Hindus: Would you please let know why Cows are very sacred in your relion?

Answer 1

i don't think so any Hindu brother or sister can answer this logically. I too wondering the same answering but still thirsty.

Answer 2

Many years ago, I read a true account of a group riding in a jeep with a hindi driver. At one point, as they came around a sharp curve, there was a cow in the road. The hindi driver swerved to miss the cow, driving over and killing some children playing beside the road. The driver continued on as if nothing had happened.
At that point, I lost all interest in gaining knowledge of the hindu people and their religion.

Answer 3

Cows (and bulls) were the source of livelihood for most Hindus for thousands of years. Cows gave milk and also gave birth to calves. Cows and bulls were also used to plough the fields, for transportation, and for many other reasons. Cows were also, usually, white, and were therefore considered pure. For a farmer to lose his cow and/or bull basically meant death, as he would no longer be able to plough his fields, sell milk to support his family, and so on. These are some of the reasons the cow is a sacred animal. There are hundreds of other reasons but, obviously, I can't list them all here.

Answer 4

In Hinduism cows are worshiped they r given the title GOMATA meaning mother and have u ever heard someone slaughtering the mother
The cows are milk providers after the baby is weaned from the mothers milk it is the cow' milk that the child sustains on
So much so cow' urine is used in Ayurveda medicines and the dung is used as fuel in rural India also used for making bio gas
So the cow holds a special place in Hinduism

Answer 5

In Hinduism, the cow (Sanskrit: go) is revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed. Hindus do not worship the cow, however, and cows do not have especially charmed lives in India. It is more accurate to say the cow is taboo in Hinduism, rather than sacred.

History of the "Sacred" Cow -

In ancient India, oxen and bulls were sacrificed to the gods and their meat was eaten. But even then the slaughter of milk-producing cows was prohibited. Verses of the Rigveda refer to the cow as Devi (goddess), identified with Aditi (mother of the gods) herself.

Even when meat-eating was permitted, the ancient Vedic scriptures encouraged vegetarianism. One scripture says, "There is no sin in eating meat... but abstention brings great rewards." (The Laws of Manu, V/56)

Later, in the spiritually fertile period that produced Jainism and Buddhism, Hindus stopped eating beef. This was mostly like for practical reasons as well as spiritual. It was expensive to slaughter an animal for religious rituals or for a guest, and the cow provided an abundance of important products, including milk, browned butter for lamps, and fuel from dried dung.

Some scholars believe the tradition came to Hinduism through the influence of strictly vegetarian Jainism. But the cow continued to be especially revered and protected among the animals of India.

By the early centuries AD, the cow was designated as the appropriate gift to the brahmans (high-caste priests) and it was soon said that to kill a cow is equal to killing a brahman. The importance of the pastoral element in the Krishna stories, particularly from the 10th century onward, further reinforced the sanctity of the cow.

Cow-Related Practices

The cow remains a protected animal in Hinduism today and Hindus do not eat beef. Most rural Indian families have at least one dairy cow, a gentle spirit who is often treated as a member of the family.

The five products (pancagavya) of the cow — milk, curds, ghee butter, urine and dung — are all used in puja (worship) as well as in rites of extreme penance. The milk of the family cow nourishes children as they grow up, and cow dung (gobar) is a major source of energy for households throughout India. Cow dung is sometimes among the materials used for a tilak - a ritual mark on the forehead. Most Indians do not share the western revulsion at cow excrement, but instead consider it an earthy and useful natural product.

The cow is honored at least once a year, on Gopastami. On this "Cow Holiday," cows are washed and decorated in the temple and given offerings in the hope that her gifts of life will continue. -

Answer 6

Cow in its physique embeds 3 hundred million gods and goddesses in accordance to Hindu Mythology. besides the coolest purchase of cow is functional. Cow provides beginning to bulls. those bulls help carry out many agricultural operations. besides Hindus are vegetarians and don't desire to kill any animal.

Answer 7

in hinduism cows are viewed as sacred becouse the god krishna loved cows and was a cow herder. and so this is how it became to be known in hinduism that cows are sacred

Answer 8

the same effin reason christians love their damn sheep so much

Answer 9

because they regards it as God