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Land, Cows and Grains

• Subject: Land, Cows and Grains
• From: Mohanan
• Date: Wed Mar 06 11:14:56 1996
• Message-Id: id775

Dear Mohanan



Hello. Hare Krishna!



The so-called "modern" life we are living now is not sustainable. It cannot go 

on for very long whereas the Vedic way of life is perfectly in tune with nature 

and one can live in that way for ever without destroying the environment, etc.



Of course we are now very attached to the "modern" way of life, but from the 

scriptures we can see that this "advancement" is not advancement at all. 

Advancement means coming closer to Krishna, but the modern lifestyle is not 

about coming closer to Krishna at all. It is centered around sense 

gratification. It is a very nasty world actually, everyone looking out for 

himself only with no concern for anyone else. 



So the Vedic lifestyle is an alternative.



But even in the Vedic times they had cities as well. Krishna and Balarama grew 

up in Vrndavana, a village where the main business was looking after the cows, 

milking the cows, growing grains and vegetables, etc. But Mathura and Dwaka 

were there as well, big cities. Even the modern scientists who have studied the 

ruins of the ancient Arian culture have noted their advanced building 

construction, sewerage systems, etc. So it is not that everyone has to live on 

the land. 



The main point is we should work for Krishna's pleasure, not our own pleasure. 

That can be done anywhere, city or village. If we please Krishna automatically 

we will be pleased as well. The analogy is given of watering the tree and 

supplying food to the body. To supply water to the whole tree, all the leaves, 

twigs, branches, flowers, fruits, etc; one simply has to supply water to the 

root of the tree -- then everything will be automatically nourished. Similarly 

with the body -- one simply has to supply food to the stomach and the entire 

body will benefit. So if we simply worship Krishna, if we simply serve Krishna, 

then we will be happy and so will everyone else. Krishna is the root of the 

entire creation, we are all tiny parts of Krishna. SO if Krishna is satisfied 

everyone will become satisfied.



And how to satisfy Krishna? In this age the recommended method is Sankirtana 

Yajna, the chanting of:



    Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare

         Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare





        harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam

        kalau nasty eva nastya eva nastya eva gati anyatha



"In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is the 

chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other 

way. There is no other way." (Brhad-naradiya Purana 3.8.126)



So chant Hare Krishna and be happy!



Madhudvisa dasa





At 11:15 PM 7/3/94 -0800, you wrote:

>Fine, but this is the year 1996. Do you think that this is practical. I 

>will surely like to live that kind of life too. But in the present context

>that would be termed a cop out, lazy, unpratical, highly selfish, cowardly

>(i.e. not willing to face responsibility and reality) type of life.

>I know that you will not agree. Do you seriously think that all of us can 

>go to vedic life now? 

>

>Mohanan

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