Devotee: 33: "If however you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter [Bg. 2.33]."
Prabhupāda: And on the other hand, if you don't fight, then... You are known as a great warrior, a great soldier. If you go away, people will say against your reputation: "Oh, Arjuna has become a coward. He has fled away from the fight." So it is better to die than to have bad reputation. That is another argument.Bad reputation
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1972 Conversations and Morning Walks
Ambassador: It's a lovely little girl, and so well behaved. She must have already had a part of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Our little girls at that age don't behave so well, usually. But she is so quiet and sweet.
Śyāmasundara: Her only education has been from Prabhupāda.
Ambassador and Guest: Really!
Śyāmasundara: Completely. She doesn't know anything but Kṛṣṇa and...
Mrs. Keating: Really.
Ambassador: How old is she?
Śyāmasundara: Three.
Ambassador: Three.
Mrs. Keating: But she doesn't tell me her name. (child giggles)
Prabhupāda: This is bad reputation.
Śyāmasundara: Why don't you chant for her?
Ambassador: Could you chant?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. She can chant. Sarasvatī prabhu, chant little.
Śyāmasundara: Swamiji wants you to chant.
Prabhupāda: Come on, come here. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on.
Mrs. Keating: She's shy, like all children.
Prabhupāda: She dances very nice, chants very nice. And very rhythmically.
Mrs. Keating: Really?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.1977 Conversations and Morning Walks
Girirāja: I thought he was improving. Well, the construction is, you know, going at the same rate. I spoke to the marble... There's two marble contractors. The one who's doing the floor, he's going very quickly. All the guestrooms are finished and half of the bathrooms are finished. The temple room is mostly finished. Main problem is the columns and arches. And it seems that that contractor has a bad reputation for taking money and then wasting time.
Prabhupāda: Oh. He has taken money?
Girirāja: It seems he has taken lot of money.
Prabhupāda: Oh.
Girirāja: On the plea that he needed it to get the work going. So, er...
Prabhupāda: The same thing was done in Māyāpura. These cheaters, they take advance money, and then they do...
Dr. Patel: The contractor of mine also did the same thing in my house. Give them advance... (Hindi) That's it.
Prabhupāda: Then, what to do?Hari-śauri: Vṛndāvana is well enough advertised now that the guesthouse should be full all the time, but it's not full.
Prabhupāda: The thing is, it is guesthouse, and once it is advertised that the food is not good, nobody comes.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: First impression is the lasting impression. If one time a man comes and it is not good, he will never return.
Prabhupāda: Then in Bombay we shall be very careful.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very careful. Only the best cooks.
Prabhupāda: Not best cook. The best cook is available. Management is not good.
Hari-śauri: We need a very expert manager for that guesthouse.
Prabhupāda: And in Bombay-before we get bad name—then it is lost.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Everything has to be set up beforehand perfectly.
Prabhupāda: If required, we shall appoint professional man and keep everything very vigilant; things are going. Otherwise, once bad reputation—finished, so much attempt.Correspondence
1972 Correspondence
Page Title: | Bad reputation |
Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas |
Created: | 30 of Jul, 2009 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=3, Let=2 |
No. of Quotes: | 7 |