By Arti-Priya Devi Dasi
Thursday, November 9, 2017. A few brahmacaris and grhastas re-engaged in the farm activity in Gaurahari Village, Gianyar, Bali Province. Two months ago, they had planted paddy in an area of approximately 30m2. When the paddy is growing, the next step to be done is cleaning and removing the weeds around the paddy so that it grows well with proper nutrition. In Balinese term, we call this activity “Mejukut“.
Brahmacaris and grhastas are so enthusiastic about this service to Mother Earth. Earlier also in the past, devotees have harvested the paddy several times from the fields and got several sacks of rice as yield. By this rice harvest, of course, the expenses of the kitchen in the ashram have reduced because we do not need to buy rice again.
This is what Srila Prabupada meant by “Live self-sufficiently by producing our own food on our own land”. This is also one of the movements of Protection of the Land and Cows which is campaigned by GAURI (Gau Raksha Indonesia) until now.
