0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,366 RC WDC 1976-07-02 Prabhupada Respecting Prasadam--We --etc 1 00:00:16,367 --> 00:00:18,671 ANNOUNCER: The following is a conversation, 2 00:00:18,672 --> 00:00:23,906 with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:23,907 --> 00:00:48,295 recorded on the 2nd of July, 1976, in Washington, D.C. 4 00:00:48,296 --> 00:00:50,890 PRABHUPĀDA: Come on. 5 00:00:50,891 --> 00:00:54,814 - Sit. - Jaya. 6 00:00:54,815 --> 00:00:57,201 What is this? 7 00:00:57,202 --> 00:01:02,154 DEVOTEE: Kiwi from New Zealand. VIPINA: Kiwi. 8 00:01:02,155 --> 00:01:04,417 Those are Narottama’s rasagullās over there, Prabhupāda. 9 00:01:04,418 --> 00:01:07,907 - Hmm? - Narottama’s rasagullās. 10 00:01:07,908 --> 00:01:10,915 HARI−ŚAURI: He’s… He’s learned how to make Indian sweets very expertly. 11 00:01:10,916 --> 00:01:19,376 - Oh. - He was making them in Detroit. 12 00:01:19,377 --> 00:01:25,586 Hmm! 13 00:01:25,587 --> 00:01:36,404 - Jaya, Prabhupāda. - You’re wonderful, Prabhupāda. 14 00:01:36,405 --> 00:01:43,402 This is real prasādam distribution. 15 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:59,821 PRABHUPĀDA: Very nice. 16 00:01:59,822 --> 00:02:01,892 Those are melons, Prabhupāda. 17 00:02:01,893 --> 00:02:12,111 Melons—watermelons—sweet melons; they are the best. 18 00:02:12,112 --> 00:02:17,002 I take America as my fatherland. 19 00:02:17,003 --> 00:02:23,161 India is motherland, and here is fatherland. 20 00:02:23,162 --> 00:02:29,778 So many fathers. 21 00:02:29,779 --> 00:02:34,009 My father was very affectionate to me. 22 00:02:34,010 --> 00:02:37,478 He would do everything for me. 23 00:02:37,479 --> 00:02:44,892 I lost one father; I have got so many fathers. 24 00:02:44,893 --> 00:02:47,357 Jaya; we’d like to keep it that way, Prabhupāda. 25 00:02:47,358 --> 00:02:51,367 - Hmm? - If you’d let us, we’d like to keep it that way. 26 00:02:51,368 --> 00:02:55,855 VṚṢĀKAPI: We want to take care of you forever, Prabhupāda. 27 00:02:55,856 --> 00:02:56,737 What do you say, Prabhupāda? 28 00:02:56,738 --> 00:03:01,170 That… They… Everyone appreciate that in India, 29 00:03:01,171 --> 00:03:07,165 that the American fathers keeping him. 30 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:14,297 Just like keeping him in cotton. 31 00:03:14,298 --> 00:03:19,228 They admit that. 32 00:03:19,229 --> 00:03:36,080 Where is salt? [splice] 33 00:03:36,081 --> 00:03:41,116 Fruits are so nice. 34 00:03:41,117 --> 00:03:49,096 Kṛṣṇa has given fruit. 35 00:03:49,097 --> 00:03:51,265 They are locally grown? 36 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:54,091 No, Prabhupāda; not too many. 37 00:03:54,092 --> 00:03:57,260 They all come from other parts of the country. 38 00:03:57,261 --> 00:03:58,204 Your country? 39 00:03:58,205 --> 00:04:01,131 - Yes. - Not outside. 40 00:04:01,132 --> 00:04:06,885 Not like England: They have to import from… 41 00:04:06,886 --> 00:04:13,244 This is a very good example: 42 00:04:13,245 --> 00:04:18,257 Just like salt: We require. 43 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:25,413 A little salt will increase the taste. 44 00:04:25,414 --> 00:04:31,491 But because it is absolutely necessary for eating: Salt; everyone eats salt. 45 00:04:31,492 --> 00:04:39,793 Nobody can avoid salt; it does not mean I shall eat too much. 46 00:04:39,794 --> 00:04:51,218 If I take this whole salt pot and put into because it is very good, that is foolishness. 47 00:04:51,219 --> 00:04:53,911 Similarly, sense gratification, 48 00:04:53,912 --> 00:04:59,025 so long we have got this material body, we require little. 49 00:04:59,026 --> 00:05:07,874 But because it is tasty, let us take it, whole pot, that is mistake. 50 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:09,041 This is going on. 51 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:13,040 This foolishness is going on. 52 00:05:13,041 --> 00:05:21,205 Sex life is good; simply take sex life, go on and spoil your whole life. 53 00:05:21,206 --> 00:05:23,098 That is going on. 54 00:05:23,099 --> 00:05:28,040 If everything is accepted in regulative principle—little salt; 55 00:05:28,041 --> 00:05:30,893 that’s all; that’s very nice. 56 00:05:30,894 --> 00:05:33,407 But as soon as you think “It is very nice. 57 00:05:33,408 --> 00:05:42,955 Let me take simply this,” then it is spoiled. 58 00:05:42,956 --> 00:05:44,705 That is wanted. 59 00:05:44,706 --> 00:05:53,131 Don’t reject anything, but accept in a regular way. 60 00:05:53,132 --> 00:05:57,408 Hmm? Flesh eaters? 61 00:05:57,409 --> 00:06:01,461 All right, you want flesh? 62 00:06:01,462 --> 00:06:07,897 “No, I want flesh, but I want this big cow.” 63 00:06:07,898 --> 00:06:10,648 Why not less important animals? 64 00:06:10,649 --> 00:06:12,654 There are so many other animals. 65 00:06:12,655 --> 00:06:17,232 The goats are there, the lambs are there, the hogs are there. 66 00:06:17,233 --> 00:06:18,641 Take them. 67 00:06:18,642 --> 00:06:23,381 Why Kṛṣṇa says go-rakṣya? It is a very important animal. 68 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:29,199 It will give you brain substance, this rasagullā. 69 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:35,423 There Kṛṣṇa says go-rakṣya, but this rascal has no knowledge. 70 00:06:35,424 --> 00:06:43,470 Hmm? “The cows gives us milk, very nutritious: Oh, eat the whole cow. 71 00:06:43,471 --> 00:06:46,260 Then all nutrition will come.” 72 00:06:46,261 --> 00:06:49,255 This is their intelligence. 73 00:06:49,256 --> 00:06:51,908 Rubbish civilization. 74 00:06:51,909 --> 00:06:56,245 Why Kṛṣṇa has recommended go-rakṣya? 75 00:06:56,246 --> 00:07:01,219 He never said the other animal. 76 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:07,130 If you are fond of eating flesh, you take other animals, not the cow. 77 00:07:07,131 --> 00:07:09,940 Give protection, take milk from it, 78 00:07:09,941 --> 00:07:16,770 and prepare nice preparations, that will be good for brain—for your mind. 79 00:07:16,771 --> 00:07:19,900 Apart from… There is no question of religious sentiment. 80 00:07:19,901 --> 00:07:22,371 From practical. 81 00:07:22,372 --> 00:07:24,231 RŪPĀNUGA: Just the medical point of view, it is right. 82 00:07:24,232 --> 00:07:30,001 You see; but they are so fools, rascals, they’ll not accept it. 83 00:07:30,002 --> 00:07:35,267 And they’ll give example, “Christ ate fish” somewhere; 84 00:07:35,268 --> 00:07:38,984 therefore we have to maintain the slaughterhouse. 85 00:07:38,985 --> 00:07:45,534 Because Christ ate fish, therefore we have to maintain slaughterhouse. 86 00:07:45,535 --> 00:07:49,473 “Give the dog a bad name and hang it.” 87 00:07:49,474 --> 00:07:51,784 Huh? 88 00:07:51,785 --> 00:07:53,335 This is going on. 89 00:07:53,336 --> 00:08:08,721 So we have to make vigorous propaganda for all this foolishness. 90 00:08:08,722 --> 00:08:15,296 mūḍho nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam [Bg. 7.13] 91 00:08:15,297 --> 00:08:24,798 So we are giving the best civilization: This Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 92 00:08:24,799 --> 00:08:30,687 With little patience and perseverance you work on it; people will take it. 93 00:08:30,688 --> 00:08:36,066 Because there is nothing adulteration; it is pure. 94 00:08:36,067 --> 00:08:37,016 Rest assured; 95 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:43,177 if you follow the principles and push on according to the prescription I have given, 96 00:08:43,178 --> 00:08:46,916 it will be accepted. 97 00:08:46,917 --> 00:08:50,953 May take some time. 98 00:08:50,954 --> 00:08:54,361 But they will appreciate the purity. 99 00:08:54,362 --> 00:09:02,620 It is pure. 100 00:09:02,621 --> 00:09:09,905 Actually, these fruits and some milk preparation are sufficient. 101 00:09:09,906 --> 00:09:14,313 You don’t require any flesh. 102 00:09:14,314 --> 00:09:36,169 Is the flesh comparable with this nice fruit? 103 00:09:36,170 --> 00:09:39,588 Sit down. 104 00:09:39,589 --> 00:09:42,109 - Is there one for you, Śrīla Prabhupāda? - Hmm? 105 00:09:42,110 --> 00:09:46,856 - Is there one for you? - Yes. 106 00:09:46,857 --> 00:09:52,849 - I am not so fool… - Good; good. 107 00:09:52,850 --> 00:10:11,790 - That I shall give everything. - Jaya! 108 00:10:11,791 --> 00:10:11,792 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com