Reject artificial renunciation; eat properly, keep cows, and challenge scientists to create life from chemicals.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — December 7, 1975, Vṛndāvana 751207MW-VRNDAVAN [15:53 Minutes] Walk_751207MW-VRNDAVAN Akṣayānanda: ...from Agra came yesterday, Prabhupāda. He wants to live with us. He knows Hindi. He's a teacher.
He's a doctor. He's a writer. He's very, very nice. I'll bring him to you today.
Prabhupāda: He knows English also? Akṣayānanda: English very well. Very humble, and he wants to teach. If he can stay in Vṛndāvana I think it will be very, very beneficial for us.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Akṣayānanda: Wonderful. I'll bring him this morning if it's all right.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Akṣayānanda: Jaya. He bows down. He pays dandavats.
He said, "You're a sannyāsī, so I must respect. I'm only a gṛhastha." Prabhupāda: Yes, that is the duty. Akṣayānanda: And he is also very intelligent. He's not just doing it out of sentiment.
Prabhupāda: If a sannyāsī is not offered respect, the punishment is that he should fast one day. That is śāstric injunction. Guṇārṇava: What is the punishment if one doesn't fast?