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Mimeograph. I was printing. Yes. Then he inquired this Dai Nippon . . . many place

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Mimeograph. I was printing. Yes. Then he inquired this Dai Nippon . . . many place. At last he said that "Unless we print twenty thousand, they will not take up this work." I said, "Immediately take it." From three thousand to twenty thousand immediately. At that time they were giving us ten cent or less than that.

Prabhupāda: Actually that is the fact. These . . . therefore we don't like to read any books. Dr. Wolfe, he is suggesting. Simply waste of time. Simply waste of time. Except Vedic literature, all this nonsense.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Place for the crows.

Prabhupāda: Bās. That's all. Not for the swans. They are admitting. Otherwise how it is selling unless they are admitting the value? Maybe a few, but they are realizing. I told you that one young man, very respectable, he came to me in somewhere airport, maybe Japan or some place. So he said, "Swāmījī, can I talk with you?" And "Yes, why not?" "Where you have got so vast knowledge?" And "This is not my knowledge. I am simply translating. That's all. It is Vyāsadeva's knowledge. It is not my knowledge." Mean . . . He appreciated the vast stock of knowledge. That is a fact. And this rascal says, even in India, that Bhāgavata is not written by Vyāsadeva; it is latest, within Christian era.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Last thousand years.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Written within the last thousand years.

Prabhupāda: Yes. You know that? They say like that. So many rascals are there. And this is the only shelter, these our centers, to be protected from all these rascals. These ISKCON centers are the only shelter. So you have to maintain it very nicely. There is no other shelter. All bogus, more or less. All bogus. But you have to, not to . . . you quote, but the purpose of the verse you present reasonably. If you simply quote, it will not be simply very appealing: "Oh, they are simply . . ." Sometimes the Westerners criticize that, my that Godbrother, Sadānanda? He was criticizing that "Your presentation . . ." "Your" means our, this Vaiṣṇava literature. "Simply you quote some Sanskrit verse, that's all." So these Sanskrit verses should be explained for understanding of the modern people. If you simply quote, it is not very appealing. In Durban . . . Durban? We went to that university? You remember? That Ārya-samājī? He was speaking that "This is Hindu conception. Hindu conception." And what do you mean by Hindu conception? A child grows to become a boy. Is that Hindu conception? It is science. When Kṛṣṇa said, dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā (BG 2.13), that's a fact. It is applicable to the Hindus, to the Muslim, to the Christian—everyone. Why do you say it is Hindu conception? So you have to present in that way. They may not think that it is Hindu conception. Because they are all rascals, unless you explain it, that this is meant for everyone, they will misunderstand that Bhāgavata is for the Hindus or for the Indians. It is for everyone. But one must realize. There is no question of Hindu conception or Muslim conception. (rattling sound) So this will go on whole day, "Cut-cut-cut-cut"?

Bhavānanda: Morning and evening. (break)

Prabhupāda: Your party has sold twenty-five thousand big books?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: After three weeks.

Prabhupāda: Huh?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. So far this month.

Prabhupāda: Twenty-five thousand. I never thought (laughs) that these books will be so well received. It is beyond my imagination. I thought a few copies may be sold.

Sudāmā: Remember, Śrīla Prabhupāda, Tamāla, he inaugurated in Seattle, Washington, the saṅkīrtana party . . .

Prabhupāda: No, he inaugurated from San Francisco. We were printing these Back to Godhead, five hundred. And he was most of the . . . you were selling?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Actually it was 3,500, and we were selling 2,700 of them.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Then Brahmānanda . . . I asked Brahmānanda. I asked Brahmānanda; he was in charge. I asked him that "Why don't you print more?" I understood that he has got the potency to sell more. So print in regular way, in that way we arranged. What is that? Press?

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh, mimeograph.

Prabhupāda: Mimeograph. I was printing. Yes. Then he inquired this Dai Nippon . . . many place. At last he said that "Unless we print twenty thousand, they will not take up this work." I said, "Immediately take it." From three thousand to twenty thousand immediately. At that time they were giving us ten cent or less than that.

Sudāmā: Ten cent. It was around ten cents.

Prabhupāda: So in this way. Then how you'll increase?

Jayapatākā: Now you can sell whole sets.

Hari-śauri: Now more than one million.

Sudāmā: And in the years to come, many millions.

Prabhupāda: Hmm?

Sudāmā: Many millions in the years to come.

Prabhupāda: Yes. There is good pote . . .

Jayapatākā: Many people ask for bound volume of the whole year, Back to Godhead.

Prabhupāda: But there is no remnants; we sell everything. Generally when there is some remaining copies, the publisher bound it up for future sale, reference. (break) . . . Vedānta-sūtra, that is the topmost philosophy. So that first verse, athāto brahma jijñāsā: in this human form of life there is no other business—simply to inquire about Brahman. This is the fact. If anyone wants to fulfill the human form of life as distinguished from animal life, this is the only business, brahma-jijñāsā. And the whole civilization is on this basis. Therefore first brahmacārī, how to understand Brahman. So the children of human society is trained up, same principle, how to understand Brahman.

Page Title:Mimeograph. I was printing. Yes. Then he inquired this Dai Nippon . . . many place
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-10, 12:16:55
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1