Prabhupada: There is no question of stopping. If that is their livelihood, how they can stop it? That is not possible. But they can add this Hare Krsna mantra chanting. Then things will be adjusted. It is not possible to stop different methods of livelihood. That is not possible. If one can stop, it is well and good, but even he does not stop, he can chant Hare Krsna mantra.
Yogesvara: But ultimately isn’t our idea that the city complexes shouldn’t remain, that things should become more spread out to farm and rural areas?
Prabhupada: Yes, naturally. If this man is fed up with this industry, he can go back to village and produce his own food. But he is attached to this industrial activity because he is thinking that “We are getting more money for wine and woman and meat. Let me enjoy.” That is the perfect, imp… But if he chants Hare Krsna maha- mantra, his consciousness will be purified and he will be made not interested this kind of work. He will go back to village and produce food.
Room Conversation with Richard Webster,
chairman, Societa Filosofica Italiana
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
May 24, 1974, Rome
Full conversation: http://causelessmercy.com/t/t/740524r2.rom.htm
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