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Crafting Deities Requires Proper Facility, Tulasi Tea Habit Discouraged for Devotees

📅 May 21, 1976 📍 Honolulu ⏱ 20 min
Devotees must guard against reviving material habits through seemingly spiritual practices, maintaining pure consciousness.
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Hari-śauri: Twelve inches. That’s very small, Śrīla Prabhupāda. That’s only...

Govinda dāsī: It’s about eighteen inches. Oh, you said twelve inches. Twelve…, twelve is like this. Hari-śauri: This is a ten by eight.

Prabhupāda: But they are…, they are done nice. Very artistic flavor. Hari-śauri: Hmm.

Prabhupāda: So, only make a big hall there. On all sides a brass plate [indistinct] you make of this, like this. You make such small dolls, they can be soldered. They are very good [indistinct].

Prabhupāda: But, that is good price. Hari-śauri: Hmm.

Prabhupāda: But silicate preparation is, you think, stronger than stone?

Govinda dāsī: Yes, I think so. I have… I’m making some I was gonna bring and show you this evening, some heads.

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