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Ram Prasad wrote:

If cows are wealth, then why does one need

wealth to take care of cows? Cows are wealth, and so is land.

 

very good point made here...

"Cows are wealth"...I love it, its so true. Read "Dung is Gold Mine" for the

purport to this verse...

 

Now we've got land and cows.If you can get $1/bag, wouldn't that be enough

($2000/year) to run a decent cow protection program? If 2/3 of that is

burned

as fuel (also suggested by Radha Krishna), that would leave over 600 bags of

compost ($600), and fuel so that we don't have to a) cut our trees down, b)

support petroleum companies.

 

What about returning the fertlizer to the land? Shouldn't that be part of

the equation?

Otherwise, you are exploiting the earth, depleting her of nutrition.

Composting increases the value of the dung, so I would suspect that if it

were composted, not all would have to be returned- there could be some for

fuel, and then the ash is valuable. (For Uses of ash, see Dung is Gold Mine)

 

Samba Prabhu wrote, in this regard:

 

The cows are the source of wealth in a society that values simple living and

high thinking. If we are satisfied with those things that we ourselves, (in

a small village setting) can produce, then the products of mother cow, are

the most valuable. Ghee for frying all the other veggies, Butter to put on

the chapaties, yoghurt to cure stomach upsets, make into delicious items to

offer the Lord, and apply to sunburn, milk for yagna, to make all the other

things, etc, etc. It is only when she is fully integrated into a

daivi-varnasrama society, that mother cow really comes into her own.

Ugrakarmic society can only be a cause of her destruction. So really we can

have all success if we use everything in Krsnas service, through varnasrama.

As Prabhupada says, as soon as we recognise that everything belongs to

Krsna, and as soon as we only take what we need, and rely on Krsna to

maintain us, then we can really be in a position to prosper, in spiritual

wealth.

 

Samba, I felt like putting every one of your words in italics. It follows

along exactly the reasoning of Prabhupada on the PRACTICAL value of

protecting the cow and bull. Otherwise, its sentimental, and as you say,

unless we apply it to varnasrama, which includes simple living, practical

application, it will stay sentimental and dependent on donations, or outside

help...

Prabhupada on cow proection being independent of outside help:

"For the agriculture we want to produce our own food and

we want to keep cows for our own milk. The whole idea is that we are

ISKCON, a community to be independent from outside help."

On being non-profit:

"So there is no question of profit, but if easily there are surplus

products, then we can think of trading. Otherwise we have no such

intention.

Thanks to Balbhadra for quotes as I am bereft of Folio, at present.

ys, niscala

 

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