Srila Prabhupada, Mayapura, September 28, 1974: 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. So they do not… Just like we see here that, that they do not grow food grains. They are growing jute because they will get some money, more money. But the rascal does not know that, “I will get more money, and it will be taken away next by the food grain seller.” So similarly, we are interested in industry, in plan-making, this, that, so many things. 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? Practically try to understand Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavata. Not by sentiment. And preach this philosophy all over the world.
What Krsna says, that is practical. Annad bhavanti bhutani parjanyad anna-sambhavah. “How we shall get anna? There is no rain.” You see nowadays, there is no rain. Why? Because you are, we are all rascals. We do not know how to get rain. Krsna says, parjanyad anna-sambhavaḥ: “There will be food grains when there is sufficient rain.” And how rain there will be? Yajna bhavati parjanyah: [Bg. 3.14] “And if you perform yajna, then there will be sufficient rain.” So nowadays you, people may say, “How to perform yajna? It requires so much money, so much ghee, so much food grains to offer as oblations.” But Krsna has made it very easy Yajnaiḥ sankirtana- prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah [SB 11.5.32]. Yajnaihsankirtana-prayaiḥ. I know, the sastras know that in the Kali-yuga it will be very difficult to perform the ritualistic yajna ceremony because people will be poor, poverty-stricken. Where they will get ghee, and where they will get grains? No. This is yajna: kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha Harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam [Adi 17.21]. This is yajna.
So people are so rascal, they will not even chant Hare Krsna mantra. Krsna, svayam bhagavan… Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He introduced. Sankirtanaika-pitarau. Gaura and Nityananda is the father of the sankirtana movement. Therefore Vá¹›ndavana dasa Thakura has offered his prayer, sankirtanaika-pitarau ajanu-lambita-bhujau kanakavadhatau, sankirtanaika-pitarau kamalayataká¹£au vande maha-puruá¹£a te caraṇaravindam. So Krsna is teaching. Krsna is so kind. He’s personally teaching. That is perform yajna. He’s personally chanting, dancing, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The picture is in our front. Personally He’s teaching us, “Perform this yajna, you rascal, and you’ll get everything. You’ll get everything.” Now, where is the proof? The proof is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are simply chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra and spending crores of rupees. Simply. What we are doing? We are not doing any business. We have not many professional men. But why we are getting…? We are spending eight lakhs of rupees per month. And we have got food, we have got milk. We are, rather, feeding others also, bringing food. So why don’t you see practically how these Kṛṣṇa conscious people… They… They know that we are fabulously rich. This question was raised in Parliament also. So how we became fabulously rich? We do not do anything. I have not taught you anything magic. I simply request you, “Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra sixteen times please!” But you… We are not even following that. This is the only remedy. Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah [SB 11.5.32].
So Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Isvara. He’s teaching us this yajna. He’s giving us the hint. Yajnad bhavati parjanyaḥ [Bg. 3.14]. If you do not accept this movement, then you’ll go on suffering, suffering, suffering, suffering. If you don’t accept this principle, then your future is simply suffering.
prayenalpayusah sabhya kalav asmin yuge janah mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy upadrutah [SB 1.1.10]
This is the symptoms of Kali-yuga. Manda-bhagyah, all unfortunate. All unfortunate. Everyone must suffer. This is the position. But if you chant Hare Krsna maha-mantra, perform the yajna… Because this is the instruction by the Supreme Person. Puruá¹£amtva adyam. Ayam purusam, the original person. The origin of everything. Janmady asya yatah [Bhag. 1.1.1] The Supreme Person from whom everything has come down. That is the order. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us that harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam [Adi 17.21],… We are certainly in difficult position, but the only remedy is that we must chant the holy name of the Lord repeatedly. And that will solve all the problems. You preach this cult all over the world.
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Am 19.Juno 1974 hat Srila Prabhupada auf einem Morningwalk mit Graf Dürkheim klare Worte gefunden,wie er sich seine Bewegung vorstellt.
[English translation: On 19th June 1974 during a morning walk with Graf Dürckheim, Srila Prabhupada was quite clear about he envisions his movement.]
Srila Prabhupada speaks out :” My idea is that all our centers should be selfsupported. We do not like that idea that for your support you have to go 100 miles to get you bread.That is very dangerous drawback.Better you your food locally and then support yourself. The main problem is what to eat and where to sleep. So we get some place und support ourself by producing our own food, like grains, vegetables,fruits and milk. That is sufficient. But we don’t kill any animals. That we don’t do.So this is our philosophy. We dont advocate vegetarianism or nonvegetarianism
We advocate,” Eat Krsnas prasadam,the remnants of foodstuff which is offerd to Krsna. This is our philosophy.Prasadarianism,yes. And apart from this philosophy because one living intity is food for another living entity,it does not mean that I shall eat my children also. There is discretion, that human being, they should offer these fruits, vegetables, milk as it is prescribed in the sastra to God,Krsna and take. That is human civilization, not for the satisfaction of the tongue we have to maintain big, big slaughterhouse and eat them. No, that is not human civilization. The main business of the human society is to understand God, and as soon as he understands God, he undestands that every living entity is part and parcel of Krsna. Then how we can eat ?
That because Krsna eats, Krsna allows, then we eat. So responsibility is Krsna’s. This is our philosophy. Yes!”