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When a man takes his work in his own hand, it is sure to be done. So all of you encourage them

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"When a man takes his work in his own hand, it is sure to be done. So all of you encourage them"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

When a man takes his work in his own hand, it is sure to be done. So all of you encourage them.


Gargamuni: That boy, Mahendra, told me when you . . . He came back. I met him in Germany. He said that you remarked that our Society is not love-making Society. But there are so many of these things are going on, and there is . . .

Prabhupāda: Yes, I have seen. In Vṛndāvana.

Gargamuni: . . . a burden for maintaining our temples because there's so many of these women and children with no husbands.

Guru-kṛpā: Actually, in . . .

Gargamuni: Because they do not take marriage life seriously in this age.

Guru-kṛpā: In the temples, they engage the brahmacārīs to support the householders.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Guru-kṛpā: The brahmacārīs are supporting the householders.

Prabhupāda: How?

Guru-kṛpā: Well, they are doing the saṅkīrtana and collecting the funds, and the householders are spending.

Prabhupāda: (break) . . .nature. Uparvata pani.(?) (break)

Jayapatāka: About five brahmacārīs went down there, and they were lifting the karāi on the head, and they were encouraging the men, and the people became . . . And Guru-kṛpā was coming and Gargamuni. And the people were so happy that the devotees were there. They were working much harder.

Prabhupāda: When a man takes his work in his own hand, it is sure to be done. So all of you encourage them.

Jayapatāka: Maheśvāsa commented that although all day we're yelling at the men, when the work is over, they are laughing and saying "Hare Kṛṣṇa."

Prabhupāda: Yes. That is association, a mass movement. (break) . . .our boy, especially boy, in solitary place, then spoiled. Then the māyā is there immediately. That is very dangerous.

Page Title:When a man takes his work in his own hand, it is sure to be done. So all of you encourage them
Compiler:Ratnavali
Created:2015-12-27, 07:20:59
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