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Anyone can come. Everyone is welcome. We don't charge anything for this dancing. You go to ball dance and so many other dances, you pay for it. But we don't charge

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

As you can come, anyone can come. Everyone is welcome. We don't charge anything for this dancing. You go to ball dance and so many other dances, you pay for it. But we don't charge. We simply . . . our these students simply beg something, because we have to maintain.

Devotee: What is recreation for a Kṛṣṇa conscious person?

Prabhupāda: Recreation? Dancing. (laughter) Come on, dance with us. Is it not recreation? And when you get tired, take prasādam. Do you want more recreation than this? What is your answer? Is it not recreation?

Devotee: Yes. I think it is difficult for someone who comes from . . .

Prabhupāda: Why difficult? Dancing is difficult? Chant and dance?

Devotee: It's easier for a devotee who lives in the temple.

Prabhupāda: Oh, but as you can come, anyone can come. Everyone is welcome. We don't charge anything for this dancing. You go to ball dance and so many other dances, you pay for it. But we don't charge. We simply . . . our these students simply beg something, because we have to maintain.

We don't charge anything. So if you simply come and dance for recreation, it is very nice. Everything is there in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We want music—there is music. We want dancing—there is dancing. You can bring nice musical instruments—you can join. We distribute nice, palatable dishes.

So practically this is a system of recreation only. (laughter) Yes. If you seriously think, you'll find this system there is no labor at all; simply recreation. Su-sukham (BG 9.2).

That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā in the Ninth Chapter you'll find, su-sukham. Everything is pleasing and happy. Find out anything in our system that "This is troublesome." Tell me practically, anyone, that "This point is very troublesome." Just put your counterargument. Simply pleasing. It is simply recreation. That's all. You just point out, "Swāmījī, your this point is not very recreation or not . . . not very . . . unhappy portion." Nothing.

People want. That is their natural. Just like the children: when they see that boys and girls are dancing, their children also dancing. Automatically. This is spontaneous. This is life. And that is our real life in the spiritual world. There is no anxiety. Simple people are dancing and chanting and eating nicely. That's all. There is no factory, there is no labor, there is no technical institution. There is no need. These are all artificial. Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12), the Vedānta says.

Page Title:Anyone can come. Everyone is welcome. We don't charge anything for this dancing. You go to ball dance and so many other dances, you pay for it. But we don't charge
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-09-08, 05:13:07
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