Reply to Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 121

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Dear all,

 

Back on the web, not too much activity on the

conference I see, but this one took my interest copied

from the extract below:

 

In Bhagavad-gita also the duties of the vaisyas, who

are engaged in visa, are stated as cow protection,

Agriculture and business.

The vaisyas are divided into many subsections: some of

them are called ksetri, or landowners, some are called

krsana, or land tillers, some of them are called

tila-vanik, or grain raisers, some are called

gandha-vanik, or merchants in spices, and some are

called suvarna-vanik, or merchants in gold and

banking.

 

Comment:

 

This year I have been promised by the UK Vegetarian

Society another article of VEDA's on cow protection

and the progress VEDA has made in its efforts to turn

it into a viable business. As so little progress has

been made by this on the conference I obviously have

little to report. I hope to give them an artice called

"To kill or not to kill? - What is the answer?".

 

The point here is that I needed to use this conference

to get the data together to form a rudimentary

business model. But any mention of business has

usually been rebuffed by many on this conference.

 

The above Prabhupada quotes show that cow protection,

agriculture and business go together, so why do we not

embrace my mission to form viable business models of a

viable business?

 

I ask again if there are devotees out there who are

truly interested in this endeavour for it could be

another year or more before my personal life allows me

to dedicate real time to this, and, as I see it, it

should be a collective effort by all devotees (of

whatever flavour) to make this work.

 

NB. Am I still needed to translate anything, or has

that been taken care of as I read at one time?

 

Yours,

 

Mark.

 

TRANSLATION

> The means of livelihood of all persons, namely

> production of grains and

> their distribution to the prajas, was generated from

> the thighs of the

> Lord's gigantic form. The mercantile men who take

> charge of such execution

> are called vaisyas.

>

> PURPORT

> Human society's means of living is clearly mentioned

> here as visa, or

> Agriculture and the business of distributing

> agricultural products, which

> involves transport, banking, etc. Industry is an

> artificial means of

> livelihood, and large-scale industry especially is

> the source of all the

> problems of society. In Bhagavad-gita also the

> duties of the vaisyas, who

> are engaged in visa, are stated as cow protection,

> Agriculture and business.

> We have already discussed that the human being can

> safely depend on the cow

> and agricultural land for his livelihood.

>

> The exchange of produce by banking and

> transportation is a branch of this

> type of living. The vaisyas are divided into many

> subsections: some of them

> are called ksetri, or landowners, some are called

> krsana, or land tillers,

> some of them are called tila-vanik, or grain

> raisers, some are called

> gandha-vanik, or merchants in spices, and some are

> called suvarna-vanik, or

> merchants in gold and banking. The brahmanas are the

> teachers and spiritual

> masters, the ksatriyas protect the citizens from the

> hands of thieves and

> miscreants, and the vaisyas are in charge of

> production and distribution.

> The sudras, the unintelligent class of men who

> cannot act independently in

> any of the above-mentioned activities, are meant for

> serving the three

> higher classes for their livelihood.

>

> Formerly, the brahmanas were given all the

> necessities of life by the

> ksatriyas and vaisyas because they had no time to

> spend making a living. The

> ksatriyas would collect taxes from the vaisyas and

> sudras, but the brahmanas

> were exempt from paying income tax or land revenue.

> That system of human

> society was so nice that there were no political,

> social and economic

> upheavals. The different castes, or varna

> classifications, are therefore

> essential for maintaining a peaceful human society.

>

> >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.6.32

 

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