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Indian man: [indistinct]
Prabhupada: I have got a sister. She is three years younger than me. So sometimes I chastise her like anything, because we have the same feeling. She is younger. Seventy-seven years, younger sister. But the feeling is there, younger. You know I sometimes chastise her.
Indian man: Here the feeling is about... We can do more work. It doesn't depend upon the age. In spite of this age we can do as much work as you want. This is what I wanted to emphasize here.
Prabhupada: Because the soul is not dependent on the body. Asaṅgo 'yam purusah. If the soul has got energy, he doesn't care for the body.
Indian man: I have talked with some brahmanas here about the work that is being done here. They say, "We can't do this type of work. We can do puja, sandhya. We can do kirtana for some time during the day, but not the whole day. Not whole day. Because we have to feed ourselves also and run from place to place. These days people are not giving us as much charity as they should."
Prabhupada: They can live here and...
Indian man: So that is what our people...
Prabhupada: They can eat here. There is no insufficiency. Simply come and manage and eat, as many men as you come here. We shall bring everything. There is no scarcity of food here. Everyone is welcome to engage his full time for Krsna's service. I am begging from the whole world, so there will be no scarcity. If somebody refuses, other will [indistinct]. My field is the whole world, and I am a professional beggar. That's all.
Indian man: One feeling I have I must express before you, otherwise whom can I express those feelings? The books are very costly. They are very good, but very costly.
Harikesa: What's that?
Indian man: Books. They are very costly for Indians who are very poor.
Prabhupada: When you are here, you can read all the books.
Indian man: I personally can do this, sir, by coming here. But people would like to purchase these books, but they are very costly. If they can be printed in India, or...
Harikesa: We're working on printing them in cheaper editions in India.
Indian man: That would be wonderful.
Prabhupada: Yes, we are trying for that.
Basu Ghosh: Already this Bhagavatam, First Volume, has been printed in Delhi. It's about three times less cost.
Prabhupada: So you are not getting that book?
Basu Ghosh: No, in Hyderabad we haven't gotten that yet.
Prabhupada: Why?
Basu Ghosh: I don't know. I'm not in a management position. Mahamsa Maharaja is ordering.
Prabhupada: Get this cheap edition. You can order cheap edition. [break]
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