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<div id="1975_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1975 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div class="heading">Just like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, he was fasting, but he was not weak. That fasting. And he who will fast artificially and become weak, "I cannot work," that is not required. That is called markaṭa-vairāgya. If you fast and at the same time you do not become weak, then that is recommended.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- July 1, 1975, Denver|Morning Walk -- July 1, 1975, Denver]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: One of our best devotees, Śrīla Prabhupāda, he recently left our association. And one of the... I know the biggest reason is that he was fasting completely from almost all foods for thirty days.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: But fasting is good. If one can fast, that is good. That is tapasya.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. But see, they read these books in addition.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Fasting is not bad. If one can fast, that is very good.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Total fast, you mean?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Yadubara: I remember in Los Angeles...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That is great austerity.</p>
<p>Yadubara: Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said that we should not fast more than one day.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, I wanted to point out to you that the results...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, artificial... Just like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, he was fasting, but he was not weak. That fasting. And he who will fast artificially and become weak, "I cannot work," that is not required. That is called markaṭa-vairāgya. If you fast and at the same time you do not become weak, then that is recommended. And after fasting you cannot do a flat, fall flat, then what is the use of fasting? Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was fasting, but he was taking thrice bathing and offering obeisances hundred times. His regular activities was not stopped. And he was taking every alternate day a little quantity of butter. That's all.</p>
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