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Perspective of: India
In cow is not just any ordinary animal to the Indian people. The cow holds seven different positions with in the vedic philosophy. The Vedic teaches that the cow is first the birth mother (1), the wife of the spiritual master(2),the wife of a brahmana (3), the queen (4), the cow(5), the wet nurse (6), and the earth(7). All seven represent life that is given from a mother. The culture in India holds motherhood in high regard and does not believe that these sacred animals should be slaughtered, stating would you kill your mother who nurtured you with her own milk or your father who works the fields and feeds you from his hard work. The Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was fond of the cow and protected them with these philosophy’s ||
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 * < Setting ||< India ||
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 * < Resolution ||< To be a cow in India means that you have been raised to a higher status than those cows living in the United States. In India ancient scholars did not treat cows as livestock for economic purposes. Cows were treated as equals living amongst their human counterparts and treated with the same respect as man, they believed that all living things should be treated as equals. Their status has not changed all that much in thousands of years. It is believed by most Indians that the cow is the mother of Ekadasha Rudra, and that the cow has special powers that were recognized by the ancient scholars and saints.

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