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We are not for facility; we are for service

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"We are not for facility; we are for service"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

No facilities. (devotees laugh) Just what facility? We are not for facility; we are for service.

Room Conversation -- May 15, 1976, Honolulu:

Rādhā-vallabha: Pālikā has gone up there to learn cooking from her, and then she will come back and instruct the cooks in L.A.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: She wrote... Pālikā wrote one letter saying that she wanted... Her husband took sannyāsa, isn't it?

Rādhā-vallabha: Yes. Bhavānanda.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: She wanted to stay at that farm. She knew it a long time ago.

Rādhā-vallabha: She is staying at the Press now.

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Rādhā-vallabha: She works at the Press, Pālikā.

Prabhupāda: Pālikā.

Rādhā-vallabha: Yes. She is transcribing all of the tapes of you lecturing back from 1966, all the way to the present. We are going to have an archive. They want to get every word that you say while you are here.

Prabhupāda: So Yamunā's āśrama, how far?

Rādhā-vallabha: Āśrama?

Devotee (3): From Los Angeles?

Rādhā-vallabha: A thousand miles maybe.

Devotee (3): It's closer to San Francisco—very far.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: Perhaps a thousand miles, because Los Angeles is on the southern portion of California, the southern half, and Oregon is… Remember we went to Portland?

Prabhupāda: Hm.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: It's Portland, and then we went to…, we drove across to Eugene that one day, you did a program there. Śyāmasundara was driving very fast.

Prabhupāda: Hm.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: I was in the car that day, and it's more or less in that area of Eugene, I believe. So it is somewhere in between, around there, that area, Portland.

Prabhupāda: Near Portland?

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: Yes. It's Oregon. Portland is... It is a horizontal state.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Oregon I remember. So...

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: She mentioned that she would like to come, but because there is only two of them there, and they are taking care of the Deities and they don't have much money, they may not be able to. She would like to come and see you.

Prabhupāda: Money—we can send some money.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: Hm. But then she was wondering who would take care of the Deities.

Prabhupāda: No, we can go there.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: (laughs)

Prabhupāda: See how they are doing.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: (laughing) I don't know if they're... I don't know what kind of facilities they will have there, though, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: No facilities. (devotees laugh) Just what facility? We are not for facility; we are for service.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: I know that.

Hari Śauri: At least you'll get some good cooking.

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Hari Śauri: At least you'll get some good cooking.

Prabhupāda: Not necessary.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: We don't know if there is a road up to the house or anything, really.

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: Some farms, you know, they don't have roads up to the houses. We just don't know what the situation is. We have to make some inquiry first. (to other devotees: Do you know anything about it? I don't know.)

Rādhā-vallabha: Jayatīrtha was there, I think. Now he is in England.

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: We can perhaps find out in Los Angeles a little bit more. I can write one letter to Yamunā.

Rādhā-vallabha: Pālikā will be back. We can find...

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: So I will write and ask them what the situation of their farm is.

Hari Śauri: Revatīnandana has been there.

Prabhupāda: No man is allowed there, right?

Pusta Kṛṣṇa: So far I know. They are trying to remain completely free from any men whatsoever.

Prabhupāda: That's good.

Page Title:We are not for facility; we are for service
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:24 of Jun, 2014
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1