Just like human mothers, cow mothers also love their children. They cannot be happy when their children are unhappy. Cow's milk is meant for the calf, not humans. Cows produce milk after childbirth. They are repeatedly impregnated so they give birth and produce milk, so we humans can enjoy milk tea, butter, ghee (clarified butter), milk sweets, milk chocolates, cheese, paneer (cottage cheese) etc. The calves are taken away and sold to butchers so some people can eat beef and wear leather shoes/bags/jackets. The cow mother spends all her life as a slave. She is repeatedly raped and helplessly watches the killing of her children.
Buddha taught that we cannot be happy by making others suffer.
The first mindfulness training is reverence for life. We cannot kill or let others kill if we have reverence for life. The second mindfulness training is to practice and promote true happiness. We cannot be truly happy by stealing from others, by exploiting others.
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