How to solve all ones economic problems-SP
April 23, 2012 in Articles, Damaghosa Dasa
Hare Krsna
Pranams to all
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Below are some excerpts from various conversations wherein Srila Prabhupada explains
very nicely how anyone can live easily without much anxiety in this world, grow his or her
own food for his family, and have more than ample time for spiritual life.
This lifestyle is contrasted with modern city living where one has to work most of the day, drive for hours back and forth to work, be in total anxiety all the while, and in the end get ulcers, headaches, or some
other serious disease for your reward for all this work.
Krsna does not want His part and parcels to suffer like this. He gives us the recommendations
for how to live in this or any age.
Every once in a while I get some negative feedback where a devotee will say to me-so I am in ignorance if I dont grow my own food? How can I possibly live in the country if I have so many obligations here in the city?
Who is going to afford this place?
All these questions are answered below by Srila Prabhupada.
One who thinks a little soberly about these things will ask himself-what does it mean to live simply with high thinking? Isnt this supposed to be the motto of all Hare Krsna devotees? If so, then why do the majority of them not do it? Do we just read these words from our Acarya and think they are meant for someone else?
They will say-I am not a farmer, I am an engineer, or a Doctor, or a technologist, or whatever. I have so many responsibilities in this city. How can I possibly leave all this? And furthermore, why should I ? I can hear them all now.
One point Prabhupada is trying to make in all these talks is this- we, as spirit souls really dont belong here, and the work we do to sustain ourselves for the most part does not further the betterment of human society towards the goal of liberation. Present day society is a nuts and bolts conglomeration of humanity which produces unfit humans for any kind of progressive path towards ultimate liberation of the soul from the material tabernacle. Nobody knows the actual goal of human life, except for the devotees of the Lord. And what do the devotees do as work which practices what we preach? We work right along side of the karmis whom we will criticize in our SB classes.
And yet we have all the answers to all the problems. Prabhupada many times has said, that any question you may encounter in preaching about Krsna Consciousness can be answered from Bhagavad Gita.
OK, do we accept that?
Yes?
Then what does Krsna tell us about how to solve all our economic problems? Annad bhavanti bhutani
750524BG.FIJ Lectures Nowadays they are facing a scarcity of food. The solution is there in the Bhagavad-gita. Krsna says, annad bhavanti bhutani: “Bhutani, all living entities, both animal and man, they can live very nicely without any anxiety provided they have got sufficient food grains.” Now what is your objection to this? This is the solution. Krsna says, annad bhavanti bhutani. So it is not utopian; it is practical. You must have sufficient food grain to feed the human being and the animal, and everything will be peaceful immediately. Because people, if one become hungry, he is disturbed. So give him food first of all. That is Krsna’s injunction. Is that very impossible, impractical? No. You grow food more and distribute. So much land is there, but we are not growing food. We are growing or busy in manufacturing tools and motor tires. Then now eat motor tires. But Krsna says that “You grow anna.” Then there is no question of scarcity. Annad bhavanti bhutani
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So to sum up what you will read below–
Srila Prabhupada tells us —
….how to make the transition from city to rural life.
….tells us that everybody should grow food
…shows us how important and sacred are grains
…self preservation is the first law of nature and the fear of not having food, or being unable to afford it for daily sustenance is eliminated by growing owns own
…having owns own food source means you become independent of the karmis rat race
..growing owns own food is “our mission”
…how to start this? he started his movement under a tree!
..everyone should live on farms, not just householders
..Indian farmers are clever-they move to city, get a job and send
most of the money back to the family, Then when they have enough money-quit their
job, buy land and start to grow their own food and become independent !!
…and more….
Hare Krsna
Damaghosa das
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1) 740418mw.bom Conversations
Prabhupada: (Sanskrit) From our childhood, if there was a rice grain on the floor, my father, er, my mother would ask me, “Take it and touch it on your head.” Dr. Patel: We were advised not to tread on the grains. (break) Prabhupada: Because by chance, if the grain is struck with the leg, she asked, “Take it and you touch it on the head.” Dr. Patel: That is the culture. That is real culture. Prabhupada: Means from the very beginning he understands anna-brahma. Dr. Patel: Even it is not spoken, you practice it. Prabhupada: Yes, practice it. According to Vedic culture, the higher class, in every home there is narayana-sila for worship, especially of the brahmanas.
