Prabhupāda: Our visitors, they have got facility to come?
Gurudāsa: Yes. We have Life Member tents, and some visitors have been coming. I have been receiving them. So we have... There's one thing I wanted to ask you. A lot of youths are coming, Western youths, some hippies, but mostly clean. Some hippies. But there are two hippies, and I saw what they were like, and I didn't allow them to stay. But mostly our camp is... Until the devotees come, there are some tents that are empty. So they said, "We need a place to stay. Is it all right?" So I said, "Tonight you can stay. Then I'll let you know later on." And we preached to them. We have a morning program there, and we have an evening program. So they attended. So I thought with your permission I could erect some tents, not in our living area... The chokidhars I put outside, right on the gate, because I didn't think they should live in our area, but they should be there, so the chokidhars have a tent. I thought behind the pandal I could erect some tents, or even behind our tin where people wouldn't see them so much, we could invite some guests, charge them something for living and preach to them.
Prabhupāda: Hm. But they smoke.
Gurudāsa: Yes, some will.
Prabhupāda: That is bad.
Gurudāsa: So, I mean it's up to... I'm asking what you think.
Prabhupāda: They will drink; they will smoke; they will not take bath. These are the defects. These people are unclean.
Gurudāsa: Yes. Suppose they are willing...
Prabhupāda: It will spoil the cleanliness of the...
Gurudāsa: Of course, they would not be in our camp.
Prabhupāda: It may be. But their, that association is very undesirable.
Gurudāsa: Yes, Yes. What if someone is willing to follow the regulations?
Prabhupāda: First they should be shaved, clean-shaved. Will they accept that? They must take early in the water, take bath. Cleanliness.
Gurudāsa: No, they won't do. So I won't have that. I just thought it was a preaching opportunity.
Prabhupāda: Preaching, if there is not clean even, what they will understand?
Gurudāsa: Well, when I came, I was not clean either. By your grace I cleaned up.
Hari-śauri: They won't clean up.
Gurudāsa: No, no. I accept what, you know. I want to do...
Prabhupāda: People may not misunderstand that "This is hippie camp."
Gurudāsa: Yes. The police were sending, and I went to the Mela officials...
Prabhupāda: Therefore the police came. They thought that you are hippies.
Gurudāsa: No, I don't think, because this was before they came.
Prabhupāda: Anyway, their association is not good.
Gurudāsa: Yes. So we won't have, definitely not.
Hari-śauri: We have to make a good impression.
Prabhupāda: Yes, that people may not think, "This is another edition of hippies."
Gurudāsa: So we won't have at all. Now we have a general list of when everyone's big programs are.
Prabhupāda: Many are coming? Hippies?
Gurudāsa: There's a lot. There's a lot. Well, yes, there's a lot.
Prabhupāda: So you consult amongst yourselves, but people may not have a bad impression.
Gurudāsa: I think I will not do it because if you think there's any small chance of them associating with us...
Prabhupāda: Alpa-chidre. A small... White, white cloth and a small black spot, it becomes prominent.
Gurudāsa: So we won't do it. We can try and preach to them at other place. Because we're going out on saṅkīrtana many times. We're getting a list of all the other programs in the Mela, so we'll take our saṅkīrtana parties where it's going to be prominent and pass out literature. Now, for the meeting, for the resolution, I thought perhaps on the 16th or the 17th, because it is close to the big bathing day on the 14th and it won't conflict that much with other programs.
Prabhupāda: Meeting means all other sādhus, they will meet?
Gurudāsa: Yes. I'm getting invitations printed up, and then we can write their names in, and I want to make the invitation something personal, like "This is a meeting of utmost importance."
Prabhupāda: So that, some Swami Chand?
Hari-śauri: Chandra Swami, minister for Air India. He's supposed to be wanting to see Prabhupāda. He's coming to the Mela.
Gurudāsa: I'll look into that. You told me last time.