Hippies Seek Renunciation But Need Proper Guide in KC

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Room Conversation — December 17, 1970, Surat 701217R1-SURAT [08:27 Minutes] Conv_701217R1-SURAT Guest (1) (Indian man): [Hindi] [laughing] Prabhupāda: That is the same... Guest (1): Māyāvādīs may die like that, imagining... [Hindi] ...āra saba bhṛtya [Cc. Ādi 5.142]. Prabhupāda: Yes. They are after..., inquiring after Brahmān, but nobody could give them. So they have got it.

Now they are taking it. This is stage. [Hindi] That is the stage, sannyāsa stage. So these hippies, they are also giving up all work—that is sannyāsa—but there is no guide.

There is no guide. And because they have no guide, therefore their intelligence is not being purified. Simply there is a, I mean to say, a propensity for renunciation, tyāga. But tyāga... [Hindi] After renunciation, what is the next stage they do not know.

That we are giving: "Yes, come here. Stand here." [laughs] Is it not? Haṁsadūta: Yes. Exactly. Prabhupāda: They are very successful. They are standing: "We don't want this." But they must stand.

So they could not give the standing. But here is... Oh, here is standing. Therefore this movement is successful.

They want some standing. And where is the standing? [Hindi] So unless you get a solid ground you cannot stand. You'll fall down. Guest (2) (Indian man): [Hindi]

Prabhupāda: Prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ. Kirāṭa-huṇāndhra-pulin... [SB 2.4.18] Huh? [Hindi] [break] ...obeisance to guru.

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