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was somewhat difficult at first, then easy, and I had
returned to—

SRILA PRABHUPADA: No, you can stick to all the regula-

tive principles, provided you take to the Krsna conscious-
ness process—otherwise it is not possible.

BOB: Yes, this is it. I have—when I’m back in Bihar, and—

um—my friends may say . . . We're sitting in the even-
ing, and there’s nothing to do but fight mosquitoes, and
they say, ‘“‘How about smoking some marijuana?” And I say,
“Sure, there’s nothing else to do,” and then I sit down, and I
enjoy myself for the evening. Now we did this, we got car-
tied away, we were doing it every day and realizing we
were hurting ourselves and stopped, but still on occasion
we...

SRILA PRABHUPADA: You have to live with us. Then your
friends will not ask you, “What about marijuana?” [Bob
laughs.] Keep the association of devotees. We are opening
centers to give people a chance to associate with us. Why
have we taken so much land [in Miyapur]? Those who are
seriously desirous—they will come and live with us.
Association is very influential. If you associate with
drunkards, you become drunk; if you associate with sddhus,
then you become a sadhu.

SYAMASUNDARA [Srila Prabhupada’s secretary] : He can
come and stay with you in Bombay.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes, you can stay with us in Bombay.

But he wants friends with marijuana. That is the difficulty.

BOB: Let me ask you about something else; then maybe I'll
come back to this. I find that I think of myself too much,
and this way I can’t think of God so much. I think of myself
in too many places. How can I forget about myself so I can
