Prabhupāda: Thief, oh, yes. You can reply him . . . (break) Those who are actually serious to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they are welcome.
Akṣayānanda: Pāpī-tāpī jata chilo.
Prabhupāda: Yes. If he's serious to become free from this material world and go back to home, back to . . . you welcome him. We don't make any discrimination. Ābāla-vṛddha-vanitā. Bāla means children, vṛddha means old man, and vanitā means woman. They are most helpless. Ābāla-vṛddha-vanitā. Vanitā. Beginning from the child up to the old man, and . . . but coming here, if they plan for sense gratification, that is very dangerous. Come here, stay with us. We shall somehow or other provide him with prasādam and place. But be advanced. And the simple method is recommended:
- yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyāṁ
- kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe
- bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ
- śoka-moha-bhayāpahā
- (SB 1.7.7)
Very simple thing. Yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyām. Simply hear Bhāgavatam. And actually if anyone seriously reads Bhāgavatam, he'll become saintly, no doubt about it.
Akṣayānanda: Your Bhāgavata. There are no others actually.
Prabhupāda: Vyāsadeva, the words of Vyāsadeva, I am simply trying to explain, that's all.
Akṣayānanda: No one else is trying. No one else has done it.
Prabhupāda: It is due to the blessing of my Guru Mahārāja. He directly told me that "If you get some money, publish some books." I took it seriously, so he's helping me. All our Godbrothers, they didn't take it. Did not know it, neither . . . even they . . . they know it. Because from the very beginning, Guru Mahārāja was serious about publication. He started press and published these books. This Bhāgavata was published by him. And the journal, six journals, he was very much fond of publishing, publication. Very, very. He told me directly that "If it was possible to get the marbles from this Gauḍīya Maṭha and sell it and convert it into books, I would have done it. Because I know there will be blazing fire in this place." (break) . . . books.
Akṣayānanda: Yeah, I know.
Prabhupāda: And by Kṛṣṇa's grace, by selling books we are getting. This is Kṛṣṇa's grace. Otherwise . . . this Bon Mahārāja is so proud of his institution. He could not do this. He could have done it. For the last forty years.