What is that for? I’m just going to say something. (Break). In India we have a few farms, not more than half a dozen farms in India, Iskcon farms. And out of those few of a dozen farms, whatever farms are growing vegetables- look chilly is also grown here, and other vegetables. There’s rice also, rice paddy and tomatoes to our left here, not this one, that one there.

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Who did you bring a chair for? This part of the year there is water here coming out of the kennel. Five or six days ago it was coming in now it has stopped. This is connected with the river? This is agriculture for the irrigation. You see the bricks? All the devotees- this is Radha Shyamsundara’s brick factory. This is the first brick factory in Iskcon, well okay this is number two factory.

So devotees are trying to be self sufficient by doing different things and it’s hit and go sometimes with bricks. Do you do all this? Now be careful {speaking to kids]. Is there only one well, I didnt see one there. Yes lets go and see if there is one close by. And in regard to prabhupada memorial? This is Brinjals [aubergines} here in front of you, and to your left are the chillies.

So they were only planted some time ago, so in a few months time there will be plenty of Brinjals and some chillies. Thats nice for you. {aside}, you should have put some sign there like old kitchen. Okay so there are bore [Jujube fruit] in there? How many are there? Okay around one hundred and fifty.

So this is the main source of water for farming and this well is now twenty five feet deep and they have done the boring in the middle which is a hundred feet deep, deeper into the Earth. In the belly of mother earth there is lots of water so they can take this water out with a pump and it goes to the fields. Near the temple they also did some digging and look there’s some small fish, you see?

The water is quite clear and theres about a hundred fish- small family. Theres a Mango tree and guava, so you eat some guavas? Theres is guava here, you see this is guava, so you see the fruits? Papayas are there and there’s mangoes and coconut trees are now growing. You are not-you don’t waste huh? Thats a smart idea. What’s your name? Dehua, so Dehua this is a special tree, a fruit tree from Bangladesh brought from there to here, and these are devotees from Bangladesh in fact.

They speak Bengali here and the previous kitchen was here last time we came. Tomatoes for the soup to the left. Is the Goshala clean? You should have cleaned it better. Are these bulls from Vrindavana? These bulls are from Vrindavan and they were in Vrindavana Goshala at one point. Shall we go in, is it clean? Go Mata hi jai! Gopal Krishna Bhagavan ki jai! Gwaal Baal {cowherd boys} ki jai!

Vrindavan dham ki jai! Gokul dham ki jai! Come in and ket everyone take darshan of the cows. There are some twenty five cows and calves and you see how peaceful they are? They give more manure than the milk, they give for fertilising. In so many ways they are beneficial. Has this become bad as well? This is the main crop, right? Two to three hundred quintals, do you understand quintal?

You know the big bags you have seen, the bull like bags? So soon they will get the cows and bulls to walk all over round and round and this is separated. And then this has to be husked further as there’s rice inside. This is all rice also and this is to be unhusked, all the local people come forward. Please bring a deity from Bengal and give them service for lifetime. Giri Govardhan!

He’s struggling. It rained a few days ago and it’s not good for this paddy. Does he teach in school? And you are chanting sixteen rounds since how many years? Since 1987, you are chanting sixteen rounds! He has been imitating for some time now. His wife is also initiated and Parikrama Devi Dasi is her name. We did one Padayatra here, big Padayatra in these Bengali villages.

How many villagers? Fifty, only? But if you count all of them? There are some two hundred villagers mostly where the residents are mostly from Bangladesh, as theres a big war between Pakistan and Bangladesh. So a lot of people from Bangladesh became refugees in India and they were given shelter, accommodation and land in different parts of India. In central India, this is one area where lots of people migrated from Bangladesh to this part.

The deity of Radha Shamasundar was also in Bangladesh also one time and Parameshvar Prabhu when he came- he was born and bought up in Bangladesh. He came with the deity of Radha Shamasundar from Bangladesh. Theres a village called Krishnanagar just two kilometres from here and the deities were in the village for many, many years.

And this was all a forest for many years and the devotees cut the trees and levelled the land and dug the wells. So a lot of hard labour and sweating has gone into bringing things to this level. Only two years ago right here there was trees and rocks. You could see trees like this one here, there were trees like this all over. So now build a small temple- someone is working hard growing rice and vegetables.

We are not used to it, in Iskcon we think this is low cl-ass work and so we have been spoiled by this so called modern style and the scientific knowledge and electronic ways of doing things. They’re not into getting their hands dirty, although when it comes to eating, they can only eat rice only, and wheat. We cannot eat nuts and bolts and fry them into petrol and eat them for our breakfast.

We have to eat rice and grains and vegetables, it doesn’t matter whether you are going to the moon or New York. They eat flesh, which is another foolish idea. The cow eats fresh grass and these people eat rotten meat, so who is wiser? The cow is eating lush green fresh grass and has a good appetite and we should be drinking her milk but they prefer meat. This is the age of Kali.

(Aside), Keep a photo until the deity comes, whenever it comes. Can everyone else go? We will have a Nrismha mandir in here in the future, we dont have the deities now. Nrsimha temple, Nrsimhadeva Bhagavan ki jai! For the protection of all the devotees we will have Nrsimhadeva. Prabhupada Pushpa Samadhi, okay. Everyone here? Mukunda you are struggling! So when Prabhupada -Parameshvar Prabhu managed to get some flowers.

So he bought some of those flowers and they have been placed here. So he is also thinking that this is also the Pushpa Samadi and so this is just the beginning and in the future it will be developed further. This murti was made locally by a local devotee, Srila Prabhupada ki jai! So everything is by the grave of Guru and Gauranga and we pray to Prabhupada for his mercy and direction for further success here, and your prayers. Please pray for Parameshvar Prabhu to be successful.

Sometimes you can come, we are showing you around so you can pick and choose one of the places some other time, sooner or later. Take your own baggage and put it away and let’s freshen up and take Prashad. Okay show everyone the milk. This you do three times? Then how many- this is three times. How many children? Oh first time! How old is the child:? Only one month old? They just milked the cow.

Vatsa means calf and the cows feelings and the way she deals and cares for her calf, this is Vatsalya bhava, Vatsalta. What’s inside the Goshala? Like on Parrikrama you can just sit down and eat. So you wash your hands and feet and you come in here and take Prashad. There is also Prashad in the evening.