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morning with devotees on Waikiki Beach, Prabhupāda answered their questions about the nature of pure devotional service

selecting from the commentaries of the previous ācāryas whatever would best impel his readers to pure devotional service that the Bhāgavatam excludes all materially motivated forms of religiosity and offers only pure devotional service

Society for Krishna Consciousness was being more and more appreciated as the movement of pure devotional service

His departure marked the completion of a lifetime of pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda’s “business” was pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, and in Bombay he dealt more with the managerial

“Not yet, Prabhupāda. Not to the people in Vṛndāvana. They do not expect it to open, because everyone who has been here can see that it is not possible to They know it’s not ready.”

But if you are not willing to concede” – the moderator could not help becoming accusative in his tone – “that it is not London, and if I say I am not going to that place – ”

I said, “Prabhupāda, they say it is not practical. Our program is not practical.”

“Did you not explain that we are bowing down not as God but as God’s representative? Could you not explain like this?”

“You do not know what is the meaning of Kṛṣṇa?” Prabhupāda retorted. “You do not know?”

Prabhupāda if he was happy with the way his movement had spread, and Prabhupāda replied, “Why shall I not I am not manufacturing anything. That is not my business.”

Prabhupāda: “But you have not seen who is the Japanese government’s president. You have not seen the president or the supreme head. But how can you say there is no government? You may not see so many things, but that does not mean anything. That is not good logic, that ‘I have not seen.’ ” Someone in the audience put forward the theory of chance

“Now it is not only not demolished, but it is standing there.”

But they are not hungry. Not for that.”

Prabhupāda: “Do you think that you are not being taxed? Why should you not be taxed for the proper gain? You are being taxed for so many nonsense things. Why not be taxed for the proper thing? That is intelligence.”

Prabhupāda: “I do not follow.”

So it is not very much advisable to make lies just to sell books. If we simply stick to describing how wonderful is Krishna, that will not be a lie! Lie to some, not to others, that is not a good philosophy. That art you must develop, not art of lying. Convince them to give by your preaching the Absolute Truth, not by tricking.

[Devotees laugh] We are not going to deal with rascalism. We are going to deal with sense. Skepticism, they do not believe in anything – everything is false. We are not going to deal with such men. What is the use? Is not that skepticism?

“This is not the business of the guru,” said Prabhupāda “ – how to increase sex life and family life. They are not happy, these Western men and women. They become married, but they are not happy.

Prabhupāda: “That is something, that is not perfect knowledge. Everyone knows the cow does not take any protein food. She takes on the grass.”