Opening Hospitals Is the Vivekananda Policy Not Our Business – Kirtana Brings Immediate Life to Patients While Hospitalization Cannot

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Morning Walk — May 9, 1974, Bombay 740509MW-BOMBAY [13:06 Minutes] Walk_740509MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: Doctor can manage securing medicine, distributing. That is another thing. Gopal Kṛṣṇa: Actually, from his talk I could understand that he actually doesn't want to do much. He said he will not be able to come and examine the patients even.

Prabhupāda: Then? Gopal Kṛṣṇa: He says, "You try to find some other doctor." He told me, "You find out names and addresses of the local doctors, and we'll pick one of them." Prabhupāda: No, no, we cannot divert our attention. It is not possible. Say, "No." You can say that "We consulted Prabhupāda.

He said, 'At the present moment, unless our building is there, we cannot accept any other extra business.' " Tell him like that. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] Yaśomatīnandana: I suggested. [break]

Prabhupāda: For nothing. No, no, that is not possible. These are for the karmīs, bodily concept of life. If government has got so many hospitals, what is the use of opening a teeny hospital by us?

Vivekananda policy—to collect money by school and hospital. So you can tell him that "At the present moment, we are concerned about the sanction of the building and temple. So when the building is there, then we can consider; not at the present moment. We require money.

We collect for this purpose. We cannot divert attention for medicine and other things." Gopal Kṛṣṇa: Actually, I could gather that he just talked, because he also said that we should train up some devotees to do bandage and other things like that. Prabhupāda: [laughs] No, no, this is not. Bhāgavata: We do all the work, and he gets advertised as a great charitable doctor. Prabhupāda: That's it. Bhāgavata: That he has opened the clinic. Prabhupāda: Daridra-nārāyaṇa-sevā. [laughs] We are not all these false things. Dr.

Ghosh is also after daridra-nārāyaṇa-sevā. [break] We will collect medicine. Our... We shall pay for the expenditure.

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