FIVE
Becoming Pure February 29, 1972
BOB:  Thank you so much for allowing me to ask my questions.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  That is my mission. People should understand the science of God. Unless we cooperate with the Supreme Lord, our life is baffled. I have given the example many times that a screw which has fallen from a machine has no value. But when the same screw is again attached to the machine, it has value. Similarly, we are part and parcel of God. So without God, what is our value? No value! We should again come back to our position of attachment to God. Then we have value.
BOB:  I met a fellow today who came in the afternoon. His reason for coming—you may find it humorous—was that he heard the hippies were in Māyāpur.
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  What?
BOB:  He heard that hippies were in Māyāpur. I was talking to him, and then some devotees were talking to him. He had said some things to me which I could find no answer for. And he said he would come back tomorrow and meet some devotees. But let me tell you what he said. This is confusing. When he was young—
ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA:  He's Indian?
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