Morning Walk

A Sadhu Goes to Rich Men Not for Himself but to Give Them Knowledge That Death Will Take Everything

📅 January 30, 1974 📍 Tokyo ⏱ 29 min
A sādhu approaches the rich to give them knowledge of death, not to seek their wealth.
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Morning Walk — January 30, 1974, Tokyo 740130MW-TOKYO [29:03 Minutes] Walk_740130MW-TOKYO [interspersed with japa throughout] Devotee (1): ...as a religious organization, so for a society to be registered we have to own the property. So we purchased a house, and I think that we are going to have to keep a Deity in this…, in this temple or this house out there. Otherwise they won't accept it as a religious organization.

Prabhupāda: Ah. Devotee (1): So it is going to be difficult for us to do proper worship for two Deities at once. Is it possible to keep a Deity in the house and just perform maṅgala-arotika, and then the rest of the day have it sit?

Satsvarūpa: Pañcatattva? Devotee (1): No, we have to have a… Prabhupāda: Eh? Devotee (1): …this, eh, mūrtis… Prabhupāda: Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa? Devotee (1): Yes.

Satsvarūpa: Oh. Devotee (1): Because that is the name of the Temple.

Prabhupāda: Somebody must remain there. Devotee (1): Must remain there?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Is it difficult? Devotee (1): At the moment it is difficult. We are so far away from this temple, about…, about two hours by train.

Prabhupāda: Hmm. So? Devotee (1): They have a special organization which checks on religious organizations, because they're very much afraid of organizations becoming registered and simply making money and then dissolving the society after some time.

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