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BOB: Yes.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: But if you become Krsna conscious,
you will feel happy always.
BOB: They had implied that you cannot feel happy without
Krsna consciousness.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: That is a fact. For example, if you are
an animal of the land and you are thrown into the water,
you cannot be happy in water in any condition. When you
are again taken up to the land, then you'll be happy.
Similarly, we are part and parcel of Krsna. We cannot be
happy without being part and parcel of Krsna. The same
example: the machine part, without the machine, has no
value, but when it is again put into the machine it has
value. We are part of Krsna; we must join Krsna. And you
can join Krsna immediately by your consciousness, simply
by thinking, “I am Kysna’s, Krsna is mine.’ That’s all.
BOB: What is that? Krsnais .. .
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Krsna is mine.
BOB: Mine?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. Mine. My Krsna.
Bos: Ah.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Krsna is mine. Krsna is mine.
BOB: Yes.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: And I am Krsna’s. That is our actual
position.
BOB: We are part of Krsna.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes. Everything is part and parcel of
Krsna. Because everything is generated by the energy of
Krsna and everything is the energy of Krsna.
AN INDIAN GENTLEMAN: Srila Prabhupada, I’ have one
question. What is the status of service minus devotion?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Hm-m? That is not service, that is
