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| [[Category:I Am (Prabhupada)]] | | [[Category:I Am (Prabhupada)]] |
| [[Category:Praying]] | | [[Category:I Pray (Prabhupada)]] |
| [[Category:Everyone]] | | [[Category:Everyone]] |
| [[Category:That Is]] | | [[Category:That Is]] |
| [[Category:Business]] | | [[Category:My Business (Prabhupada)]] |
| [[Category:Otherwise]] | | [[Category:Otherwise]] |
| [[Category:Why]] | | [[Category:Why]] |
| [[Category:I Have (Prabhupada)]] | | [[Category:I Have Come (Prabhupada)]] |
| [[Category:Come Here]] | | [[Category:Come Here]] |
| | [[Category:Questions Posed by Srila Prabhupada]] |
| | [[Category:Prabhupada Journeys to the West]] |
| | [[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - Room Conversations, 1966 - 1977]] |
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| | [[Category:Prabhupada Speaks - in USA, Philadelphia]] |
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| <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> | | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">I am praying for everyone. That is my business. Otherwise why I have come here? | | <div class="heading">I am praying for everyone. That is my business. Otherwise why I have come here? |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia|Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Sandy Nixon: If you... May I ask one question more? I would like you to tell us that I can put in our article here if you have one sentence, one paragraph, that you would like to say to the world, (laughter) what would you say?</p> | | |
| <p>Jayatīrtha: She wants to put a message to the world.</p>
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| <p>Sandy Nixon: In capsule.</p>
| | <mp3player>https://vanipedia.s3.amazonaws.com/clip/750713R2-PHILADELPHIA_clip.mp3</mp3player> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: So? What I have to do? (laughter)</p>
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia|Room Conversation with writer, Sandy Nixon -- July 13, 1975, Philadelphia]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> |
| <p>Jayatīrtha: I think she wants you to say, "Please chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and your life will become sublime."</p>
| | Sandy Nixon: If you . . . may I ask one question more? I would like you to tell us, that I can put in our article here, if you have one sentence, one paragraph that you would like to say to the world, (laughter) what would you say? |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. That I am saying always. Without any price. I don't charge, "You give me so many dollars. Then I shall give you."</p>
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| <p>Jayatīrtha: So do any of the other guests have any questions?</p>
| | Jayatīrtha: She wants to put a message to the world. |
| <p>Guest: I would like to ask, Swami, would you pray for me?</p>
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| <p>Jayatīrtha: He wants you to pray for him.</p>
| | Sandy Nixon: In capsule. |
| <p>Prabhupāda: I am praying for everyone. That is my business. Otherwise why I have come here?</p>
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| <p>Jayatīrtha: Are there any other questions from anybody, guest or devotee?</p>
| | Prabhupāda: So? What I have to do? (laughter) |
| <p>Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, how does one become humble and remain humble?</p>
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| <p>Jayatīrtha: How to become humble and remain humble. Same question one devotee asked you in Chicago.</p>
| | Jayatīrtha: I think she wants you to say: "Please chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and your life will become sublime." |
| <p>Prabhupāda: So you explain.</p>
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| <p>Jayatīrtha: He said you can become humble by becoming aggressive for Kṛṣṇa. (laughter) One girl was asking that "When we are doing saṅkīrtana, I must be very aggressive, but when I come to the temple, then I'm supposed to be very humble." Prabhupāda's answer was...</p>
| | Prabhupāda: Yes. That I am saying always. Without any price. I don't charge, "You give me so many dollars. Then I shall give you." |
| <p>Prabhupāda: "A lamb at home, a lion in the chase." (laughter) When you are chasing, you must be a lion. (laughter) But when you come home, you do not try to chase the devotees. (laughter)</p>
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| <p>Guest: Swami, what about those who practice one of the other religions in...?</p>
| | Jayatīrtha: So do any of the other guests have any questions? |
| <p>Prabhupāda: There is no other religion. I have repeatedly said. Religion is to abide by the orders of God. Nobody knows what is God, and nobody knows what is the order of God. Or even if one knows, he does not carry it. So how there can be religion? If you abide by the state laws, then you are lawful, but if you do not abide by the state laws, how you can become lawful? If you violate the laws, how you can become lawful? If you follow religion, then you must follow strictly the religious principles. And if you have no business to follow the religious principles, how you can become religious? Is it possible?</p>
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| <p>Guest: I understand what you're saying. You're saying you cannot do practices and commit sin, right?</p>
| | Guest: I would like to ask, Swami, would you pray for me? |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. There are, in every religion, there are principles. If you don't follow them, then how you become religious? Therefore this is my question. So nobody is following religious principles at the present moment. Therefore practically there is no religion. Everything is finished. We are trying to revive. If you follow religious principle, then it doesn't matter whether you are Christian or Mohammedan or Hindu or Buddha. Then you are religious. But if you do not follow any religious principle, then how you become religious?</p>
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| | Jayatīrtha: He wants you to pray for him. |
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| | Prabhupāda: I am praying for everyone. That is my business. Otherwise why I have come here? |
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| | Jayatīrtha: Are there any other questions from anybody, guest or devotee? |
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| | Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, how does one become humble and remain humble? |
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| | Jayatīrtha: How to become humble and remain humble? Same question one devotee asked you in Chicago. |
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| | Prabhupāda: So you explain. |
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| | Jayatīrtha: He said you can become humble by becoming aggressive for Kṛṣṇa. (laughter) One girl was asking that "When we are doing ''saṅkīrtana'', I must be very aggressive, but when I come to the temple, then I'm supposed to be very humble." Prabhupāda's answer was . . . |
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| | Prabhupāda: "A lamb at home, a lion in the chase." (laughter) When you are chasing, you must be a lion. (laughter) But when you come home, you do not try to chase the devotees. (laughter) |
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| | Guest: Swami, what about those who practice one of the other religions in . . .? |
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| | Prabhupāda: There is no other religion. I have repeatedly said. Religion is to abide by the orders of God. Nobody knows what is God, and nobody knows what is the order of God. Or even if one knows, he does not carry it. So how there can be religion? If you abide by the state laws, then you are lawful, but if you do not abide by the state laws, how you can become lawful? If you violate the laws, how you can become lawful? If you follow religion, then you must follow strictly the religious principles. And if you have no business to follow the religious principles, how you can become religious? Is it possible? |
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| | Guest: I understand what you're saying. You're saying you cannot do practices and commit sin, right? |
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| | Prabhupāda: Yes. There are, in every religion, there are principles. If you don't follow them, then how you become religious? Therefore this is my question. So nobody is following religious principles at the present moment. Therefore practically there is no religion. Everything is finished. We are trying to revive. If you follow religious principle, then it doesn't matter whether you are Christian or Muhammadan or Hindu or Buddha. Then you are religious. But if you do not follow any religious principle, then how you become religious?</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
