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What is the idea behind this shenai-playing early in the morning?

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"What is the idea behind this shenai-playing early in the morning"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

It is very pleasing to hear.
Morning Walk -- March 11, 1976, Mayapur:

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What is the idea behind this shenai-playing early in the morning?

Prabhupāda: It is very pleasing to hear.

Jayatīrtha: Jaya.

Yaśodānandana: Many temples also in South India, they have all the functions in the morning-waking up the Deity, bathing the Deity, dressing the Deity, they have different shenai tunes for that. Every temple.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Similarly here introduce.

Guru-kṛpā: You should play your flute. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa knows how to play the flute.

Prabhupāda: No flute.

Guru-kṛpā: He can learn to play the shenai, though.

Prabhupāda: No, shenai, yes. Very good.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There's a man here that's been here. He knows how to play shenai.

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I'm bringing him to Taiwan.(?)

Prabhupāda: No, it is not difficult. Anyone can learn. Yes.