Prabhupāda: When I came to Canada . . . first of all, I made my position secure that, "Let me have Canadian immigration." So Canadian immigration I got very soon. I think within two months. Then I applied for USA immigration. So US immigration I got within three months. And I paid, I think, within hundred dollars. So . . . you know. When I came to Montreal?
Harikeśa: Very easy.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. You went for the interview with the US Consulate in Montreal before you got your green card for America.
Prabhupāda: No, no. In Montreal went . . .
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, you came from Vancouver . . . from Seattle.
Harikeśa: You came from Vancouver. You had an interview with one gentleman.
Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: With Shasti-mani.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So there was hard struggle. It is not that so easy for . . . in 1965 to '66, 66, 67, regular hard struggle.
Haṁsadūta: Yes, I know that's a crisis.
Prabhupāda: You know that. Hard struggle. So Kṛṣṇa gave us some facilities. Now we have got some framework. Do it very cautiously. Unnecessarily exhausting what we . . . sato vṛtteḥ sādhu-saṅge. That is Rūpa Gosvāmī's line. We should be very honest and live with sādhu, those who are devotees. Tāṅdera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sane bās. First of all our mission should be how to serve the Gosvāmīs.
- ei chay gosāi yār tāro mui dās
- tāṅ-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās
You cannot act independently. Caitanya Mahāprabhu . . .
- śrī-caitanya-mano 'bhīṣṭaṁ
- sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
- svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ
- dadāti sva-padāntikam
That should be our prayer. "When Rūpa Gosvāmī, who has established the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, when I shall get shelter of his lotus feet?"