Thursday, February 19, 2009
“Cows are considered to be sacred due to their utility value to man”
Recently, on an Internet forum, a reader posted a question as to why Hindus consider cows among all animals as sacred. “Why not the Bengal tiger or the elephant, which hover on the edge as endangered species?” the reader asked. The general response from other readers to this question was that many of the factors in considering the cow to be sacred were practical in origin. The response elaborated with examples, such as cows (oxen) having pulled the plows on Indian farms for centuries and the cow gaining the image of ‘life-giver’, being man’s greatest supplier of milk!
The cow is sacred to Hindus, not due to its utility value, as suggested by the response on the above forum. If that were to be true the buffalo would fit the bill equally.
Moreover it is considered that a cow is the animal having maximum divine qualities thus is worshipped as God Himself and so by killing such an auspicious animal, one incurs sins Thus we should take care of cow and use other products of cow like substances containing cow dung, cow’s urine (gomutra) which gives us maximum sattvikta.
Among all the animals, only cow can capture the frequencies of all the God’s in the Universe thus it is said that a cow has 33 crore Gods in her stomach.
Thus, the cow is sacred due to spiritual, not utilitarian, factors.
Source : Forum for hindu awakening
The cow is sacred to Hindus, not due to its utility value, as suggested by the response on the above forum. If that were to be true the buffalo would fit the bill equally.
Moreover it is considered that a cow is the animal having maximum divine qualities thus is worshipped as God Himself and so by killing such an auspicious animal, one incurs sins Thus we should take care of cow and use other products of cow like substances containing cow dung, cow’s urine (gomutra) which gives us maximum sattvikta.
Among all the animals, only cow can capture the frequencies of all the God’s in the Universe thus it is said that a cow has 33 crore Gods in her stomach.
Thus, the cow is sacred due to spiritual, not utilitarian, factors.
Source : Forum for hindu awakening
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