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Little movement is going on; we are walking. But not this severe type of exercise as surfers and fighting with the sea waves for four hours, five hours, ten hours

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"Little movement is going on; we are walking. But not this severe type of exercise as surfers and fighting with the sea waves for four hours, five hours, ten hours"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Dr. Wolfe: I miss it in the Movement. I think it should not be made a sport, but it should be made, perhaps, a physical must, under control.

Prabhupāda: No, if you eat more, then you require more exercise to digest unnecessary loading. But if you eat simply, just to keep your body and soul together, you don't require exercise.

Dr. Wolfe: Well . . .

Prabhupāda: Little movement is going on; we are walking. But not this severe type of exercise as surfers and fighting with the sea waves for four hours, five hours, ten hours.

Dr. Wolfe: Do not some physical means come into the keeping the body strong, healthy, so that devotion is possible at all? Because to produce sick people, of course, is not in the Lord's spirit either, I think.

Prabhupāda: No. Our aim is not to create sick people. That is not our aim.

Dr. Wolfe: Swimming, walking is still important, I think.

Prabhupāda: No, we do not say. Neither.

Dr. Wolfe: I miss it in the Movement. I think it should not be made a sport, but it should be made, perhaps, a physical must, under control.

Prabhupāda: No, if you eat more, then you require more exercise to digest unnecessary loading. But if you eat simply, just to keep your body and soul together, you don't require exercise.

Dr. Wolfe: Well . . .

Prabhupāda: Little movement is going on; we are walking. But not this severe type of exercise as surfers and fighting with the sea waves for four hours, five hours, ten hours. (devotees laugh)

Dr. Wolfe: Yea. But Śrīla Prabhupāda, a kṣatriya has to be strong.

Prabhupāda: That is a . . . kṣatriya is . . . generally . . .

Dr. Wolfe: And kṣatriyas have to be there.

Prabhupāda: This is specially meant for the brāhmaṇas, intelligent.

Page Title:Little movement is going on; we are walking. But not this severe type of exercise as surfers and fighting with the sea waves for four hours, five hours, ten hours
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-12-03, 11:07:34
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