"There must be ample production of food grains and milk product. Then the whole economic problem solved."
Prabhupada, July 22, 1973, London: […] And yajnad bhavati parjanyah [Bg. 3.14]. And when we regularly perform yajna, then there is regular cloud in the sky. And when there is cloud in the sky, there is regular rainfall, and when there is regular rainfall, there is sufficient production of food grains, fruits and other vegetables so that both the animal and the human beings, they eat sufficiently, they grow strength, they become happy and again perform yajna.
And the animals supply, the cow supplies milk. In this way, the whole society becomes happy. These are the prescriptions, or directions, given by the Vedic literature.
So if people take advantage of this instruction, as you have mentioned in your article “The Great Seers”, so if we follow their instruction, the whole history of the human being can be changed. There is no difficulty. But whether the people will accept or not, that is the business of the leaders of the society.
So far I think that British people, they organized very nicely the British Empire, but some way or other, it is now lost. But still, the British prestige can be elevated if actually, according to the Vedic instruction, you try to make your social construction, the political institution and economic development…
Every direction is there. So you are all great historians. And there are many politicians. If you take this instruction of the Vedas little seriously, you can make your state an ideal state, and people are still ready to follow you. Then the whole history of the world will change. And if you people agree, then I can help you.
Dr. Arnold Toynbee (British Historian): Yes.
Prabhupada: There must be ample production of food grains and milk product. Then the whole economic problem solved. And the formula is there. How to get ample agricultural production and milk, everything is there in Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. And the examples of Maharaja Yudhisthira, that is also there. But one… We must be serious to accept this formula for practical application.
Dr. Arnold Toynbee: Yes. You would apply the teachings of the Gita to all human societies at all times. Yes.
Prabhupada: Yes, that is my ambition, that let the teachings of Bhagavad-gita be practically accepted by the human society, and surely they’ll be happy. Surely. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata [Bg. 4.7]. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. So now everything is confused.
And in your country, or western countries, they are very organized. So you are not feeling now so much confusion. But it is coming. But in India and countries like that, it is very confusion state. Yes. They have lost their own culture, and they could not assimilate the western type of civilization. So they are lost.
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