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[url]http://www.krishna.com/en/node/1755[/url]

"Jiva the ox hears the commands of Balabhadra Dasa, moves forward, and then turns to the left. After several repetitions of these commands, Balabhadra takes Jiva to his stall, where he gently brushes and gently talks to him. Jiva’s partner, Dharma, is standing in the adjoining stall, waiting for his turn to show what he remembers from his previous lesson.

Jiva and Dharma are a pair of three-year-old Jersey oxen at Krsnuv Dvur, the Hare Krishna farm in the Czech Republic. Balabhadra Dasa is ISKCON’s global minister for cow protection and agriculture. Premadhatta Dasa, Jiva and Dharma’s teamster, was learning by watching Balabhadra train Jiva and Dharma to basic voice commands. Sweet, handsome, and gentle, Jiva and Dharma are to be the farm’s next working ox team. They are part of a herd of fourteen protected cows living at Krsnuv Dvur. .."