Can there b a pure land without cows and bulls ?
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“The bull is the emblem of the moral principle (dharma), and the cow is the representative of the earth. When the bull and the cow are in a joyful mood, it is to be understood that the people of the world are also in a joyful mood. The reason is that the bull helps production of grains in the agricultural field, and the cow delivers milk, the miracle of aggregate food values. The human society, therefore, maintains these two important animals very carefully so that they can wander everywhere in cheerfulness. ”
(SB 1.16.18, purport)
Lecture on SB 6.1.21 -- Honolulu, May 21, 1976:
" Anywhere you keep cows. And what cows to maintain? No expenditure. The fruits? The skin thrown away, and the cow will eat. And in exchange it will give you nice foodstuff, milk. Or it will eat in the grazing ground, some grass. So there is no expenditure of keeping cows, but you get the best food in the world. So anyone can live only on milk. If you have got the opportunity to drink one pound milk maximum, not very much—half-pound is sufficient; suppose one pound—then you don't require any other foodstuff. Only this cow's milk will help you. It is so nice. And it gives very nice brain. "
Gomati Vidya by Lord Parusarama says:
" In the body of cows, all holy places and rivers are present. Lakshmidevi resides in cow dung. Simply by the cow's touch and sight she purifies all living entities. Among all purified, she is most pure and among all auspicious, she is most auspicious. "
In the Brihat Parasara Smriti it is written:
" Simply by a cow's association, one becomes purified. There is no wealth superior to the cow "
In the Mahabharata it is mentioned:
" Nothing is rare for the devotee of the cow. "
SB 5.5.33, Purport:
" A person can keep stacks of cow dung in one place, and it will not create a bad odor to disturb anyone. "
SB 10.6.22-23, Purport:
" Even in the houses of the cultivators, who were not very advanced in the modern ways of civilization, the ladies used to know how to chant mantras to give protection to children with the help of cow dung and cow urine. This was a simple and practical way to give the greatest protection from the greatest dangers. People should know how to do this, for this is a part of Vedic civilization. "
SB 10.6.19, Purport:
" in household affairs, ladies could take charge of protecting a child simply by taking help from the cow. As described here, they knew how to wave about the switch of a cow so as to protect the child from all types of danger. There are so many facilities afforded by cow protection, but people have forgotten these arts. "
Lecture on BG 2.8-12 -- Los Angeles, November 27, 1968:
" In Āyur-veda, cow dung dried and burned into ashes is used as toothpowder. It is very antiseptic toothpowder. "
Sri Isopanisad Introduction:
" If you smear cow dung in an impure place, that place becomes pure. "
Sri Vyasa-puja -- Hyderabad, August 19, 1976:
" The Vedic injunction is also that cow dung can purify any impure place. "
In the Agni Purana, Lord Dhanvantari said to Acharya Susruta:
“To caress and to bathe the cow is like cleansing ones sinful reactions.”
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