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Prabhupāda:

ime jana-padāḥ svṛddhāḥ supakvauṣadhi-vīrudhaḥ... supakvauṣadhi-vīrudhaḥ vanādri-nady-udanvanto hy edhante tava vīkṣitaiḥ

[SB 1.8.40]

So here is very nice description how we can materially become happy. These are all description of material happiness = …

Kṛṣṇa's arrangement is very complete. Pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate [Īśopaniṣad, Invocation]. Kṛṣṇa has given us everything in …

kṛṣṇa bhuli' sei jīva anādi-bahirmukha ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha

[Cc. Madhya 20.117]

There is something like... Our only fault is that we have forgotten Kṛṣṇa and we have come to enjoy this …

In the higher sense there is no material world at all. Sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1]. Everything Kṛṣṇa …

So if we want to be happy, these things are required. What is that? Ime jana-padāḥ svṛddhāḥ. Jana-padāḥ, cities and …

So anyway, we should be eager to become happy even in the cities and towns with the help of these …

So we should be happy with these things. Cities and town does not mean big, big slaughterhouse, cinema, brothel, and …

When Nārada Muni made the hunter a disciple, so he dragged him to the riverside, Ganges, and gave him a …

So it is the custom of gṛhasthas that when a gṛhastha goes to see a saintly person, he should bring …

So actually, for Vaiṣṇava, who is dependent on Kṛṣṇa, there is no want. There cannot be. Yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham, teṣāṁ …

So there was no scarcity. Why? People were religiously inclined. Even for a beggar, there was sufficient. The temple, sufficient, …

So [reading], "Human prosperity flourishes by natural gifts and not by gigantic industrial enterprises." This is the purport. This gigantic …

[reading:] "The gigantic industrial enterprises are products of a godless civilization." Godless civilization, they no more can depend on the …

So this is very good economy also. If you... If you have got metal utensils, if you are in need …

So [reading:] "The more we go on increasing such troublesome industries to squeeze out the vital energy of the human …