Prabhupada, Los Angeles, September 19, 1972: This is to be very important, that the earth can produce any amount of foodgrains. There is no question of overpopulation.
There is no question of overpopulation, because everyone is being fed by the mercy of God. Eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman. God is giving everyone the foodstuff.
I have several times explained in this class that nobody has got any food problem. Simply the so-called civilized, advanced in science, these people have got problems of foodgrains. Otherwise, there are millions of elephants, they are eating very nicely.
There are ants, there are elephants, there are tigers, there are monkeys, there are trees… So many, 8,400,000 forms of body. How they are eating? Unless they are eating… We kill animals, but the animals do not come to us, that, “We are starving. Give us food.” Never. By nature, there is arrangement, foodstuff.
The cows, the other animals, they are eating grass. There is profuse growth of grass. So they are not eating your nice foodstuff, sandesa, rasagulla. You are making sandesa, rasagulla from the milk which they deliver.
They are eating grass and delivering you nice foodstuff, milk. And from the milk, you can make hundreds and thousands of nice, nutritious, full of vitamin foodstuff. But no. We are so fool that instead of utilizing the milk, we are utilizing the blood. You see?
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