A thousand years of empty life equals a tree's existence; only Krishna consciousness gives living true meaning.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — July 27, 1975, San Diego 750727MW-SAN DIEGO [04:53 Minutes] Walk_750727MW-SAN DIEGO Prabhupāda: [laughing] You are so rich, you can do it, continually festival: "Come on. Take prasādam. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." Just like... What is that?
You told me? Continual massage... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Massage parlor, twenty-four hours.
Prabhupāda: [laughing] Twenty-four hours. Similarly, twenty-four hours free prasādam: "Come on." But they are not hungry. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Not for that.
Prabhupāda: Harer nāma harer nāma... [Cc. Ādi 17.21]. [break] ...trunk as fat as this is, very long. Where I saw it?
Rāmeśvara: ...trees that are so fat that you can drive your car through it. They have made a opening...
Rāmeśvara: ...and you can drive your car through it. Jayatīrtha: Redwood tree. Those are the trees that are so old, sometimes five thousand years old.
Prabhupāda: Taravaḥ kiṁ na jīvanti [SB 2.3.18]. Bhāgavata says that "You are trying to prolong your life. Don't you know that trees live more and more years than yourself?" Taravaḥ kiṁ na jīvanti. So what is the use of such living?