa April 10, 2010 at 7:44am

thank u

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