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Mukunda: From the very start you always felt comfortable around the devotees?

George: The first time I met Śyāmasundara I liked him. He was my pal. On the back of Prabhupāda’s record …

Mukunda: You know, the Tudor mansion and estate that you gave us outside London has become one of our largest …

George: Oh, it’s great. And it also relates to making the Hare Kṛṣṇa record or whatever my involvements were. Actually, …

And I’ve given a lot of Prabhupāda’s books to many people, and whether I ever hear from them again or …

Mukunda: When you come across people who are spiritually inclined but don’t have much knowledge, what kind of advice do …

George: I try to tell them my little bit, what my experience is, and give them a choice of things …

Mukunda: In the “Ballad of John and Yoko,” John and Yoko rapped the media for the way it can foster …

George: The media is to blame for everything – for all the misconceptions about the movement – but in a …

Mukunda: Śrīla Prabhupāda always trained us to stick to our principles. He said that the worst thing we could ever …

George: That’s right. He was a perfect example of what he preached.

Mukunda: How did you feel about financing the first printing of the Kṛṣṇa book and writing the introduction?

George: I just felt like it was part of my job, you know. Wherever I go in the world, when …

Mukunda: When you did the Material World album you used a photo insert taken from the cover of Prabhupāda’s Bhagavad-gītā …

George: Oh, yeah. It said on the album, “From the cover of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by A. C. Bhaktivedanta …

Spiritual Food

Mukunda: At lunch today we spoke a little about prasāda, vegetarian food that has been spiritualized by being offered to …

George: Well, we should try to see God in everything, so it helps so much having the food to taste. …

The idea is that prasāda is the sacrament the Christians talk about, only instead of being just a wafer, it’s …

Mukunda: The Vedic literatures reveal that prasāda conveys spiritual realization, just as chanting does, but in a less obvious or …