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be renamed as New Govardhana. And if there are lakes, they can be renamed
as Syamakunda and Radhakunda. Vrindaban does not require to be modern-
ized because Krishna's Vrindaban is transcendental village. They completely
depend on nature's beauty and nature's protec on.

The community in which Krishna preferred to belong was Vaisya community,
because Nanda Maharaja happened to be a Vaisya king, or landholder, and
his main business was cow protec on. It is understood that he had 900,000
cows and Krishna and Balarama used to take charge of them, along with His
many cowherd boy friends, and every day, in the morning He used to go out
with His friends and cows into the pasturing grounds.

So, if you seriously want to convert this new spot as New Vrindaban, I shall
advise you not to make it very much modernized. But as you are American
boys, you must make it just suitable to your minimum needs. Not to make
it too much luxurious as generally Europeans and Americans are accus-
tomed. Be er to live there without modern ameni es. But to live a natural
healthy life for execu ng Krishna Consciousness.

It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high
thinking. For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops and
pasturing grounds for the cows. If there is sufficient grains and produc on
of milk, then the whole economic problem is solved. You do not require any
machines, cinema, hotels, slaughterhouses, brothels, nightclubs--all these
modern ameni es.

People in the spell of maya are trying to squeeze out gross pleasure from the
senses, which is not possible to derive to our heart's content. Therefore we
are confused and baffled in our a empt to eschew eternal pleasure from
gross ma er. Actually, joyful life is on the spiritual pla orm, therefore we
should try to save our valuable me from material ac vi es and engage them
for Krishna Consciousness.

But at the same me, because we have to keep our body and soul together
to execute our mission, we must have sufficient (not extravagant) food to
eat, and that will be supplied by grains, fruits, and milk. So if you can devel-
op this place to that ideal life and the residents become ideal Krishna Con-
scious men, in that part of your country, I think not only many philosophically

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