Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 60

[Guest guest]

Dhananjaya: I remember, Srila Prabhupada, you were saying that all we

require is some oxen, and the oxen can carry.

Prabhupada: Yes. The oxen will solve the problem of transport. That bullock

cart. Just like Krsna, when He was transferred from Gokula to Nandagrama, so

they took all the bullock carts, and within a few hours they transported

them, the whole thing, their luggage, family member, everything.

Bhagavan: How far can a bullock cart travel in one day?

Prabhupada: At least ten miles, very easily, very easily. And maximum he can

travel fifteen miles, twenty miles. But when we are localized, we don't

require to go beyond ten miles, five miles. Because we have created a

rubbish civilization, therefore one is required to go fifty miles for

earning bread, hundred miles, hanging.

Dhananjaya: Like in Los Angeles.

Prabhupada: Why Los Angeles? Everywhere. In New York they are coming from

hundred miles. From the other side of the island. First ferry steamer, then

bus, then so on, so on. Three hours, four hours, they spend for transport.

Satsvarupa: Is this an ideal solution or a practical one?

Prabhupada: This is practical.

Satsvarupa: Because sometimes we say that actually we cannot change the

course of the...

Prabhupada: No, no. Our society will be ideal by practical application.

Satsvarupa: If we stopped all the transportation industry, there would be

huge unemployment. It would be a great...

Prabhupada: No, no, we are not going to stop employment. We live like this.

You see. If you like, you live like us.

Bhagavan: Example.

Prabhupada: Example.

Satsvarupa: Not that we dictate to the... Not that we are going to force

everyone.

Prabhupada: No, we are not going to force anyone. "Our mode of living is

like this. If you like you can adopt." Just like we chant Hare Krsna mantra.

So we are not forcing anyone that "You also, you must chant." No. We live

like this.

Dhananjaya: So in fact, Srila Prabhupada, we should start using bullock

carts.

Prabhupada: Yes. No, first of all you start the community project, as we

have already started in New Vrindaban. Make this perfect.

Devotee: There was a big meeting of scientists in Stockholm, Sweden, and

they talked that if humanity don't begin to live in a localized way like you

say, in fifty years will be no more source of production.

Prabhupada: That is rascaldom. We can produce from anywhere, foodstuff.

Bhagavan: What about the question of using petrol for heat? Another import,

there is three uses of petrol, or four. One is the transportation, one is

heat, another is electricity, and a fourth is they use it to manufacture so

many products. So what if someone asks...

Prabhupada: No, you go on products, with your product. You have created

problem, you go on with your problem. But we live like this. If you like,

you can adopt.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk -- May 27, 1974, Rome