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Understanding God Through Progressive Knowledge, Chanting Cleanses the Heart

📅 August 7, 1976 📍 Tehran ⏱ 54 min
Without self-realization, humans cycle through repeated births as animals, mistaking material comfort for genuine happiness.
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Prabhupāda: These are all local fruits? Or imported? Ātreya Ṛṣi: Mostly local fruit. Now we have a lot of local fruits.

Prabhupāda: You grow banana also? Ātreya Ṛṣi: No, the banana is imported. Parivrājakācārya: From South America, they bring bananas. All other things they grow.

Prabhupāda: Grapes? Grapes you have got. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Grapes, apple. Where is your eldest daughter? Nandarāṇī: This is Candramukhī.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Oh, I saw you in Los Angeles? Nandarāṇī: Yes.

Prabhupāda: You have got two or three girls? Nandarāṇī: Just two.

Prabhupāda: Two. Is there arrangement for preparing khicuḍi with green peas? Nandarāṇī: Mung. With mung?

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