From fundamentalism to pragmatism - a pluralistic approach

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Dear all,

 

It is nice to see some bread and butter solutions

arising. The endowment model mentioned by HKDD looks

to have feasibility, it would be nice to have the

devotee participate on this conference, as we lack the

expertise of economists and lawyers who would be

needed to bring these endeavours to closure.

 

Rohita quoted Prabhupada's approach to milk. I find it

interesting that even if one looks at this from a

bottton-up speculative analysis, it seems the best way

to make good money would be to add value to the mik

and convert it into many varied products, ultimately

with ghee as the reserve.

 

To quote:

 

So you can keep as many cows as possible and

> collect as much milk from

> them. You can utilize. And if some of the villagers

> trained up, they can open

> nice restaurant in the city.

And you can

> take as much milk as possible,

> because ultimately it is going to be ghee. So if you

> start in the cities, nice

> restaurant, so ghee can be sold there. They'll pay

> for that.

People will purchase like anything.

> Just like in our Rathayäträ

> festival, whatever sweets they prepared, all sold at

> good profit.

 

So one can see Prabhupada saw that business was

essential.

 

Wether it be devotee business or karmi, whilst

relevant, does not preclude the nature that a business

can be viable.

 

It is the workings of this that I, for one, would love

to get into the nitty gritties of.

 

Charity - deeds of covenants, tax donations - I am no

expert in this but there are loads of ways to "play

the game" in our karmi society to take money and

utilise it.

 

Public - In the UK the amount of grants for land

stewardship, reforestation, suckler beef (although

they would be protected oxen), organic conversion - is

enormous - all there at our disposal, we just need

ourselves, ore highly qualified professionals to check

it out.

 

Business - the amount of ways to do business is

enormous with cows and farm animals - all protected -

plus al sorts of businesses on the side.

 

How should it all be organised? Cows owned by charity,

and land? What place for business? For Public -

regulations, subsidies?

 

What incentives for what type of people - various

models for various situations. But productivity must

be there, otherwise it is an animal sanctuary, and

that should be left to the vegans.

 

This is the work to look at.

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

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