Krishna'consciousness lying in Cow Science & Economics:
Krishna established the original economic system.
As we hear from Sir Albert Howard, the grandfather of organic gardening, “No permanent or effective system of agriculture has ever been devised without the animal. Many attempts have been made, but sooner or later they break down. The replacement of livestock by artificials is always followed by disease the moment the original store of fertility is exhausted.”
Protected cows are a major component of this system; bulls and oxen till the fields, and cows give milk. Cows are are considered one of the mothers of humankind because cow's milk—when properly prepared—is perfectly suited to maintaining human life.
Krishna mentions cow protection as one of the prime duties of any civilized society. The Bible also tells us that cow-killing is as punishable as killing a human being.
Villages surrounding Vrindavana, villagers live happily simply by giving protection to the cow. They keep the dung carefully and dry it to use as fuel. They keep a sufficient stock of grains, and because of giving protection to the cows they have sufficient milk and milk products to solve all economic problems. Simply by giving protection to the cow, the villagers live so peacefully. Even the stool and urine of cows have medicinal value.
Mother Yashoda and Rohini and the elderly gopis waved about the switch of a cow to give full protection to the child Krishna, they give milk of cow to krishna and use panchgavya to cure the diseases.
While Mother Cow provides milk, Father Bull produces grain for his human children and is valued as a beloved member of society. One common objection to using animal power is that it takes a lot of people to produce grain this way. If we use a tractor, the argument goes, one per-son produces grain, and the rest are free to do other things.
In India more than 60% population involved in agriculture, if we will use ox for cultivation, tillng(Even Albert Einstein suggested C.V. Raman for bull based farming for better agronomics) and cow for manure. This organic farming solve our main economic problem viz., Agriculture. Now Western countries realized importance of Organic Farming they started to follow in rapid way.
Krishna's path can solve many problems; where western modep and Industrial Revolution pushed this world in more dark age.
Recent survey says modern economy created wide gulf between poor and rich, which was never before like this. Industrial revolution created immense pollution, which was never before; many cities of the world became worst for living. In hellish factories, to live in nightmarish cities, to eat the flesh of innocent animals, and to buy an endless variety of artificial services and manufactured goods—without ever becoming satisfied. That’s not really freedom; it’s slavery. It’s becoming a slave to manufacturers and to the senses.
The last and most important reason for cow protection is that it helps us think of Krishna. We can catch glimpses of His attractive and wonderful personality in many ways that would be more difficult without protected cows.
And in the end the most interesting thing that i want to share is that that Krishna is one of the wisest person in Indian history. One can wonder but in his childhood his favorite dish was "Makhan"ie butter milk of cow. So children can become as much wiser as Krishna by eating Makhan.
References:
Sir Albert Howard, An Agricultural Testament (Oxford University Press 1940; Rodale Press 1972), p. 43.Jeremy Rifkin, Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture (New American Library/Dutton 1992).Jean Nolle, “Improve Animal Traction Technology,” Animal Traction Network for Africa, Conference Proceedings, Lusaka, Zambia, January 1992.
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