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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1972 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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There is a story. Do you know it? Do you know? The crow imitated a peacock. He got some tail feathers and put, (laughter) holding his head up, and began to… So that is imitation. But if guru-vaiṣṇava blesses, even a crow can become a peacock. That is the... There is vast ocean of difference between peacock and crow. Still, by guru-vaiṣṇava, a crow can become a peacock.
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[[Vanisource:720526 - Conversation - Los Angeles|720526 - Conversation - Los Angeles]]
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Prabhupāda: …the crow and a peacock dance. Kāka-moya(?). There is a story. Do you know it? Do you know? The crow imitated a peacock. He got some tail feathers and put, (laughter) holding his head up, and began to… So that is imitation.

But if guru-vaiṣṇava blesses, even a crow can become a peacock. That is the... There is vast ocean of difference between peacock and crow. Still, by guru-vaiṣṇava, a crow can become a peacock.

Śyāmasundara: The other day I was hearing a tape, a philosophy tape, of you telling a story about a man who sawed himself off a limb.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Śyāmasundara: He cut himself off the limb. The sages said, "Oh, you are such a great fool, you should marry the queen."

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Śyāmasundara: But I forgot the end part. After Sarasvatī, Goddess Sarasvatī, gave him knowledge, then what happened? I can’t remember.

Prabhupāda: Then he is coming back.

Śyāmasundara: After he was given knowledge... Then how does the story go?

Prabhupāda: Then he returned to his wife. So he was knocking door. The wife was very, very sorry, that "My husband is such a fool." And he began to write. Asti-vada viśeṣa(?). Asti-kaścid vāda viśeṣa(?). The wife was very great Sanskrit scholar. (indistinct). "Yes. I will write book." Then he began to write. She was very happy.
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