Prabhupada: The whole material world is going on on the basis of these two qualities, passion and ignorance. What are the symptoms of passion? Kama-lobhadayas ca ye [SB 1.2.19]: too much attraction for sense gratification. This is called passion. And lobha: greediness, not satisfied. Now we are coming from a cottage, very nice cottage, self-sufficient; little land also, growing vegetables. Nice cottage, very warm. There is no need of air conditioning. We can live very simple life anywhere, any part of the world. There are so many jungles: you cut one or two trees, and with the logs you can make into little cottage. And after the trees being cut, the land becomes open, so you can utilize the land for growing food grains, for pasturing ground. Then if you have got cows, food grains, vegetables and a cottage, then where is your economic problem? [laughter] Where is your economic problem? Live peacefully in the open air, take sufficient milk, all vitamins, and vegetables full of vitamins, A, B, C, D. You have to take, vitamins. [laughter] You get nice life and save time for chanting Hare Krsna.

Devotees: Jaya!

Prabhupada: This is life. We are trying to introduce in this New Vrindavan colony this simple life. But the kama-lobhadayas ca ye. We can live very simple life, but because we are infected by the rajo-guna and tamo-guna, we require the pigeonholes of skyscraper buildings — unnecessarily.

July 21, 1974, New Vrindavan