What's in a name, anyway! Holy Cow!

[Guest guest]

My most respected Shastriji :

 

i am glad you mentioned about Bhagwan Ramaa's cow Smt. Lakshmi !

Shastriji , the Great Jnani that Bhagwan Ramana is , he treated Cow

Lakshmi ( the ashrama cow) in the same way that he treated his own

mother Alagamma ! Both the Cow Lakshmi and Bhagwan Ramana's mother

attained NIRVANA at bhagwan's hands ! If one visits Sri Ramanashram

today , one will see a tomb for Lakshmi which means that Lakshmi did

not die an ordinary death ; She verily attained Samadhi!

 

This may come as a surprise to many! But bhagwan treated all the

animals in the ashram as if they were Humans! but in India today ,

you see how the Sacred cow ( GO ata) is treated so cruelly - One

look at the 'cows' in india tells the sad story of neglect and

inhuman treatment !

 

Why do we call the Cow - Go Mata ( a mother cow) ? Did you know that

we hauman beings have seven mothers according to ancient sages and

seers ?

 

) The mother who gave us birth

 

2) The Obstetrician Or mid wife) us

 

3) The Wife Of the King

 

4) The wife of a Priest

 

5) The wife of a teacher

 

6) The Earth

 

7) cow

 

Needless to say , we are no longer living in vedic times where Cows

and brahmins were worshipped ! Even Mother Earth is subject to so

much tyranny in the name of environmental pollution !in every

yagna , it was customary to show reverance to cow and the brahmins

in the olden days!

 

The Bovine Cow was considered 'Divine' FOR MANY REASONS!

 

a SANSKRIT SLOKA GOES LIKE THIS :

 

" 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 !

 

PLEASE HGO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO READ ABOUT THE VARIOUS DEITIES

THAT LIVE IN A COW'S BODY!

 

http://www.urday.com/cow.html - 21k - Cached

 

 

Another name for the holy cow is 'kamadhenu' -the wish fullfilling !

Our Go mata is a valuable resource ! Her milk is supposed to be the

most nutritious . Even the 'urine' of the cow has some medicinal

properties . Not only that cow dung is used as a 'manure' in rural

households ! It is therefore a pity that India where cow is

considered so sacred equivalent to a Mother , Cows receive such a

cruel and inhuman treatment !

 

Mahatma Gandhi said

 

" Cow protection is the gift of Hinduism to the world. And Hinduism

will live as long as there are Hindus to protect the cow. Hindus

will be judged not by their tilaks, not by the correct chanting of

mantras, not by their pilgrimages, not by their most punctilious

observance of caste rules but by their ability to protect the cow (

Gandhi 1954). "

 

HOW CAN WE EVER THINK OF CUTTING THE HAND THAT FEEDS US ? Cows are

to be respected and revered and protected !

 

the second verse of Sri Suktham goes like this :

 

Hr & #299;m Tám ma ávaha játavedo lak & #347;hm & #299;m anapa gámin & #299;m

Yasyám hira & #326;yam vindeyam gám a & #347;vam puru & #347;hán aham|| (2)

 

O Agni! Invoke for me that unfailing Lakshmi, blessed by whom, I

shall win wealth, cattle, horses and men.

 

Yes! Cattle was considered 'wealth' in the olden days.

 

So there is a lot to be said in favor of treating Cows with love ,

respect and honor !

 

if you love Gopala ( the cowherd) , how can you not love his

constant companions - the 'cows' ?

 

When you worship , the cows , you are also worshipping the cowherd!

 

Hari Aum Tat Sat !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wrote:

>

> Dear Shri Nair,

>

> Thank you for pointing out that a jnAni does not feed a cow, etc.

I suppose

> what you are conveying by this is that he has no identification

with the

> body and no sense of agency. in what his body does.

> One biographer, who obviously is ignorant of the nuances of

advaita, has

> written that Ramana Maharshi had a favourite cow which he used to

> feed.himself.

[Guest guest]

Dear Smt. Bhaginiji: In the light of your comments, the following

sloka from Gita Dhyanam is very appropriate:

 

" Sarvopanishado gaavo dogdhaa gopaalanandanah;

Paartho vatsah sudheer bhoktaa dugdham geetaamritam mahat. "

 

4. All the Upanishads are the cows; the milker is Krishna; the

cowherd boy, Partha (Arjuna), is the calf; men of purified intellect

are the drinkers; the milk is the great nectar of the Gita.

 

Shri. Ramachandranji stated in his mail # 37813 how Gita is important

for our inner purification (anTha karNa suDddhi). The above sloka

makes aware that the study of Gita will grant us the Atma jyanam.

Regards. Jan Nagraj

 

 

advaitin , " bhagini_niveditaa "

<bhagini_niveditaa wrote:

>

> My most respected Shastriji :

>

 

> a SANSKRIT SLOKA GOES LIKE THIS :

>

> " 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 !

> if you love Gopala ( the cowherd) , how can you not love his

> constant companions - the 'cows' ?

>

> When you worship , the cows , you are also worshipping the cowherd!

>

> Hari Aum Tat Sat !