I don’t find in Bhagavata, big factory and all these slaughterhouse. No. Nothing. The whole atmosphere is surcharged with sinful life. How people will be happy? Now they are coming to crimes and hippies and so many things, problems, diplomacy, CIA and what other? So many unnecessary waste of energy, time and money. Vicious condition. Better give up city. Make Vrndavana, like this. City life is abominable. If you don’t live in the city, you don’t require petrol, motorcar. It is no use. They may criticize that “You are going to the farm in a car.” So for the time being, there is no vehicle. Otherwise bullock cart — where is the difficulty? Suppose you are coming, one hour, and it takes one day. And if you are satisfied such life, there is no question of moving.

Maybe local moving, from this village to that village. That is sufficient, bullock carts. Why motorcar? Why there is car problem? Not only car problem, there are so many things. There are three thousand parts, motorcar. You have to produce them, big factory.

Satsvarupa: Insurance.

Prabhupada: Insur… So much! Everybody, be idealistic. Ideal life. We do not decry, but we point out, “In this way our valuable time of life is being wasted.” They say it is primitive life, but it is peaceful life. We want peaceful life and save time for Krsna consciousness. That is not primitive. That is intelligent life.

Room Conversation with Devotees – August 1, 1975, New Orleans