{"product_id":"a-congregation-of-cows-nathaniel-altman-9781733597920","title":"A Congregation of Cows: Moo Haiku","description":"There they are, dotting the hillsides and plains all across the country. Other than children in the backseats of cars or vans, few notice the wide-eyed cows and calves that lumber innocently along their self-created paths behind barbed wire. The lives of cows are quiet and uneventful. Or are they? These precious bovines are not just fodder for meat or leather; they are precious beings--as are all animals, birds and fish--regarded by many Hindus in India as sacred. How can anyone even think of killing it? No cow is an it; every cow is a she. What can we learn from the gentleness of bovines in our mist? Bashō, the father of Japanese haiku, said: \"Go to the pine to learn from the pine.\" In the same spirit, I say: \"Open your heart to the cows and deepen your capacity for kindness and ahimsa (harmlessness).\"in that other world moo means mu*sweet grassa newborn calfnuzzling her mother*her face, her gazethat one could bemy mother now*freeway driveif I could, I would jointhe congregation of cows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel Altman,Robert Epstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733597921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733597920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Nathaniel Altman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442518077695,"sku":"9781733597920","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c2dd080-a534-491f-b972-334952a555c8.jpg?v=1777197921","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-congregation-of-cows-nathaniel-altman-9781733597920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}