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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1976]]
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<div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<div id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<div class="heading">I think you have talked with these city authorities.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Press Conference -- April 27, 1976, Auckland, New Zealand|Press Conference -- April 27, 1976, Auckland, New Zealand]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Interviewer: So would it be true to say that perhaps without George Harrison of the Beatles the religion wouldn't be as well known as it is today?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, not like that. That is not that. But in the Western countries nobody comes forward to give us some contribution. But this boy is very nice, he gives us sometimes some thing. He gives, and another boy, who is the great-grandson of Mr. Henry Ford—his name is Alfred—he also helps us. But mostly we get our income by selling these books. We are selling books daily about $200,000 daily. That is our main source of income. And I have made a trust will in which fifty percent of the collection is spent for reprinting the books, and fifty percent is spent for spreading this movement.</p>
<p>Interviewer: One thing, New Zealand cities are passing bylaws which seek to ban the chanting of your disciples in the streets. Do you get much opposition like this?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, but we don't depend on the city authorities; we depend on Kṛṣṇa.</p>
<p>Interviewer: But does it worry you that your disciples perhaps annoy city officials by their chanting and their activities in the streets?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: The city authorities, they like our chanting?</p>
<p>Interviewer: They're annoyed.</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No, they don't really understand what we're trying to do. They see it as something new, and they may feel a little threatened. We've found all over the world, though, that people are coming to accept now that they understand the character of people that we're developing.</p>
<p>Interviewer: But do you think that'll happen here?</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oh, yes. I think every government is looking to develop people of high moral character. And our society is doing that.</p>
<p>Interviewer: Do you attempt to speak with governments and city officials and that sort of thing to spread your message?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: (to devotee:) I think you have talked with these city authorities.</p>
<p>Devotee: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Here is the boy, he can...</p>
<p>Devotee: Yes, we've spoken with some of the government officials. I've spoken with or I've had contact with the cities where we have not personal contact but through the mail, and also some contact with the minister of immigrations.</p>
<p>Interviewer: How long do you intend to keep traveling and, and...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: If I stayed four days in each center, it takes one year to travel all the centers.</p>
<p>Interviewer: Four days in each center takes you one year.</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Three days.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. We have got 102 centers all over the world.</p>
<p>Interviewer: So how many centers does that make it?</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Over a hundred. A hundred and two.</p>
<p>Interviewer: Do you spend your whole year traveling, or is it only part of the year?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Huh?</p>
<p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Do you spend your whole year traveling, or only part of the year?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: I am traveling either in Europe, America, Africa, Canada, India, everywhere.</p>
<p>Interviewer: So, do you have a home, or do you have...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: I have 102 houses, but nowhere I am allowed to live. That is the difficulty. (laughter)</p>
<p>Interviewer: How old are you, Swami? How old?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What do you think?</p>
<p>Interviewer: Oh,... How old?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: When one becomes old? Do you know?</p>
<p>Interviewer: Well, how many years do you have?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Interviewer: How many years?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: I am eighty years.</p>
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