Why are cows so sacred?

Answer 1

"for one who sees Me in everything and find everything in Me I am never lost to him neither he is lost to Me" Lord Krishna says in baghwat Gita. in Hinduism the importance of ones Mother, Father and Guru is given the equal status to God and without respecting them one can not be truly in love with God. Many places God says if you serve to your mother, father and guru it is equivalent to serving Himself. so a Hindu sees God in everything in nature and if you can not find God in natural things around you it is futile to seek Him from empty void. so yes i am a Hindu and i am not ashamed of revering all forms of life and and considering such reverence is appreciated by God Himself.

Answer 2

In India cows are treated equal to mother. When a mother takes care of her child or children she is very much sacred and puts all her efforts to protect the child from all evils. Like wise cows have all qualities of a mother the only problem is it cannot speak in any language but she expresses her feeling by shouting. As it gives milk which helps in getting many mil products like Paneer, Ghee, Butter and so on which are generally consumed by human being in their daily life and the number of products are many as compared to any other human being or animals that is why cows are sacred.

Answer 3

Hinduism treats cows as sacred and protects them.. hence beef is banned for hindus

The reason behind this faith is that hinduism believes cow was sent from heaven to help mankind by giving them milk and helping in agriculture

since the earlier hindu society, was mainly based on agriculture, cow was made a religious icon, to save it from extinction.

Hinduism teaches to be grateful to those who help the society in any way...hence they respect cows, they respect rivers, they respect forests and they respect the Himalayas.

Answer 4

Nobody knows when or how cow veneration began, but it is as ancient as the earliest accounts we have of India. It may have derived from the the heavy dependency of poor people on cattle to work their fields, provide milk products for a protein-poor diet, and provide cowdung for cooking fuel (still an important source of fuel today). Killing the family cow to eat it would be an act of desperation which would ultimately doom a family worse starvation from the loss of its services and products, so perhaps this sort of marginal cattle-keeping inspired veneration for the cow. There are laws against killing cows in modern India, but there have been recent reports of widespread butchery to supply the leather export market. If you killed one with your car you would probably be in big trouble--but more from a mob forming than from the police.

Answer 5

Cow is very sacred to Hindus; they treat it as Goddess and mother. This is their belief and faith of Hinduism, which shall not be humiliated or condemned. They have a fundamental birth right of belief and faith. None can interfere into it and shall honour and respect. However many Hindus (almost all Shudra castes - 50% Hindus) eat beef (cow) regularly. Almost all Hindus sell away their cows to butchers when sick, aged, infirm and unusable.

Answer 6

As far as productivity is concerned buffaloes are more productive than cows. Since buffaloes are black they are treated as animal of the Dalits. Consequently cows have to be made sacred.
This is merely Bramhinical supremacy.

Answer 7

not around here there not... unless you count a great prime rib or filet mignon or sweet leather jacket as sacred

Answer 8

Because we all worship a good beefsteak???