Morning Walk, partially recorded – January 21, 1974, Honolulu
|
740121MW.HON
Morning Walk
[Partially Recorded] - January 21, 1974, Honolulu 740121MW-HONOLULU [05:17 Minutes]
Life is meant for purifying the existence
Prabhupada: [japa] ..sinful activities, fishing. Just see. Killing another animal, beginning of life, of the day. Such a nice civilization they have created: waste of time and sinful activities.
Bali-mardana: The more they have extra time, the more they commit sins.
Prabhupada: Yes. [break] ...suddhyed. Life is meant for purifying the existence. They do not know it. Rascal education, no education-still, they are Nobel Prize winner. Just see the kind. Mūḍha. So how many books distributed? Who is a book distributor? Nobody?
Sudama: Yesterday?
Prabhupada: Yes?
Sudama: Ah, I am not sure of the count...
Prabhupada: [aside:] Oh, your child has also come. [laughing]
Hari-Vallabha: Atmarama dasa.
Prabhupada: Oh, that's nice. Eh?
Sudama: I don't know the count for yes..., the day before yesterday.
Bali-mardana: In New York last month we paid, er, the month before, we paid forty-five thousand dollars into the book fund in one month. It's a new record.
Prabhupada: Hmm. Forty-five thousand?
Bali-mardana: In one month.
Prabhupada: Oh. [break] ...distributed with books, from the very beginning.
Bali-mardana: And samosas.
Prabhupada: And samosas, yes. [laughs]
Bali-mardana: One bookseller in New York.
Prabhupada: Yes, Paradise. Paradise?
Bali-mardana: Yes, I think that is it. The woman was telling us.
Prabhupada: Yes. She was very friendly. Mrs. Max Linder. Her husband is the proprietor, and she would call her husband, "Max, why don't you take these books?" like this. She was friendly. And that Mr. Max was first-class businessman. He will extract as much profit as pos... [laughs] Hare Krsna. This sold, practically, in the beginning, they were selling. I was getting some money. There was no other income. Another bookseller, Oriental.
Bali-mardana: Yes, Oriental.
Nitai: Orientalia.
Prabhupada: Orientalia, yes. That lady was secretary of Dr. Mishra. [japa] [to child:] Oh, you cannot walk? That's not good. You must walk. She cannot... [japa] She's walking?
Devotee: Yes.
Prabhupada: [japa] [break]
Bali-mardana: ...the are, he talks real funny, sort of Spanish way?
Prabhupada: I don't know.
Bali-mardana: He's been coming for many, many years. He's a old..., older man.
Prabhupada: Hmm. I don't... [break] ...and their exercise is to keep the body fit. Tapasya means to keep the soul fit. [end]
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/walk/morning-walk-partially/morning-walk-partially-recorded-january-21-1974-honolulu
|