[Posted Feb 11, 2009]

Valentine's Day ox

Just in time for Valentine's Day

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

One lucky ox

Yahoo! News Feb 8, 2009 - AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye

Nineteen-day-old ox 'Heart,' born with a heart-shaped marking

Nineteen-day-old ox 'Heart,' born with a heart-shaped marking on his forehead, relaxes at Yamakun farm in Fujisawa, near Tokyo... go to story

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Cow protection

Holy Cows, Sacred Bulls A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

The principal sign of the age of Kali is that lower-caste shudras, i.e., men without brahminical culture and spiritual initiation, will be dressed like administrators or kings, and the principal business of such non-kshatriya rulers will be to kill the innocent animals, especially the cows and the bulls, who shall be unprotected by their masters, the bona fide vaishyas, the mercantile community. more

The valuable roles of cows and oxen

excerpt from conversation, New Orleans, August 1, 1975

PRABHUPADA: [referring to the grain crops reserved for feeding the livestock] And everything for the cows, but what for the man? They will give everything for cows because they will eat cows, other farmers. But you utilize the animals for growing your food.

BRAHMANANDA: The idea is we should maintain the animals, but then the animals should provide foodstuffs for the men.

PRABHUPADA: Yes.

BRAHMANANDA: And that way there is cooperation.

PRABHUPADA: Yes. The animals, bulls, should have helped... instead of that machine. Then it is properly utilized. And others, they cannot utilize these animals. Therefore, what they will do? Naturally they will send to slaughterhouse. But we are not going to send to the slaughterhouse. Then what we will do? They must be utilized. Otherwise simply for growing food that the cows and bulls we engage ourself? You are already feeling burden because there are so many bull calves. You were asking me, "What we shall do with so many bulls?"

NITYANANDA: Well, when they grow up we will train them as oxen.

PRABHUPADA: No, what the oxen will do?

NITYANANDA: Plow the fields.

PRABHUPADA: Yes. That is wanted. Transport, plowing fields. That is wanted. And unless our men are trained up, Krishna conscious, they will think, "What is the use of taking care of the cows? Better go to the city, earn money and eat them."

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