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<div class="heading">We can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything. That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good because the payment means he is serving the money. He is not serving the cause.
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Guest (4): I would like to live with you and tour with you.


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Prabhupāda: So why not come and live and tour with me? Who forbids you? But it is not possible to pay anything for your family expenditure. That is difficulty. We cannot pay anything, but you can live with your family. That responsibility you can take. But I cannot pay you. That's not possible. Because we are maintaining by collecting alms. In that case it is not possible to pay something.


== Conversations and Morning Walks ==
There is . . . it is selling all over Europe. (Hindi: Yes, there is Hindi also. Now I don’t have . . . (indistinct) . . .)


=== 1970 Conversations and Morning Walks ===
Guest (4): Mahārāja, could you employ me in some kind of . . . in your publishing?


'''We can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything. That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good because the payment means he is serving the money. He is not serving the cause'''
Prabhupāda: Yes, employ, I can employ in any way. But there is no payment.


<span class="CON-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- December 12, 1970, Indore|Room Conversation -- December 12, 1970, Indore]]:'''
Guest (4): I am M.A. in English, M.A. in Hindi. I am trying to devote myself to this work . . .
Prabhupāda: So you can inquire from me. In my presence, you can inquire from me. Because, after all, they are my students, they may not be able to reply thoroughly. So if you have got any inquiries you can ask from me.


Guest (4): Yes. Yes. Mahārāja, I am a teacher of Sanskrit and English in one of the higher secondary schools here and I am very much interested...
Prabhupāda: So please come.


Prabhupāda: So you join us. Simply lip sympathy will not do. Just like these boys and girls, they have joined wholeheartedly. So I do not find any Indians.
Guest (4): But for my family liabilities . . .


Guest (4): I am ready to join but for my family liabilities. Is there is some...?
Prabhupāda: What amount you want for your family, minimum?


Prabhupāda: So you can join. You are family man, so it is not that we have no family men. We have got many family men. Now, they are all family. These girls, they have got a husband. And some of them, they are living separately. Just like one of my students, Professor Howard Wheeler. He is married man. He is living separately. Not separately. He is also conducting our, one establishment, New Vrindaban. So it is not that one has to live with us. He can live separately also, but his whole life is dedicated to Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted.
Guest (4): Five hundred a month.


Guest (4): I would like to live with you and tour with you.
Prabhupāda: That is not possible. Yes, you require five hundred. I know that. That is not much. To maintain a family nowadays, five hundred rupees is not much, but where is the money? How can I pay?


Prabhupāda: So why not come and live and tour with me? Who forbids you? But it is not possible to pay anything for your family expenditure. That is difficulty. We cannot pay anything but you can live with your family. That responsibility you can take. But I cannot pay you. That's not possible. Because we are maintaining by collecting alms. In that case it is not possible to pay something. There is... [break] It is selling all over Europe. (Hindi)
Guest (4): (chuckles) I would be a very good asset to your publications work.


Guest (4): Mahārāja, could you employ me in some...?
Prabhupāda: That I know. You are qualified, educated boy. You can do it. But one thing I can do, that you can live with your family, just like they are living. That I can arrange. And whatever food we can provide you have to accept. We can . . . we can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything.


Prabhupāda: Yes, employ, I can employ in any way. But there is no payment.
That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good, because the payment means he is serving the money; he is not serving the cause.


Guest (4): I am M.A. in English, M.A. in Hindi. I am trying to devote myself to this work...
Devotee: (indistinct) . . . (tape of ''kīrtana'' plays for a second)


Prabhupāda: So please come.
Guest (4): His old mother listens to these chantings. (break) . . . (indistinct)


Guest (4): But for my family liabilities...
Prabhupāda: No, no. He has appeared to establish ''dharma''. So what is the ''dharma'' according . . .
 
Prabhupāda: What amount you want for your family, minimum?
 
Guest (4): Five hundred a month.


Prabhupāda: That is not possible. Yes, you require five hundred. I know that. That is not much. To maintain a family nowadays five hundred rupees is not much but where is the money? How can I pay you?
Guest (4): ''Śāstra-dharma''. ''Śāstra'' means ''Ārya-samājī-pratiṣṭhā'' . . .


Guest (4): I would be a very good asset to your publications work.
Prabhupāda: So what is that ''śāstra veda dharma''?


Prabhupāda: That I know. You are qualified, educated boy. You can do it. But one thing I can do, that you can live with your family just like they are living. That I can arrange. And whatever food we can provide you have to accept. We can... We can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything. That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good because the payment means he is serving the money. He is not serving the cause.
Guest (4): Vedic ''dharma''.
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1970 Conversations and Morning Walks

We can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything. That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good because the payment means he is serving the money. He is not serving the cause.


Room Conversation -- December 12, 1970, Indore:

Guest (4): I would like to live with you and tour with you.

Prabhupāda: So why not come and live and tour with me? Who forbids you? But it is not possible to pay anything for your family expenditure. That is difficulty. We cannot pay anything, but you can live with your family. That responsibility you can take. But I cannot pay you. That's not possible. Because we are maintaining by collecting alms. In that case it is not possible to pay something.

There is . . . it is selling all over Europe. (Hindi: Yes, there is Hindi also. Now I don’t have . . . (indistinct) . . .)

Guest (4): Mahārāja, could you employ me in some kind of . . . in your publishing?

Prabhupāda: Yes, employ, I can employ in any way. But there is no payment.

Guest (4): I am M.A. in English, M.A. in Hindi. I am trying to devote myself to this work . . .

Prabhupāda: So please come.

Guest (4): But for my family liabilities . . .

Prabhupāda: What amount you want for your family, minimum?

Guest (4): Five hundred a month.

Prabhupāda: That is not possible. Yes, you require five hundred. I know that. That is not much. To maintain a family nowadays, five hundred rupees is not much, but where is the money? How can I pay?

Guest (4): (chuckles) I would be a very good asset to your publications work.

Prabhupāda: That I know. You are qualified, educated boy. You can do it. But one thing I can do, that you can live with your family, just like they are living. That I can arrange. And whatever food we can provide you have to accept. We can . . . we can arrange for the education of your children also, everything. But we cannot pay anything.

That is not possible. We can take charge of the husband and wife. We can take charge of your children. But it is not possible to pay. And besides that, when there is question of payment the service is not good, because the payment means he is serving the money; he is not serving the cause.

Devotee: (indistinct) . . . (tape of kīrtana plays for a second)

Guest (4): His old mother listens to these chantings. (break) . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: No, no. He has appeared to establish dharma. So what is the dharma according . . .

Guest (4): Śāstra-dharma. Śāstra means Ārya-samājī-pratiṣṭhā . . .

Prabhupāda: So what is that śāstra veda dharma?

Guest (4): Vedic dharma.