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Oh. Crosswords are gambling?

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Yes.
Room Conversation -- August 22, 1976, Hyderabad:

Maṇihāra: This is the noon paper published...

Prabhupāda: "Explosion." Mahāṁśa Swami is continuing this.

Prabhā Viṣṇu: Yes.

Prabhupāda: It looks nice.

Prabhā Viṣṇu: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Buddhi-yogaṁ dadāmi tam. As soon as we decide to work for Kṛṣṇa very sincere. What is this Kṛṣṇa crossword? This is gambling.

Gargamuni: Kṛṣṇa crossword puzzle.

Hari-śauri: Oh. Crosswords are gambling?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Maṇihāra: Gambling?

Prabhupāda: Is it not gambling?

Hari-śauri: They give clues and it's to make you think.

Maṇihāra: They give a clue. They say...

Prabhupāda: But there is prize.

Maṇihāra: No, I don't think there is prize.

Gargamuni: There is in the other newspapers. Maybe not in this. But they do offer prize. You send in, then they choose prize.

Prabhupāda: So they work, originally it began for prize. (laughs) Otherwise, these karmīs, why they shall waste their time? They wanted some prize.

Hari-śauri: Sometimes they print their names in the next issue. "The last week's winner was..."

Prabhupāda: "Winner." That means prize.

Maṇihāra: There's no mention of any reward. Just...

Prabhupāda: Anything of these four prohibited regulations should not do. Yatra pāpaś catur-vidhā, four kinds of pāpa—sinful activities. From the very beginning, because I introduced this, no catur-vidhā, four kinds of pāpa. Therefore our Society is now so respected. From the very beginning we are following to keep these principles in forefront. This is appreciated by anyone. Even he is himself a debauch, he'll appreciate. It is so nice thing. A person may be a big drunkard, but he'll never like to see his son drunkard. That is natural.

Page Title:Oh. Crosswords are gambling?
Compiler:SunitaS, Rishab
Created:16 of Aug, 2011
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