14 Demandas Comun

14 Frequently Asked Questions

Demanda Cuatro: Perce indus adora la bove fema?

Question Four: Why do Hindus worship the cow?

R: La bove fema representa a cada indu la natur donante de vive. En onora esta animal jentil, ci dona plu ca el prende, nos onora tota creadas.

A: The cow represents the giving nature of life to every Hindu. Honoring this gentle animal, who gives more than she takes, we honor all creatures.

Responde plu longa: Indus regarda tota creadas vivente como sacra — mamales, pexes, avias e plu. Nos atesta esta respeta de vive en nosa ama spesial per la bove fema. A festas nos decora e onora el, ma nos no adora el en la mesma modo como nos adora la Divin. Per la indu, la bove fema simboli tota otra creadas. La bove fema es un simbol de la Tera, el ci nuri, la furnor sempre donante e nonesijente. La bove fema representa vive e la susta de vive. La bove fema es tan jenerosa, prendente no cosa estra acua, erba e gran. El dona e dona e dona de sua lete, como la alma librida dona de sua sabe spirital. La bove fema es tan esensal a vive, cuasi la sustor de vive, per multe umanas. La bove fema es un simbol de grasia e abunda. Respeta de la bove fema fundi en indus la virtuas de jentilia, resetantia e lia con natur.

Longer answer: Hindus regard all living creatures as sacred—mammals, fishes, birds and more. We acknowledge this reverence for life in our special affection for the cow. At festivals we decorate and honor her, but we do not worship her in the sense that we worship the Deity. To the Hindu, the cow symbolizes all other creatures. The cow is a symbol of the Earth, the nourisher, the ever-giving, undemanding provider. The cow represents life and the sustenance of life. The cow is so generous, taking nothing but water, grass and grain. It gives and gives and gives of its milk, as does the liberated soul give of his spiritual knowledge. The cow is so vital to life, the virtual sustainer of life, for many humans. The cow is a symbol of grace and abundance. Veneration of the cow instills in Hindus the virtues of gentleness, receptivity and connectedness with nature.

Esplica detaliosa: La bove fema jenerosa dona lete e crema, yogurte e ceso, bur e crema jelada, gi e sero de bur. La sola demanda relatada a boves per indus es, “Perce plu persones no respeta e proteje esta creada notable?” Mahatma Gandhi ia dise a un ves, “On pote mesura la eselentia de un nasion e sua progresa moral par la modo en cual lo trata sua animales. Proteje de bove a me no es mera proteje de sola la boves. Lo sinifia proteje de tota cual vive e es sin defende e debil en la mundo. La bove sinifia la mundo suumana intera.”

Elaboration: The generous cow gives milk and cream, yogurt and cheese, butter and ice cream, ghee and buttermilk. The only cow-question for Hindus is, “Why don’t more people respect and protect this remarkable creature?” Mahatma Gandhi once said, “One can measure the greatness of a nation and its moral progress by the way it treats its animals. Cow protection to me is not mere protection of the cow. It means protection of all that lives and is helpless and weak in the world. The cow means the entire subhuman world.”

En la tradision indu, on onora e garlandi la bove fema e dona a el la nuri spesial a festas tra tota Barat, xef la festa anial gopaxtami (Gopashtama). Per mostra como cara la indus ama sua boves, joalas e vestes colorosa per boves es vendeda a ferias en tota partes de campania barati. De sua eda joven, enfantes barati es instruida en decora la bove fema con garlandas, pintas e ornas. La natur de el es esemplida como Kamadhenu, la bove fema divin realinte desiras. La bove fema e sua donadas santa — spesial, lete e gi — es elementos esensal en adora, espia e rituos de inisia en induisme. En Barat, plu ca 3 000 instituidas nomida goxalas (Gaushalas), mantenida par fidusierias carital, cura boves vea e debil. E an si multe indus no es vejetalistes, ma la plu de los respeta la norma de asteni de come la carne de bove, la norma ancora larga tenida. Par la natur pasosa e tolerante de el, la bove fema esempli la virtua importante de induisme, nonosisme, conoseda como ahimsa. La bove fema ance simboli dinia, fortia, dura, madria e servi sin ego. En la Vedas, boves fema representa ricia e vive fisical joiosa. De la Rig-Veda (4.28.1;6) nos leje, “La boves ia veni e ia trae a nos bon fortuna. En nosa stalas, contente, ta ce los va resta! Ta ce los va pari bovetas per nos, multicolorosa, donante lete per Indra a cada dia. Vos, O boves, fa la person ososa a grasil; a la nonbela vos trae belia. Joia nosa casas con mui plasente. A nosa asemblas nos loda vosa fortia.”

In the Hindu tradition, the cow is honored, garlanded and given special feedings at festivals all over India, most importantly the annual Gopashtama festival. Demonstrating how dearly Hindus love their cows, colorful cow jewelry and clothing is sold at fairs all over the Indian countryside. From a young age, Hindu children are taught to decorate the cow with garlands, paint and ornaments. Her nature is epitomized in Kamadhenu, the divine, wish-fulfilling cow. The cow and her sacred gifts—milk and ghee in particular—are essential elements in Hindu worship, penance and rites of passage. In India, more than 3,000 institutions called Gaushalas, maintained by charitable trusts, care for old and infirm cows. And while many Hindus are not vegetarians, most respect the still widely held code of abstaining from eating beef. By her docile, tolerant nature, the cow exemplifies the cardinal virtue of Hinduism, noninjury, known as ahimsa. The cow also symbolizes dignity, strength, endurance, maternity and selfless service. In the Vedas, cows represent wealth and joyous Earthly life. From the Rig Veda (4.28.1;6) we read. “the cows have come and have brought us good fortune. In our stalls, contented, may they stay! May they bring forth calves for us, many-colored, giving milk for Indra each day. You make, O cows, the thin man sleek; to the unlovely you bring beauty. Rejoice our homestead with pleasant lowing. In our assemblies we laud your vigor.”