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shreekant22
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Posted - 12 October 2004 : 13:42:17
Jai Shree Krishna
Not to forget the fact that Shreeji bawas swaroopa was first known to this world only by the Gais Doodh sthavan leela.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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gopal
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Posted - 12 October 2004 : 17:40:40
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,
The sanctity of the cow is perhaps the foremost sentiment of Hindus for whom this sacred animal has far deeper nuances in Indian culture and ethos than is generally understood. For instance, in Sanskrit, the vocabulary used to mention the cow is indeed staggering, revealing the extraordinary importance that was once attached to it.
Indian scriptures tell us that the cow is a gift of the gods to the human race. It is a celestial being born of the churning of the cosmic ocean. Guias the cow is called in Hindi, is symbolic of Earth itself (similar to Gaia,the Greek goddess of earth). It follows that the cow represents the Divine Mother that sustains all human beings and brings them up as her very own offspring. Much as a mother shows the highest mark of affection for her young, the passion of the cow for her calf is just as legendary and often referred to in Indian literature. The ancient texts describe how the gods run to the succour of a devotee like a cow hastening to feed her calf. In fact, the cow is even more than a mother in the sense that it fulfills all the needs of her children as well. It is in this conception that the cow is understood as Kakadhenu, the wish filling mythical cow, abode of the 330 million Indian gods and goddesses.
But in Indian mythology and legend, it is with the cult of Krishna that the cow is closely connected. Among other deeds, Krishna is said to have lifted mount Govardhan to protect his group of cows, cowboys and milkmaids. In popular imagination it is Lord Krishna who symbolized the relationship man should have for the cow. Hence to take care of this innocent and self-sacrificing animal is a matter of virtue for Hindus who identify the act ad dharmaor moral duty.
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda
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gopal
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Posted - 12 October 2004 : 17:43:45
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,
Gobarand gau mutrais also mixed with mud and straw to make dried cakes that fuel kitchen fires. Traditional wisdom says that in burning these cow dung cakes, the temperature never rises beyond a certain point, ensuring the nutrients in the food are not destroyed by overheating. Besides, the smoke of gobarclears the air of germs. Gobarhas also been successfully used to produce bio-gas and generate electricity for consumer use. Scientific studies show that gobarhas been found to be resistant to solar radiation. And of course, gobarmixed with gau mutramakes for excellent manure and a natural pesticide. Modern day ecologists are saying that as compared to chemical fertilizer which damages the land in the long run, gobaractually improves the health of the soil. It isn't hard to see why Indian mythology says that Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, resides in cow's gobar.
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda
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gopal
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Posted - 12 October 2004 : 17:45:32
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,
It isn't surprising that the cow is then actually worshipped. Big and small, there are many festivals all over India which are dedicated to the worship of the cow but none is as important as the Gopashtami celebrated with great fanfare especially in rural India. Besides the festivals there are also fairs all over the Indian countryside where along with milch cows, colorful cow jewelry and clothing is also sold. I watched a farmer at Nagaur fair (in Rajasthan) buy a pair of silver horn jewelry for his cow with as much care and affection as was probably reserved for his wife!
But the romance of the cow is at dusk or what Indians call the hour of Gaudhuli--literally "cow dust." There is a mystique in the tinkling of cow bells as herds return from the days foraging, kicking up a clouds of dust just when the sun is going down. This is a special time, considered auspicious especially for marriages. So intimate is the cow's association with the lives of Hindus that in all the rites of passage of life, almost from conception to cremation, the cow is connected to ceremony and ritual.
Perhaps the most significant tribute to the cow is paid duringhavanor the formal fire ritual conducted by a priest. No havanis said to be complete without the presence of panchgavyaor the five gifts of the cow, namely milk, yoghurt, ghee, gohar,and gau mutra. In the Hindu world view, to give cow clarity or gau daanis considered the highest act of piety.
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda
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gopal
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Posted - 12 October 2004 : 17:46:59
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,
Gandhi, the father of the nation made a passionate appeal to ban cow slaughter in India. He wrote with great depth of feeling for the cow and called it a "poem of compassion". He said that the cow is the representative of the mute world of animals. With the language of its eyes the cow seems to be saying to Man that "God has not made you our master so that you could kill or eat or mistreat us. Instead He made you to be our friend and protector". Such a fine thought can only emerge from this land where the cow is a symbol of its civilization. The songs of glory of the cow is a priceless gift of India to the rest of the world.
Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda
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shreekant22
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Posted - 13 October 2004 : 17:00:19
Jai Shree Krishna
the divine form of cow is well explained in the following:
"SARVE DEVAAH STHITA DEHE SARVA DEVAMAYEEHI GAOU"
The above shloka means that all the deities dwell in the body of a cow. Therefore the cow itself is as holier, as the deities. The various parts of the body of the cow in which the deities, the revered sages, the various elements, are believed to dwell are given as follows:
1) Two Horns of the Cow The Creator 'Brahma'
2) The Head of the Cow The Deity 'Indra'
3) Forehead of the Cow The Deity 'Agni
4) Collar of the Cow The Deity 'Yama'
5) Brain of the Cow The Deity 'Moon'
6) Upper Jaw of the Cow The Highest world Dyuloka
7) Lower Jaw of the Cow The Earth
8) The Tongue The Lightening
9) The Teeth The Deity 'Marut'
10) The Throat The 'Revatee' Constellation
11) The Shoulder The 'Kritka' Constellation
12) Bones of the Shoulder The Summer Season
13) All the Organs of the Cow The Deity 'Vaayu'
14) The Heaven The World to which cow, belongs
15) The BackBone The Deity 'Rudra'
16) In the Chest The Eagle
17) Is the Power & Strength Of the Cow The Space
18) Hunch of the Cow The Sage Vrihashpati
19) In the bones of the Chest The Stanza by the name of Vrihatee
20) The Back Angels & Fairies
21) Bones of the Ribs The Hostesses of the Angels & Fairies.
22) The Shoulders The Deity 'Varuna' and Friend
23) The Forelegs The Sage 'Tvashta & the sage 'Aryama'
24) The Hindlegs The Destroyer 'Lord Mahadeva'
25) The Backside of the Cow The wife of the Deity 'Indra'
26) The Tail The Deity 'Vaayu'
27) The Hairs of the Body The Sage 'Pawamana'
28) The Buttock The Caste 'Brahmin' & The caste'Kshatriya'
29) Lies in the Thighs The Strength of the Cow.
30) Bones of the Knees The Deity Sun and the Creator
31) The Calf of the Cow The Celestial Beings 'Gandharva'
32) In the Smaller Bones The Celestial Beings 'Apsara'
33) Hooves of the Cow The Mother of the Sun, God, 'Aditi'
34) In the Heart The Mind
35) In the Liver of the Cow The Intelligence
36) The Nerve By the Name Of 'Puritat' The Religious Vow 'Vrata'
37) The Belly The Hunger
38) In the Intestines Goddess Sarswati
39) In the internal part of the intestines The Mountains
40) In the Ovum The sorrow (Manyu)
41) In the sense Organs The Subjects & the People (Praja)
42) In the Ovary The River
43) In the Breasts The Deity 'Varuna'
44) In the cells of the Breasts which produce milk The Thundering clouds
45) In the Skin The 'All-Pervasive power'
46) In the hairs of the Body,Of the cow The Various Medicines
47) The Anus The heavenly & Celestial Beings 'Devagana'
48) In the Intestine The Man
49) In the Stomach The Celestial being 'Yaksha'
50) In the Kidney The Anger
51) In the Blood The Demon 'Rakshasha'
52) The Appearance of The Cow The Constellation are
53) In the Stomach The Other living beings
54) Is the Grossness The sky
55) In the Bone-Marrow The Death
56) Is Like Fire The Posture while sitting
57) Is the Deity 'Ashwinee Kumar The posture while getting up
58) The Deity 'Indra' The Posture while standing and facing East
59) The Lord of Death 'Yamaraja' The Posture while standing and facing South
60) The Creator 'Brahma' The Posture while standing and facing west
61) The Sun God The Posture while standing & facing North
62) The Deity Moon The Cow while Grazing
63) The Friend The Cow while looking
64) Pure Joy The Posture of the Cow while turning to its back
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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shreekant22
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Posted - 13 October 2004 : 17:06:45
Jai Shree Krishna
to maintain his cycle of YAGYA-CHAKRA, Vedas, Cows Fire and the Brahmins were created by the Almighty God, because all of them are essential to perform a 'Yagya'. The methods have been described in the Vedas how to perform 'Yagya' it is performed by a Brahmin by following the methods mentioned in the Vedas and to keep the fire burning Ghee is required for the Havana (Sacrificial fire), ghee being the most prominent among them. The deities to whom sacrificial offerings are made become very much pleased, if ghee is used.
Not only that, the area where 'Yagya' is supposed to be performed, is purified by sprinkling the urine of the cow, and the surface coated with the solution of the cow dung. And even the fire is ignited with the help of dry and solid pieces of Cow Dung in the Havana-Kunda.
The host who is supposed to perform the 'Yagya' has to purify himself by drinking PANCHAGAVYA, which is a mixture of milk, curd, ghee, urine of the cow, and the Cow dung all acquired from the cow.
The rice that is cooked in milk with sugar is called Kheera, which has been called PARAMANNA (the supreme food) in Sanskrit language. Ghee is supposed to increase vitality and the life span of the man and without it's use the food preparation is even is considered impure.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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shreekant22
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Posted - 13 October 2004 : 17:07:25
Jai Shree Krishna
THE ETERNAL BENEFITS OF SERVING THE COW
Those people who serve the cows with great dedication receive rarest of boons from them. One must not have negative feelings towards them,One should try to keep them happy and satisfied.
Lord Rama,had said that - 'I was unfortunate in this life, in not being able to do service to the cows, so I will compensate it by again taking birth in the Dwapara Yuga.'
Satyakama and Jaaboal had been able to realise god. Just by serving the cows.
Serving the cows has also spiritual concern. After a man dies the cow helps him to swim across the Vaitarani River to the Heaven.
The milk of the cow is the purest among the milk of all the other animals, and hence it is supposed to have the Satva-guna (The most pure quality).
The milk given by other animals is considered to be having Rajo guna.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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shreekant22
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Posted - 13 October 2004 : 17:10:28
Jai Shree Krishna
MEANING OF THE TERM 'GAOU' AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVATION OF THE COWS
'Gaou' Means Cow, earth, goddess Saraswati, the Sun and it's rays. So the cow, the earth and the Saraswati (knowledge) have the same meaning and the donation of all the three have the same virtue and benefits, and also fulfill each and every desires of the man.
Just like the rays of the sun, which is beneficial to the mankind,the cow too is beneficial in the same way.
Cows have been called AGHNYA (Unslaughterable) in the Vedas. So our every effort should be to preserve them, because by preserving the cows, the world itself is preserved and the slaughtering of cows will ultimately kill the mankind.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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shreekant22
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Posted - 13 October 2004 : 17:15:44
Jai Shree Krishna
COW'S MILK
The milk of the cow is the purest of all the other milks. Since the cows are gentle and pure, therefore it has purity.A person who drinks the milk of cow has a sharp intelligence and his nature is gentle.
Though the jersey cow's give more milk, but is does not have the same degree of purity as the Indian Cow's and a man who consumes the milk of jersey cow, has cruelty in his nature.
The Cow dung is considered very pure & pious, and goddess Laxmi is supposed to reside in it. Similarly the urine of the cow is considered to be pure and pious and the `Ganges' is supposed to reside in it.
A house which has been coated and plastered with Cow dung is protected against diseases like Plague & Cholera.During the war these houses are least damaged by the bomb attacks, as compared to the cement houses,.
The Cow dung has an excellent quality in sucking-out the poison from the body, So it is used for snake-bites and scorpion-bites.
Now days cow dung is also used in producing 'Gas' and Electricity and the waste of the cow dung is used as fertilizers.
Jewellers use the urine of cow to purify the ornaments of gold and silver.
While preparing medicines from the powder of gold and silver the heated metal is cooled by pouring either oil or the urine of the cow.
The urine of the cow also has medicinal properties for example a person does not suffer from the disease of the stomach, if he consumes 12 grams-24 grams of urine of a she-calf daily.
The urine of the cow is also beneficial in the pain of liver. Having bath daily by the urine of cow helps cure the skin disease.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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