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He said that people could not get relief through government but through Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa and His devotees were for everyone, not for a particular nation or person.

“If God is everywhere,” a man asked, “why His presence is not felt by everybody?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: “That means the rascals do not know that godlessness and godless education will be They do not know what is the defect. You can write to them, ‘You leaders, you do not know what is the cause. You do not know this, and you are simply crying in the wilderness. Give him a slap: ‘You do not know.’ ”

Prabhupāda: “This other is not culture. As soon as you change, that means it is not culture.

“But that is not respectful,” said Prabhupāda. “Then he does not know how to honor a saintly person. Useless to meet.

* Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mission is not only to protect His devotees, but also to curb the miscreants.

“They may come or not,” said Prabhupāda. “We don’t care. Let us establish an ideal society.”

Rāmeśvara: “So if I do not want to hear your philosophy, why do you impose it?”

All right, you did not know.”

Not extravagancy, not luxury, but nice food, nice place, nice facilities – and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is not dry. Especially you coming from America and Europe, you are not accustomed to the hardships of Indian people

Prabhupāda answered the questions, he became more and more forceful, although he remained very still, not His answers were not as lengthy as usual – he seemed to be saving his energy – but he delivered each

“See it or not,” said Prabhupāda, “I can see. Why this man is dead? Something is missing.”

Bhāgavata dāsa’s next objection was that his health was not good, and he had to sleep a lot.

“If sex is not there in God,” said Prabhupāda, “then how has it come? God created everything. So God did not create sex?” Kṛṣṇa’s sexual enjoyment, therefore, is not at all like material sex; it is the exact opposite, in fact

Śrīla Prabhupāda said that if a man could not accept the simple logic that there must be God, then he was obstinate and not even sane. This is the qualification of the person who does not accept God. Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ means they do not believe that God exists.

That you do not know. That is the defect. Even big, big leaders, they profess to be students of Bhagavad-gītā, but they do not know anything, although Who is the leader in India who does not know Bhagavad-gītā? Everyone knows. Is it not?”

“That it has not affected,” said Prabhupāda. “It is going on. I have translated seventeen volumes. That may not be affected.”

Crows will not like to live with the ducks and white swans, and white swans will not like to live with

Better not to take. Better to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.”

“I am not,” said Prabhupāda. “Kṛṣṇa is responsible. I am just distributing.