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| Why bovine is seen as divine | | | M.K. Mattoo | 12/4/2015 9:12:27 PM |
| Hinduism may regard cow as a significant animal, even sacred, but does not preach human slaughter on pretext of protecting the cow. The cow is revered because it gives milk and in ancient times supported and sustains livelihoods, something that it continues to do a especially in agrarian households. But as per Hinduism, all forms of nature are held in high esteem- trees, sun, monkeys, flowers, you name it. If it's isn't not a cow, it is something else. The origins of the concept of "gau mata" (treating cow akin to a mother) remain contested but according to feminist perception, it is misogynist to the core as mother's role certainly goes beyond just giving birth and providing milk. Most Hindus do not eat meat, beef, though in some culture casa, beef (buffalo Meat) is consumed. The socially oppressed classes among Hindus are also known to be Beef consumers in certain areas. Upper cast Hindus may be free to adhere to their belief and penchant for protecting the cow but how can a country like India that belongs not only to Hindus but all its minorities equally impose a belief that some believe in on others. If it was really about cow protection, the discourse would have including cow- leather that comes packaged in quality brands and also the ill - treatment of cows especially after they are old and no longer fit to be mulched.
In Indian cities and villages, cow roam the streets as strays but it is not in Indian cities and villages, cow roam the streets as strays but it is not a sight that Hindus like. Many Hindus happily pay for a well - run gaushala (Cow Shelter). Many Hindus household lovingly serves rotis to stray cows.
All this doesn't mean to interfere with one's religious freedom to consume beef. No body will support any intent of the Government or right- wing groups to curtail one's religious freedom. To respect one's religious freedom doesn't mean to hit other's where it hurts. It is not to good make a public spectacle of a beef party.
Some ultra - liberals are a fond of labeling the reverence for cows as a raciest Hindu approach, questioning why the black buffalo is not worshipped equally. This is a fancy westernized argument thrust on Hindus. Lord Krishna, our beloved God, was raised in a village of cowherds. As a child, he played with his friends amidst cows. As a Lad, he was a cowherd himself. Lord Krishna and the cows are in separable. We revere the cow.
Since cow is 'religiously sacred' and politically sensitive animal, there is a network of agents that procures and transports the milch animals. It is then understandable that this must have been happening in connivance with authorities at different levels. It is said that Maharaja Ranbir Singh silt a women's tongue for beating cow which had torn some clothes she had hung out to dry. In Maharaja Gulab Singh's time, cow slaughter was punishable with life imprisonment. Now under section 298 A of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), any violator is liable to imprisonment of ten years and a fine under RPC, possession of such slaughtered animal is also an act punishable under section 298 B of the RPC. Its section 298B says possessing the flesh of such an animal is a cognizable, not bail able offence punishable with imprisonment of one year and a fine. Tulsi Dass, culturally, perhaps the most influential poet of present day, lists among the horrors of kali-yuga, the dark - age, the following: In the generate kali- yuga, people will consider the cow only as a provider of milk and nothing more. In schools across India, children began the essay on the cow with the words "Gaaye Hamari Mata Hai". The cow is our mother. Hindu's imbibe this cultural reverence for the cow in childhood.
The cow is not a provider of milk alone ; it is a worker of magic white magic. It is a charmed creature. Those who are committed to serve of the cow, Gou Seva, will vouch to this truth. They may even accept that their service is guided by a superior form of self - interest. Gau seva truly is self - seva, irrespective of whether they subscribed to the word 'magic' or not, the millions who light the sacred lamp in the morning and wave the magic wand called aggrabati will vouch to the fact that they cannot pinpoint how, but their practices surely do them good in mysterious ways. Likewise, the footfall of the cow is ones new house was sought few charm beyond the pale of science. The cow's dung was not garbage: it was grace. Can this charmed beast be seen merely as a provider of milk? If charm, not milk, is the prime point of value, can a cow be slaughtered even if it is past its years of yielding milk? Little wonder that mythology glorified the cow in many parts of the world. In Scandinavia, the cow is central trail to creation myths in Norse mythology. In India it is celebrated as Kamadhenu the cow of plenty of all - round well being. Kamadhenu exudes creative energy as fragrance, which is why it is also called Surabhi , the fragrant one.
Kamadhenu is a guarantor of noble wishes. All cows are the off spring of Kamadhenu but two varieties are specially valued. One is called Kapila, the red and golden hued, and the other is Sabala, the spotted one, the type in which the poet Hopkins saw God's pied beauty. In poster- art, Kamadhenu is commonly represented as a Cow with symbols of all God's and cosmic powers collaged upon the various parts of its body. The message is clear: the cow offers a single window facility for grant of all that mankind may need. However like all magic, the wholly cow cannot be a preserve of the moneyed. When the powerful king sought to take away Kamadhenu by force from Sage Vasistha, they failed and only invited destruction upon themselves. The only way to obtain the grace of the wholy cow is through reverential service.
The Bhagwadgita says " spiritual insight should absolve one from the intake of foods in rajas guna and tamas guna and still exclusively to consume foods in sattva guna. Research has revealed that eating heavy or excessive food that scales high on the tamasik continuum in crazes jealously, anger and aggression. The effects of meat eating according to scholarly research is said to weaken the Kundalini chakras or our subtle energy system, since the torture faced by the animals slaughtered in trapped in its body which is then ingested, in creasing the negativity of our consciousness.
A day started, as part of house warming rituals, the priest has prepared panchagavya that the owner of the house and his family members part took as sacrament. It was a concoction of the five derivations of the cow: Milk, Ghee, Curd, Dung, Urine . In thread ceremony even Kashmiri Pandits used this concoction, without it, the ceremony is incomplete and impure.
Neal D Barnard, M.D. President Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington. DC says, "the beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of real food for a real people, you'd better live real close to a real hospital"
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