Srila Prabhupada has been emphasizing that anyone who wants to live in our temples must be willing to stay engaged 24 hours daily in Krishna's service. Otherwise, he said, "Let them go home."
I have studied the American life very nicely. They have a good heart. The only thing that is wanting is Krsna consciousness. For want of this Krsna consciousness, despite all your opulences, you are becoming confused and frustrated. I hear that out of three, one man is a patient of a psychiatrist. Why? Why are you unhappy? Why should you be unhappy? You have got everything--enough food, land, money, intelligence. Why should you be unhappy? The cause of this...
I remember a lecture that was given once on the anniversary of your disappearance day by one of your disciples. He was remembering how you had once scolded him for not reading your books. You had said, "Why don't you read my books? Even I read them when I have spare time. Why do you think I read them? Do you think that these books were written by me? No! They were written by Krsna. That's why I read...
If you come here, you'll see, when kirtana goes on, even small children, they also take part. It is so nice movement.
And by taking part in this movement, automatically you feel some ecstasy, spiritual ecstasy. Then you begin to dance.
We don't ask you to dance, but the chanter automatically dances.
Harikesa: Syamasundara told me that he wanted to make millions of dollars for you so that he could...
Prabhupada: Yes. [chuckles] And I am thinking when making millions of dollars, he may not be lost. [aside:] Hare Krsna, Jaya. [break] ...millions of dollars, what shall I do with? I have got money. I want one soul saved. That is more than millions of dollars.
Grhastha should not be dependent on Society. At the same time, he should not be independent of the Society [ISKCON]. (laughs) This is the position. Because Society cannot take charge of a family. There will be so many number of families. How it is possible? At the same time, if they remain independently of the Society, without touch, then the karmis' poison will infect.
...They should not live completely independent. That will be future danger.
...Must be in touch with devotional...
From the very beginning I was asking to open restaurant and farm. Produce ghee in the farm and send to the restaurant, and make nice samosa, kachori preparation, and there will be no scarcity of money. And if you organize in this way, your whole country will be transferred into Krsna conscious country.
I hope you all pray to Krishna so I may be able to execute my duty properly.
(Letter, 28 June 1967)
Actually I am dependent on your mercy. (Letter, 28 August 1976)
You cannot survive without my mercy and I cannot survive without your mercy. It is reciprocal. This mutual dependence is based on love - Krishna consciousness. (Letter, 22 January 1976)
Although officially I am your spiritual master, I consider you all as my spiritual master because your love for Krishna and...
Open centers in every village, every country, every home. And the process is very simple. You chant Hare Krsna and dance in ecstasy and everything will come within yourself gradually. Everything will come. You'll practically feel how you are becoming reformed. There is no need of wasting time. This Hare Krsna movement can be done at home, outside home, when you are working, when you are walking, every moment. So try to understand this movement and try to follow...
Just a year ago it was my duty to wake everyone up at 4 A.M. by running around the brahmacari asrama and guesthouse banging a gong. Srila Prabhupada had been visiting during Janmastami and had inquired from his servant, Upendra prabhu, what was going on. When Upendra had told him that it was me waking everyone up for mangala arati, he had shaken his head and commented, "They have to be woken like a bunch of cows!"
Prabhupada asked George [Harrison] if he was reading his books at all. George said he was, mainly the Krsna book. "Mukunda gave me the new books, but there's so much in, ah, there's just so much to read. I don't know how anybody could have written it; it's difficult enough to read all that amount."
A letter from Mahamsa Swami included a progress report on Hyderabad, where another new temple is steadily being built. Work has already begun on raising the dome. The project is costing 75,000 rupees per month, which the devotees are collecting throughout South India. Mahamsa also reported four small books -- Sri Isopanisad, Rajavidya, Perfection of Yoga and Matchless Gifts -- have been translated into Telugu.