Guest guest Posted November 22, 1999 Report Share Posted November 22, 1999 Shamasundara prabhu wrote: A number of devotees have mentioned the need to find employment for the oxen as a solution or part of the solution. This point is generaly understood by all cowherders. To get an ox team to work seriously the driver must be making his livelihood from their work otherwise how else can he/she work them. This makes a lot of sense. But you go on to say... In this day and age the vast majority of devotees require money to live and thus they must do something to earn their money. The oxen should be an essentail part of the money making scheme. This is faulty for 2 reasons. First, it was not Srila Prabhupada's program at all for cow protection. He said grow everything you need, and if there is excess, trade. He condemned cash-cropping. He recommended not being dependent on money. Livelihoods should be dependant on the oxen. The solution (I feel) is to manifest buiseness schemes where organic, animal friendly, animal draft food products are being sold. Therefore I mention the 2nd reason. We are supposed to take up this simple lifestyle to reduce the so-called necessities and save time to chant. To grow for excess, means nothing short of working all day with the bullocks to produce what is done by a tractor in a fraction of the time. Practically that means it is not economical, nor does it save time It would be necessary to charge 10 times the price, to make it worthwhile. I know there is few devotees who could live without money, entirely, me included. So why not have a guest house on each farm, and combine with city preaching? Live alternatively, on what the cow and bull produce, this is real preaching, and people will come to see and be part of such a genuine alternative lifestyle. That was SP's advice, and his prediction. The world is waiting for such products in the marketplace. One thing that this would work EASILY without marketing headaches (and it is a headache when you're out in the middle of nowhere) is when people come to YOU to see your alternative lifestyle, they will probably want to take back a sample of ox-grown produce, so that's when your excess can go. ys, niscala ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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