Prabhupāda: So if they chant the holy name of God, there is no loss. At least there is no loss.
Justin Murphy: No, certainly. Oh, well, we've established that, sure.
Prabhupāda: So why not begin this? There is no loss. You are not losing anything. Suppose if you chant the holy name of God . . .
Justin Murphy: Why do we still have problems?
Prabhupāda: . . . as a geographer. Your salary is not decreased. So there is no . . .
Justin Murphy: Certainly not, no. But why is there . . .? If people are, in their own way, then, chanting to their God, why . . .
Prabhupāda: No, no . . . ultimately, you require sufficient supply of water to grow your food, vegetables. Or even if you are animal-eater, to maintain your animals you require sufficient water. And that is recommended, that yajñād bhavati parjanyaḥ (BG 3.14). And the yajña is very simple—chanting the holy name of the Lord. So why not introduce that every home, every factory, every community, every place, they should sit down at least for half an hour and chant the holy name of the Lord?
Justin Murphy: Could I ask you very simply? If . . . you suggest this. If we all do this, will that, for example, remove the problems that we do . . . that our society, at any rate, at any guess, generates for ourself? We have more and more pollution. Depending on the way the wind blows, for example, we get at times choking pollution from the industrial complexes down to the south of this city. Are these problems going to be . . .
Prabhupāda: No, no, the next question will be, "If you get sufficient grain for eating, why should you take to industry?"
Justin Murphy: To make money, very simply.
Prabhupāda: Then what for, money? Money means you require the necessities of life. So . . .