India's pious land grants half of spiritual preparation by birth; the rest depends on culture and sincere practice.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — March 11, 1975, London 750311MW-LONDON [34:26 Minutes] Walk_750311MW-LONDON Prabhupāda: No, no. Any place where there is no sunshine, that is condemned. Brahmānanda: In your Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, you write that the sun purifies a dirty place and also the mind.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Brahmānanda: But we don't rely on the sun for purifying our mind.
Prabhupāda: Huh? Brahmānanda: As devotees, we don't rely on the sun...
Prabhupāda: We have the Kṛṣṇa sun. Brahmānanda: Yes.
Prabhupāda: What is this, sun? No. Śrutakīrti: Spinnery.
Prabhupāda: Spinnery. [break] There is no sunshine. It is wet always, just see. Trees also, they have moss.
Brahmānanda: In India the sun is very intense.