1. Who is a rascal?

    Caitya guru: Prabhupada, many times they tell us that “Prabhupada, he criticize us.” We said, “Yes, you are made to be criticized.” Devotee (3): Your stick is Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Prabhupada: They say? They say? Caitya-guru: Oh, yes. In Mauritius there are many cults. So they invited us. I went to two, three. So they asked me that “We are coming many temple. You people, why not you come?” I said, “Well, whenever you invite us, we are ready to come, but you accept our philosophy.” So they said, “How we can accept your philosophy? Prabhupada, he, wherever, he say that all the other are Mayavadi. All other are rascal.” [laughter] “Well, Krsna has said that. Prabhupada is not doing that. Krsna said who don’t accept Him, he is mudha; he is rascal. So Prabhupada is giving as it is, whatever Krsna has said.” Oh, they were… Prabhupada: No… [break] Krsna said, “The rascals do not surrender to Me.” So as soon as we see somebody not Krsna conscious, you are a rascal. We have to see through the sastra characteristic of a rascal, that he is not Krsna conscious. That’s all. We may be fool, but we take lesson from Bhagavad-gita. That’s all. And from the lesson we understand you are rascal number one. That’s all.

    Morning Walk – December 10, 1975, Vrndavana