## They Will be Atracted by Our Training Power Mauritius, October 5, 1975 - Room Conversation **Become "self-independent"...the power of purity... mouse-and-snake story...people will be attracted by our "training power"** **Prabhupāda:** And gradually, when you are well behaving, then you shall be initiated to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra*. That will give you strength, spiritual power. Strictly observe the regulative principles—no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. It is very simple. Read these literatures, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra*, and observe these regulations. Then you will become gradually powerful. Your speeches will be effective. People will like you. **Guest (2) (Indian man):** Now the program in the village, Swamijī, how to... **Prabhupāda:** **Village... Just like you acquire some land. That you will get. It is not very... Is it difficult?** **Guest (2):** No, sir. **Prabhupāda:** Just we are doing so many places. **So you produce your own food grains, not for making money but just for feeding yourself and the animals, cows. **Keep cows, as many cows as possible, and produce, till the ground, field, and make water supply arrangement. **If the investment is required, we shall do that. You have no worry about investment. We shall bring money from anywhere. **But the work must be done very nicely. **There must be good arrangement for water supply and for plowing and keeping the cows in order. **Then you get sufficient milk, sufficient food grains and produce your own cloth. The girls and ladies, they can spine (spin) thread, and from the thread you make cloth, handlooms. So your first necessities of life, eating, and make little cottage, sleeping... And if you want sex, get yourself married, live peacefully. And when you are there you can defend yourself. So the first necessity is how to eat and how to cover. That you have to provide. That is not difficult. You can do it. **And then you become peaceful, no anxiety for your maintenance. **And then cultivate this spiritual knowledge the same way. Have a temple there. Have... Go on chanting, offering *prasādam*. **You have got your food grains. Don't be dependent on anyone else. Become self-independent. And don't be after money. Simply produce your bare necessities of life.** Keep yourself fit, strong. And chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, read book. Then you'll grow strong. Is there any difficulty? **Guest (1):** No, Swamijī. **Guest (2):** To bring more people in our movement... **Prabhupāda:** They should be trained up, more people. Just like I went alone in Europe and America. So I have trained them.** So it will depend on your training power, the more people will be attracted.** If you advertise, "Come here," and if you have no power to attract them, then it will not be... You must be attractive to bring them. And that is spiritual attraction. You must behave yourself nicely. Then people will come. If you become purified, then naturally they will come. Just like if you prepare nice preparation with pure ghee, customers will be naturally attracted and they will pay and purchase. And if you prepare rubbish thing, one man may be cheated, but that will not be attraction for the general**. Purity is required. That will attract.** *Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān*. [*Bg* [[bg/10/12 bg 10.13 bg 10.12-13|10.12]]]: "You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth.] One must be pure. Then he will be able to attract. So if they see practically that "These people are very happy; they have no anxiety," then they will be attracted. Is it not? What is the difficulty? But if you want brothel and night dancing and wine and meat-eating, then it is spoiled. It becomes impure. To become pure is not at all difficult. Rather, to become impure, it is difficult. But people, with all difficulties, they are becoming impure. **Otherwise the idea which I am giving, you can start anywhere, anywhere, any part of the world. It doesn't matter. Locally you produce your own food. You get your own cloth. Have sufficient milk, vegetables. Then what you want more? And chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.** This is Vedic civilization: plain living, high thinking. And poor thinking, poor in thought, poor in behavior, and living with motorcar and this, that, nonsense. It is all nonsense civilization... **Guest (Indian man):** Car is a necessity, Swamijī, don't you think so? Car is a necessity. **Prabhupāda:** Not necessary. **What is the use of car? If you locate yourself to get everything, your necessity, then where is the use of car? If you require car, you have a bullock cart.** That's all. Why should you hanker after petrol, mobile (Mobil?) oil, machine, this, that, so many things. Why? **Guest:** Yes, but don't you think that it would be impossible for you to come mostly? **Prabhupāda:** No, no. **So long it is not available, we must take the best advantage. That is another thing. But gradually we shall develop a society that all these unnecessary rubbish things should be rejected. **That is the idea. Or those who are interested,** let them manufacture car; we take advantage. **We don't bother ourself how to manufacture car. *Ajāgara-vṛtti*. *Ajāgara-vṛtti*, the idea is... *Ajāgara* means the snake. **So a mouse makes a hole in the field to live very peacefully. So, and he enters the hole, and a snake gets the information and he comes, enters the hole. He eats the snake... The snake eats the mouse and lives peacefully.** So let this rascal manufacture motorcar. When we require, we take from them and ride away. We are not going to manufacture. There will be some rascals. Let them do that, mouse. We enter as snake. (laughter) That's all. We are doing that. We are doing that. I did not manufacture this house, but somebody, some mouse, has done. (laughter) And we have entered it, that's all. That's all. This is going on all over the world. You know George Harrison? He has earned money with so great hard labor, and he has given us a house in London, fifty-five *lakhs'* worth. Another boy, Alfred Ford, he's the great grandson of Mr. Henry Ford. He has given. He is giving still money. He is prepared with all his money**. So those who are after money, material things, we have to induce them that "Spend for me," that's all, and let him earn. So far we are concerned, we shall live very simple life, simply in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is *brāhmaṇa*. ** ***Brāhmaṇa* does not go to construct big, big house. He simply constructs his character**, and the other *kṣatriyas* and *vaiśyas*, they offer him, "Please come here and sit down." Therefore the division is... One who is unable to become a *brāhmaṇa*, let him become *kṣatriya*. If he cannot become *kṣatriya*, let him become a *vaiśya*. Otherwise let him remain a *śūdra*. But there should be ideal class. So we are trying to create an ideal society of *brāhmaṇas*. Then people will be benefitted. And if everyone is *śūdra*, rascal, then what people will be benefitted? They do not know how to live. **The *brāhmaṇas* will give idea, "Live like this. You will be happy."** Krsna Consciousness: The Peaceful Revolution, Johannesburg, October 16, 1975: Morning Walk