In Vrindavana, in October of 1972 Srila Prabhupada said this: “They accuse us, these Krsna conscious people, that “They are escaping. They do not want to work.” Not only us. Anyone… That is the allegation against the sadhus, that they are parasites, dependent on the society, eating at the cost of others. So many accusations. But actually, that is not the fact.”