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Say that all the ten thousand devotees, each of them is a moon, not a star

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Say that all the ten thousand devotees, each of them is a moon, not a star.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Recently, in New York, my parents came to visit me. You know they... Actually, they didn't come to see me, they came to the restaurant, but I happened to be there. (Prabhupāda laughs) So, ah, they related a very unusual incident that one of their friends is a lawyer in New York. So they were having dinner with him the other day, and he mentioned that recently he had gone to Las Vegas for a vacation. In Las Vegas there are many gambling casinos. So when he was about to depart on the plane, one of his friends gave him a five dollar bill and told him that "In order that your gambling should be fortunate, the first good person you see there, you give this five dollar bill to him, and it will automatically bring you good luck." So the man went to Las Vegas, and when he got out at the airport, one of our devotees approached him. And this gentleman happens to be a lawyer who's fighting against us to keep us out of the New York airport. He's representing the airline company. So he didn't know it was one of our devotees because they were in the regular clothes, civilian clothes. So our devotee said, "Please, we're doing good work, educating people, you kindly give a donation." So the man thought: "Well, my friend gave me this," he gave him five dollars, and naturally, the devotee gave him a book. So the man didn't look at it, but he went into the taxi, the lawyer, and then when he looked he realized (laughter) he was supporting the enemy. And another incident they related is that they go on vacation to South America. So they were in the Amazon, in the jungle, in the Amazon...

Hṛdayānanda: Oh, I heard this when I...

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...and they, right in the middle of the jungle, suddenly the devotees were there. (laughter) Hṛdayānanda's men were there preaching, and they said they could not imagine that they were in this most unusual place, no one was around, but suddenly Hare Kṛṣṇa devotees appeared. (laughter)

Hṛdayānanda: They told me they met Tamāla Kṛṣṇa's mother.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.

Rādhā-vallabha: If he gets a book in an unusual place, they always say, "You people are everywhere."

Rāmeśvara: When we tell the public that we only have maybe ten thousand devotees, they are very surprised that there are so few Hare Kṛṣṇa devotees, because they see us everywhere.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Therefore we're the most enthusiastic missionaries in the world. (break)

Prabhupāda: ...say that all the ten thousand devotees, each of them is a moon, not a star.

Devotees: Jaya!

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And you are the sun, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We are just reflecting your light. (break)

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: ...do the work of many stars.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. Ekaś candras tamo hanti (Cāṇakya Paṇḍita). Stars, they cannot do anything; they simply glitter, that's all. Glowworms.

Page Title:Say that all the ten thousand devotees, each of them is a moon, not a star
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:2015-01-17, 09:00:45
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