DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

KILLING MINDS INSTEAD OF ANIMALS

21st June 1926

On the 21st June, it was a Muslim holiday of Bakri-Id. The Muslim mandali observed it in Meherabad. Baba stated, "They feel that if the Prophet killed a goat on this day, they should do it too. They should try to kill their minds instead of goats! What is the use of slaughtering defenseless animals ?"

Then sarcastically remarked, "If I ordered the mandali to wear hats and not to ever go out in the sun bareheaded, after some years it will be considered a religious practice to always wear a hot in the sun."