He's required to read Bhagavad-gita thoroughly. It is said clearly, "This is a place of misery." Why do you desire to keep yourself in this? That means you do not understand what is spiritual life

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"he's required to read Bhagavad-gītā thoroughly. It is said clearly, "This is a place of misery." Why do you desire to keep yourself in this? That means you do not understand what is spiritual life"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: One who understands Kṛṣṇa consciousness should want to finish the business of material life. Prabhupāda: Yes, therefore he's required to read Bhagavad-gītā thoroughly. It is said clearly, "This is a place of misery." Why do you desire to keep yourself in this? That means you do not understand what is spiritual life. Hari-śauri: Still thinking he's this body. Prabhupāda: Thinking. Thinking, he's under the influence of māyā. Māyā is dictating, "Why you are trying to go away? Come on, here, Santa Monica." (laughter) And when you become detestful, either this Santa Monica or any Monica, "I am not interested," then your spiritual life is.

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Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: One who understands Kṛṣṇa consciousness should want to finish the business of material life.

Prabhupāda: Yes, therefore he's required to read Bhagavad-gītā thoroughly. It is said clearly, "This is a place of misery." Why do you desire to keep yourself in this? That means you do not understand what is spiritual life.

Hari-śauri: Still thinking he's this body.

Prabhupāda: Thinking. Thinking, he's under the influence of māyā. Māyā is dictating, "Why you are trying to go away? Come on, here, Santa Monica." (laughter) And when you become detestful, either this Santa Monica or any Monica, "I am not interested," then your spiritual life is . . .

Jagannātha-suta: Śrīla Prabhupāda, when I was in New York recently to check the color printing of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.2, we were presented with two awards which your books had won for color and design, two awards from the Printing Industries of Metropolitan New York. They gave us big wooden plaques with a certificate of excellence . . .

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Jagannātha-suta: . . . yes, for Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and for Caitanya-caritāmṛta.

Hṛdayānanda: You should show Prabhupāda, bring him those plaques.

Jagannātha-suta: Yes, we have those plaques hanging up in the Press building now.