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You have got opulence. You have got money. You have got intelligence. Utilize it for Krsna. Then it is successful

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"You have got opulence. You have got money. You have got intelligence. Utilize it for Kṛṣṇa. Then it is successful"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

You have got opulence. You have got money. You have got intelligence. Utilize it for Kṛṣṇa. Then it is successful. And Kṛṣṇa has also come. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has come to your country. So utilize it properly.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Provided he has got the taste for chanting. Otherwise he'll sleep, that's all. (pause) These are all buildings for museum?

Paramahaṁsa: Yes, and some small parts are used for administrative offices, the government and police. This used to be a king's palace.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Paramahaṁsa: This used to be the king's palace, of France.

French devotee: . . . (indistinct)

Paramahaṁsa: Yes, this was the palace before they built the big palace in Versailles. Versailles is like a demigod's planet. It's the most wonderful building in all of France. Everything in gold, and wonderful paintings. Very, very big, and wonderful gardens and rivers. The king of France was very intelligent. In order to keep the nobles from revolting against him, he invited them all to his palace to enjoy with him. And he gave them wonderful feasts and a lot of sex life and wonderful music. And like this, they never revolted during his time. This was Louis the Fourteenth.

French devotee: He was called the Sun King.

Paramahaṁsa: They call him the saintly king.

French devotee: Sun, sun.

Paramahaṁsa: Oh, the Sun King.

Prabhupāda: What is that Sun King?

Paramahaṁsa: (aside) Why do they call him "Sun King"?

French devotee: Because he was very opulent.

Paramahaṁsa: Today, the French people collect millions of dollars every year from the Americans to keep Versailles beautiful.

Prabhupāda: American tourists pay.

Paramahaṁsa: Yes, many hundreds and thousands of American tourists come there every year just to see this opulence.

Yogeśvara: The Americans appreciate opulence. That's why we joined your movement.

Prabhupāda: Yes. (chuckles) Catur-vidhā bhajante māṁ sukṛtino 'rjuna (BG 7.16). So because in your previous life you had been pious, you have got your life in America, and now utilize it. Certainly I, several times I have told, that your previous life you were pious. There is no doubt about it. And now utilize that opportunity. You have got opulence. You have got money. You have got intelligence. Utilize it for Kṛṣṇa. Then it is successful. And Kṛṣṇa has also come. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has come to your country. So utilize it properly.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: I think we must be extraordinarily fortunate that Lord Kṛṣṇa, He appears once in a day of Brahmā, and He appeared just five thousand years ago. And then Lord Caitanya just appeared five hundred years ago, and we have an opportunity to associate with Them.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Always remember this grace of Lord and utilize it. (long pause) So these houses were constructed before Napoleon or after Napoleon?

Yogeśvara: Before.

French devotee: Oui. Oui. These big house?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Page Title:You have got opulence. You have got money. You have got intelligence. Utilize it for Krsna. Then it is successful
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2023-03-05, 15:30:29
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1