"We do not condemn modern civilization but we don't like to get it at the cost of God Consciousness, that is suicide."
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The Beauty of Beans
"One acre of beans produces ten times more protein than an acre of pasture set aside for meat production." -Higher Taste
Moundsville, West Virginia
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ISKCON Gita Nagari Farm Community
Port Royal, Pennsylvania
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ISKCON New Goloka Farm Community
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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ISKCON New Talavan Farm Community
Carriere, Mississippi
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ISKCON Saranagati Eco-Village
British Columbia, Canada
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ISKCON Gaura Vrindaban
Paraty, Brazil
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ISKCON Krishna Valley Farm Community
Somogyvamos, Hungary
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Bhaktivedanta Eco-Village
Sagar Taluq, South India
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ISKCON Cow Protection
"There are so many facilities afforded by cow protection, but people have forgotten these arts. The importance of protecting cows is therefore stressed by Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhavajam [Bg. 18.44]). Even now in the Indian villages surrounding Vrndavana, the villagers live happily simply by giving protection to the cow. They keep cow dung very carefully and dry it to use as fuel. They keep a sufficient stock of grains, and because of giving protection to the cows, they have sufficient milk and milk products to solve all economic problems. Simply by giving protection to the cow, the villagers live so peacefully. Even the urine and stool of cows have medicinal value."
-Srila Prabhupada
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Filed under: Vedic Ecology
“The wind carries the clouds to different parts of the globe, and the clouds distribute rains, to the satisfaction of the people in general, just as rich kings and merchants distribute their accumulated wealth, inspired by religious priests.”
-Light of the Bhagavata, Verse 21
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Filed under: Uncategorized
One morning we were walking on Juhu beach while birds were flying overhead in perfect formation. These birds would fly in a line or make a u-turn all together. So I asked Prabhupada, “How do these birds fly in a perfect formation? How do they communicate with each other?” And Prabhupada’s response was, “They are not less intelligent like you are.”
-Lokanatha Swami, Memories: Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint
Filed under: The Mother of Science
One question that people have been trying to answer for thousands of years is whether God exists or not. Science is approaching the point where we can begin to deal with this question, particularly with molecular biology.
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Filed under: Vedic Ecology
“Fierce torrents of rain break over the strands and the partition walls of the paddy field. These disturbances resemble those created by the seasonal opponents of the standard principles of the Vedas, who are influenced by the age of Kali.”
-Light of the Bhagavata, Verse 20
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Srila Prabhupada said, “We should always be considering, “What is my duty?’” I thought, “Duty. Okay.” I was hearing-impaired since I was young, and between Prabhupada’s accent, my inability to hear, and the psychedelics residually floating in my brain cells, I was having a hard time understanding. Prabhupada pointed to his coffee table and said, “Do you see this ant?” I looked carefully. I knew that Srila Prabhupada was the external representative of Supersoul, and if he said there was an ant, then there was an ant. But there was no ant.
I didn’t want to say “No” and appear stupid to not see the spiritual or whatever ant that was there, and I didn’t want to say “Yes” and be proven a liar because I couldn’t see the ant. Srila Prabhupada looked at me intensely, as though the ant issue was now solved. He wanted to get on to real business. He said, “My job is to understand, “What is my duty to this ant?’” Not only was there there an ant that I couldn’t see, but now I had a duty to it. Prabhupada looked at me almost beseechingly, “Somehow I have to help this ant. Maybe I can chant Hare Krishna to it or feed it a little prasadam. If we can help one ant become Krishna conscious, then our whole movement is a glorious success.”
-Nara Narayan, Memories: Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint
