Do Hindu people really drink cow urine?
449678
first of all let me tell you that this principle is not a must nor is it a custom.\ni myself being a Hindu have not come across this custom in any of the religious books.\nactually we people consider the cow to be the home of many god and goddesses. it is a notion that the goddess of the money(LAKSHMI) resides in the urinary parts of the cow. so the people thinking of becoming rich or those who want to fulfil there desire for anything follow this custom. also u may be knowing that urine helps in killing the microbes in ones body, so it has science involved in it too.
230209
No, I don't think so. They excrete their urine with their feces during defecating. That's what I think.
737324
They do and will continue to do so.  Some have 'westernized' their beliefs somewhat but the caste system is alive and strong and will continue to be so.  In funneling much business to India the U.S. government has given their blessings to this discriminatory practice.
431486
Hindus are ENCOURAGED not to eat meat but Hinduism does not have any rigid laws regarding what God wants. Mostly it is the Brahmans that are not to eat meat- other castes may eat it.
707374
Sure it does!  \n\nAnd if you shake the cow, you'll have a milkshake!  \n\nThe flavor of the milkshake depends on the color of the cow.  I alway pick brown cows for a delicious chocolate.\n\nBe careful that you don't accidentally pick a milk dud.  That could mean trouble!
384389
It isnt that they worship them... \n\nHinus believe that all animals have Atman or soul and thus should not be killed. Also killing leads to bad karmic consequences and the consumption of flesh is not sattvic; meaning one can not achieve full spirituality or a close connection with Lord.
47491
I'll answer that with another question - how do you eat brown hamburgers, green lettuce, and red tomato and produce yellow urine?  Or the variously colored other bodily secretions we humans produce, including white milk?  The color of these secretions depends mostly on their molecular structure, which doesn't change depending on what you eat.  The body makes them by choosing only the elements it wants, and not using, say, some chewed up chlorophyll that happens to be in your stomach.\n\nThat said, milk (and other secretions) can take on a slight tinge of color from the diet, just because they are not completely "pure".  For example, if you eat a lot of carrots, your urine, and even your skin, can turn orange.  And a wild cow who actually does eat grass might have slightly green milk.  But the milk you actually buy in a store comes from cows who eat all sorts of unnatural things, and hardly any grass.  Besides, the fat globules that would hold most of the color are skimmed off and turned into butter and cheese (which are then artificially colored).\n\nWas that way more than you wanted to know? :-)
881988
for the record i like cows, they're nice.\n\nseveral religions believe in reincarnation. how you recognize people is different than you might think. some believe you carry similar physical traits in each life. some people are lucky enough to carry glimpses of their past lives, and they figure it out. it's not like you see someone and go "hey charlie where you been buddy?!"..it's more of a recognition on a deeper level. think about someone you've just met and instantly clicked with, and you can't quite put your finger on why. it's possible that you knew them/were related to them in a previous life. i've had that happen with several friends/boyfriends.
871315
yes all the secularists and peace loving people are to condemn the brutal killing of a dalit family  and burning of their property by upper castes in khairlanji in ,Maharashtra. it happened because surekha bhotmange, who challenged her oppression and her family.the police and lawyers collaborated with the accused. in Hinduism, every caste is a religion. upper caste people look with disdain the untouchables.as Christians think people of other religion can not reach god and as Muslims think Hindus as kafirs, in Hinduism, people belonging to one caste don't tolerate other caste people. caste system Hinduism is thousand times cruel than religious terrorists.the solution for this problem is to abolish caste system and all people should embrace rationalism which does not accept any type of inequalities. Hindus tolerate the insults heaped upon by them and their gods by other religions. they maintain stoic silence when other religion people mock at Hinduism, but their tolerance is towards other religions only but not towards the marginalised sections of the Hindu society. the reason is AT THE COST OF REPETITION , I REITERATE THAT EVERY CASTE IS A RELIGION.
1108664
Drinking the milk of cows and goats has been practiced since ancient times.  I would expect it began shortly after man began domesticating these animals.  It would seem logical as milk is obviously a source of nutrients for the offspring of the cow or goat and ancient society did not have the same taboos we are encumbered with today.
558555
Yes, it is the oldest continuing religion on Earth. The Rig Veda is the oldest sacred text in the world (first written down in about 5000BCE, but before this time it was merely memorized and chanted). \n\nThe most liberal? Perhaps it should be said that it is the most tolerant. Some denominations and sects and subsects of Hinduism could definately be defined as liberal, but some denominations, sects, and subsects can be very conservative, or orthodox, or traditional. So it varies...but they are all very tolerant. In fact, tolerance and respect are the rule rather than the exception. It is rare that Hindu sects, denominations, and subsects are intolerant or disrespectful. In the past Hinduism was extremely liberal compared to many religions during its time, but with the invasions of other religions and cultures into India, and the eventual colonization of India by the British...the influence and sometimes forced acceptance of those cultures, laws, and norms did have some effects on Hinduism. Many of the sages who is said to have written the Rig Veda were women, as well as men. \n\nAgain, though, "liberal" depends greatly on the individual denominations, sects, and subsects...the individual gurus, the individual temples and priests. It varies as to just how liberal they are. Many in India are trying to preserve the traditions while at the same time feeling the forces of western materialism taking its effects. This has caused there to be "fundamentalist" Hindus there. Hindus in the west (both of Indian origin and those who adopt Hinduism but aren't from India) often are much more liberal than even the "liberal" Hindus in India (although there are exceptions to some groups here in the west and even to those in India where there are groups there that are sometimes even more liberal than those in the west..so there are exceptions). \n\nSome great resources on Hinduism:\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/religion\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org\nhttp://www.galva108.org\nhttp://www.westernhindu.com\nhttp://www.beliefnet.com\nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com
1123375
Ok where should i begin to rip you to shreds for your hypocricy. There are many more hindus than christians who donot drink are happy in their lives. Thats there choice. Just coz you are a loser dosent mean hinduism is impotent and vindictive. Only your statements show that you are impotent and vindictive doesnt matter if you are now a christian. Man you are so pathetic. How gullible do you think ppl are really?
21798
cows and goats can carry some diseases and it can be spread through the milk. T.B. can be spread that way and dairy animals are regularly tested for T.B. If an animal gets mastitis the milk can become harmful. In the late 50's a young girl who lived next to my grandmother and drank fresh cow milk got milk sickness and nearly died. It left her with some brain damage and shaky hands. I don't know if it was caused by something the cow ate or an actual disease the cow had. I think the milk would need to be tested to find out for sure. Also her 4 brothers and her parents drank the milk, as did several other people in the neighberhood and as far as I know she is the only one who got sick.
1052011
The saying is "like a cow peeing on a flat rock."  Think of the imagery.  If you've never been around cows picture the spray that comes from turning the water in the sink on full pressure.
115041
I know that where I live in the Silicon Valley of California there's a lot of Hindus from India who work in the high tech industry. probably more than 60% of their restaurants are strictly vegetarian. I think it may depend also on what sect of Hinduism is most prominent in the specific region of India they come from.
453018
Muslims don't eat pork because it is haraam, unclean and forbidden.\n\nMany Hindus [though definitely not all] are vegetarian- they don't eat pork and beef in addition to chicken, turkey, fish, mutton, and any other kind of meat- because they believe in the sacredness of all life and ahimsa [nonviolence]. They see killing an animal as an act of violence. Also, an animal, being equal with humans in that its life is also valued and sacred, has as much right to live, in their belief, as a human. Almost all Hindus stay away from beef, even if they eat other kinds of meat, because in our belief the cow is life-giving and particularly worthy of respect. We believe that it is wrong to kill a cow because cows provide milk, manure which acts like fertilizer for the soil [many Hindus lived off agriculture in the past] and many other essentials. Lord Krishna, a Hindu God who was an avatar of Vishnu, was a cowherd and loved cows dearly.
1041691
Pure milk from a cow isn't. What people buy at the store is a homogeneous mixture b/c the people at the milk factory add vitamins and minerals and a bunch of other things.