Krishna consciousness automatically destroys ignorance like sunlight dispels darkness; sincere surrender to devotional service alone liberates.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — August 7, 1975, Toronto 750807MW-TORONTO [23:44 Minutes] Walk_750807MW-TORONTO Prabhupāda: Hmm. Jagadīśa: Yesterday I saw a statistic saying that in the United States, 21% of the population is in poverty.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. So? Brahmānanda: But that poverty means that they earn five thousand dollars or less. Less than five thousand is the line.
Jagadīśa: That means forty million people.
Prabhupāda: Well, it is all proportionate, that... You are paying rent for this room where I am staying, $175 per month? Uttamaśloka: It has just been changed to 175 from 150.
Prabhupāda: Ah. So out of five hundred dollars, if you have to pay 175 rent, then why it is not poverty? Almost one third money is finished by paying rent. [break] ...seen in India the Narmada Falls?
Huh? Jabalpur? Ah, it is wonderful. Indian man (1): The location of that church is very nice, because there are so many thousands of cars pass every morning and in the evening.
Prabhupāda: Where? Indian man (1): Avenue Road. It is very busy street. There are so many cars coming in the morning, I think, twenty thousand a day.