| In India, the cow is considered sacred not because Indian people are primitive worshipers of mythological totems but because Hindus intelligently understand that the cow is a mother. As children, nearly all of us were nourished with cow’s milk, and therefore the cow is one of our mothers. Certainly one’s mother is sacred, and therefore we should not kill the sacred cow. | | | En la India, la vaca se considera sagrada no porque los indios sean adoradores primitivos de tótems mitológicos, sino porque los hindúes comprenden inteligentemente que la vaca es una madre. Cuando fuimos niños, casi todos nos alimentábamos con leche de vaca, por lo tanto la vaca es una de nuestras madres. Sin duda, la madre de uno es sagrada, por lo tanto no deberíamos matar a la vaca sagrada. | |