Pure consciousness, naturally divine, becomes contaminated by matter and purified through systematic chanting and discipline.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Radio Interview — February 12, 1969, Los Angeles 690212IV-LOS ANGELES [22:13 Minutes] Interview_690212IV-LOS ANGELES Interviewer: We have with us in the studio the head and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and I think that his name is pronounced Bhaktivedanta, Swami A. C. Bhaktivedanta.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Interviewer: How long have you been in this country?
Prabhupāda: Since 1965, September. Interviewer: Did you come to found this Society?
Prabhupāda: Not exactly, but I came to preach the gospel of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and fortunately I met some enthusiasting young boys and girls. So then we formed this Society. Interviewer: This was in New York?
Prabhupāda: Yes. I first came in New York. Then I went to Pittsburgh, and for one year I was traveling, and I established this Society in July 1, 1966. Interviewer: How many centers are there now?
Prabhupāda: There are six centers. Er, why six? Seven. Seven centers.
One in New York, one in San Francisco, one in Los Angeles and one, Santa Fe, one, Montreal, one, Boston, one, Buffalo. Interviewer: And do you spend a certain amount of time in each center? Do you yourself travel from one center to another? Prabhupāda: Yes. I travel...