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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 class="heading">Then why don't you dress like European, half foreign dress and half hair? Who is that foreign and European and gentleman? What is the use of wig? Keep regular gentleman's hair. There is no need of saffron dress. If by ordinary dress you can sell more book, there is no need of saffron dress.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Conversation -- May 29, 1977, Vrndavana|Morning Conversation -- May 29, 1977, Vrndavana]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Hari-śauri: I've been shaving my head once every month. It's just about three weeks since I've...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Every fortnight. At least. Before going to Europe, six years ago, you were keeping hair: "I have to go to Europe." That I have seen. Everywhere. Those who... You like to keep hair. That hippie mentality is going on. That's right. That is good, very intelligent reasoning, actual, long hair by keeping...(?) Everyone is giving some advice. Gurudāsa is giving. "He's keeping. He's..." Gargamuni. Everyone has some explanation. I do not know how you can give up this hippie mentality. Hippie. Lāvaṇyaṁ keśa-dhāraṇam. Kali-yuga. Victim of Kali-yuga. It is... It is not yet whole, but weak men, victimized by Kali-yuga... There are so many things to victimize over the living entities in Kali-yuga, and one of the item is that he will take that "I have become very, very beautiful, attractive by keeping long hair." Keśa. That is already stated there. You are victimized by that Kali-yuga. That's all. No explaining. Our trademark is clean-shaven. We are known as shaven hair. Why you should be victimized? You are known as shaven hair. Are you not? Hm? They say that "Hare Kṛṣṇa people, shaven hair"?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Shaven-headed.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Shaven hair. So why you should be victimized by keeping hair? What victory you will gain? Conquer over the whole world, Roman Empire, by keeping hair? Hippie mentality, that's all. That is within the core of the heart. As soon as get some opportunity... Just like during summer season the field appears to be dried up. And as soon as there is some rain, oh, it is green, immediately green. So things are already there. Hm? Is it not?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Now you see to the field. They're all dry. But as soon as there will be rain in the village, all green. So the seeds are there, hippie seeds. As soon as there is some opportunity, come out, green: "Yes, I am beautiful. Come on." But in the court room they never addressed. Judge never asked that "Why you are shaven-headed?" Was there any question like that?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Actually, when he first went to court, they were wondering why he had hair.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hm?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: When Ādi-keśava went to court the first time...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: ...he had suit and hair, and they wondered why he was dressed like that.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Then cheater.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Yeah, they accused...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That means, of course, indirectly hinted that "Now you are cheating. You are known as shaven-headed. Now you have kept hair. What is the purpose except cheating?"</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: On saṅkīrtana all the distributors wear wigs and like that to..., because it's much easier to distribute, to distribute books.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: I do not know all this. Formerly, shaven-headed, they used to distribute. Now it is not possible.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: It's increased since they did plainclothes distribution.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Encourages?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Yeah. The distribution has increased.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Then why don't you dress like European, half foreign dress and half hair? Who is that foreign and European and gentleman? What is the use of wig? Keep regular gentleman's hair. There is no need of saffron dress. If by ordinary dress you can sell more book, there is no need of saffron dress. So what is the time now?</p>
<p>Gargamuni: 9:30.</p>
<p>Bhavānanda: Kīrtana, Śrīla Prabhupāda?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Hm?</p>
<p>Bhavānanda: Kīrtana?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What is that?</p>
<p>Bhavānanda: Would you like to have kīrtana now?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. (break) ...come directly, brāhmaṇas sometimes brahmacārī, gṛhastha. That will impress. (break) ...hodgepodge. Respect is no. Ideals become a leader. He'll do. He'll do. There must be some strong men. Tilaka always must be there. That is our great standard. Kaṇṭhī-mālā. Every fifteen days you should be cleansed. (break) (indistinct) Don't be in all this (indistinct). Go on very nicely. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita Gadādhara Śrīvāsa... (break)</p>
<p>Gargamuni: Well, we only printed two Oriya books. Both were printed in Calcutta so far, because there's one Oriya printer there. Gaura-Govinda Mahārāja is investigating completely the... We went around investigating the presses in Cuttack and Bhuvaneśvara, if we might get some cheaper or easier price. It appears that some things we can do cheaper there, like the inside part, but cover cannot do cheaper there.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Cover you can get there, cover.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: In Bombay we might be able to do cover much cheaper and then the inside cheaper in Orissa. That we have...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Better quality also.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: It is good quality, similar quality. They agreed, they could get same paper as we had in previous books, but for printing cover that would be very difficult.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: And tell, we can get from Bombay cover.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: Oh. But I had written you in the report that out of the first twenty thousand we have printed, still 18,500 are remaining.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So not selling?</p>
<p>Gargamuni: Because we have very few men, so now Gaura-Govinda is taking on bullocks cart. He'll go to the villages, and he'll distribute. Then some portion of what I will collect, I will put in... I have separate account for book fund and one for construction. Some portion I'll put in book fund. Then we'll print, and I will bring...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, you gave money. I can give you. There is Book Trust.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: I just feel...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: ...that so many books are there I have not distributed yet. I will print more and...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, no. This will come out. Very good idea. Sell.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: Sell first; then print. I should first sell...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: No, at least you must have three, four, varieties.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: Right now we have two varieties.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: So make it four varieties. That will be first class. Don't print twenty thousand. Print five thousand.</p>
<p>Gargamuni: I have asked Gaura-Govinda to come. He'll be coming in one or two days.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: There is no need of coming. This is... You must have at least four, five, varieties. And money, if there is scarcity, ask Gopāla. He'll give you money. Then sell and return.</p>
<p>Bhavānanda: Śrīla Prabhupāda? Śrīla Prabhupāda? It's time for massage?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: What is that?</p>
<p>Bhavānanda: Time for massage. (break)</p>
<p>Brahmānanda: Sixty-five acres.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: He's already Peace Corps(?)?</p>
<p>Brahmānanda: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Government will like. (end)</p>
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