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770719R1.VRN
770719R1-Vrindavan [84:06 Minutes]
Don't take less important this Hindi publication
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Prabhupada: There was avocado tree.
Prabhupada: Hmm.
Tamala Krsna: Big window, picture window looking out to your garden. That Florida property is wonderful. Very, very good property in Florida. They call it New Naimisaranya. They have about ten peacocks flying free, wild peacocks. They trained them. First them put them in a cage and keep them on the ground and feed them and everything. Then, after they get accustomed to it, then they let them loose. They have some all-white colored peacocks, special, and then many colorful peacocks. Peacocks are wild.
Prabhupada: There are no fox.
Prabhupada: Oh, no. This is raksasa.
Tamala Krsna: They don't know. They think it is a pheasant or something. They have no idea it is a peacock, special bird. I asked Abhirama. Sometimes they fly away and they don't come back. I said, "Does it mean that they got lost?" He said, "We don't know exactly what it means, but we are guessing." The people there are...
Prabhupada: Raksasa.
Tamala Krsna: Yeah, raksasa. [indistinct comment aside] And, of course, there's lots of coconut trees. Coconuts. That is a special feature of Florida especially. Many people... You see, the thing is... Like mangoes, for example. The people, they don't want the mangoes or the coconuts or the avocados. And in fact, like when you go out, you can go to people's home and say, "Sir, can I have these?" They say, "Yes, please take them away. They're creating a mess." They want you to take these things.
Prabhupada: Hawaii also.
Prabhupada: Why not make mango industry?
Prabhupada: Mango is such a fruit, when it is not ripe, the green from that, up to the full ripe you can have.
Bhagatji: [Transl. Yes. You are right Prabhupada. From the beginning you make mango chutney, you make amee or pieces of mango, and you make unripe mango panna [drink]. These are all for counteracting heat wave. And when they are ripe you start to eat or make pickle.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. When they are riper then you make amsatta or dry sweet mango papad.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. And make morabba or mango jam. So many things.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. Not morabba…]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Yes Prabhupada, you can make very good morabba from mango.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. No. No. You can make morabba, but when they are ripe…]
Bhagatji: [Transl. No. Not when they are ripe.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. I am talking about ripe mangos.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Ripe mangoes you can eat only.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. You take ripe mangoes from the tree, spread a mat and have them dried in the sun a bit. You cook the pulp of the mangoes little bit and have it dried in the sun. That's amsatta.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Then what will happen?]
Prabhupada: [Transl. Amasatta.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Amacura?]
Prabhupada: [Transl. If you put in the sun, it will dry.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. There is so much of this in Madras.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Mango is mango. The best of all fruits.]
Prabhupada: [Transl. You mix that amsatta in milk and eat it. Mango and milk are not wasted even a drop.]
Bhagatji: [Transl. Yes. Milk, from the beginning to the end up to butter milk you can have. Butter milk is so nice and delicious.]
[break]
Prabhupada: ...known as a religious man, so that they can do business very exploitively.
Indian guest (2): He was a very pious man.
Prabhupada: Oh, he was very pious.
Yasomatinandana: [Dharma-dhvaji?]
Yasomatinandana: Dandavat class.
Prabhupada: That is their business. Now you have to take the opposite, that "Why these people are so anxious about this unrest? Let there be further inquiry by the Janata party. And suspend..." No. Yes. "And suspend the Communist government for the time being."
Prabhupada: It should be taken by the Central Government.
Yasomatinandana: Because the Bengal government is all...
Prabhupada: Anyway, it is all ci... It is a Communist manipulation.
Prabhupada: Some books you have brought for selling?
Prabhupada: Some books are ready or not?
Prabhupada: Hindi books are selling now.
Prabhupada: So I am very much pleased that we have got some nice Hindi books.
Yasomatinandana: Yes. Actually now we have also three, four books now, we can...
Prabhupada: Gargamuni is getting many, what is called, standing orders for Hindi books.
Prabhupada: Hmm. Very good scope. You see... Just always remember that Gita Press, third-class printing and fourth-class subject it is, and they were maintaining seventy-five big machines. Seventy-five in Gorakhpur. And Titagarh paper against. Still, they could not supply. There is so much scope for Hindi books.
Yasomatinandana: The only thing is, the people tell me Gita Press things was very cheap.
Prabhupada: Therefore I say, third-class printing, fourth-class paper. And if we give first-class paper, first-class printing, there is scope.
Prabhupada: Whatever you give, they'll purchase.
Prabhupada: The Hindi-speaking people, they are not poor. Mass of people may be poor, but we want to approach respectable persons. They are not poor. They will pay. Why third-class printing, fourth-class matter? Our first-class matter, first-class printing. We have got better scope than Gita Press.
Prabhupada: Don't take less important this Hindi publication. You stock. I shall take charge of selling books.
Prabhupada: Therefore I want stock.
Prabhupada: Why not print ten thousand of each?
Prabhupada: There is no "if." Print.
Yasomatinandana: We don't have money now.
Prabhupada: Similarly, you also, Gujarati.
Prabhupada: Why not? Use it... You can...
Prabhupada: If they take money, that, and use it. Then...
Gopala Krsna: Yes, as we get money. Like the first shipment has just gone, and we... Till it comes back, we are... But one point is clear, that there's no book that we're printing in India that is out of stock. We have... There's no book out of stock. Sometimes devotees misinform you for selfish reasons that we are out of stock, but there's no book out of stock that we are printing in India.
Prabhupada: This paper is nice.
Yasomatinandana: We will have a few, at least a few books ready in a few months.
Prabhupada: No, the manuscript you take. I want to see at least manuscript is not left idle. That is...
Yasomatinandana: Now, with your blessings, we'll go very fast.
Prabhupada: Now we have got some position, Hindi books.
Prabhupada: Yes, same standard. Very nice, Hindi books. All right.
Prabhupada: Thank you very much. Be enthusiastic to print books. And these items are very, very nice, greeting.
Prabhupada: Yes, make money and spend it for printing.
Prabhupada: No, no, we shall do exactly like karmis, but not for us-for Krsna. That is the difference. Same thing they are doing. Therefore these Mayavadi cannot understand. "Again form?" The example is just like a man like me, he's diseased, he's suffering. And when they say, "Mother Yasoda's crying," "So again crying?" He does not know what is this crying. He thinks this crying and that crying the same. Therefore Mayavadi. They want to make it zero-no crying. But we take it a great blessing, crying for Krsna. But they cannot understand. They say, "Again crying? Then what is the benefit?" And this is maya. You understand? This is the simple understanding of Mayavada. As soon as there is crying, they say, "Oh, it is maya. No crying." Nirvisesa-vadi. Crying is a great transcendental pleasure. That they cannot understand, the poor fund of knowledge. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was simply crying. That is love. So that they do not understand, how crying can be pleasure. That is Mayavada. All right.
Yasomatinandana: One thing, Srila Prabhupada, that Tamala Krsna Maharaja was saying yesterday, that if we apply to the Home Minister, we should not apply for citizenship, because why should we lose the citizenship of the better countries? But then there is no such arrangement as permanent residency in the government.
Prabhupada: Then citizenship.
Yasomatinandana: At least for a few managers.
Prabhupada: I don't think you have to give up your American citizenship.
Yasomatinandana: Yes.
Prabhupada: The same cover?
Prabhupada: So you please complete this. Jaya. [break] Otherwise you just grow cotton and pluck. Problem solved. Get some lamb fur. It is not killing. They grow. Take the..., what is called?
Prabhupada: Wool, yes. You make some warm cloth. Very easy to live.
Prabhupada: [Transl. They have become soft.]
Upendra: She said that they would be soft...
Prabhupada: Hmm. Very nice.
Upendra: ...because there is honey.
Prabhupada: Oh, there is honey?
Upendra: It's made with honey and brown sugar, molasses. All these are soft sweeteners. And since there's no preservatives...
Prabhupada: Call them and distribute.
[break] [Transl. He has never been in the field. Only sits in the class and do agriculture. Your son is a mad man. He has to go the field and work hard. But nothing like that. Simply roaming around. Wearing coat and pant and making theory. We have a farm. And they are working so hard. It's in Ahmedabad.]
[break] [Transl. Why should I have taken up a job? He showed me how to work for others. He said "I had a desire to print some books". Srila Prabhupada wanted this. By his mercy, his language and his example millions of rupees worth of books are being printed. As soon as the books are printed, they are sold. Not even a single book remains unsold. All are sold like hot cakes. There is no problem for that.] [break]
Prabhupada: Oh, yes.
Jayapataka: ...from Australia. So I'm thinking that this might be good to do with any money that we have.
Prabhupada: That's nice.
Prabhupada: Very good.
Prabhupada: That's nice.
Prabhupada: No. That's nice. We have got so many avenues. So print books as soon as possible. This gives me life. Hare Krsna.
Devotees: Jaya.
[devotees offer obeisances] [break]
Prabhupada: Send this copy to this Communist man.
Prabhupada: Just photograph a copy.
Prabhupada: ...because there is psychological difference.
Prabhupada: Therefore those who are physically active, they can eat more.
Prabhupada: But those who are not physically active, they cannot eat.
Prabhupada: No, they eat also.
Prabhupada: They are healthy men.
Prabhupada: They get diabetes.
Prabhupada: No, no, not the Bengalis. Anyone who cannot physically work, they eat sitting, and it is not digested, and therefore the diabetes. Diabetes is caused by eating more which is not digested. They say it is medically proven, and that's a fact. And tuberculosis is the wasting disease. As much food he requires, he'll not get.
Prabhupada: As much food he requires, he does not get.
Prabhupada: People do not get nowadays proper nutritious food.
Prabhupada: So if we remain nice, then digest; or anyone who works, brain work, that is nice.
Prabhupada: You can go directly from London to Los Angel...
Prabhupada: What is the benefit?
Tamala Krsna: In terms of time? You mean flight time instead of stopping in New York, what is the benefit of flying direct? Just the landing time in New York you'd save. The flight is pretty much the same. You'd save about an hour-at least an hour to an hour and a half, two hours. Because when the flight goes from London to New York, when it first hits America, it hits America north of Canada practically, and then they go down the Eastern Seaboard. It hits Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and then it goes south down Massachusetts, like that, Connecticut, and then to New York.
Prabhupada: But it does not stop.
Prabhupada: Generally from London to New York, six hours. And from...
Prabhupada: Ten hours.
Prabhupada: So far I remember, London to Paris from, er, Paris to Los Angeles I went. Took about ten hours.
Prabhupada: Than Paris.
Prabhupada: And that Nova... What is that?
Prabhupada: That I have seen from the plane.
Prabhupada: There big, big chunks.
Prabhupada: You were also in that plane?
Prabhupada: Syamasundara was.
Prabhupada: And we reached Los Angeles, local time, about four o'clock.
Prabhupada: Yes. That means Paris to London took about five minutes.
Prabhupada: Eh?
Prabhupada: No. Paris to... Because we started at twelve local time. And we reached Los Angeles...
Prabhupada: Four. The same thing.
Tamala Krsna: Just like you go from India to New York, you leave India at, say, one or two in the morning, three o'clock in the morning, Delhi, and you reach New York three o'clock in the afternoon same day. Twelve hours. Actually you've been traveling twenty hours or more, but it's twelve hours only on the clock. It's a very nice experience. You feel like you've gained something, put something over on the material energy. It feels like you've gained something, gained time.
Prabhupada: The more you go western side, you save time. The more you go eastern side, you add time.
Tamala Krsna: Yes, there's some science fiction that if you go like that fast enough, then you can go back into history. Time machine. By going at a certain speed in a certain direction you can go back into history, and if you go the other way you can go ahead into the future. There's a... H. G. Wells. He's a famous science fiction writer. So he wrote a..., called The Time Machine. He was going back into history.
Prabhupada: H. G. Wells, he was a good writer, but he was a scientist also.
Prabhupada: From imagination.
Devotee (2): He sees that the world is getting [indistinct] by water, and [indistinct].
Tamala Krsna: Yeah, I think that having the devotees like Jayatirtha Prabhu and Bhagavan Prabhu around you will be very enthusing. I mean their... When you're around so many devotees who are giving their lives so much for spreading Krsna consciousness, assisting you, it's really enthusing. The main thing is that you don't have to speak so much. It's your presence, your seeing the devotees and them seeing you. It doesn't require that so much to speak. So in that sense it won't be exhausting in any way. You won't be called upon like that. It's a good climate now too, August, in London, a very good time. It's not too hot, and it's not too cool.
Prabhupada: Los Angeles is hot.
Tamala Krsna: Yes. Los Angeles will be hot. That's why when I made that itinerary that's the last place practically. You'd reach Los Angeles by, say, the middle of September. By then it's cooler. New York is quite good towards the end of August. New York, is one of the nicest times of the year, the beginning of fall.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Tamala Krsna: And Jagannatha.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Tamala Krsna: Yes, if we celebrate... If you're in America for Janmastami or Vyasa-puja day, all the devotees in the whole country will come to wherever you are. Thousand, two thousand will come. It will be the most fantastic...
Prabhupada: Library, restaurant, lecture. How many rooms are there?
Prabhupada: Four times?
Prabhupada: You have seen it?
Prabhupada: Oh.
Tamala Krsna: I was on my way with Bhavananda to go to Africa for Brahmananda Maharaja. So we stopped for half a day in London, so they showed us the property. At that time they had not yet bought it, so the karmis owned it. So I had to go in as if I was a customer there at the pub. I didn't buy anything, but I looked around. So then on the next floor it's the same... Basically it's a building, say, three rooms like this and then up.
Prabhupada: Oh.
Prabhupada: Quite big.
Tamala Krsna: Yes. It's not real big, but then again, in that area and for what we want, it doesn't have to be real big. It's not meant to live a lot of people there. Upstairs, on the top floor, there's about I think four or five rooms for living or for other activities. Then the two ground and basement... I don't know the exact layout. I only went in quickly. I'm trying to think if it was basement plus three-basement, ground, first and second-or basement, ground and first floor. Probably there was basement, ground floor, first floor, second floor. It must have been like that. So the two upper floors have rooms. Yes, that's what it is. They have rooms where you can do different things.
Prabhupada: Brick building?
Prabhupada: Wooden.
Prabhupada: In London mostly they are brick.
Prabhupada: Very costly.
Prabhupada: The corner.
Prabhupada: They said that report following will come.
Tamala Krsna: Report is coming. In the telegram that we received? Yeah, it said, "Report follows." [pause] I think some activity is good. That's what I'm feeling. Somehow I get the idea that you need to be more active. I know that you don't have any strength, but still, it seems to me unless you are active, you won't get your strength.
Prabhupada: Hmm. That's a fact.
Tamala Krsna: You're not... By nature you've never been inactive. We can begin the activity by airplane travel and then a little car journey to the temple, and then we can carry you around in certain places. Like at the New York farm. Oh, we can give you wonderful ride in the palanquin. That's very appealing, if you go on the palanquin in the fresh air. No? That'll be, I think...
Prabhupada: No, activity will give appetite.
Prabhupada: So let us artificial activity. I think this is a now hopeless [indistinct].
Prabhupada: And nobody is going to disturb you there. Make your own field and continue to become rtvik and act on my charge. People are becoming sympathetic there. The place is very nice.
Prabhupada: Very good.
Prabhupada: Oh.
Prabhupada: Oh!
Prabhupada: Very good.
Prabhupada: I want to eat, but I cannot. Very good. Very good. Although I cannot eat, simply hearing the names I am satisfied. Very good. He's doing nice.
Prabhupada: Why not? Oh, yes. America's money collect and send. So that is my proposal-American money and give this culture. They are squandering so much money. Channelize to spend through this Krsna consciousness movement. Their money will be properly utilized and our Krsna consciousness will be spread.
Prabhupada: Oh, yes. First thing is you get ghee.
Tamala Krsna: Yes. We are already giving him one fifth of what Hari-sauri sends. "The newspapers gave some account of an incident in Mayapur. When asked to make a statement to the press, however, I do not know what happened. Please let the secretary inform us." I made a copy of Jayapataka's report, and I made five copies of it, so I'll send him one. I did it for this reason.
Prabhupada: That's good.
Prabhupada: It doesn't depend on my good or bad health. It is all spiritual news. Spiritually I become very much enlivened.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Prabhupada: All right, don't say now. It will be known automatically.
Prabhupada: Three hundred people coming, newly opened. It is not joke. And he's feeding sumptuously.
Prabhupada: Feeding sumptuously.
Tamala Krsna: Feeding sumptuously. Here's a... This is a thing called the "Bhakta Program Newsletter." Just like you have a saṅkirtana newsletter, this one reports how many new devotees are joining. So the top temple in the world for making new devotees last month was Rome. Second was the Bhaktivedanta Manor. That's where you're going next. Then Sao Paulo, Brazil; then Honolulu, Hawaii; then France, and like that. [temple bells ring]
Prabhupada: Oh.
Tamala Krsna: "The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Parents' Newsletter-ISKCON New York." Put out by Sravanananda's mother. "Ratha-yatra '77 is Coming." It tells all the parents that they should come to Ratha-yatra. Then there's an article, "The Roots of the American Krishna Movement."
Prabhupada: Who has written?
Prabhupada: American [indistinct] is nice.
Tamala Krsna: It says, "The Society's founder is A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He left India at an advanced age aboard the merchant ship Jaladuta with only seven dollars and a trunk containing scriptures he had translated into English. The ship's captain became Srila Prabhupada's friend and purchased the first books distributed in the US. Srila Prabhupada had been instructed by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, his spiritual preceptor, to broadcast Krsna consciousness in the English language. That request was made in 1922. In the years that followed Srila Prabhupada wrote an English commentary on the Bhagavad-gita and started an English magazine in 1944, which he wrote, printed and distributed himself. He arrived in America in September of 1965, and by July of '66 he had formed ISKCON Incorporated. Historically, this corporation is part of the spiritual tradition whose followers preserve the pure teachings of the scriptures such as Vedas, Upanisads and Puranas. The tradition..." He goes on and on. Should I read on?
Prabhupada: Hmm!
Tamala Krsna: Says "The tradition began long, long ago. The message of the scriptures was recorded by Srila Vyasadeva in order to benefit men living in the present age. This historic event is even mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam..." [break]
Pranavdas Gupta: ...calculated is 1st September, 1896. The date is here. See the old calendar of..., that is Samvat 1953.
Prabhupada: Hmm?
Pranavdas Gupta: The Samvat comes... Because when the date is 1896 we have to add fifty-seven years. Suppose when we want to get samvat, then we have to add fifty-seven years. So then we added fifty-seven years it comes 1953. Then he took out the old, very, very old Maharajaji, and I saw that, that he took out that calendar, and pancama, and then he calculated. He saw this. And I told him that "We can look at the date. I don't know exactly what the date is, but just following Janmastami." No. Day I did not disclose. Then he said... Then he saw after Janmastami that's navami. Then he said, "The day is Tuesday." I knew the day is Tuesday. "That's correct." Then what is the date? And he said, "First September." When we look here if it is 1st September then that must be adhika-masa also, because we are getting Janmastami 6th September. That year also it must be adhika-masa. He said yes. Then he saw there were Jyestha, at that time, Jyestha or Asadha. That was adhika-masa He saw in your pancaṅga. Then he prepared all these things. Then he said that according to rasi... "Do you know his name?" I said, "No, name I don't remember," because I am not to disclose anything...
Prabhupada: I'll tell you, therefore, "Let him ask."[?]
Pranavdas Gupta: I did not disclose anything about, even where I have come from, for what..., even not of the temple, I said. And he was not going to prepare this. I'm, "Look here, I am from Govardhana Hotel. Whatever extra you want, I'll pay you, but I want today. You sit down." Then he said, "All right." Then he did. So then he said according to the rasi the name comes to Kamala Narayana. He said that the name comes to Ka. "Maybe it is not Kamala; it may be ka. Yes, according to that ka." Then I asked three questions. The Maharaji asked those three questions. Should I tell those three questions' answers?
Pranavdas Gupta: Then first I want... Because you know these days all sannyasis are going abroad for the preaching. I didn't say anything. I mean he also wants to go just like that people too. Then he said, "This year there is some doubt about him going abroad. But after the next year, '78, he may go. But 1977 I have got doubt about his going, in my mind." Then I said, "Now, how you say about the I.M.H.?"
Pranavdas Gupta: Ah, yes. Within two years he may go abroad.
Pranavdas Gupta: Not just... But he may go. He may go. But not certain that way. About the age I inquired. He said "Look here, up to 7th September... One thing strike me very much, because I think the date of birth comes 7th September."
Pranavdas Gupta: No, he didn't knew that. No, he never calculated this year's birthday. He said up to 7th September, his days are very difficult. And if he crosses 7th September, then up to 92, ten years' period is there. And if he crosses 92, then 102, another ten years. So these are his periods. So this period, to 7th September, is troublesome. "And what troubles he has got?" He said, "He must have complete pain in his body, he must have a stomach pain, and particularly on account of his stomach he has got throughout his body pain." And what he did... Actually, he's a very elderly man. He's from this hill area. So he also... He took a pretty long time, and he just also discussed with me so many things. Then he wanted my date of birth, and when he came to me, "I belong to Govardhana Hotel. I am the proprietor." Then he asked so many things about my how my all... "Look here. Your relation has increased with him, and if he is going, it is just possible you may also accompany him." So many things. So these are the...
Pranavdas Gupta: He has given in this chart. Maharaji, your Sukra is very nice: Venus. Sukra means Venus. And in the seventh place Sukra is very, very... To him this is very good place of Sukra. But on the eleventh house, Rahu, "That has rather forced him to take sannyasa. That has rather forced him to take... But what was he doing before taking sannyasa?" "I actually do not know what he..." Because I had to say like that. "He might be in some good post," he said. "He might be in good post. Then he has taken sannyasa. Was he a married man?" "Yes, he was a married." This I say. "Has he got issues?" "Yes, he has got issues." Then all these calculations. "But his eleventh house, that Rahu, made him like that. But Sukra in the seventh house is very good for him. As regards the others, these are good, but this is the best, the Sukra, the Venus, in the seventh house." So he has given this Janma Lagna and he has also given this Chandra Lagna. These are almost the same as now. But he was impressed that way, seeing all the horoscope. I did not disclose anything. I'm coming from Vrndavana, so he hold that I'm [indistinct].
Tamala Krsna: So now we have one. Now this is one horoscope. Now we make comparison the next two that come in. They're both coming tonight to give reports. Bhakti-prema has returned, and Yasodanandana Maharaja has returned. So after we hear all three, then, if necessary, you can consult a kaviraja. Or everyone may say the same thing. Then we'll know if it's confirmed.
Pranavdas Gupta: You can ask in Bangalore also. They are very expert. Raman, there is one. Because by... [break]
Prabhupada: ...surrounded with Krsna consciousness. That was my great fortune. My father, mother, my relatives, my neighborhood... I had the opportunity of mixing with [indistinct-tape noise]
[break] ....and I questioned, "Here is God," like that.
Prabhupada: Yes. Everywhere... My maternal uncle, they were very... They were not rich. Formerly they were rich, then reduced, but so much devotee. My aunt's house, mother's elder sister, mean this was the society. So all Vaisnavas. Not strictly following the Vaisnava regulation, but still, they were Krsna conscious. Even our maidservants, they were Krsna conscious. They were inviting their guru. They were trying to satisfy them. Used to keep the guru for learning Srimad-Bhagavatam. Such was the atmosphere, even maidservant.
Prabhupada: That was the atmosphere I had the opportunity to get. [pause]
Prabhupada: Very pet child.
Prabhupada: Whatever I shall want, they will supply. I was not a unwanted child for killing.
Tamala Krsna: You told the story that one time, because you were accustomed to liking puris more than capatis and your mother didn't supply you, you ran upstairs and refused to eat. Then your father came home and became very sorry. And he made your mother cook immediately puris for you. Was that one of the sto...?
Prabhupada: Hmm. The name was kept Abhaya. Abhaya means "There is no fear of death of this child." In my maternal uncle's house, because I was born on the Nandotsava, they kept my name Nandadulal.
Prabhupada: Because I was born in Nandotsava day.
Prabhupada: Hmm. In my maternal uncle's house I was called Nandadulal. Nandu.
Tamala Krsna: Nandadulal. It's always very nice for the devotees that we celebrate your appearance day just following Janmastami. Guru and Krsna, both together. Actually, when this book is written properly, I know for a fact that it will actually attract people to join this movement, because I read once a biography of a very bogus person, but I was so much... People become so much impelled or attracted when they hear of a great personality and his activities. It makes them want to link up with such a person. So this book will have preaching effect, no doubt, and it will be filled with philosophy also. [pause]
Prabhupada: How people were happy in those days. A small income, they were satisfied. Nowadays they simply want money. Nobody was unhappy even if he had very small income. He would adjust, and develop Krsna consciousness. These things we have seen. I have seen that even the maidservant, what to speak of gentlemen. Where those days gone? And nobody was hungry. What is this nonsense civilization? Simply want of money and unsatisfied in every step. Especially in the Western countries they're becoming hippie. Why? The training is different.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Because we are accepting Krsna is the Supreme Person, enjoyer, He is the proprietor, we immediately accept this philosophy. Therefore we are getting little peace. Today I am thinking of massaging with oil. What do you think?
Upendra: Well, it's been some days now, huh?
Prabhupada: Hmm?
Prabhupada: It makes the whole body soothing.
Prabhupada: Very encouraging letter. Very encouraging letter. I am very pleased. If our farm project is organized all over the world [indistinct]. [break] [end]
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