Practical devotional service and simple clarity surpass theoretical scholarship and incomprehensible complexity.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Brahmānanda: Well, they were very stubborn. They simply insisted that there were two paths, and they were quoting Bhagavad-gītā. I said, "Well, that may be so, but of the two paths, your path is the most difficult, and you've called this conference to spread Bhagavad-gītā, so why are you spreading the most difficult path of Bhagavad-gītā? Why not spread the most easiest?" Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What did they reply to that? Brahmānanda: At that point Mr.
Bajaj interrupted and said that we shouldn't discuss Bhagavad-gītā but just how to promote Bhagavad-gītā and how to cooperate. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: While they are busy discussing, we are busy doing it. We have not had any trouble distributing the Bhagavad-gītās. Even though we have not attended their meetings, the distribution is going on very well. Svarūpa Dāmodara: Practical application is more important than theoretical knowledge. Bhakti-cāru: That also they don't have. Brahmānanda: Mr. Narayan recognized that about our Society, that we are applying Bhagavad-gītā.
He said, "I see from very early morning hours you are applying Bhagavad-gītā," because he attended the maṅgala-ārati. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He was very impressed. He is naturally a devotee, Gujarati. He's naturally a Kṛṣṇa devotee.
He can appreciate the importance of ārati and Deities.
Brahmānanda: That man from that āśrama...
Brahmānanda: Auroville. He was poisonous, very poisonous. Mr. Bajaj wanted to conduct the proceedings in English just so that I would be able to understand, because I was sitting as your representative, but that man refused.
Brahmānanda: Well, he just spoke in Hindi, and he said something in Hindi to Mr. Bajaj that "I want to speak in Hindi," and he continued speaking in Hindi. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: All artificial platform, surface. "Hindu, Indian, Hindi." Brahmānanda: He was very envious, that Auroville, of what is going on.