Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Just as former Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke significantly contributed and played a little known role in securing the eventual release of all the imprisoned Soviet Hare Krishna devotees in 1988, (at least 25 people) (https://iskconnews.org/remembering-help-in-freeing-soviet-hare-krishnas-rendered-by-former-australian-prime-minister-bob-hawke/), similarly our illustrious current Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government are now softly, softly suggesting to the Australian public that the better and redemptory way would be to reduce their red meat intake to help reduce green house gas emissions. In one sense the purpose of this invitation to reduce red meat intake does not really matter. Facts and actions matter indeed!

This is a courageous stand in a meat-loving, meat-eating and meat-producing country and the Hare Krishna movement advises all people to give up all meat eating, whether it be red meat, white meat, or any colour type of meat, etc., for the purpose of spiritual integration, advancement and emancipation. Meat-eating carries bad karma because it involves the unnecessary killing of millions of innocent animals. So we may say that this is a nice, welcome and encouraging first step in the right direction on the part of the Albanese government . Thank you very much Prime Minister Albanese! May Lord Krishna truly bless both of you, Prime Ministers, as well as the great and beautiful nation of Australia, and its proud and free people.

This article is partly based on information supplied by the newspaper “The Australian” of Friday September 6th 2024. Please find picture of relevant article by Ms. Rosie Lewis.

The Hare Krishna Movement advises four rules of yoga life style, also called the four yogic regulative principles as follows:

No gambling.

No intoxication of any kind

No illicit sex

No meat, fish or egg eating. (There certainly is no dearth of protein substitute.)

And of supreme importance above all these rules, stands the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra as follows:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare.

Committed and resolute members of the Hare Krishna Movement chant this great Mantra of Deliverance at least 1728 times daily, as per advise of it’s Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Who after carefully studying the conditions and mentality of western people upon His arrival in USA in 1965, made this adjustment of 1728 mantras, as a fourfold decrease, down from 6912 mantras traditionally practiced in Indian Mathas or monasteries, or 16 rounds only down from 64 rounds of Japa beads daily.

It may be noted here that this type of adjustment is the sole prerogative of an Acharya or the topmost transcendentally situated and self-realised authority and if we follow strictly this advise about the four principles and the chanting. In other words, if we follow strictly and carefully these five principles, our spiritual success is guaranteed one hundred percent without any doubt .

Please become a committed member. Do not fear. We will show you the way.

As a conclusion to His, at the most one hour talk with Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, just 150 air km north of New Delhi, the capital of India, soon to be known again as Bharata, Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita As It Is, 18.66, Version 3:

“Give up all varieties of religion, and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you from all sinful reactions. Therefore, there is no need to fear.”