Time, place and circumstances (Conversations)

Expressions researched:
"kala, desa, patra" |"time, place" |"the place, the time" |"time, atmosphere, and the performer" |"according to time, according to" |"according to time and place and the party" |"desa kala patra" |"according to circumstances" |"time place and circumstance" |"place and circumstance" |"time and place" |"place, time and the individual" |"desa kala" |"time, circumstances" |"different times" |"place, time" |"time person" |"time persons" |"time circumstance" |"time and circumstance" |"time and circumstances" |"time place circumstance" |"time place circumstances" |"time place and circumstances" |"time, place, and circumstance" |"time, place, circumstance" |"time place or circumstance"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1969 Conversations and Morning Walks

According to time and circumstances... That thing I have described. The fact is fact. Just like when I am describing Kṛṣṇa's līlā—I writing Kṛṣṇa's life—so I cannot give up that portion of His life, when Kṛṣṇa is actually kissing the gopīs in rasa dance.

Discussion with BTG Staff -- December 24, 1969, Boston:

Prabhupāda: The policy should be that the people may not understand gopīs like ordinary girls or like that. You should be careful to present the gopīs. It does not mean that "We shall not utter even the name of gopīs. We have taken vow to boycott the gopīs." No. They are our worshipable devotees. How we can avoid them?

Satsvarūpa: What about writing down "kissing the lips of Kṛṣṇa"?

Prabhupāda: No. That we should avoid. That we should avoid. But that is not abominable. According to time and circumstances... That thing I have described. The fact is fact. Just like when I am describing Kṛṣṇa's līlā—I writing Kṛṣṇa's life—so I cannot give up that portion of His life, when Kṛṣṇa is actually kissing the gopīs in rasa dance.

Satsvarūpa: But that's in the books. Not in the public...

Prabhupāda: Yes. So in such circumstances, of course, we can give. But as far as possible, very cautiously and very rarely we shall present. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's life we see that in public He never discussed about Kṛṣṇa's līlā with the gopīs. That was very confidential discussion amongst His own circle, Rāya Rāmaṇanda, Svarūpa Dāmodara, like that. And He inquired... Even a learned scholar, He discussed about the philosophy, that Sarvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. But when there was a great devotee like Rāmānanda Rāya, He relished gopīs', I mean to say, intimate behavior with Kṛṣṇa. So we should remember this, that public may misunderstand this. Therefore we have to present these things very cautiously, not very openly. They may misunderstand. But so far this article is concerned, that is nicely written. That is quite in order. So this should be published.