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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1976]]
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<div class="heading">It requires training... Just like so much training we are giving; still, there is falldown. So simply by saying... Oh, we have got so many subjects, positive. Read our books and present it in a different way. You can write intelligently. That's not bad. Just to induce them... But they will not hear.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- May 2, 1977, Bombay|Room Conversation -- May 2, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda? I was thinking to, if I had some free time, that I could work on writing some essay about nationalism.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Why?</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Well, you've been mentioning so many times about how foolish the..., so many people are. Under the banner of nationalism they are basing their whole life.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: But they'll not hear. If you forbid the dogs, "Don't bark," it is like that. Why waste time? He'll go on with all politics. Negative, as soon as you say, they'll neglect.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Is there some subject matter...?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: It requires training.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Is there some subject matter...?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Just like so much training we are giving; still, there is falldown. So simply by saying...</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So you had... There was a newspaper article about a few weeks ago, and you had said that something could be written on this subject. That's the only reason I...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: (Bengali) Hm.</p>
<p>Bhakti-caru: (Bengali)</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Is there any subject that would be good to write on?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Oh, we have got so many subjects, positive. Read our books and present it in a different way. You can write intelligently. That's not bad. Just to induce them...</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, I...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: But they will not hear.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, right.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Just see. This man did not even reply even.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Should I call him now?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, what is use?</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, he... I mean, he's not interested. That's fact. Even if I call him on the telephone, I can insult him, but that's about all. So what's the purpose?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: To make another enemy. Just see. Even Shriman Narayan and other, I repeatedly indirectly said that Gandhi made a great mistake. So who hears me?</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No. If he was to hear that, it means his whole..., he himself has to admit that half of his life he's spoiled, 'cause he's been following Gandhi, praising Gandhi his whole lifetime. They are afraid to admit...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.31|SB 7.5.31]]). They remain blind, yes. They like to remain blind. Their leaders are blind, and the followers want to remain blind. This is māyā. Unless there is training... This is instruction, ādau gurvāśrayam. If he doesn't understand the aim of life... It is meant for the most fortunate. Ei rūpe brahmāṇḍa bhram..., kona bhāgyavān jīva. Manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu ([[Vanisource:BG 7.3|BG 7.3]]). But still, as far as possible, we shall take opportunity to try to convince him. Just see. This man is with us for the last six months. He is not ready to sacrifice his hair.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Some dead stool.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Eh?</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Some lump of stool on the head. Even that, he won't give up.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, what is the value of this hair? But it cannot be... He has got some conviction, "I am not ready still for give up this hair." Did he not say like that? What he'll do? He'll be forced to give up his hair and the body on which it has grown. Still, he'll not do. Obstinate dogs. This is their position. They are not human being. Mūḍha, narādhama, māyayāpahṛta-jñāna. These are the terms. They apply. One thing I... Take your note. You can write one letter which will be presented to Shriman Narayan when Gopāla Kṛṣṇa goes.</p>
<p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I'll take dictation. I'll get my pad. (break)</p>
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