Svarūpa Dāmodara: One must become Kṛṣṇa conscious to become young.
Prabhupāda: So many difficulties will come unless there is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam (BG 18.66), if you want to be happy.
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That's true. If people are Kṛṣṇa conscious, then the origin of these problems like death and all these . . .
Bali-mardana: You are instructing us to finish up our business in this life.
Prabhupāda:
- nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve
- na kutaścana bibhyati
- svargāpavarga-narakeṣv
- api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ
- (SB 6.17.28)
Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja was put in so many dangerous conditions. He was not afraid. "Hare Kṛṣṇa," he would chant.
Cyavana: All over the entire world we find the Indian community, practically speaking. Is this part of Lord Caitanya's plan to help spread this Vedic culture?
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's order, that you speak the Vedic culture. That is India's mission. But these rascals, they are speaking technology.
Devotee: Try to make money.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They say that it is due to this culture that India has been kept down. Because the British taught them that, and now they themselves think like that.
Prabhupāda: Still, any Indian who comes to speak about some culture like this, you flock together. Why? Why you go to this Maharishi and this Bal Yogi and this one? Why?
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They're from India.
Prabhupāda: Because you expect something from India. They are cheating, that is different thing, but you go there to get something from India. That's a fact.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That means you have delivered the real goods, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: That's a fact. They're expecting. I read some article from India: they're expecting some good message.
Bali-mardana: They are like glowworms, and you are like the sun.
Prabhupāda: No, they know that, "These people, they are wanting something, so let us go and cheat." This is going on.