Columbus, Ohio
Walk To See A Cow
The cow’s left front leg was fractured in her home
location, a barn in West Virginia. She’s
one of our cows, a Krishna cow, who hails from the New Vrindavan rural community,
and was shipped over Galbreath Veterinary Center at the Ohio State University
for physical care. Gaura Nityananda, a
Columbus monk, and I, felt pretty fortunate that this animal hospital was
within walking distance of the Krishna House where I’m staying. We made our way to this super clean barn which
has multiple stalls. We met Doctor Niehaus,
the person who did surgery on the four year old bovine. He was happy with the results of the surgery,
and the cow (let’s call her Surabhi), seemed to demonstrate a joyful
disposition, “She’s chewing her cud,” said the physician. That was true, and at the same time that she
was chewing, she also seemed to be doing an extended yoga stretch. Her leg was in a cast, she appeared to be well
on the road to recovery, and seemed to have overcome her complications.
So now we have been speaking about a cow. A cow, or bull, are sensitive creatures who
meet with challenges of maybe a less complex nature in comparison to a
human. The human mind, for instance, is
more that what anyone can comprehend. On
top of physical challenges, humans also have psychological challenges that we
should perceive as opportunities.
In this connection I would like to bring to your
attention a beautiful quote that came to me today which came from
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, our guru’s guru.
Here it is:
“Anyone who cannot
understand that the complications which are ever present in the material
universe are beneficial in a way that is pure, eternal, complete, and free… Is
deprived of his true spiritual activity, devotion to Krishna.”
May the Source be with you!
5 KM
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