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Kṛṣṇa hugs the cow. What does a cow know? He is a dumb animal. Is the cow as great as Arjuna? No. Yet due to the cow’s sincerity to come and lick Kṛṣṇa’s body, Kṛṣṇa says, ‘Oh, yes, My dear cow, come

“That doesn’t sound right,” he said, “that the devotees beat the cows. Devotees don’t beat cows.”

Our philosophy is, if anyone comes, let him take prasad, chant Hare Krsna, and be happy. Everything is being supplied by Krsna. Krsna is not poor, so why should we deny them? If we believe that Krsna is providing for and maintaining everyone, then why should we be misers? This means losing faith in Krsna and thinking that we are the doers and suppliers. We are confident Krsna will supply! Let the whole world come. We can feed them.

He said he was like a cow that gives milk in any field.

And there were questions about what it was like to be a cow or tree in Kṛṣṇaloka and whether the soul

Once when we passed a cow on the road, Prabhupāda gave her ample room to pass, and he told us the story of how he had been gored by a cow shortly after he had taken sannyāsa.

In the S.F. airport before I departed for London, the Krsna book was given to me by one of your followers

Milk means hot cow’s milk.”

“The cows give us milk,” explained Nityānanda.

said – anyone thinking of his identity in relation to family, country, or race – was no better than a cow

men are trained up in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they will think, ‘What is the use of taking care of the cow

Everywhere we go people either know about you or they are very eager to find out about Krsna and yourself

Therefore nature’s arrangement is that protein can be produced through the body of the cow.”

King Nṛga, the story explained, gave many cows in charity to the brāhmaṇas. One day, however, one cow wandered back and entered among King Nṛga’s herd, and so the king unknowingly But as the new owner was leading the cow away, the former owner returned to claim it. The puzzled King Nṛga very humbly offered each brāhmaṇa one hundred thousand cows in exchange for this one cow.

Everyone knows the cow does not take any protein food. She takes on the grass.”

A cow eats so much grass, and a human being eats a small plateful. If the cow says, ‘You are not eating sufficient like me,’ is that logic?”

They mentioned the horrible sin of cow slaughter, and Śrīla Prabhupāda told how his movement was protecting cows in New Vrindaban.

“We should not consider that Kṛṣṇa is Hindu or Indian. Kṛṣṇa is for all. These foreigners are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness by understanding that Kṛṣṇa is for all. But our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not for such designated personalities. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam. When one becomes free from all designations, he can take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Prabhupāda: “The real aim is that you have to become the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. The ultimate aim is how to reach Kṛṣṇa. Arjuna achieved the favor of Kṛṣṇa by fighting and killing. Hare Kṛṣṇa.”

Prabhupāda: “So you are just like cows and asses. You eat voraciously.