Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 TEXT 153 TRANSLATION The Lord said, "You drink cows' milk; therefore the cow is your mother. And the bull produces grains for your maintenance; therefore he is your father. TEXT 154 TRANSLATION "Since the bull and cow are your father and mother, how can you kill and eat them? What kind of religious principle is this? On what strength are you so daring that you commit such sinful activities?" PURPORT Everyone can understand that we drink the milk of cows and take the help of bulls in producing agricultural products. Therefore, since our real father gives us food grains and our mother gives us milk with which to live, the cow and bull are considered our father and mother. According to Vedic civilization, there are seven mothers, of which the cow is one. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu challenged the Muslim Kazi, "What kind of religious principle do you follow by killing your father and mother to eat them?" In any civilized human society, no one would dare kill his father and mother for the purpose of eating them. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu challenged the system of Muslim religion as patricide and matricide. In the Christian religion also, a principal commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." Nevertheless, Christians violate this rule; they are very expert in killing and in opening slaughterhouses. In our Krsna consciousness movement, our first provision is that no one should be allowed to eat any kind of flesh. It does not matter whether it is cows' flesh or goats' flesh, but we especially stress the prohibition against cows' flesh because according to sastra the cow is our mother. Thus the Muslims' cow-killing was challenged by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Adi 17.153-154 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 Taraka Prabhu, Thanks for all the nectar -- especially your two recent quotes of Lord Caitanya's, perfect timing for Gaura Purnima. I really like Lord Caitanya's teasing the astrologer by saying that as a result of His pious activities in tending the cows in His past life [as Krsna] He had now become a brahmana. All Glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His continuing relation with His cows! your servant, Hare Krsna dasi "Taraka (das) ACBSP (Gita Nagari, PA - USA)" wrote: > TEXT 153 > TRANSLATION > The Lord said, "You drink cows' milk; therefore the cow is your mother. And > the bull produces grains for your maintenance; therefore he is your father. > > TEXT 154 > TRANSLATION > "Since the bull and cow are your father and mother, how can you kill and eat > them? What kind of religious principle is this? On what strength are you so > daring that you commit such sinful activities?" > > PURPORT > Everyone can understand that we drink the milk of cows and take the help of > bulls in producing agricultural products. Therefore, since our real father > gives us food grains and our mother gives us milk with which to live, the > cow and bull are considered our father and mother. According to Vedic > civilization, there are seven mothers, of which the cow is one. Therefore > Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu challenged the Muslim Kazi, "What kind of religious > principle do you follow by killing your father and mother to eat them?" In > any civilized human society, no one would dare kill his father and mother > for the purpose of eating them. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu challenged > the system of Muslim religion as patricide and matricide. In the Christian > religion also, a principal commandment is "Thou shalt not kill." > Nevertheless, Christians violate this rule; they are very expert in killing > and in opening slaughterhouses. In our Krsna consciousness movement, our > first provision is that no one should be allowed to eat any kind of flesh. > It does not matter whether it is cows' flesh or goats' flesh, but we > especially stress the prohibition against cows' flesh because according to > sastra the cow is our mother. Thus the Muslims' cow-killing was challenged > by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. > > >>> Ref. VedaBase => Adi 17.153-154 -- Noma Petroff Academic Department Coordinator BOWDOIN COLLEGE Department of Theater & Dance 9100 College Station Brunswick ME 04011-8491 Phone: (207) 725-3663 FAX: (207) 725-3372 e-mail: npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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