Agriculture workers and peasants: that is the slogan nowadays. These two classes were given their due share of social importance and honour, in the Krishnaavathar. Now, people are honoured even if they grow, not food, but cash crops. Foreign exchange is what we are after and, so, people are encouraged to produce what others can buy, not what we need: milk and a variety of milk products, which are highly nutritious food.Balarama, the elder brother and an Avatar in his own right, had, as his weapon, the plough. It declared the worth of agriculture as a consecrated occupation. (T D-p.-D15)

Sowing the seeds of the Karma Kanda, the Upasana Kanda and the Jnana Kanda, of Vedanta, of Dharma Shastras, of the Glory of God as described in the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Bhaagavatha. You have to look after the fields, tend the young crop, feed it with manure ofmanana, and rid it of pests, and harvest the happiness that comes from eating the nourishing grain. That is the real agriculture for you. Chance to share in this agriculture will come only to a few, the few who are endowed with the merit of many lives. (SSS Vol.3, p. 93)

Agriculture is for living; mind-culture is for life. (SSS Vol.8, p. 77)

We want dhaanya (grains) to sustain the body; we require dhyana (meditation) to sustain the spirit. In agriculture, you prepare the soil, plant seeds, feed the plants with fertilisers, and reap the harvest. In heart-culture, we have to plough the Hridayakshetra (the field of the heart), remove the weeds and wild growth, and plant the seeds. The weeds are pernicious tendencies, attitudes and habits; the fertilisers are devotion and dedication. Water to help the plant grow is the quality of love. The seeds are the Names of God, which are deposited within the purified heart. The harvest which is the reward of all this spiritual discipline is Wisdom.

Heart-culture has been the goal and aim of SanathanaDharma  (Eternal Universal Religion), the ancient religion of India. It is essential for a happy contented peaceful life. This Dharma exhorts us to plant the seeds of Love and reap the harvest of Wisdom, for the sake of social harmony and national prosperity and the uplift of all humanity. (SSS Vol.13, p. 2)