Room Conversation – July 19, 1973, London

Purchase these houses. Purchase

Prabhupada: ...is taking place. The rascal Darwin says that it is coming from monkey. Why the monkey does not produce a human being? All rascals. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunaḥ [SB 5.18.12]. Simply rascals.

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His name is Neiman?

Pradyumna: Couldn't get his last. Ruby something.

Prabhupada: Ruby, that...

Pradyumna: He is a very nice gentleman. He appreciated Bhagavad-gita. He said right away, very...

Prabhupada: Yes.

Pradyumna: My wife's typing up all your lectures.

Prabhupada: Hmm?

Pradyumna: All your lectures. She has finished L.A. lectures. Now she is typing Mayapur lectures, this lecture, that lecture. She has permanent machine and typewriter and apartment. So she types all during the day, and she minds the child. And then it is in the same apartment.

Prabhupada: Attending class also?

Pradyumna: Oh, yes.

Prabhupada: That's nice.

Pradyumna: They live now across the street, in the temple apartments.

Prabhupada: In our house?

Pradyumna: Yes.

Prabhupada: That's nice.

Pradyumna: Typing.

Prabhupada: Now this house will facilitate our business.

Pradyumna: Oh, yes.

Prabhupada: Just opposite the temple. So round about. Therefore I asked him, "Purchase these houses. Purchase." Never mind. So that is not lost. They were paying rent elsewhere. They can pay here. We get our permanent tenants.

Pradyumna: Yes. All children live there, too. It is very nice.

Prabhupada: So these houses. Now we have got four or five houses. Two houses of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and three houses of M.V. Trust.

Pradyumna: It will be a city. It's so nice, all the children live there together. Then next door there is Baladeva, that little boy with red hair. Aniruddha, he is blond hair, and another boy with red hair, he is next door, his best friend. They always play, all boys, children.

Prabhupada: Hmm. And in the front house, there is ample space back there for children's play. This will facilitate. Very nice. And then one house after, there is another house.

Pradyumna: Yes, up on the street, on our side of street.

Prabhupada: Hmm. Watseka. And that is Venice. On Venice we have got two house. The real estate men, they think of us very, very rich [laughs], after purchasing these houses. Here also, we can have very nice colony in this village. Yes. There are so many land; houses are for sale. If we can organize. Now you utilize these lands for growing fruit, flower, anything, whatever you can grow. But utilize this land. It doesn't matter what you would grow. Anything. Who will be in charge?

Devotee: Bhaja Hari.

Prabhupada: Bhaja Hari. Where is he?

Devotee: He is in his office downstairs.

Prabhupada: Call him.

Devotee: Now. Right away. His Divine Grace, Hare Krsna.

Pradyumna: Orchards.

Prabhupada: He has come, Syamasundara?

Pradyumna: Syamasundara is here.

Devotee: I will get.

Prabhupada: Get him also.

Pradyumna: What time is it now?

Srutakirti: About nine-thirty. The lady left her coat.

Prabhupada: Hmm?

Pradyumna: The lady left her coat. Maybe she is still here.

Devotee (2): She's still downstairs.

Prabhupada: Alright. [end]