Guest guest Report post Posted March 20, 2006 That's the perfect answer. On Sat, March 18, 2006 5:07 pm, jndas said: > This is nonsensical and has been discussed in these forums before in > several long, long threads. The very word for cow in sanskrit is > "aghnya" which literally means "never to be killed", and this is what > is found throughout the Atharva Veda. The very language itself > establishes that the cow is sacred and cannot be harmed. > > The problem is when Hindus take information from Muslim websites > pretending to be speaking about the Vedas. This is a very common > recuring phenomena. It shows that in general Hindus, and especially > young Hindus, know so little about their own religion that they get > fooled by the most obvious misrepresentations of their own religion. I > could never imagine Christians or Muslims being misled in similar ways. > ("Didn't you know, Jesus was actually a lady.") Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 20, 2006 That is reason why the common usage of phrase " Sacred Cow" widely in the west to explain if some thing should not be touched or killed. In every culture there some sacred cows. Balakrishna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
protectacow 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2006 I just found a quote by Bhisma Prabhu from the Mahabharata. In this long quote from Bhisma Prabhu he points out how the Cow is not only the Mother of all Humanity, but even of the Deity Themselves. If you have any respect for the Deity, then think of how much respect you should have for the Deity's Mother. ON COWS Bhishma said: (excerpt) One should never feel any repugnance for the urine and the dung of the cow. One should never show any disregard for cows in any way. If evil dreams are seen, men should take the names of cows. One should never obstruct cows in any way. Cows are the mothers of both the Past and the Future. Every morning, people should bow with reverence unto cows. Cows are sacred. They are the foremost of all things in the world. They are verily the refuge of the universe. They are the mothers of the very deities. They are verily incomparable. Cows are the mothers of the universe.* There is no gift more sacred than the gift of cows. There is no gift that produces more blessed merit. [From the Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Sections LXXXIII - LXXVII - LXXVI] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
