Ecology and

ResourceManagement

Based on the teachings of

His Divine Grace A.C.

Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada
Founder Acharya
International Society for
Krishna Consciousness

SB 1.16.24: Mother, you are the

reservoir of all riches. Please
inform me of the root cause of
your tribulations by which you
have been reduced to such a
weak state. I think that the
powerful influence of time,
which conquers the most
powerful, might have forcibly
taken away all your fortune,
which was adored even by the
demigods.

By the grace of the Lord, each and every

planet is created fully equipped. So not
only is this earth fully equipped with all
the riches for the maintenance of its
inhabitants, but also when the Lord
descends on the earth the whole earth
becomes so enriched with all kinds of
opulence that even the denizens of
heaven worship it with all affection. But
by the will of the Lord, the whole earth
can at once be changed. He can do and
undo a thing by His sweet will.
Therefore no one should consider
himself to be self-sufficient or
independent of the Lord. (Purport)

The science of ecology and resource

management in a nutshell in context to
complete reality.

Definition: e-col-o-gy (i kol'uh jee) n.

1. the branch of biology dealing with the
relations and interactions between
organisms and their environment.
2. the set of relationships existing between
organisms and their environment.
3. Also called <human ecology.> the branch
of sociology concerned with the spacing
and interdependence of people and
institutions.
4. the advocacy of protection of the air,
water, and other natural resources from
pollution or its effects;
environmentalism.

Overpopulation:
Therefore not
enough to eat
for all ?

opaniad: pram idam [opaniad,

Invocation].
Complete arrangements for the production of all
the necessities of life are made by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. People should therefore
learn how to satisfy the yaja-purua, Lord Viu.
Indeed, the living entitys prime business is to
satisfy the Lord because the living entity is part
and parcel of the Lord. Thus the whole system is
so arranged that the living entity must do his
duty as he is constitutionally made. Without doing
so, all living entities must suffer. That is the law of
nature. (SB 4.19.8)

The products of the

purnam are also
purnam, but not in
the same wayThey
are dependent!

In the [opaniad, Invocation], it is said,

pram ada pram ida prt pram
udacyate. In the creation of Ka, there
cannot be any scarcity. Everything is
sufficiently there. Pram, it is complete,
perfectly made, either this planet, that
planet. Everywhere, the living entities are
there, and Ka has made provision for
every one of them. There is no question of
scarcity. But people are not obeying the
orders of Ka or the authorities, that
You produce Annd bhavanti bhtni.
Even in Bible, it is said, Thou shalt not
kill. They are not producing food grains,

The earth is fully potent..

... she carries the burden of

love, but if we have no love
for her and for her Master,
then there are problems.

Nowadays people
try to manage
resources without
understanding the
reality how things
work
they do not
understand the
system.

Kas stock is
never
exhausted. We
must simply
become
obedient to Him,
and the supply
will be there.

The child is
a burden of
love for its
mother. She
does not
complain

The wholeness of
everything is realized
only when we engage
things in the Lords
service.

No one is self
sufficient or
independent
to do what he
likes.
We suffer
because we
transgress this

* What is the nature of this

world?
* What kind of suffering do
we encounter?
* Will attempts for a perfect
ecology without knowledge of
devotional life really solve
our problems?

We want to
remain
young and
energetic

But
very soon
we start
growing old
and our
bodies
become
weak & frail

& we are no
longer
beautiful

Ronald
Regan
President U.S.A.
1980-1988

5th Nov 1994, Regan announces.

I have recently
been told that I
am afflicted with
Alzheimers
disease...I now
begin the journey
that will take me
into sunset of my
life.

Due to receding memory, he is

not able to remember he was
ever the president of USA.

We want
to remain
hale &
healthy

But, much
against our
wish we
encounter
various
diseases

Some
chronic

Some fatal

Although
we are
advanced in
medical
science

& have
latest
technology
at our
disposal

Still our plans of good

health & happiness are
thwarted with newer &
newer diseases

I am the
greatest
Mohammed Ali
World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Today, he is
suffering from
PARKINSON
disease

he cant even
lift a cup of
coffee

dukhlayam
avatam

A place
which is
MISERABLE
&
TEMPORARY

adhytmi
ka kleas
miseries due
to our body
and mind

adhibhau
tik kleas
miseries due
to other living
entities

adhidaivi
ka kleas
miseries due
to natural
calamities

We are in a place which is

MISERABLE & TEMPORARY

What is
the

A Meaningful Prayer
O Lord, give me
the courage to change
the things which
can and ought to be
changed,
the serenity to accept
the things which cannot
be changed,
and the wisdom
to know the difference

mm upetya punar
janma
dukhlayam
avatam
npnuvanti
mahtmna
sasiddhi param
Bhagavad-gt
gat 8.15

After attaining Me, the

great souls, who are yogis
in devotion, never return
to this temporary world,
which is full of miseries,
because they have
attained the highest
perfection.

paras tasmt tu bhvo

nyo
vyakto vyaktt
santana
ya sa sarveu bhteu
nayatsu na vinayati
Bhagavad-gt 8.20

Yet there is another unmanifest

nature, which is eternal and is
transcendental to this
manifested and unmanifested
world. It is supreme and is never
annihilated. When all in this
world is annihilated, that part
remains as it is.

Spiritual World
Blissful
Eternal
Free
from all
inebriety
Our eternal home, where
we all originally belong to.

na tad bhsayate sryo

na ako na pvaka
yad gatv na nivartante
tad dhma parama
mama
Bhagavad-gt 15.6

That supreme abode of Mine

is not illumined by the sun or
moon, nor by fire or
electricity. Those who reach
it never return to this
material world.

Towards the end

of Bhagavadgt, Krishna
reveals his MOST
CONFIDENTIAL
instruction

Because you are

My very dear
friend, I am
speaking to you
My supreme
instruction, the
most confidential
knowledge of all.
Hear this from
Me, for it is for
your benefit.

man-man
bhava
always think
of Me

madbhakto
become My
devotee

mad-yj
worship Me

m
namaskuru
offer your
obeisances
unto Me

mm
evaiyasi
satya te
pratijne
priyo si
me

Thus you will

come to Me
without fail.
I promise you
this because
you are My
very dear
friend.

janma karma ca me
divyam
eva yo vetti tattvata
tyaktv deha punar
janma
naiti mm eti so rjuna
Bhagavad-gt 4.9

One who knows the

transcendental nature of My
appearance and activities
does not, upon leaving the
body, take his birth again in
this material world

but attains My eternal

abode, O Arjuna.

which is
eternal, full
of knowledge,
& completely
blissful

Hare Krishna