Category:Our Communities (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The quotes compiled in this category reveal Śrīla Prabhupāda's visionary plan to establish self-sufficient, Kṛṣṇa conscious communities across the globe. Driven by his dream of a perfect Vedic society based on "plain living and high thinking," he guided his followers to develop agrarian farm projects independent of modern industry. These communities are designed to provide physical and spiritual shelter for devotees, especially householders, while simultaneously offering the modern world a peaceful, practical alternative lifestyle. By cultivating the land, protecting cows, and keeping Kṛṣṇa in the center, these ideal communities serve as the ultimate model for global peace and spiritual perfection.
- The Dream of a Perfect Society: Śrīla Prabhupāda's long-standing vision was to establish replicas of Vṛndāvana, where devotees could live simply and focus entirely on high spiritual thinking.
- Independence Through Agriculture: True self-sufficiency is achieved by growing food grains, producing milk, and making cloth locally, completely freeing the community from dependence on artificial modern industries.
- A Model for the World: By successfully operating an ideal, God-conscious community, devotees provide the most powerful preaching tool: a living, breathing alternative lifestyle that naturally attracts others.
- Shelter and Practical Engagement: Farm communities provide crucial shelter and practical engagement for all devotees, particularly householders who may not be suited for intense city preaching or book distribution.
- The Supreme Welfare Work: A society composed of pure Vaiṣṇavas not only brings immediate peace to the world but acts as a transcendental conduit, mercifully transferring conditioned souls back to the spiritual realm.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: How Prabhupāda Trains His Disciples to Build Self-Sufficient Communities.
Pages in category "Our Communities (Disciples of SP)"
The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
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- A self-sufficient community producing foodstuffs, grains and vegetables, milk products, and cloth
- Actually it is my dream to have such a perfect community established fully in Krsna Consciousness
- As far as your grhastha community committee, I have no objection as it has the approval of Karandhara prabhu and he is there for you all to take advice from. One thing is though that we should not take such meetings and committees too seriously
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- I always think of our Juhu place, and I want that it shall be the model for all the world to emulate and respect as the perfect example of a Krishna Conscious community
- I am going in a few days to San Francisco to speak at the San Francisco State University there on the topic of "Krsna Consciousness: The Best Alternative Life Style, the Ideal Community, the New Social Order"
- I am so glad to note that both you, husband and wife, are qualified to teach and are anxious to do so in one of our community situations
- I am very encouraged by the progress you are making to lead the citizens of your community, Wilmington, on the transcendental path back to Home, back to Godhead
- I wish the temple community to be self-sufficient by producing their own food grains
- If our householders cannot distribute books, then let them live in the farm communities
- If some individuals have done wrong it shouldn't jeopardize our entire community
- In many places throughout the world we are constructing communities to give shelter to devotees and worship the Deity in the temple
- It is requested that all our devotees in the ISKCON community become pure Vaisnavas, so that by their mercy all the people of the world will be transferred to Vaikunthaloka, even without their knowledge
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- The community you have can continue chanting along with this also stop these sinful activities and spread this message. Then you will achieve perfection quickly and this very life you will go back to Godhead
- The ideal Krishna Conscious community
- The name for the Tennessee community is Murarisevak
- The whole idea is that we are Iskcon, a community to be independent from outside help. This farm project is especially for the devotees to grow their own food
- This Krsna consciousness movement offers a spiritual community that can bring about a peaceful condition in the world
- To develop a farm community such as the one you are doing, it requires much hard work and endurance
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- We have got already fifteen branches as follows: New York City; Boston; San Francisco; Vancouver, B.C.; Canada; Honolulu, Hawaii; New Vrindaban, an ideal Krishna Consciousness community; and London, England; and Berlin, Germany
- We want to train some ksatriyas but that we can do in our own communities
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- You must judge whether the match will be favorable on the point that it must not cause any disturbance either in the girl's family or in the local community
- Your sincere endeavor to engage new devotees is very much appreciated. It is especially encouraging that these new devotees are taking on responsible service within our communities