Guest guest Posted March 18, 1999 Report Share Posted March 18, 1999 Dear Hare Krsna dasi: Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. I seem to remember a quote by Srila Prabhupada that in essence says, 'if you do not engage the animals you will kill them', am I mistaken or is there such a quote? I think in particular he was taking about engaging the bulls, this is closely tied to utilizing everything in Krsna's service. Just like in the letter addressed to Jagadisha June 18, 1974. "But one thing is if we get land we must first be sure we will be able to fully utilize it, otherwise, if we cannot use it what is the use?" ys, Rohita dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 1999 Report Share Posted March 18, 1999 I think the quote that you are thinking of is from the Teiyas interview: "Live in the Lap of Material Nature and Depend on Krishna" which appeared in one issue of the ISKCON Farm News in about 1984. The quote was something like, "If you do not utilize the oxen, pretty soon you will be making plans to cut their throat." Anyway, I'll try to look up the ISKCON Farm News issue and give a better quote. Also, I'm sure that Chaya and Balabhadra have a copy of it somewhere -- but I'm not sure whether Balabhadra got Mother Chaya back from her expedition to Malaysia. I have a feeling that she's the real librarian of ISCOWP! Anyway, between the three of us, we'll try to find the quote. Also, don't you have a set of the old ISKCON Farm News? your servant, Hare Krsna dasi WWW: Rohita (Dasa) ACBSP (New Talavan MS - USA) wrote: > [Text 2170217 from COM] > > Dear Hare Krsna dasi: > > Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > I seem to remember a quote by Srila Prabhupada that in essence says, > 'if you do not engage the animals you will kill them', am I mistaken or is > there such a quote? > > I think in particular he was taking about engaging the bulls, this is closely > tied to utilizing everything in Krsna's service. Just like in the letter > addressed to Jagadisha June 18, 1974. "But one thing is if we get land we must > first be sure we will be able to fully utilize it, otherwise, if we cannot use > it what is the use?" > ys, > Rohita dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 On 18 Mar 1999, Hare Krsna dasi wrote: > I think the quote that you are thinking of is from the Teiyas interview: "Live > in > the Lap of Material Nature and Depend on Krishna" which appeared in one issue > of > the ISKCON Farm News in about 1984. > > The quote was something like, "If you do not utilize the oxen, pretty soon you > will be making plans to cut their throat." > > Anyway, I'll try to look up the ISKCON Farm News issue and give a better quote. > Also, I'm sure that Chaya and Balabhadra have a copy of it somewhere -- but I'm > not sure whether Balabhadra got Mother Chaya back from her expedition to > Malaysia. I have a feeling that she's the real librarian of ISCOWP! > > Anyway, between the three of us, we'll try to find the quote. Also, don't you > have a set of the old ISKCON Farm News? > Thank you mata, I do not think I have a complete set of IFN. I do have a quote that is similar to what I am looking for it just does not match the one that I remember. "Prab: Tes. The animals, bulls, will help, instead of that machine. then it is properly utilized. And others they can not utilize the animal. Therefore what will they do? Naturally they will send to slaughter house. But we are not going to send to the slaugherhouse. Then what will you do? They must be utilized. Otherwise simply for growing for the cows and bulls we are engaging ourselves? You are already feeling burden because there are so many bull calves. You were asking me what we shall do with so many bulls." Talk by Prabhupada in New Talavan, August 1, 1975. ys, Rohita dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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