Lt. Mozee: Sir, isn't the difficulty, rather, that the group of, I want to call them, hard-core group, the priests, the devotees, the followers, the little circle of people, have always been the ones that have followed the practices, but the fringe... Assume for example that Hare Kṛṣṇa grew to gigantic proportions as Christianity has grown. Would not it be the problem that the fringe areas, the ones who were not, who professed to be the followers... Would not they be the difficulty as the Christian is today? You have said that you...
Prabhupāda: Yes, that possibility is always there. But my proposal is that if you are not true Christian, then your preaching will not be effective. I don't say that now we are strictly following and we will not fall down in future. I don't say that. That fall down propensity, tendency is always there. But my proposal is that unless one is strictly follower of the principles, his preaching will not be effective. That is my charge.Fall down propensity, tendency is always there
Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
I don't say that now we are strictly following and we will not fall down in future. I don't say that. That fall down propensity, tendency is always there.
Room Conversation with Lt. Mozee, Policeman -- July 5, 1975, Chicago:
Page Title: | Fall down propensity, tendency is always there |
Compiler: | Laksmipriya |
Created: | 26 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |