Prabhupāda: We should forego sleeping even. The real regulated life is that if sixteen rounds is not completed, then we have to go . . . forego sleeping. You should take out hours from sleeping. We should be . . . the main thing is that we should always be careful that we are going . . . we have taken up a very responsible task, Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
So we should be very much careful in discharging the duty. The devotee should be so much careful that he'll always see, "Whether this moment is spoiled or utilized?" Avyartha-kālatvam (CC Madhya 23.18). Avyartha-kālatvam, that "My time may not be wasted." He should be so careful, "Whether my time is being wasted?" And time wasted, the time we engage for our bodily necessities, that is wasted. Generally, conditioned souls, they are simply wasting their time. Only the period which we are engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that is utilized. So we should be very much careful whether time is being wasted or being utilized.
Śarādīyā: Sometimes, well, if you slept less, we could do more for Kṛṣṇa, but at the same time you would be very tired. I mean, you could be . . . well, you could regulate that.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Mālatī: But I think we're partly . . .
Prabhupāda: Practically everything depends on practice.
Mālatī: But I think we're partly . . .
Prabhupāda: Abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā (BG 8.8). Abhyāsa-yoga. Abhyāsa-yoga means yoga practice . . . practice it. So this whole Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to practice transferring from one kind of consciousness to another. So we require practice. Just like one man can run three miles. I cannot run even one mile. He has practiced. We see some boys, they run, run on. They practice, practice it. Strength of the heart increasing by practice. And if I run, my heart will be palpitating, because I have no practice. So by practice, everything can be attained. (japa)
(break) . . . determination. And this determination is increased by celibacy. Brahmacārya is recommended to keep oneself determined. A brahmacārī, if he determines something, he executes. He has got that strength of mind. Those who are too much addicted to sex life, they cannot be determined. They cannot be fixed-up. They are flexible, changing. People are, in modern day, they cannot sit down in a place for a long time. Therefore so much traveling. The traveling business is very prosperous. Everyone wants to travel. They cannot fix, fix up.
So the processes recommended, they're very valuable, but it is not possible to follow them all in the present age because everything is reducing. So our method is to pray to Kṛṣṇa to give us the necessary strength. That's all. Otherwise, by regular practice, for this age is very difficult. Unfavorable. First thing is memory is very short. We cannot remember. Life is very short.