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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1971 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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In this way, we shall be always busy. Find out some work. "I have no work now . . ." Of course, the sixteen rounds must be chanted, compulsory. Rest time, simply find out where is Kṛṣṇa's work. Why sixteen rounds? It now takes only two hours; you have got twenty-four hours. What you will do twenty-four hours? You cannot sleep more than six hours, seven hours, that's all. So two hours chanting and seven hours sleeping. Sleeping is a very important thing in your country, but reduce it. You see? As much as you reduce sleeping and eating, you will become advanced. That is the Gosvāmīs, nidrāhāra-vihāra-vijitau (Śrī Ṣaḍ Gosvāmy Aṣṭaka), conquered over sleeping, eating and mating. Because these three . . . four things āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithun . . . these are material life. The spiritual life means reduction of these things. When it is nil—no more sleeping, no more eating—that is spiritual . . . perfection of spiritual life. So we cannot make it nil so long this body is there, but our policy should be like that.
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[[Vanisource:710628 - Conversation - San Francisco|710628 - Conversation - San Francisco]]
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When one is paramahaṁsa, just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, three hundred thousand times, no eating unless he finishes his chanting. No eating, no sleeping. That is another thing. "I shall eat so much, I shall sleep so much, and I shall do nothing, simply chanting." No. That is not recommended by my Guru Mahārāja. He says that, "You are cheating people." Tumi kisera vaiṣṇava? There is a song written by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī: "What kind of Vaiṣṇava you are?" Pratiṣṭhāra tare, nirjanera ghare: "Your chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in a secluded place," kevala kaitava, "it is simply cheating."

What do you know what you are chanting? First of all prepare yourself to come to the stage of perfect chanting. This is sevā. Always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service: how to decorate the temple, how to invite people, giving the feast, write books, distribute books and knowledge. In this way don't sit idly. Always be engaged. Always. Just like our Karandhara, he has taken so much responsibility. He is doing. I am very pleased. He is prepared to do the masonry work and building work and distribution of book, accounting.

In this way, we shall be always busy. Find out some work. "I have no work now . . ." Of course, the sixteen rounds must be chanted, compulsory. Rest time, simply find out where is Kṛṣṇa's work. Why sixteen rounds? It now takes only two hours; you have got twenty-four hours. What you will do twenty-four hours? You cannot sleep more than six hours, seven hours, that's all. So two hours chanting and seven hours sleeping. Sleeping is a very important thing in your country, but reduce it. You see? As much as you reduce sleeping and eating, you will become advanced.

That is the Gosvāmīs, nidrāhāra-vihāra-vijitau (Śrī Ṣaḍ Gosvāmy Aṣṭaka), conquered over sleeping, eating and mating. Because these three . . . four things āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithun . . . these are material life. The spiritual life means reduction of these things. When it is nil—no more sleeping, no more eating—that is spiritual . . . perfection of spiritual life. So we cannot make it nil so long this body is there, but our policy should be like that. Policy should be like that.

We shall not eat more, we shall not sleep more, we shall not mate more. Exc . . . those who are gṛhasthas, they can have sex life only for producing children, that's all. No more. And those who are sannyāsī, brahmacārī, they have no sex life, there is no question of sex life. Sex life is prohibited. But it is a concession for them who cannot live without sex life. That is married life.

Otherwise, sex life is not very important thing. Just like there are brahmacārīs, sannyāsīs, they have no sex life. Therefore this sannyāsa, to go out of home by force, that means they avoid sex life, sannyāsa. You see? I think those who have got children, they should take sannyāsa now and preach. That is my idea. Not . . . (indistinct) . . . idea. Because all the great sages, they waited if they are married.

Just like Kapila Muni . . . Kardama, Kardama Muni. Kardama Muni, he was a great yogī. So he was thinking of marrying, so Kṛṣṇa sent him good wife, Devahūti, a king's daughter. So he thought, "I was thinking of marrying, so Kṛṣṇa has sent. All right, let me marry." But he made a condition to her father that "I can accept your daughter as my wife so long she has no children. As soon as she has children, I shall go away." So the father agreed, "Whatever you like, you can do. I'm just placing my wife in your custody." So the sannyāsī . . . when there is a child of the wife, I think one can accept sannyāsa. Yes.

But preaching is our most important business. People are suffering for want of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, so as representative of Kṛṣṇa, it is our duty to enlighten them, and we should accept all kinds of . . . but there is no difficulty. Where is the difficulty? I think we are living better than anyone in the world. (laughter) Where is the difficulty? Simply we have to be very sincere devotee of Kṛṣṇa, that's all. Everything Kṛṣṇa will supply. Everything.
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