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But nobody can sit idly. That is the point. If one is engaged in making for flower garland, all right, you may not take him. It is not compulsory for you

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"But nobody can sit idly. That is the point. If one is engaged in making for flower garland, all right, you may not take him. It is not compulsory for you"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

But nobody can sit idly. That is the point. If one is engaged in making for flower garland, all right, you may not take him. It is not compulsory for you.


Haṁsadūta: But, actually . . .

Prabhupāda: It is not very compulsory. Take it.

Haṁsadūta: But if we want to have a twenty-four-hour kīrtana, I was speaking . . .

Prabhupāda: If that is not available, not possible, don't be very serious. But these things must be done.

Haṁsadūta: Yes. It's just that I want to comply with all your desires.

Prabhupāda: That may be taken as voluntarily. But nobody can sit idly. That is the point. If one is engaged in making for flower garland, all right, you may not take him. It is not compulsory for you. The twenty-four-hours kīrtana may . . . suppose if we haven't got sufficient men, it is not possible. It is required if there is sufficient men and they are not . . . we must see that they are not wasting uselessly time. That is the . . . if they are engaged in some business, there is no compulsory that he has to go and chant. But these things are . . .

Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau. That is compulsory. It must be done by you or me or . . . it must be done early in the morning. Whole temple should be . . . there is sufficient water supply in the pipe. Simply it takes half an hour. It is neglected. I see the temple is not washed. There's so much dust.

Akṣayānanda: We used to wash it three times a day.

Page Title:But nobody can sit idly. That is the point. If one is engaged in making for flower garland, all right, you may not take him. It is not compulsory for you
Compiler:Ratnavali
Created:2015-12-28, 14:42:14
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1