Cows & Sattva Guna

Article by Kurma Rupa dasa Cows Influence us to be Good Bhagavad-gita explains that material nature is composed of three modes ― goodness, passion and ignorance ― and that when the living entities, who are spiritual, come in contact with nature they become conditioned...

Cows are Sacred

Bhishma said: No sacrifice can be performed without the aid of curds andghee (clarified butter). The very character of sacrifice which sacrifices have, depends upon ghee. Hence ghee (or, the cow from which it is produced) is regarded as the very root of sacrifice....

Care for Cows

Vyapaka dasa interviews Kurma Rupa dasaApril 23, 2004 During a visit to Vrindavan dhama, Hare Krsna Rural Life (www.hkrl.com) had the good fortune to be able to sit down and interview Kurma Rupa Prabhu (KRP) about his efforts in starting and maintaining the program...

Bow Your Head

Article by Kurma Rupa dasa Wisdom from the cow shed They say it was the coldest winter in thirty years… no sunshine for three weeks. Finally one afternoon the sun broke through the haze and lit a small oval area in the barnyard. My mother Nagnagiti waddled over...

Manure Studied as Plentiful Fuel Source

Soaring oil prices and government incentives are fueling increased interest in renewable energy sources such as cow manure. And what better place to do manure research than in the Texas Panhandle, which holds the aromatic distinction of being the country’s...