Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh, brick building. Yes, Prabhupāda, brick building. It is brick.
Prabhupāda: In London mostly they are brick.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: 'Cause of the cold climate. But the location is . . .
Prabhupāda: Very costly.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: . . . very, very important. Just off Oxford Street.
Prabhupāda: The corner.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Just off the corner, in the middle of the block.
Prabhupāda: They said that report following will come.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Report is coming. In the telegram that we received? Yeah, it said, "Report follows." (pause) I think some activity is good. That's what I'm feeling. Somehow I get the idea that you need to be more active. I know that you don't have any strength, but still, it seems to me unless you are active, you won't get your strength.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. That's a fact.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You're not . . . By nature you've never been inactive. We can begin the activity by airplane travel and then a little car journey to the temple, and then we can carry you around in certain places. Like at the New York farm. Oh, we can give you wonderful ride in the palanquin. That's very appealing, if you go on the palanquin in the fresh air. No? That'll be, I think . . .
Prabhupāda: No, activity will give appetite.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, it has to. Change of atmosphere gives appetite also.
Prabhupāda: So let us artificial activity. I think this is a now hopeless . . . (indistinct)
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Upendra and I could see it for the last . . . (break)
Prabhupāda: And nobody is going to disturb you there. Make your own field and continue to become ṛttvik and act on my charge. People are becoming sympathetic there. The place is very nice.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah. He says, "The introduction of Bhagavad-gītā has been translated into Tamil, and I will have the second chapter done next. Then publish a small booklet for immediate distribution."
Prabhupāda: Very good.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He says, "I have also found a young man to translate Sinhalese language."
Prabhupāda: Oh.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "This coming weekend we have a two-day festival in Colombo. We expect about two thousand people per night."
Prabhupāda: Oh!
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "The Sunday feast here has become so popular that whereas before only fifty people would come, now at least three hundred came yesterday."
Prabhupāda: Very good.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "And all of them got full prasādam—halavā, purīs, samosā, sweetballs, sweet rice, rice, vegetables . . ."
Prabhupāda: I want to eat, but I cannot. Very good. Very good. Although I cannot eat, simply hearing the names I am satisfied. Very good. He's doing nice.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He says, "However, the collections are poor. Only sixty-five rupees. I was wondering if we could also get some of the Food Relief money being sent to India to Sri Lanka."
Prabhupāda: Why not? Oh, yes. America's money collect and send. So that is my proposal—American money and give this culture. They are squandering so much money. Channelize to spend through this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Their money will be properly utilized and our Kṛṣṇa consciousness will be spread.