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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- November 8, 1977, Vrndavana|Room Conversation -- November 8, 1977, Vrndavana]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">(Hindi conversation between kavirāja, Prabhupāda and others)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Kṛṣṇa dāsa? Who said that, Śrīla Prabhupāda?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: I do not know, but it is said. (Hindi bhajana—Hindi)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda? We got some news of some preaching. I was wondering what was a good time to read to you.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Here.</p>
<p>Bhakti-cāru: (Bengali)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like to hear it, Śrīla Prabhupāda?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I could come later on if you think it's better.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No. (break) (Hindi) Tamāla Kṛṣṇa?</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, Prabhupāda.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Give facility for him, ten rupees.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: This gentleman?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Ten rupees.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: And some fruits.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Uncut.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Uncut, yes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Okay.</p>
<p>Indian man: (Hindi)</p>
<p>Kavirāja: (Hindi)</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: (Hindi)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I'll give him the fruits now, Śrīla Prabhupāda? I have some fruits. I can give him now?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hm. (Hindi)</p>
<p>Indian man: (Hindi)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What did Prabhupāda say?</p>
<p>Svarūpa Dāmodara: Prabhupāda wants to do here. He's going to...</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Is he going to do it here?</p>
<p>Svarūpa Dāmodara: Prabhupāda's requesting here. He said it's better if we do it here. So he said, "Make all the arrangements necessary."</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He wants to bring the brāhmaṇas to inaugurate the Bombay temple, Śrīla Prabhupāda?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That we shall consider later.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: 'Cause we already told these South Indian brāhmaṇas to come.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Some of them may go also.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Do you know this man from a long time ago?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He wants some money for some temple?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Here in Vṛndāvana.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hm. Now stop talking. (long pause) You have given him ten rupees?</p>
<p>Svarūpa Dāmodara: To that brāhmaṇa?</p>
<p>Girirāja: Yes. He gave ten rupees.</p>
<p>Svarūpa Dāmodara: Tamāla gave him ten rupees?</p>
<p>Girirāja: Yes. Śrīla Prabhupāda? Would you like soft kīrtana now, or quiet?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: You were reading something?</p>
<p>Svarūpa Dāmodara: No.</p>
<p>Girirāja: Oh, Tamāla Kṛṣṇa. He's... (break) Yesterday I spent the day in Delhi, and I opened an account with the Punjab Bank in the name of Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust. And we also gave them a letter that the interest from the ten lakhs sixty thousand should go into that Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity account. And I took the original trust of the new trust, the original deed, and I made some photocopies and got them notarized by notary.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Photocopy of?</p>
<p>Girirāja: Of the trust deed forming the Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust. And then I bought a copy of the income tax act, because there's some provision that if funds are used to restore some ancient place of worship or some place of worship which is famous in a particular state, then that is exempt from income tax. So I think that this fits in with the aims and objects of this new trust. So we should be able to get tax exemption for that. I spoke to Bombay to see how things were doing, and Gopāla Kṛṣṇa said that everything is going nice, and he's coming here on Friday, after two days. So I told him that your condition was very serious and that I wanted to stay here for a little longer. So he said that was okay. I confirmed with Yaśodānandana Swami's assistant that he sent the letter to the South Indian brāhmaṇas to confirm that they can come on the dates which we have fixed. So we're waiting to hear that reply.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: You can take some brāhmaṇa from here. Balaram...</p>
<p>Girirāja: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: They'll chant Veda-mantra very nice</p>
<p>Girirāja: Uh-huh. We can have these brāhmaṇas and also the South Indian brāhmaṇas. (break)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda? So a letter came. One boy wrote me a letter. When I was going to go to China a while ago, before you told me not to, this boy was working with me. And his name is Jita-rati. So he went to China, and he's written a report. Should I read it to you?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hm.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "My dear Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Goswami and Dhṛṣṭadyumna Swami: Please accept my most humble obeisances unto your feet. All glories to our beloved spiritual master Śrīla Prabhupāda. May Lord Kṛṣṇa, if He so desires, please cure Śrīla Prabhupāda. I'm writing this letter as a brief report on the recent events as a result of my trip to Kwangchow, Canton China. I arrived on October 16th. Business—attended the Trade Fair but signed no contracts as all the prices were far too high. Research on some items may result in future business. Saṅkīrtana—our real business: I gave two Chinese Bhagavad-gītās to the Chungshan University, or Dr. Sun Yatsen University as it is called now, in Canton. They were accepted by the administration with assurance of being delivered to the appropriate departments. I inquired from the liaison office how to visit the university. They said it must be prearranged, but they did not know how. From past experience..." This boy had gone to China once before, Śrīla Prabhupāda. He's a Canadian. He says, "From past experience..." He's one of your disciples. "From past experience, because of limited time, I decided to just go, although warned not to. I walked past the guard's house at the gate of the university, hoping not to be seen. After I got forty to fifty yards, when a woman came running after me yelling in Chinese. I finally turned to her and said, 'No, it is all right,' and smiled and I kept walking on. She retreated, by Kṛṣṇa's grace, and I went on to the first building, where I saw some books through the windows. As I approached the front door, the first person I met was a middle-aged woman who spoke good English. She was a biology teacher, and we discussed the life principle as she took me to the history department and then reception. There, with two other Chinese persons, we discussed Chinese politics, and I explained the natural social body, varṇāśrama." He was discussing varṇāśrama with them. "However, as they began to understand how much sense it made, they said I had better talk to the people of the political philosophy but were unwilling to arrange it, and I was unable to also. They admitted to still having a class society in China, but the goal was to have no classes, with the means of production so arranged that everyone could have what they wanted. Such demons. They accept Marx, Lenin and Mao as absolute authority and plan to spread this perfect social system, as they call it, all over the world. I gave one Gītā to the main public library. They accepted when they found out that I was a Canadian and thanked me very much. Then, on October 25th, with saffron dhotī and Chinese cymbals, I went out on the main street in Kwangchow in the evening, chanting the holy name." This is in China, Śrīla Prabhupāda. "At first there were many suspicious looks, but in a few minutes I had a large crowd following me. Soon the children were running in front, with some of them dancing. I also began to dance, and a loud uproar ensued from the audience. The crowd grew larger and extended out into the road, where the buses began to honk their horns. Just then a cymbal fell from the string to the ground. As I picked it up and repaired it, the crowd came very close all around and tightly crowded. I chanted loudly, 'Hare Kṛṣṇa,' and heard one 'Kṛṣṇa,' in return. I responded with 'Kṛṣ-ṇa' loudly, and three or four answered. Soon I had about twenty responding to the chant, but decided to go on, as the crowd was getting too big. A few minutes later a man broke through the crowd and grabbed my arm and motioned me to stop. I continued, and soon another grabbed the other arm and pulled me into a shop, closed the doors and offered me a seat. The crowd responded with an uproar and banged on the doors for a little while. I had to wait about fifteen minutes until a person came who spoke English. He told me I was causing interference with traffic, and soon after they let me go. I did not go out again as I did not want to agitate them too far. I had previously chanted in a bus and showed the people pictures of Kṛṣṇa. It was very ecstatic. I have been told since then that the incidents would be heard of by nearly everyone in Kwangchow as a conversation topic. Perhaps the name of Kṛṣṇa will also be repeated many times by many people..." (break) Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda.</p>
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