Prabhupāda: If you become nice devotee, everything will be improved. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ (BG 18.55). The more you increase your devotional service, everything will be increased. Who expected such temple here? You wanted from me fourteen lakhs. I had no fourteen hundred even. With so much difficulty we collected the money. Bali-mardana sent from New York, ten lakhs. Girirāja, you were from the very beginning, no? At that time you were in Calcutta.
Girirāja: I came after about two weeks.
Prabhupāda: Our Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja, he refused to take charge, Madhudviṣa. I was little hopeless. And Brahmānanda encouraged me. "I will do." And then silent. "Give him fifty dollars. Give him fifty dollars." And his policy was that where he will get this money? He is beggar. Fourteen lakhs? Whatever one, two lakhs he gives, that's all. I told him friendly that "I have no so much money. Immediately I can collect four lakhs. I shall give you two lakhs against your money, and two lakhs I shall spend for construction. Of course, within three years I shall fill up." He thought that whatever two lakh, one lakh comes, he will not be able to... That was his... I knew that I had no money, but I never thought that "I shall not be able to do." That I was confident. So it's a great history. So many things happened. It is all Rādhā-Rāsavihārī's līlā. Otherwise it is... Now next program, your: make a strong party and you travel extensively all over the world, amongst the scientists, and whatever amount is required, I shall spend. What do you expect monthly expenditure will be without any difficulty, a whole party? How many you want to travel?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: To start with, three of us should travel. Three scientists can travel together, and if it is necessary...
Prabhupāda: You are recruiting other scientists also?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Supposing you were recruiting, how many would you make ideally at...
Prabhupāda: And here is one philosopher also. He knows perfectly well English, Sanskrit, Vedas. Where is he? I don't find him.
Dhanañjaya: Prem Yogi.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: He is in his room.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: About five will be ideal. The biggest group will be too expensive, and sometimes...
Prabhupāda: No, make five.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes, five.
Prabhupāda: Recruit two others and make it at least five, and travel all over the world. All institutions, all universities, all scientists. If you have got commodity, deliver. It is not a bluff, gold manufacturing. It is not that. Actual fact. That day, your presentation was very nice. Any scientist will be convinced by such presentation, learned speeches. So now at least five men, and estimate what will be the expenditure. I shall arrange. Don't worry.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: I will submit that at the time of opening our this temple, and we will make...
Prabhupāda: For expenditure there is no worry. What will be the rough expenditure?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: It will depend on what part of the world we are traveling.
Prabhupāda: You travel all over the world. Why part of the world? We are not preaching part. Pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma. We are concerned. Nothing shall be left over.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Mahārāja can give us some hints about travel, some experience in traveling.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Maybe ten thousand dollars.
Prabhupāda: Sanctioned. I will give you ten thousand. Do it.
Devotee: A year?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: A month.
Prabhupāda: Ten thousand dollars means one lakh of rupees. So we shall save from that luxury department. And this is solid work, yes. It must be done. Without any hesitation, without any impediment. That will increase our prestige of the movement. And go in good dress because people...
Svarūpa Dāmodara: In suits.
Prabhupāda: In suit, yes. You get first dress, then address. (laughter) But tilaka must be there. You dress like up-to-date gentlemen, but tilaka must be there. That is our trademark.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Some hair for him is all right? Little bit of hair.
Prabhupāda: I don't think hair is required. Nowadays many gentlemen shaven.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Shaved head.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Many gentlemen. I have seen many Russian scholars and politicians, they shave clean.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: There is a very big American actor who always has a shaved head.
Prabhupāda: That is now fashion, shaved head. But if you think it is impediment, you can have hair.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: In India it is all right, but in the West, especially in the United States...
Prabhupāda: Then you keep hair. I have no objection. That should not be an impediment. Whichever you... But tilaka is objectionable?
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Oh, no. Tilaka we can always have.
Prabhupāda: That's nice. Then it is all right. You belong to Hare Kṛṣṇa. That should be there. That cannot be...
Svarūpa Dāmodara: I would use tilaka many times when I was doing my thesis, also like this, but in giving lectures, especially amongst the scientists, sometimes if we come with head shaved, sometimes they think it very strange. We can do it when...
Prabhupāda: No, no, no. Don't disturb them, that "These are strange people." No, we don't want that. But we must have our position. Tilaka is our position. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's stricture. You will not see one face if there is no tilaka. He used to say it is cremation ground. Yes, without tilaka. Pasanta mukha.(?) Tilaka must be there. And so far dress is concerned, you can dress up to the taste of the modern people. So what is your breakfast time here?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Nine o'clock.
Prabhupāda: Nine o'clock?
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.
Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Thank you very much. Jaya. (end)