True wealth is growing your own grain and milk while serving Krishna—not chasing city riches that leave the soul perpetually empty.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Talk During Massage — June 11, 1975, Honolulu 750611R1-HONOLULU [64:28 Minutes] Conv_750611R1-HONOLULU Siddha-svarūpa: At a lot of the universities in the United States, they have what is called Free University. It’s a part of the college, and, like, almost anybody can give classes there, and it’s open to the entire student body.
Prabhupada: [indistinct]. Siddha-svarūpa: Yeah, right.
Prabhupada: You have studied Judah’s book? Siddha-svarūpa: Yes, I have.
Prabhupada: And he has got letter that "I realize that you have converted these drug-addicted hippies to be servant of Kṛṣṇa and [indistinct]." That is their appreciation. And that is a fact. They are surprised that these drug-addicted, most fallen boys, they have given up everything and now they are pure devotees. Siddha-svarūpa: Well, it isn't surprising...
Prabhupada: No, any sane man will think. There are so many svāmīs, yogīs coming. They cannot do anything. They remain the same, drug-addicted.
Either Guru-ji Maharaj or this or that, Maharishi Yogi. They remain the same rascals. Do they change? That they are observing.
That is the wonderful thing. Yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā [SB 5.18.12]. If one becomes perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, then he is fully surrendered: "I have got everything..." Then he becomes all-perfect. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.