Shimoga: World Cow (Gau) Conference has begun at Shimoga from 21st April 2007 and will be held till 29 th of April. On the occasion of the Conference, Dr. Prakash Ghali, the Prasar-sevak of Sanatan Sanstha for Southern India interviewed Sreemadjagatguru Shankaracharya Sree Sree Raghaveshwarbharati Mahaswami of SreeRamachandrapur Peeth and the Convener of the Conference. Views expressed by Sree Shankaracharya Sree Sree Raghaveshwarbharati Mahaswamiji are given below.
World festival and not mere Conference
There are people who love cow, revere cow and are devotees of cow all over the world. The program celebrated by coming together of all these people is this Goa-mata festival. The festival is not only for upliftment of people but for the upliftment of the whole world. All cow-lovers have been invited for the festival.
Everyone worships Gou-mata like a deity
The word ‘cow (Gaaya)’ means rays of the Sun-God in Sanskrit. As the Sun God sends His rays to the earth; Gods have sent Gou-mata to the earth as their representative. Man gets nourishment, health and wealth through the medium of Gou-mata. Taking care of cow also amounts to doing one’s Dharma-sadhana. Gou-mata has divine qualities like not wishing bad of anyone and helping everyone. Therefore, she is divine. Company of ‘Gou’ increases ‘sattva’ component As per the science, we tend to imbibe qualities of the one with whom we are always in contact. When we touch a perfume, our hands smell good and when we come in contact with impure thing, our hands catch that bad smell. Cow has ‘Sattva’ component in greater degree and therefore, we also imbibe it and become more ‘sattvik’.
Gou-mutra is good for health
The Gou-mutra and cow-dung is used for various purposes. Gou-mutra is mainly useful for maintaining good health so also in agriculture. There are 112 medicinal components in ‘Gou-mutra’ that are useful for human health and this has been proved by scientists. Every component is effective for at least one ailment. Consumption of ‘Gou-mutra’ increases immunity for fighting against various diseases. Gou-mutra of Indian cows has 3-4 % resistance power against diseases. It is mainly used for skin diseases.
Not to prevent cow-slaughter is ‘Dharma-haani’ (detrimental to Dharma) I do not expect that the saints and mutts who are not doing anything towards prevention of cow-slaughter will do anything towards Dharma. Cow-slaughter is a sign of Dharma-haani. ‘Bharatiya Gou-raksha Parishada’ is therefore, being founded to save cows. It is also planned to bring together all saints for protection of cow. I shall fight till my last breath for protection of cow. Politicians have failed to stop cow-slaughter Rulers do not consult saints. It is necessary that we are in majority only then the rulers will pay any heed to us as politicians only listen to those who vote for them. Many times, we appealed to Karnataka Government to have some project for protection of cows that met with little success. It is necessary to create awareness among people towards protection of cow.
Do not sell beef
There is great demand for beef in other countries. Government will also earn crores of rupees; but we should not export beef. We can, however, export ‘Gou-mutra’ that will fetch more benefits. Killings of Hindu leaders is a warning for Hindu unity
In this country, cow-slaughter goes on so also killings of Hindu leaders. Brutal murders of Sukhananda Shetty, Adv. Valsraj is a warning to Hindus. They must now unite.
No ‘governmentalization’ of temples
Karnataka Government has taken over management of 35,000 temples in the State. Places of worship should be run under the guidance of saints and not by politicians or Governments. There should be no interference from the Government in management of temples.
Destruction of ‘Ram-setu’ will not be tolerated
‘Sree Rama-setu’ was built by Sree Rama. There is substantial evidence to prove this fact. We shall oppose all such efforts to destroy the setu.
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