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Srila Prabhupada[Posted Aug 13, 2010]

KRSNA Food for Rich and Poor, for Everyone!



A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

If it's not KRSNA FOOD, it's not food!

food stamps Fox News Aug 11, 2010 -

Democrats, Advocacy Groups Blast Cuts to Food Stamps to Fund $26B Aid Bill



According to U.S. Department of Agriculture figures, the number of people on the food stamp rolls has been growing to record levels for 18 straight months. Nearly $5.5 billion in aid went out to beneficiaries in May alone. The number of May recipients marked a 19 percent increase from a year ago and the USDA projects that next year's enrollment will reach about 43.4 million. go to story



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Feeding the hungry
Prasadam for everyone A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

"In all our temples the prasada distribution should be so random [without discrimination], that within ten miles nobody should remain hungry.—conversation, Allahabad, January 13, 1977

Opportunity of associating with Krishna


excerpt from lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.55, London, August 13, 1975

Just like we are distributing prasadam. Not that because he is poor man and we are giving prasadam, no. This is not our idea. To our eyes, the so-called poor man and rich man, they are all suffering, not that the simply poor man suffering and the rich man is not suffering. Therefore we give them prasadam or isha-sanga. That prasadam is also Isha. The prasadam accepted by Krishna, offered to Krishna, is also Krishna. So if we give prasadam, then he is getting the opportunity of associating with Krishna. This is our idea. But people very much appreciate poor-feeding. So that, you can take it, that. But everyone is poor. Who is rich? Unless one has got knowledge of Krishna, he is poor. Bahunam janmanam ante jñanavan mam prapadyate [Bhagavad-gita 7.19]. So-called knowledge has no value. Therefore a jñanavan, a man of knowledge, after many, many births he comes to Krishna consciousness. Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma su-durlabhah [Bg. 7.19]. So this is the process. Isha-sangat. So this prasadam distribution means giving chance to the people, those who are poor in knowledge, to awaken their Krishna consciousness.



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