Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I think you also have that firm faith, Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: No, without firm faith there is no beginning of God worship.
Devotee: Niṣṭhā.
Prabhupāda:
- śraddhā śabde viśvāsa sudṛḍha niścaya
- kṛṣṇa bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya
- (CC Madhya 22.62)
Do you not read this?
Jayatīrtha: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Śraddhā, this faith, means so strong faith that one will know it perfectly well that simply by worshiping Kṛṣṇa, everything is there. That is the beginning of faith. Otherwise there is no faith. And without faith there is no beginning. Ādau śraddhā. Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ (CC Madhya 23.14). If you have got that firm faith, then next stage is to live with, to deal with devotees. Then the faith will increase because by seeing their behavior your faith will be increased. Then bhajana-kriyā. (shenai sounds again) Wherefrom this shenai was . . .?
Sudāmā: Vaikuṇṭhanātha temple.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Sudama: Originally he came from the Vaikuṇṭhanātha temple, Calcutta.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He's staying up in that . . .
Bhāvānanda: They're in the front.
Prabhupāda: They are expert in Madras.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, when we went to Nellore, remember, they were greeting you each time with shenai.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Very good.
Pañcadravida: Very expert in South India.
Prabhupāda: You can engage a company, three, four men, for all the year.
Jayapatāka: So they should . . . Before maṅgala ārati they should begin playing.
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes. Yes, in Madras.