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ANCIENT VEDIC WISDOM FOR MODERN SUSTAINABILITY

The proverb “Old is gold,” describes the priceless value of
ancient Vedic wisdom which perfected the life style of “simple living,
high thinking.” The Vedic sages understood the ul mate purpose of
human life – using the incredible abili es of highly developed human
senses and the mind to focus on self‐realiza on to free oneself from the
cycle of birth and death. To facilitate this noble cause, the sages lived a
disciplined life that was self‐sufficient, peaceful and happy due to its
simplicity and natural abundance. Nature under the guidance of Lord
Krishna (God) cooperated to help them achieve their goal because they
gave up all material desires and pursued their spiritual quest through
rendering pure devo on and loving service to Lord Krishna.

When members of Krishna Consciousness purchased a large
property in the hills of West Virginia, Bhak vedanta Swami Prabhupada,
the Founder/Acarya of the Hare Krishna Movement, wrote them the
following le er in which he begins by complimen ng the farm land that
was purchased. The text of the le er has been abbreviated to include
only those parts relevant to farming:
“……I understand the spot is very beau ful, and the hills may be
renamed as New Govardhana. And if there are lakes, they can be
renamed as Syamakunda and Radhakunda.(the holy farm
community where Krishna appeared 5000 years ago south of
New Dehli) does not require to be modernized because Krishna's
Vrindaban is (a) transcendental village. They completely depend
on nature's beauty and nature's protec on.

The community in which Krishna preferred to belong was Vaisya
(farm) community, because Nanda Maharaja (Krishna’s farther)
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 (Krishna’s brother) used
to take charge of them, along with His many cowherd boyfriends,
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

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