We want a temple, a goshalla and agriculture

[Guest guest]

(SPL to Yasomatinandana dasa, 28th November, 1976)

"You say we must have a goshalla trust, that is our real purpose:

krsi-go-raksya vanijyam, vaisya-karma svabhava-jam (Bhagavad-gita 18.44). Where

there is

agriculture there must be cows.

 

That is our mission: Cow protection and agriculture and if there is excess,

trade. This is a no-profit scheme. For the agriculture we want to produce our

own food and we want to keep cows for our own milk. The whole idea is that we

are ISKCON, a community to be independent from outside help. This farm project

is especially for the devotees to grow their own food. Cotton also, to make

their own clothes. And keeping cows for milk and fatty products.

 

Our mission is to protect our devotees from unnecessary heavy work to save

time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. This is our mission. So there is no

question of profit, but if easily there are surplus products, then we can think

 

of trading. Otherwise we have no such intention.

 

We want a temple, a goshalla and agriculture. A community project as in

Europe and America. We are making similar attempts in India in several places.

Immediately I'm going to Hyderabad to organize the farm project there. We have

six

hundred acres. We have the permission from the government. There is no

question of ceiling."