Hog busy

Grow food first of all to feed yourself sumptuously. You must get strength,
and that is needed. But not for trade. The policy should be that you should
be self-sufficient and save time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. That
is wanted. Yavad-artha prayojanam. Yuktahara-viharasya yogo bhavati
siddhi-dah. You shall eat whatever you require for proper upkeep of the
body, not eating too much and sleeping whole day. Don’t do that.
Eat only what is absolutely necessary. Then you’ll never be in want. People
are engaged in material civilization means they are increasing the bodily
demands, unnecessary. Just like this park. Why we have come to this park?
We like this atmosphere. So similarly, in villages, everyone, if he has got
some land, he can live simply without any gorgeous building. What is the
use?
Just have a cottage and have garden. You’ll live very peacefully. But
they’re constructing big, big skyscraper building in the downtown, and they
will have to come here by car for some peace of mind, and in the meantime,
accident, police. This is the civilization, nonsense civilization. At
weekend they will go to the village, country, and during the week-time they
will work hard. This is their civilization, with the risk of life, running
motor car eighty miles’ speed. Every moment there is risk. What is this
civilization? Most ludicrous civilization.
So farming means if you live in a farm… Just like in New Vrindaban they
are doing. Produce your own food, live peacefully, fresh vegetable, fresh
grains, fresh milk, and prepare so many nice milk preparation, kachori,
halava with ghee. Offer to the Deity. Eat sufficiently. What is the use of
going outside? Simple life and chant Hare Krsna. If you can organize that,
that will be very nice.
What is this rascal civilization, whole day “Where is money? Where is
money? Where is money? Where is money? Where is money?” Everyone. Busy
means “Where is money? Where is money?” Just like the hog, he is busy:
“What time…? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is
stool? Where is stool?” That is not civilization. If you remain always
busy, “Where is stool?” like the hog, then what is your civilization? Whole
day working, night, nightshift, dayshift, whole day, the same, like hog.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — October 28, 1975, Nairobi