God presents Himself directly, yet foolish souls bound by illusion refuse to surrender and understand.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Jagadīśa: [reading letter] "Enclosed please find a clipping showing a press interview with California Governor Jerry Brown, who is a potential presidential candidate in the next election, asking the Hare Kṛṣṇa followers to help humanize conditions in the state mental institutes. He recognized that what is needed is for religious leaders to come in and to give these patients new life. And he recognized us as religious leaders. "This is a great credit for us, and we immediately called the five biggest state institutes and got permission to visit their patients. We sent fifty devotees with gift-wrapped 'Krishnas' presents of prasāda, Bhagavad-gītās and Kṛṣṇa books, calendars, records, and so on.
And all of the doctors were so appreciative that they invited us back to show movies, put on plays and continue helping their patients." Prabhupāda: Aiye. [Transl. Please come in. So these activities are going on all over the world. You all are welcome to join.] Indian man: [Transl. Yes. It's going on all over the world.] Humanity is hungry for the philosophy for the Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Devotion, yes. Prabhupāda: Yes.
That is the only... Indian man: That is only medicine. That is only remedy.
Indian man: Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is only medicine. That is only remedy.
Prabhupāda: [Transl. We are presenting directly,] "Here is God, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam [SB 1.3.28]. But why you are making research and wasting time, 'Whether God is person or imperson or this or that? What is His...?' Here is God." Indian man: That is the material view, to analyze all these things.
Prabhupāda: God is personally presenting Himself: aham. Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ [Bg 10.8]. Still these people cannot understand.
Prabhupāda: But they are so dull-headed, they can't understand.