Morning Walk – December 25, 1975, Sanand

No, no, he is very nice boy. I have studied. Very good boy, George

Prabhupada: ...naturally.

Devotee: That was [indistinct].

Yasomatinandana: Gradually they will start going around naked.

Prabhupada: No, they have already become. That is already advanced, to become naked. That rascal... What is his name?

Yasomatinandana: Rajneesh.

Prabhupada: No, no. That guru, Beat..., Beatle.

Hamsadūta: Oh, I know.

Prabhupada: Lennon. Yes. He has kept a very big photo, naked, near his fireplace. [chuckles] I was talking with him in his house and saw the photograph. And he is not at all ashamed.

Yasomatinandana: Because most of the gurus that he met, they enjoyed it.

Prabhupada: Long hairs, naked. [indistinct] What is his... Yogurt? No.

Hamsadūta: Yoko. Yoko, his wife.

Prabhupada: Yes. [chuckles] She is great philosopher. She was talking with me like a great philosopher. [break] ...head of the Beatles?

Hamsadūta: Actually, Lennon was.

Prabhupada: He was the head.

Hamsadūta: He was the most outstanding...

Prabhupada: Directing, managing director.

Hamsadūta: Managing type, yes.

Prabhupada: And next, George.

Hamsadūta: No, George was always considered to be in the back, the background man.

Prabhupada: Last prentice. [aside:] Hare Krsna. Jaya. [Hindi]

Hamsadūta: George is also again smoking and drinking.

Prabhupada: Accha?

Hamsadūta: Because he always has to keep that kind of company in order to produce his records.

Prabhupada: No, no, he is very nice boy. I have studied. Very good boy, George. He showed me in Bombay. He came to see me in Bombay.

Hamsadūta: Just recently?

Prabhupada: No, last year.

Hamsadūta: Two years ago.

Prabhupada: He is keeping Jagannatha within his beadbag and chanting.

Hamsadūta: Just before I came to India, Mukunda met him for about two hours. He said he was very friendly, and he would arrange a ninety-nine-year lease for us and give us the right to the [indistinct].

Prabhupada: No, he's always good boy. What is the time now?

Hari-sauri: A quarter to eight.

Yasomatinandana: Sun shines very late, the sun rises.

Prabhupada: Because it is in the west. The sun rises from the east, so from Calcutta to here there must be one hour difference. [end]