Date : 11 January 1999 The Natal Witness, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
The Iskcon 'Food for Life' handed out 2 000 plates of vegetarian biryani on Saturday to people in the city. His Holiness Maha Vishnu Swami from India helps out while His Holiness Bhakti Gaitanya Swami on his left provides a hearty serving.
Photo:CLINT ZASMAN
The Hare Krishna movement distributed free food and Iskcon's peace
formula to more than 2000 at the Freedom Square on Saturday.
According to Hare Krishna spokesman His Holiness Maha Vishnu Swami from
India, the "food for life" gesture is part of Iskcon peace Initiative
for the world.
The movement distributed hot vegetarian biryani to the people in what
is called a "serving karma free food" initiative. The food was also
distributed by Maha Vishnu and His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami, also
from India.
"The whole world should live in peace, without hunger, without poverty
... The greatest mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon
others' property as though it were one's own property and thereby
create an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature."
"Only one who is Krishna conscious can easily overcome the stringency
of the laws of nature and thus become happy and peaceful in the world,"
Maha Vishnu said.
The Iskcon Peace formula, according to Maha Vishnu, was introduced in
India 500 years ago by Lord Sri Caitanya.
-- Witness Reporter.