Car Conversation – July 21, 1976, New York

Preaching means struggling

Ramesvara: And I've been told that all the TV stations showed our Ratha-yatra. That means millions of people saw the ratha cart. And everyone has seen it in the newspapers.

Prabhupada: Yes.

Ramesvara: That Newsday also had coverage. We didn't get that paper for Prabhupada, but they also... This is even before their article, interview.

Tamala Krsna: Oh. What about Newsweek and...?

Ramesvara: When those interviews that those reporters took are published, we'll send them to you immediately.

[aside:] Newsday, Associated Press and Newsweek. [break]

Prabhupada: ...higher[?] to temple.

Tamala Krsna: Not exactly. We'll go, probably, over the Fifty-ninth Street bridge, right?

Adi-kesava: I think it would be better now to go through the tunnel.

Tamala Krsna: Tunnel?

Adi-kesava: Little easier ride.

Tamala Krsna: We're going over the tunnel, into the tunnel. What street is that? Fifty...?

Adi-kesava: About Thirtieth Street.

Tamala Krsna: You think that's faster?

Adi-kesava: Yes, it goes right under...

[indistinct discussion about route] [break]

Ramesvara: ...people of New York are appreciating, Prabhupada, how you came here alone, and now you have a big building with many followers. Actually the people are aware, very much aware of how you started this movement in New York.

Tamala Krsna: And were struggling personally. [break]

Prabhupada: ...life there is struggle. Without struggling there is no...

Tamala Krsna: We should not be..., try to avoid struggle.

Prabhupada: No. Because we have got preaching point of view. Preaching means struggling. If it was simply bhajana, you can sit down and chant Hare Krsna like Haridasa Thakura. [break]

Tamala Krsna: "There's one credit that I have. I was never a lazy fellow."

Prabhupada: Yes, throughout my life. [end]