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A man has fallen in the dark well, crying. You give him one rope: "Catch it." But he'll not catch. Then how you can deliver? Let him suffer

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"A man has fallen in the dark well, crying. You give him one rope: "Catch it." But he'll not catch. Then how you can deliver? Let him suffer"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: The difficulty is that you can preach nice thing, but they will not accept. Girirāja: Yes. Prabhupāda: Then what can be done? A man has fallen in the dark well, crying. You give him one rope: "Catch it." But he'll not catch. Then how you can deliver? Let him suffer. So he had asked him to go to the municipal . . .? Girirāja: Yes, 3:30 on Monday. These M.P.'s are just here for a few days, and they have very busy schedule. So I have arranged for one man to come tomorrow.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So there's certain stipulations to our taking responsibility for the one hundred million harijanas.

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. We can take them. Why one hundred million? Whole universe we can take. It is Kṛṣṇa . . . method is simple: you have to follow Caitanya Mahāprabhu and speak Bhagavad-gītā. Bās. Where is the difficulty? Why one hundred million? All, whole universe we can take, provided they are prepared. Our business is not difficult. What Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said we have to execute and speak Bhagavad-gītā. Bās. What I am doing? These two things are there. Not at all. But these rascal will not take. They will manufacture their own way of life. That is the . . . that is dog's obstinacy. Therefore Ṛṣabhadeva says, "Don't become hog and dog." Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujām (SB 5.5.1). The difficulty is that you can preach nice thing, but they will not accept.

Girirāja: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Then what can be done? A man has fallen in the dark well, crying. You give him one rope: "Catch it." But he'll not catch. Then how you can deliver? Let him suffer. So he had asked him to go to the municipal . . .?

Girirāja: Yes, 3:30 on Monday. These M.P.'s are just here for a few days, and they have very busy schedule. So I have arranged for one man to come tomorrow.

Page Title:A man has fallen in the dark well, crying. You give him one rope: "Catch it." But he'll not catch. Then how you can deliver? Let him suffer
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-05-28, 12:28:14
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1