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The glaring attraction of city, that is māyā. In the modern age people are more attracted by the city life, but we should know city life . . . not for the devotee; generally, people in general, they like city life, but that is māyā. Māyā means "which is not fact." We are thinking that this way we shall be happy, but that is not fact. This is called māyā. Mā-yā—"it is not." You are thinking that in this way you will be happy, but it is not. This is called māyā. One English poet also said, Cowper, that city is made by man but village is made by God.
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Prabhupāda: . . . that this village we are maintaining, this Gaura-Nityānanda temple, that was the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma . . . (Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya 4.126). No big plant? You are not growing?

Devotee: We have one, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: Sarvatra pracāra haibe. So you are very humbly maintaining this temple. It is a great achievement for you. You will get blessings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The glaring attraction of city, that is māyā. In the modern age people are more attracted by the city life, but we should know city life . . . not for the devotee; generally, people in general, they like city life, but that is māyā. Māyā means "which is not fact." We are thinking that this way we shall be happy, but that is not fact. This is called māyā. Mā-yā—"it is not." You are thinking that in this way you will be happy, but it is not. This is called māyā. One English poet also said, Cowper, that city is made by man but village is made by God.

So if you can stick to this village life and be satisfied whatever you produce . . . you can produce your necessities; there is no difficulty. If we keep cows and grow food grains, fruits, vegetables, then we can live very peacefully like that. There is no need of going to the city. That is the plan of God, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa personally exhibited. Vṛndāvana is village; it is not city. We are trying to go to the village of Kṛṣṇa—Vṛndāvana. And He was Himself, although He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He was taking care of the calves and cows when He was child, although Nanda Mahārāja was king, village king. King means he had many cows—nine hundred thousand cows. Formerly one was considered to be rich man if he possessed many cows: dhānyena dhanavān gavayā dhanavān. Now, artificially, they have made such a plan that if you can possess some papers written only—hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, fifty dollars—then you are rich.
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