Prabhupāda: We cannot understand what is the position of this land acquisition. They'll remain silent?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There's some political thing behind it. That's sure.
Prabhupāda: The political was Ramakrishna Mission and Tīrtha Mahārāja.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Really? Ramakrishna Mission. Envious. Even though they're not near here, still they can understand how prominent we would become.
Prabhupāda: We have already become more than, more important than.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Tīrtha Mahārāja's brother is active now?
Prabhupāda: What...? Rejected. I think of them, dead. They may think themselves that they very full of life, but I think they are dead. What is the use of fighting with the dead body? Dead horse and what is the use of whipping? A dead horse will rise up by whipping?
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, "Beating the dead horse." There's a saying.
Prabhupāda: I think all of them are dead.
Hari-śauri: Yes, they're not doing anything. They've retired. They built their own little place, and now they're retired.
Prabhupāda: There is no activity throughout the whole world, er, whole year. Only they come during the festival.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They use this festival as a means of collecting money...
Prabhupāda: That's it.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...for the rest of the year.
Prabhupāda: That's it. That they actually do. With this festival, they collect. Whatever they collect, they spend twenty-five percent for the festival, and seventy-five percent they keep it for eating whole year. This is their business. That's a fact, they admit it. And they have no other source.
Hari-śauri: They're not very well supported now either.
Prabhupāda: Who knows them? Why they will be support it? My Guru Mahārāja used to, (Bengali): "A pandemonium of eating and sleeping. Joint mess." Joint mess, just without any Deity, nobody will pay. Therefore... Not for preaching. So make this program immediately. Bring huge quantity of books and distribute. And see that books are not wasted, not stolen, neglected. This is our life and soul property. Jaya. (end)