Guest (7): Swāmījī, an old . . . (indistinct) . . . has been wandering around. He's called Fred Robinson. He's been forecasting doom to happen very shortly for the human race and says that it is far too hopeless to try and grab for the spiritual plane until one goes back to the land, back to simple living, and where one just makes one's task to supply food for the children, the new children of the new age. And then yoga and the spiritual disciplines will flow much easier. What would you say to that?
Prabhupāda: Yes. We are also distributing food. (devotees laugh) Yes. In our Māyāpur daily we are distributing food to two thousand, three thousand. So that is one of our program: chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and distributing prasādam. We are distributing . . . when I started this movement, I was cooking myself and distributing prasādam. But we do not discriminate that "He is needy." Everyone is needy.
So actually, everyone is in need of spiritual understanding. So by distributing food, the spiritual food, simply by eating he will be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even if he does not do anything. But actually, we are inviting persons to come, sit down, chant with us Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and take prasādam and go home. That's all. This is our program. So prasādam is already included. And there is the question of needy men. So we invite any needy man to come and join with us, and we shall feed him. That's all. We invite anyone.