Krishna demands strict spiritual strength from His devotees, not sentimental weakness disguised as compassion.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 2.1–10 and Talk — November 25, 1968, Los Angeles 681125BG-LOS ANGELES [99:00 Minutes] Prabhupāda: Who has taken your Deity? Bīrabhadra: Who has taken Him? I don't know. Somebody, they broke in the house, they took one typewriter and the sewing machine, and I think it's...
Prabhupāda: Who? Typewriter? When? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Last night.
Yesterday we just got a new sewing machine...
Prabhupāda: Heh? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...a very expensive sewing machine, and they stole it.
Prabhupāda: Sewing machine? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And a typewriter. It was taken from the house. Revatīnandana: While we were at Griffith Park with kīrtana party they broke into our house and took it.
Prabhupāda: So that quarter is not nice? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, it's not a nice quarter. So we'll take more precautions now.
Prabhupāda: Somebody must remain always. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Okay.