Morning Walk Conversation Prabhupada: (laughing) You are so rich, you can do it, continually festival: “Come on. Take prasadam. Chant Hare Krsna.” Just like… What is that? You told me? Continual massage… Tamala Krsna: Massage parlor, twenty-four hours. Prabhupada: (laughing) Twenty-four hours. Similarly, twenty-four hours, free prasadam: “Come on.” But they are not hungry. Tamala Krsna: Not for that. [break] Prabhupada: …trunk as fat as this is, very long, where I saw it? Maybe… Mexico, I think. [break] Ramesvara: …trees that are so fat that you can drive your car through it. They have made an opening… Prabhupada: Accha? Ramesvara: And you can drive your car through it. Jayatirtha: Redwood tree. Those are the trees that are so old, sometimes five thousand years old. Prabhupada: Taravah kim na jivanti [SB 2.3.18] . Bhagavata says that “You are trying to prolong your life. Don’t you know that trees live more and more years than yourself?” Taravah kim na jivanti. So what is the use of such living? A tree standing for five thousand years, what is the use of such living? Therefore, those who are trying to live for many years, they are being instructed, taravah kim na jivanti [SB 2.3.18] . They are also living being. And what is the use of living? First of all, that… For the same purpose, eating, sleeping, mating, and living for five thousand years, ten thousand years, what is the use? Taravah kim na jivanti, bhastrah kim na svasanty uta. [break] This park is very nice. [break] … sunicena. We are all trampling. There is no protest. [break] Our man? Devotees: (laughing) No, yoga. Prabhupada: Yoga. Jayatirtha: He wants to be immortal. Prabhupada: No, this keeps healthy. Tamala Krsna: It’s good for the body. Prabhupada: Yes. Sirsasana, it is called, “sitting on the head,” Sirsasana. Sirsasana, padmasana, yogasana. There are so many asanas. Tamala Krsna: We don’t practice those. Prabhupada: We have no time from sleeping. (laughter) Otherwise, this is not bad. This is not bad. It keeps good health, these yogasana. Jayatirtha: So if we have time we can do that? Prabhupada: (chuckles) Hare Krsna. Not required. (end)
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
July 27, 1975, San Diego