Ātreya Ṛṣi: In my country there is also a reaction towards Indians. I had to come twice. Once I came the night before, and they would not give me visa at the entry.
Prabhupāda: Ācchā?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: The Indian government.
Prabhupāda: Indian. Indian?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, because so many Indians have not been granted visa in Iran, so they are now reciprocating like that, and I had to go back to Tehran to see the ambassador, who is our friend, getting visa and come back immediately.
Prabhupāda: Just see.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: The government are just playing these games.
Prabhupāda: Whimsical. Very, very difficult to deal with such unscrupulous government. But still, we have got open field all over the world.
Rāmeśvara: In America the book selling has now surpassed last year.
Prabhupāda: Ācchā?
Rāmeśvara: We are trying to double. So it is not yet doubled, but it has gone...
Prabhupāda: Surplus.
Rāmeśvara: ...beyond last year.
Prabhupāda: Oh. That's nice. It is going to be doubled.
Rāmeśvara: We are confident. By your words it will double.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Be doubly blessed. Yes. I say, America is my fatherland. So New Vrindaban is developing? Be happy everywhere.
Kīrtanānanda: How can we be happy when you're not well?
Prabhupāda: Hm? Hm?
Kīrtanānanda: We can't be happy if you're not well.
Prabhupāda: I am always well.
Kīrtanānanda: Why can't you give us your old age?
Prabhupāda: When I see that things are going on nicely, I am happy. What is this with this body? Body is body. We are not body.
Kīrtanānanda: Wasn't it Purudāsa that gave his father his youth?
Prabhupāda: Hm?
Rāmeśvara: Yayāti. King Yayāti traded his old age.
Kīrtanānanda: With his son. You can do that.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) Who did?
Rāmeśvara: King Yayāti.
Prabhupāda: Ah. Yayāti. No, why? You are my body. So you live on. There is no difference. Just like I am working, so my Guru Mahārāja is there, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. Physically he may not be, but in every action he is there. I think actually I have written that.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, it's in the Bhāgavatam, that "He who lives with him, he lives eternally. He who remembers his words lives eternally."
Prabhupāda: So I am not going to die. Kīrtir yasya sa jīvati: "One who has done something substantial, he lives forever." He doesn't die. Even in our practical life... Of course, this is material, karma-phala. One has to accept another body according to his karma. But for devotee there is no such thing. He always accepts a body for serving Kṛṣṇa. So there is no karma-phala. (pause)