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soulcircle
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(6/16/02 11:01 am)
Reply 		Yogananda on Colonies/Communities Verbatim '51 Lake Shrine
from the Lake Shrine Video
~~~ yes there is more than srf has shared!

"We must build colonies wherein we can shape the youth who are willing -- hundred percent willing -- to have jobs, happiness, freedom, and produce food for their own use.... All our vegetables are grown by our boys which supply close to 200 people. So they are -- we are not charged in the ordinary sense. For one hour, we build a great big edifice, and then we pray for people to come and sit. We don't ask. Whoever comes willingly, fine. Whoever doesn't, we don't coax. We want hearts. I prefer a soul to a crowd, and I love crowds of souls. SO THE GREATEST THING IN THE CHURCH MOVEMENT IS THE BUILDING OF COLONIES to take the surplus of industry and to educate the American youth in character building."

".... This sort of colony, I hope the Governer, with all my humbleness, emphasizes character education in the schools, AND BUILDING OF THESE COLONIES WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR JOBS, HOME, CHARACTER, CHURCH, AND FREEDOM IN THE SAME PLACE. And I have found the greatest results by that way. But I have some people of great educatable ability, we are now starting, we have started already a goat dairy, and another colony is starting in Phoenix. We have quite a few colonies in India. BUT THE COLONY SYSTEM IS SUCCEEDING BECAUSE IT ISN'T A CHURCH FOR ONE HOUR -- BUILD A GREAT BIG EDIFICE. TIE UP SO MUCH MONEY. You see, we have simple construction and beauty.....It is all done by our own people...."

Lobo
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(6/16/02 9:31 pm)
Reply 		Re: Yogananda on Colonies/Communities Verbatim '51 Lake Shri
Recently I received the "Stories to Remember" audio tape from Ananda that is Yogananda's talk at the dedication of the Lake Shrine. What you've written is verbatim and I too was surprized to hear him speak so vervently about colonies, especially as he said at the start of the talk that he wouldn't go "too deep into it," meaning that he knew he was speaking to a general audience, not necessarily SRF members and monastics.

Is SRF the only organization that has the video portion of this event? If so, if you don't mind, would you reveal how you happened to come across that rarity? I would love to see the video if it ever became released to the public.

soulcircle
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(6/17/02 4:32 pm)
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Friends and Lobo,

The post of mine above, is from another post on this board.

soulcircle

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