COW AND SCRIPTURES

Cow and Scriptures
	Cows are the path to heaven, they are worshipable even in heaven. Cows grant a desirable objects, therefore there is nothing superior to the cows
	*****
	Oh Bharata, a person devoted to cows attains whatever he desires. Women also who aredevoted to cows get their wish fulfilled. A person desiring son gets a son, one desiringdaughter gets daughter, one desiring wealth gets wealth, one desiring religion attains religion, a student gets education and one desiring happiness gets happiness. There is nothing unachievable for a servant of cow.
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	The Brahma Vidya, which grants supreme bliss is compared to the Sun. Similarly the firmament, can be compared with an ocean and earth to Indra but the cow, which does unlimited welfare to hunamy, cannot be compared to anything cow is without any comparison. Indeed there is no other being like a cow, which does welfare to human beings. The hosts of devas reside in the body of a cow and all the holy places exist in cow's feet. laxmi resides in the private parts of a cow. A person who adorns his forehead with the mud sticking to the feet of a cow attains the piety of taking bath in a holy place and achieves and achieves success at every step. The place where cows reside is called tirtha, one who dies in such a place becomes liberated immediately. This is certain. .***** People who serve cows and worship them, are blessed with rarest and choicest boon, on their full satisfaction. Being pleased cows bestow rare boon to a person who serves them and fellows them. Never be envious of them and ever please them, honor them properly and worship them. A man who has control over his senses and pleased within who ever serves the cows attains opulence. Brihat parashara smriti says: One who gives some water and grass to the cows for eating attains the result of performing a horse sacrifice there is no doubt in it. ***** Vishnu Dharmottara Purana says: By arranging pasture land for cows, giving medical to treatment to the sick cows a person becomes free of fears and attains the result of a horse sacrifice . .*****   Hundreds of milk men holding milk pitchers to milk the cowsand hundreds of their guardians dauce attendance on them. People, who wholly depend on cows, do realize real worth of a cow.   .*****     I wish always to keep cows in my view and that cow favors me. Cows are ours and we are for the cows. Let us be close the cows, wherever they stay.   .*****     Without giving a portion of our wealth in charity enjoyment of our wealth is merely eating sin To become free from this sin service to cows is the best, natural and easiest means. A mere slight touch to a cow shall shed away all sins of a man and respectful regards to a cow shall grant power and pelf. .***** Divine doctrine of Vedas directs that, if one aspires to have all kinds of luxury and comforts of the material worldly life, one should prominently serve the cow.

GuruMaharaj ke sannidhya meinYog shivir,20-22 oct 2012.
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POEM BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA-http://www.messagefrommasters.com/swamivivekananda/braveheart.htm
If the sun by the cloud is hidden a bit,
If the welkin shows but gloom,
Still hold on yet a while, brave heart,
The victory is sure to come.


No winter was but summer came behind,
Each hollow crests the wave,
They push each other in light and shade;
Be steady then and brave.


The duties of life are sore indeed,
And its pleasures fleeting, vain,
The goal so shadowy seems and dim,
Yet plod on through the dark, brave heart,
With all thy might and main.


Not a work will be lost, no struggle vain,
Though hopes be blighted, powers gone;
Of thy loins shall come the heirs to all,
Then hold on yet a while, brave soul,
No good is e'er undone.


Though the good and the wise in life are few,
Yet theirs are the reins to lead,
The masses know but late the worth;
Heed none and gently guide.


With thee are those who see afar,
With thee is the Lord of might,
All blessings pour on thee, great soul,
To thee may all come right!

The Miracle of Tulasi Devi
by Vraja Vihari Dasa

 (Published in February 1st, 2012 , Volume-09 Number-02 (Indian) Back To Godhead Magazine)

A young Russian devotee finds shelter and guidance under Krsna’s special devotee plant.

 

Our cultural upbringing can greatly influence us in how we practice devotional service. If we had good training in our early years, then this can be a strong help in our later accepting the principles of Krsna consciousness. This is evident from the example of Arunalocana Dasa from Moscow, Russia.

 

Arunalocana is a thirty-year-old, well-built Russian, who has spent time in the United States trying to make it big. During his childhood, surprisingly, his mother had inadvertently nurtured tulasi plants. Initially she thought what she was growing was just some ordinary plants, but gradually she realized the spiritual potency of tulasi. Among the many plants she had at home, she found herself getting attracted to tulasi more than any other. Eventually, she began to serve her tulasi plants exclusively, and found that the service filled her with serenity. Meanwhile her son too became affected by her new-found enthusiasm for tulasi, and he began to help his mother in her service. 

 

Performing devotional service without realizing what you’re doing is called ajnata-sukrti, and it brings further opportunities to advance in spiritual life. Just a few days after beginning his service to tulasi , Arunalocana met a few ISKCON devotees who were out on the street distributing Çrila Prabhupada’s books. He bought what they were selling and began reading. The books changed his life. His mother also read the books and became attracted to Krsna consciousness. Arunalocana decided to move into the temple. His parents did not object. There he discovered that the plant he had been serving was none other than tulasi. He decided to increase his service to and worship of her. 

 

In the meantime his family made a spectacular discovery: tulasi plants did not grow in their city because of the severe cold. In fact, the Eurolova temple kept only a photograph of tulasi on the altar. Yet tulasi grew luxuriantly in his mother’s house-she was reciprocating with his mother’s devotion. So Arunalocana asked his mother to give her tulasi plant to the temple so the devotees could serve her. She reluctantly agreed, and later confessed that when tulasi left so too did the special spiritual vibration that had permeated her home. 

 

Tulasi plants grow everywhere in India, yet we often neglect her presence or offend her by using her leaves for tea. Rupa Gosvami gave us sixty-four ways to practice devotional service, including the worship of tulasi. These ways are not meaningless rituals; properly executed, they can bring us closer to Krsna and awaken our dormant love for Him. 

 

Arunalocana’s experience of serving tulasi lit in him the spark of a desire to serve. By acting on that desire and serving tulasi with more devotion, his desire to serve increased. Today, he is the receptionist at Eurolova, and during our visit to his temple he attended to all our needs. His service was excellent. I am pretty sure how this desire to please devotees came to him-it’s by the mercy of Tulasi Devi. 

 

Arunalocana was silent when I congratulated him on his good fortune. He insisted that he would actually become fortunate the day he was able to visit India, meet the devotees there, and smear the dust of the holy places on his forehead. He repeatedly confessed that he is too sinful to go back to Godhead in this lifetime. He feels he needs a birth in India. Then, maybe in his next life, he can attain perfection. I know it’s not true that Indians are naturally better than Russians just because they were born in India. Anyone with simplicity and the desire to serve devotees, and who is engaged in devotional service to the Lord, has received Krsna’s mercy no matter where he or she was born. 

 

 Of course, Arunalocana is aware that by the mercy of Gaura-Nitai his life is perfect because he has a chance to serve Them in Moscow. However, his humility and sincerity compels him to cultivate a healthy desire to visit holy tirthas and serve devotees.  His eagerness to come to India to progress spiritually is a million times stronger than his earlier desire to immigrate to the United States-a desire in stark contrast to many Indians, who are seeking to escape India for the US to make material progress.

 

Womankind must be respected

Great men have been respecting women always.

This only has been the reason of their greatness. Such good traits

which are implanted in great men during childhood- make them

immortal.

Napoleon Bonaparte got the bathroom of his palace

repaired. The court officials got beautiful portraits made in the

bathroom by renowned artists. After the completion of the decoration

of the bathroom, Napoleon entered to take a bath. To his

surprise, he saw there lucid paintings of young women. He returned in

disgust without taking bath and ordered the court officials, “Learn

to respect womankind. Don’t insult them by painting their attractive pictures in the

bathrooms. "Any nation is doomed, where women are considered as

means for pleasure".