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By Gunaavatara das<\/strong><\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada wanted every temple to have a farm community and goshala within a 50 KM radius of the city temple. As we know, Srila Prabhupada personally started the very first such community New Vrindavan in West Virginia, USA and he established many more similar projects afterwards. We should understand that the desires of the pure devotees will one day be realized because those desires are non different from Krishna\u2019s desires. In the month of May this year, by Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada\u2019s mercy, a team of three devotees got a chance to visit Hong Kong and conduct various programs related to the Surabhi Campaign. Over the past 9 days the devotees conducted four seminars in different places. The seminars included 1) ISKCON\u2019s Four Movements, 2) Introduction to the OM Sri Surabhi Campaign, 3) Best Practices within ISKCON where various farm projects all around the world were featured and 4) Discourse on World Peace, an interfaith dialogue organized by the World Alliance of Religious Peace (HWPL). Although some people may not yet be devotees of Krishna, due to their natural affection, they are inspired to protect and serve the cows. All living entities naturally love Krishna and by daily seeing Krishna\u2019s form, hearing His names and pastimes we can renew our pure love for Him. In a similar way, we can naturally develop our love for cows if we live with them and befriend them.<\/p>\n Both the brahmanas and the cows are Krishna’s very dear friends. And without them society will be in a dangerous condition. We can see how nowadays people in general are unhappy. Their lives are so complicated. They are always in anxiety because of no guidance from bonafide brahmanas. Actually, we cannot have brahmanas if we don\u2019t have cows. That is one of the reasons why Srila Prabhupada wanted us to maintain goshalas and protect cows. <\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada explains that if we maintain cows, we can get milk for the devotees. HH Bhakti Raghava Maharaja said if we don\u2019t care for cows, how Krishna will care about us. Thus 50 percent of Srila Prabhupada\u2019s mission remains unfulfilled, and Srila Prabhupada gave this instruction at the end of His Lila in this word emphasizing the need to protect cows and establish farm communities.<\/p>\n We are very grateful to this Chinese lady although she has not joined the Hare Krishna Movement. She is already protecting 160 cows and bulls, and this under very trying conditions. In Cambodia there is one person who is doing something similar, also in Thailand and Kalimantan, Indonesia. So we should learn from these persons.\u00a0Please visit our website at www.srisurabhi.org for more information related to the OM Sri Surabhi Campaign and how you can be part of it.<\/p>\n Thank your for your kind attention,<\/p>\n Your servant, —– On May 24th 2016, the Surabhi Campaign team lead by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami visited the Cows Home Goshala in the New Territory of Hong Kong, about one hour from the ISKCON Temple located in Kowloon. <\/p>\n The owner of this Goshala is one Chinese lady, and she has only one worker, an employee from Bangladesh.\u00a0We started our trip from the temple at 9.30 am by taxi. We went with 6 devotees, Maharaja, Prabhu Kisora Krishna from Indonesia, myself, Guna Avatara das, and two Hong Kong devotees, Jayasri Mataji and Marorani Mataji. In addition we also had one Indonesian mataji who lives in Hong Kong, Lalea Eka Mataji. The weather was good, only the pathway in the Goshala was quite muddy due to recent rains.\u00a0<\/p>\n We were so happy to get darshan of 160 cows, bulls and calves. All were very friendly, and we were able to touch some of them and hug them. These cows live on only one hectare of land that is protected by an iron fence to prevent the cows from running outside. For food, the cows and bulls get first class grass that the lady purchases by crater from the USA.\u00a0Needless to say, she loves her cows. She gives them all a name and is seen always talking with them. We heard her saying, \u201chey don\u2019t fight with your brothers\u201d, like that she spoke to the bulls.\u00a0<\/p>\n We introduced the OM Sri Surabhi Campaign to that lady and gave her our pamphlet. She was very happy with our visit and she could understood that Maharaja is the personality who loves cows very much. Most of the time she enjoyed discussing in Chinese language with our devotees.\u00a0At the end we did a little worship to the cows by offering them grass and by singing the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. So hopefully we can visit her again in the future as part of our Global OM Sri Surabhi Campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Srila Prabhupada wanted every temple to have a farm community and goshala within a 50 KM radius of the city temple. As we know, Srila Prabhupada personally started the very first such community New Vrindavan in West Virginia, USA and he established many more similar projects afterwards. 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\nThe 12 years OM Sri Surabhi Campaign initiated by the ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry in India is bringing us this particular mood of Srila Prabhupada mission. Since last year, the OM Sri Surabhi Campaign, under the guidance of His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami, has been promoting the glories of Mother Cow and encouraging devotee to become more involved in Cow Protection.<\/p>\n
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\nAnother very inspiring program was the visit to a local goshala where there are 150 cows, bulls, and calves. The owner is a Chinese lady who has been caring for cows for the last 18 years. The devotees realized that actually the cow protection movement is active right here in Hong Kong. Similar projects are ongoing not too far from our temples in other countries like Cambodia, Thailand, and other places.<\/p>\n
\nGunaavatara das<\/p>\n
\nSPECIAL VISIT TO CHINESE GOSHALA, MAY 25, 2016<\/p>\n![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ntqOKFv6GXY\/V0VxSOGJ4QI\/AAAAAAAAbRM\/Jis7rn1QQ9E\/s0\/2016-05-25_11-32-55.jpg\")
By Gunaavatara das<\/strong><\/p>\n