Yajña must strictly follow Vedic regulations; civilization cannot manufacture its own spiritual practices.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — February 22, 1974, Bombay 740222MW-BOMBAY [26:53 Minutes] Walk_740222MW-BOMBAY Nitāi: [testing tape] Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare [break] Indian man (1): ...in every house.
Prabhupāda: Self-help, self-help. Indian man (1): They're distributing in every house, how to do benefit everybody in the house. Dr. Patel: But if it is right for them, why not have fields in every house and grow your food also?
That is not possible every time on the way. You have got to have a... This is a highly developed society. So you have got to...
Prabhupāda: And because now it is developed, it is so developed that there is no food. Eh? It is so developed that there is no food. One devotee of Goddess Durgā...
He was a worshiper of Goddess Durgā. So Mother Durgā was asking, "My dear son, you are happy?" "Oh, Mother, in all respects, except in two things: there is no food, there is no cloth. That's all. Otherwise I am very happy." Indian man (1): So the main thing is not that.
Prabhupāda: [laughs] So your, your advancement means advancement in everything, but there is no food, there is no cloth. That's all. This is advancement. Dr.
Patel: And there was no rain here last year. No? Year before last. [Hindi] The men in the medical college were talking, "Why the hell do you want rain?" I said "What nonsense you are talking?" "We don't want.