People think that "These Kṛṣṇa conscious men, Hare Kṛṣṇa people, they are escaping." What is that, escaping? We are not escaping. We are practically taking the real activities. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate (BG 9.59). Although people see that we do not work, we do not go to the factory, we do not to the mine, we do not go to the so many, so many things, or professional. We do not become lawyer, engineer. They say that we are escaping. No. You see we are always busy, twenty-four hours busy. I am old man of eighty years; still, I am busy. I am traveling all over the world, writing book at night, talking with visitors, and so many things. You can see. So where we are escaping? We are the most responsible worker. So the... What is the difference? The difference is all people are engaged for sense gratification. We are engaged for satisfying Kṛṣṇa. But activities are there.
I write in the night
Expressions researched:
"I write in the night"
|"night"
|"write"
|"writing"
Notes from the compiler:
Vedabase query: "writ* night"@20
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
I am traveling all over the world, writing book at night, talking with visitors, and so many things.
Lecture on BG 7.2 -- London, March 10, 1975: Do you mean to say I am writing these books whole night for selling and making money? What do you think like that?
Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974: Sudāmā: She wants to know actually that should they just have the chanting without reading your books or without instruction or following the program.
Prabhupāda: But that chanting must be pure. Your guru is writing books. If you think, "There is no necessity of reading books," that is guror avajñā. Do you means to say I am writing these books whole night for selling and making money? What do you think like that?
Page Title: | I write in the night |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | 19 of May, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=4, Con=12, Let=2 |
No. of Quotes: | 18 |