First Yourself, then the Whole World

Make it your mission to engage the entire world in Krishna consciousness beginning with yourself, and then go about engaging as much of it as you possibly can in the Lord's service. Stay focused on this goal. Make it the entire theme of your existence and you will be amazed how your consciousness and your ability to influence others will evolve over time. You've got nothing to lose except for your anxiety and everything to gain. So why not strive for the ultimate life style right now, engaging everything in the service of Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead? You'll be mighty glad that you did, and the people that you impact along the way will appreciate forever your kindness upon them of saving them from the repetition of birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why is Cow's Milk Pure?

My colleagues ask me why we consider cows milk as pure or vegetarian when it is produced by an animal. Please help me to answer them.

Neel

Answer: The Cow is Pure in All Respects

Regarding the suitability of cow's milk as a food for human beings, we see that Sri Krishna Himself was very fond of cow's milk and the products of cow's milk. The cow gives more milk than her calf can consume. This is Krishna's arrangement to make milk available for human beings.

The cow is pure in all respects so much so that even the stool and urine of the cow are pure. The cow has a wonderful ability to take the grass, which we cannot eat, and turn it into the most amazing miracle food, milk, which is full of all vitamin values for nourishing the brain for higher spiritual understanding. Modern day society does not so much appreciate the wonderful nature of drinking milk because they spoil it by homogenization. Otherwise if one drinks milk straight from the cow, it has a very sublime and wonderful flavor. Only boiling and offering it to Lord Krishna are required before drinking it.

If one will sip a cup of very hot sweetened milk before taking rest every night, one will get very nice taste and good nourishment for the body and the brain.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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