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He (a medical practitioner) was condemned to death. So after the condemnation, when he was coming out of the courtroom, I saw that he (a big lawyer, Mr. Allston) was flattering, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal." This is going on

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1973 Conversations and Morning Walks

I have seen, one man was condemned to death in Allahabad high court. So the lawyer was assuring, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal. Don't be disappointed." I have seen it. That lawyer was very big lawyer, an Englishman, Mr. Allston. And one man was condemned to death. He killed his servant very mercilessly. And the case was . . . he was a doctor, medical practitioner. So he was condemned to death. So after the condemnation, when he was coming out of the courtroom, I saw that he was flattering, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal." This is going on.

Prabhupāda: I have seen, one man was condemned to death in Allahabad high court. So the lawyer was assuring, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal. Don't be disappointed." I have seen it. That lawyer was very big lawyer, an Englishman, Mr. Allston. And one man was condemned to death. He killed his servant very mercilessly. And the case was . . . he was a doctor, medical practitioner. So he was condemned to death. So after the condemnation, when he was coming out of the courtroom, I saw that he was flattering, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal." This is going on.

He wants to bluff him, but this is the high-court judgment. How there can be appeal? There may be appeal in the Supreme Court, but he is simply bluffing. Just like medical men: they'll repeatedly give you medicine, "All right, let me try this. This pill you try. This pill you try." They will never admit, "This is hopeless." This is going on. Bluffing, simply bluffing. Cheating, that's all.

Kṛṣṇa-kāntī: If they admit they are failures, they'll never get any more grants.

Prabhupāda: You see? All utopian. One platform . . . it is called ākāśa-puṣpa, ākāśa-puṣpa, to get flower from the sky. It is called ākāśa-puṣpa.

Svarūpa Dāmodara: Flower from the sky?

Prabhupāda: Sky. This kind of plan is called ākāśa-puṣpa.

Page Title:He (a medical practitioner) was condemned to death. So after the condemnation, when he was coming out of the courtroom, I saw that he (a big lawyer, Mr. Allston) was flattering, "Don't be disappointed. I shall get you out by appeal." This is going on
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-08-30, 19:51:53.000
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