Farm Project Means Intense Love for
Krsna
Yogesvara: Well, at the farm there is not as much of a new bhakta
program as in Paris. So the new men are encouraged to stay in Paris to get
fixed up first.
Prabhupada: So new... When they are trained up, they can come,
live, especially grhasthas. My point is whether the farm is attractive. Not
very much.
Yogesvara: The potential is wonderful.
Prabhupada: And therefore I'm asking. Potential is wonderful,
so why they are not attracted to live in the farm and be self-independent
and chant Hare Krsna? That is our farm project. Our farm project is they
should be satisfied with simple living. That is nice living. If you get milk,
if you get fruit, if you get grain and open air, it is very healthy life.
Why they should not be attracted?
Yogesvara: It is still the beginning, and because it's the beginning, it is a little difficult sometimes.
Prabhupada: That may be. But this should be our aim. We should
not be attracted by the modern city life. Simplified life. Save time and
utilize for advancing in Krsna consciousness. That is perfect life. Just
like Vrndavana. Vrndavana life means agriculturist, cowherd boys, uneducated
girls, cows and calves, and tree, fruits. This is Vrndavana. The center is
Krsna.
Yogesvara: Simple living.
Prabhupada: But they are the topmost devotees. These (chuckling)
uneducated, without any town life, cow-men, they are Krsna's best friend.
Unsophisticated, no education, but love intense--that is perfect. That attracted
Krsna more. Vrndavanam parityajya na padam ekam na kartavya...
Krsna is so much attached to Vrndavana that He goes nowhere... What is that?
They are not educated girls, up-to-date fashion, (indistinct) or nothing.
Crude. As soon as there was blowing of the flute, immediately they began
to run towards Krsna. Somebody is taking care of children, somebody is engaged
in boiling milk, and somebody was even lying down with her husband. Still,
immediately... Very crude, unsophisticated, but intense love for Krsna--that
is Vrndavana. We want to introduce this farm project means intense love for
Krsna. And other things--very simple: little milk, little food grain, little
vegetable, that's all. And that is very nice. If you get fresh vegetable,
fresh milk, and food grain, what do you want more? And from milk you can
prepare so many nice preparations, unlimited number, all very palatable,
sweet. This civilization we want to introduce, not so-called rascal civilization
and become implicated in this cycle of birth and death. This is not civilization.
This is killing civilization. Human being got the opportunity to get out
of these clutches of birth and death. They do not understand. They're so
rascal, they do not understand how they are implicated in this cycle of birth
and death, nor they do take it seriously, that this is the problem, janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi-duùkha-dosanudarsanam.
They are so blind rascals, they do not see that this is real suffering. They
do not know it. Simply theorizing, making plan, and they do not know what
is the suffering. Such a rascal civilization. So we have to introduce real
civilization. Therefore we are struggling so hard. So make in such a way.
That's a very nice place, center of Europe and very nice place. What is the
condition of rainfall?
Yogesvara: Last summer was dry, but it was not so much dangerous for us. And now it is steady.
Prabhupada: So there must be rainfall. And if we become Krsna conscious, chant Hare Krsna, there will be rainfall.
Yogesvara: That will be true everywhere we go.
Prabhupada: There'll be rainfall. And then even barren land will
be fertile. They do not know this. They are importing water. These rascals,
they continue sinful life and import water. There are oceans and seas. Why
(chuckling) you scientist cannot bring the water, make cloud and pour water?
Where is that science? What do they say about it?
Room Conversation; January 31, 1977, Bhuvanesvara
