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Conversations by Date, 1974

740625AR-Melbourne - June 25, 1974

(Video - 01:55)

Reporter: (break) . . . special servant of God.

Prabhupāda: I'm always servant of God, it is for you to recognize, that's all. I'm always servant of God, but it is for you to recognize.

Reporter: Have you any idea how much money the sect makes every year?

Prabhupāda: We can spend all the money of the world.

Devotees:(laughter) Haribol!

Prabhupāda: Unfortunately, you do not give us the money.

Devotees: (laughter) Haribol!

Reporter: What . . . how do you spend, your Grace?.

Prabhupāda: We are spending at least, at the present moment, eight hundred thousand dollars per month.

Reporter: On what, Your Grace?

Prabhupāda: On this propaganda, all over the world. And we are selling our books, not less than forty thousand dollars per month.

Reporter: Do you like to work?

Prabhupāda: Yes. What's that?

Madhudviṣa: She wants to know if we like to work.

Prabhupāda: We are working, more than you—twenty-four hours in the old age I am traveling all over the world.

Devotee: Haribol!

Reporter: But don’t you get a lot of your money from begging?

Prabhupāda: No, no. First of all you see. Working—you cannot work more than us, because I am an old man, seventy-nine years old, and I am traveling always, all over the world, twice, thrice in a year. You cannot work so much, at least.

Devotees: Haribol! Prabhupāda.

Madhudviṣa: Just one more question please. Yes.

Reporter (4): Your Grace, your religion is a very ascetic one. Will you be living ascetically in Melbourne? We’re told you’ll be taken away in a Rolls Royce.

Prabhupāda: Our religion does not say asceticism. Our religion teaches to love God. You can love God in this dress. There is no harm.

Reporter (4): But it is a self-denying religion, isn’t it?”

Prabhupāda: It is not self-denying. We are using everything, why self-denying? We simply use whatever absolutely necessary, that’s all.

Reporter: But how do you justify trappings like a Rolls Royce and a very expensive house to live in?

Prabhupāda: No, we don't want Rolls Royce, we can walk. But if you offer Rolls Royce, I have no objection.

Reporter: Wouldn’t it be better that you were traveling in a lot smaller car, less pretentious?

Prabhupāda: Why, why? If you give me a Rolls Royce to travel, why shall I refuse it? It is my favor upon you, I accept this.

Reporter: Your Grace, would you tell us briefly how you founded the Hare Krishna in America.

Prabhupāda: Well, at least whole world is now chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Wherever you go they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. (end)

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 '''(Video - 01:55)'''
-Reporter: (break) ...special servant of God.
+'''Reporter:''' (break) . . . special servant of God.
-Prabhupāda: I'm always servant of God, it is for you to recognise, that's all. I'm always servant of God, it is for you to recognise.
-Reporter: Have you any idea how much money the sect makes every year?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' I'm always servant of God, it is for you to recognize, that's all. I'm always servant of God, but it is for you to recognize.
-Prabhupāda: We can spend all the money of the world.
+'''Reporter:''' Have you any idea how much money the sect makes every year?
-Devotees: (laughter) Haribol!
+'''Prabhupāda:''' We can spend all the money of the world.
-Prabhupāda: Unfortunately, you do not give us the money.
+'''Devotees:'''(laughter) ''Haribol!''
-Devotees: (laughter) Haribol!
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Unfortunately, you do not give us the money.
-Reporter: What... how do you spend, your grace?.
+'''Devotees:''' (laughter) ''Haribol!''
-Prabhupāda: We are spending at least, at the present moment, eight hundred thousand dollars per month.
+'''Reporter:''' What . . . how do you spend, your Grace?.
-Reporter: On what, Your Grace?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' We are spending at least, at the present moment, eight hundred thousand dollars per month.
-Prabhupāda: On this propaganda, all over the world. And we are selling our books, not less than forty thousand dollars per month.
+'''Reporter:''' On what, Your Grace?
-Reporter: Do you like to work?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' On this propaganda, all over the world. And we are selling our books, not less than forty thousand dollars per month.
-Prabhupāda: Yes. What's that?
+'''Reporter:''' Do you like to work?
-Madhudviṣa: She wants to know if we like to work.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. What's that?
-Prabhupāda: We are working, more than you—twenty-four hours in the old age I am traveling all over the world.
+'''Madhudviṣa:''' She wants to know if we like to work.
-Devotee: Haribol!
+'''Prabhupāda:''' We are working, more than you—twenty-four hours in the old age I am traveling all over the world.
-Reporter: But don’t you get a lot of your money from begging?
+'''Devotee:''' ''Haribol!''
-Prabhupāda:  No, no. First of all you see. Working—you cannot work more than us, because I am an old man, seventy-nine years old, and I am traveling always, all over the world, twice, thrice in a year. You cannot work so much, at least.
+'''Reporter:''' But don’t you get a lot of your money from begging?
-Devotee s: Haribol! Prabhupāda.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' No, no. First of all you see. Working—you cannot work more than us, because I am an old man, seventy-nine years old, and I am traveling always, all over the world, twice, thrice in a year. You cannot work so much, at least.
-Madhudviṣa: Just one more question please. Yes.
+'''Devotees:''' ''Haribol!'' Prabhupāda.
-Reporter 4: Your Grace, your religion is a very ascetic one. Will you be living ascetically in Melbourne? We’re told you’ll be taken away in a Rolls Royce.
+'''Madhudviṣa:''' Just one more question please. Yes.
-Prabhupāda: Our religion does not say asceticism. Our religion teaches to love God. You can love God in this dress. There is no harm.
+'''Reporter (4):''' Your Grace, your religion is a very ascetic one. Will you be living ascetically in Melbourne? We’re told you’ll be taken away in a Rolls Royce.
-Reporter 4: But it is a self-denying religion, isn’t it?”
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Our religion does not say asceticism. Our religion teaches to love God. You can love God in this dress. There is no harm.
-Prabhupāda: Not self-denying. We are using everything, why self-denying? We simply use whatever absolutely necessary, that’s all.
+'''Reporter (4):''' But it is a self-denying religion, isn’t it?”
-Reporter: But how do you justify trappings like a Rolls Royce and a very expensive house to live in?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' It is not self-denying. We are using everything, why self-denying? We simply use whatever absolutely necessary, that’s all.
-Prabhupāda: No, we don't want Rolls Royce, we can walk. But if you offer Rolls Royce, I have no objection.
+'''Reporter:''' But how do you justify trappings like a Rolls Royce and a very expensive house to live in?
-Reporter: Wouldn’t it be better that you were traveling in a lot smaller car, less pretentious?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' No, we don't want Rolls Royce, we can walk. But if you offer Rolls Royce, I have no objection.
-Prabhupāda: Why, why? If you give me a Rolls Royce to travel, why shall I refuse it? It is my favor upon you, I accept this.
+'''Reporter:''' Wouldn’t it be better that you were traveling in a lot smaller car, less pretentious?
-Reporter: Your Grace, would you tell us briefly how you founded the Hare Krishna in America.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Why, why? If you give me a Rolls Royce to travel, why shall I refuse it? It is my favor upon you, I accept this.
-Prabhupāda: Well, at least whole world is now chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Wherever you go they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
+'''Reporter:''' Your Grace, would you tell us briefly how you founded the Hare Krishna in America.
-'''(Video - 04:26 break to airport departure)'''
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Well, at least whole world is now chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Wherever you go they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. (end)