Hare Krsna to all
Pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada-the one who is guiding us thru the morass of the dregs of this kali yuga…
Damaghosa das
The first cauliflower of this season-may not seem like a big deal to those who go to
some store and buy them , but for those of us who are trying to eat only what
we grow, this IS a big deal. This particular plant (called needles cauliflower ) takes 220 days to produce the
cauliflower and basically over winters outside first in a cold frame, then around March
I put them inside the greenhouse where they can flourish.
This year I had three that made it out of four, which isn’t bad. Below you can see
the three plants still in our greenhouse and the one on the left has the first cauliflower
on it. I stuck them up against a side wall so as not to be in the way of the tomatos
which were put in much later-like about two months ago. And all these plants
were from seed only.
And here I am, Damaghosa das, proudly showing off my first cauliflower, this year,
like a proud parent at his kid’s graduation ceremony.
Ok now see the text below as to why this IS a big deal !!
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Amogha: He was saying that your solution was too simple. He said that
people will not accept it because it is too simple.
Prabhupada: That is his ignorance. They will say it is primitive.
That is the only solution. According to the Vedic system, you cannot use
anything which you cannot produce. Suppose this we are using, but
according the Vedic system we should not use it because I cannot
produce it. Then the whole solution is there. Nobody will manufacture
this because there will be no customer. If I refuse this use of this
machine, thinking that “I cannot produce it; I should not use it,”
then where is the customer? The so-called industry will automatically
stop, and he has to go to the village outlying.
[and become self sufficient]
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720916SB.LA Lectures
The scientists, they are very much busy. Just this morning our
scientist, Svarupa Damodara, was speaking about an article: the
scientists are very much busy that the source of supply is being
decreased. Just like petroleum. Petroleum, gas, that is diminishing.
Now, whole modern materialistic civilization is depending on the
motorcars and aeroplanes, transportation. So if the petroleum supply
is stopped, then what will be the condition of the society? Formerly
there was no need of going to see a friend thirty miles away, because
every friend was within the village. Now, because we have got
motorcar, we create friendship with a man who lives fifty miles away.
We accept a job fifty miles away. In Hawaii our Gaurasundara was going
to attend office fifty miles off. By fifty miles off… In big, big
cities like New York, Calcutta, we have seen people are coming to
attend their office from hundred miles off. I have seen also in
aeroplane there are many people… I have seen in England. Many
workers or gentlemen, they are coming from Glasgow to London for
working, by aeroplane.
So we have created a civilization that… We have created a
facility for transport by motorcar or by aeroplane, but side by side,
we have created another difficulty, that a man has to go to his work
three hundred miles away. Side by side. Formerly, a man used to work
on his field, a few steps from his house. Now we have created facility
of transport; therefore we have to go to work three hundred miles away
from home. This is the position. But they have no brain. They’re
thinking they’re advancing. (chuckles) Advancing in this way, that
“For my livelihood I have to go three hundred miles, three hours at
least, not less than three hours. Or six hours I have to spoil. Then I
can go to my office. Then I work there whole day, and again come,
again six hours. Then I come at night to sleep along with my family
for three hours.” Yes. This is our facility. Yes.
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Upendra: The reason the original faith was placed in the scientists
was because radio, airplanes, tape recorders have been manufactured,
and people are impressed by these originally.
Prabhupada: So what is the benefit? Without radio, people were dying,
or with radio they are not living?
Upendra: They say they are living more comfortably.
Prabhupada: Nonsense comfortably… They have changed the season? Is
it comfortable? We have to take this cooling machine. What is the
practical benefit? You can say that it is comfortable. That’s all
right. But that does not mean that you have moved the uncomfortable
situation. You are struggling against. That much you can take credit.
Real benefit is not there. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita.
Janma-mrtyu-jara-vyadhi. Real unhappiness is this, that you are: “Why
I am struggling? I don’t want death.” Actually why I am taking massage
and so on, so on? So that I may not die. So where is the scientists’
guarantee, “No, you’ll not die”? Has he any…? You’ll struggle only.
That’s all. The scientists cannot guarantee, “No, you’ll not die.”
That is real guarantee. “You’ll die comfortably.” Hm? Die comfortably?
Now there is no appetite. Where is the scientist, assuring, “Take”?
What actual benefit they have done? They are giving some… Nothing
they have given. It is simply bluff. Things without which we could do,
such things are there. There were no motorcars. There was horse
carriage and bullock carriage. Things were going on. Not that without
this horseless motorcar society would have been vanquished. No. There
are other alternatives. Rather, they were complicated. As soon as you
ride on a car, there is anxiety, especially in your country, so many
cars. When you ride on a car, full of anxiety… At any moment there
may be accident. It is not comfortable. If you are full of anxiety.
Aeroplane may be. At any moment you can die. It is your time only.
They’re going in good faith: “I shall go there.” But before rising to
the sky, finished, crash. So many airplane has been… So where is the
comfort? As soon as you get on the aeroplane, you are in full anxiety
that at any moment there may be crash. Is it not? Then where is
comfort? Real comfort is without anxiety. That is real comfort.
…Canakya Pandita has given, real comfort means, arni akyavad(?): “One
who is not out of home and one who has no debts, he is happy.”
Nowadays people are going out of home, and everyone is debtor to the
bank and so many… The economic machine is so made that one is put
always in debts for some so-called comforts, and he’s full of anxiety.
The whole month he has to work to pay debts. (end)
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Indian man: Second thing is…
Prabhupada: No, first of all you understand this. Then bring second
thing. That you have no duty. Your only duty is to surrender to Krsna.
Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam. That is your only duty. But because
you are under the mental platform, you are creating duties, so but
that also must be finished after certain age. That is compulsory, that
“You are very good, responsible man. All right, do your duty up to
this. No more duty. No more duty.” So this “duty, no duty,” this is
our creation. We are under fully control of the nature. But we have
created our mental concoction: “This is duty. This is good. This is
bad.” That is our mano-dharma. Real dharma is sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja. This is real dharma. And everything is
mano-dharma, mental creation
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Prabhupada: No, even from that point of view, I was taking aeroplane.
Aeroplane was flying. So we admit this is contribution of the Western
technology. But it is not safe. But what I am giving, it is safe.
Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato… So our, this contribution
of India’s culture and this contribution, far different. That is not
safe. [western civilization] At any moment you’ll be finished. ….–
740928SB.MAY Lectures
Therefore Krsna gives His instruction. He’s the supreme ruler. He
gives this order: annad bhavanti bhutani: “You require food grains.”
This is practical. Who will disagree with Krsna, that “We don’t
require food grains; we require bolts and nuts in the factory“? Who
will say? This is practical… But Krsna does not say that
“You open slaughterhouse and industries and brothels and cinema.” No.
Krsna does not say. Krsna says, “Grow more food, rascal! You’ll eat
and become strong.” And nobody is obeying Krsna. Is it not?