# Morning Walk [partially recorded]

*Type: Walk Dated: April 6th 1976 Location: Vṛndāvana Audio file: 760406MW.VRN.mp3*

Prabhupāda: ...by enjoying this morning’s fresh air.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: And if you take bath in the Yamunā, you will get double energy.

Gurudāsa: Hm.

Prabhupāda: These are nature’s gifts. And then we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra.* It is no [indistinct]. To lead a spiritual life is very easy. [break] ...take photo.

Gurudāsa: Oh, I can do that.

Prabhupāda: All sides.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: So if somebody can manufacture by seeing the photograph in Jaipur, that is all right; otherwise, we shall test... [break] ...some marble statues by seeing the model.

Gurudāsa: Hm. [break]

Prabhupāda: ...actual measurement. [break] ...our *gṛhasta* householders, how they are rising early, taking bath in Yamunā, coming to the temple. This is Vedic culture. [break] ...of eating. Western culture means they have early in the morning tea. First of all tea, and, what it is called?

Devotee: Coffee.

Prabhupāda: Coffee, tea, and so many other things.

Devotee: Toast.

Prabhupāda: Toast. And they will..., this evacuation will be stopped, as soon as the belly is loaded. But they are accustomed. After eating, they evacuate. Not easily. [break] [indistinct] ...for sevaites’ sake is for the Kanpur *wala*[?]. Then there is no question of fighting. Otherwise we shall take criminal and civil straight away. [break] Seven hundred.

Gurudāsa: Seven hundred. [break] Renovate these rooms, or just in general?

Prabhupāda: Huh? General.

Gurudāsa: General.

Prabhupāda: That veranda, that, whatever he likes, we will spend. We’ll pay the bills [indistinct]. [break]

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: But give us the temple portion, free, and purchase the land portion, the balance... [break] ...negotiate, but we have no sufficient men to manage. [break] ...unless you can utilize.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: [break] There is fifty *lakhs,* twenty-five *lakhs*---that is beyond us. We can spare up to two *lakhs,* that’s all. [break] You will be able to manage? [break] ...people. [break]

Gurudāsa: Yes. The Britishers.

Prabhupāda: Britishers, they train. Just like in India, they trained. They were on the head of the administration. The Viceroy, the government, the secretaries, the military commander, they are all Englishmen; all other, Indians. Therefore Gandhi started the non-cooperation movement, that "These people are ruling over us by *our* cooperation."

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: "So non-cooperate with them, and they will fail." And that was successful. He started non-cooperative movement, that "Don’t cooperate with these Britishers." And when they saw that now full non-cooperation, they left voluntarily. It is not possible to bring so many administrators, military strength, men, and to... Actually this British Empire was expanding through the help of Indians.

Gurudāsa: Yes. They did all the work.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Gurudāsa: Actually, if the British were more intelligent, they could have continued.

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.

Gurudāsa: Just like that mutiny. The grease was used in the guns, and the *brāhmaṇas* mutinied?

Prabhupāda: That is propaganda. Now this is urine?

Devotee: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Just see nonsense.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Who has passed this here? [break] There are other qualities.

Gurudāsa: Truthfulness.

Prabhupāda: Truthfulness and cleanliness. *Satyam śaucam*.

Gurudāsa: *Satyam śaucam.*

Prabhupāda: *Samaḥ, damaḥ, titikṣā, ārjavam, jñānam, vijñānam.* You do not read *Bhagavad-gītā*---you are publishing for selling? It is read by others. We are simply to make money? These are in the *Bhagavad-gītā.* Don’t you read?

Devotee: Yes, I read. The qualities of the *brāhmaṇa* is given. Along with the qualities of all the other *varṇas*.

Prabhupāda: We are taking sacred thread, and have qualities less than *śūdra. Camaras,* cobblers. *Camara* means expert in skin---"I am white," "I am black," "I am this," "I am that." That is *camara.* Exploiting skin. [break] People are very receptive?

Devotee (2): Yes. Especially Gujarati and Marwari communities. The South Indians, they are not so receptive. [break]

Prabhupāda: [indistinct] ...men, so everyone should be very alert in their behavior---rising early in the morning, taking bath, be prepared for *maṅgala-ārātrika* immediately. Then class. Everything in regulated way. [break] As soon as one comes to the point "I know everything," he is quiet.

Devotee: Yes.

Prabhupāda: On the basis of *Bhagavad-gītā,* then nobody can supersede. [break] So now he turns back, all our money invested. He is... [break] If he is prepared to pay double the price, so why not pay the full price, fourteen *lakhs?* We have paid two *lakhs.* Let him pay twelve *lakhs.* And immediately transfer, and we take double price from him. So that... [indisctinct] [break] ...in any way if he is so eager. These are practical. If he is prepared to pay double, why not pay us? [break] [end]