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Prabhupāda: Some time must be taken, but unlimited time, unlimited expenditure, that's not good. Ten percent. You produce books. Take ten percent. You may have more than 1,500. You may have more than that. They were to send me one card. There are no letters from them?


Karandhara: No. That's all that came, Prabhupāda. There were some more checks. I sent some to London. I sent two packages to London, two, two things to London. [break]
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Prabhupāda: So anyway, I was very much anxious to hear about Chidananda. So he has written me. He is not very bad.


Karandhara: Well, he was in the hospital, and he got into a fight with the guard, I guess, and they arrested him for fighting and put him in jail for six months.
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Prabhupāda: Fighting?


Karandhara: Yes.
'''Prabhupāda:''' So anyway, I was very much anxious to hear about Chidānanda. So he has written letter means he is not very bad.


Prabhupāda: But he is weak. With whom he'll fight?
'''Karandhara:''' Well, he was in the hospital. He was in the hospital and he got into a fight with the guard, I guess, and they arrested him for fighting and put him in jail for six months.


Karandhara: Yes. It was actually very... We have a lawyer working on it to get a suspended sentence. We've got a lawyer who is trying to get him a suspended sentence because he was sick and he..., they had him taking drugs and he was weak and he had been in the hospital for four months. Why they should put him in jail? He just got a little irritable.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Fighting?


Śyāmasundara: They mocked him. I think they mocked him for having this and finally he couldn't take any more, and he probably hit the guard, so they threw him in jail for six months.
'''Karandhara:''' Yes.


Karandhara: And in jail they won't give him anything to eat except... They won't give him a special diet, so all he can eat is just a little bit of vegetable. They have... On a plate they give him mostly meat and a little vegetable. They won't give him any extra vegetables.
'''Prabhupāda:''' But he is weak. With whom he'll fight?


Prabhupāda: Yes? Where the jail is?
'''Karandhara:''' Yes. It was actually very . . . we have a lawyer working on it to get a suspended sentence. We've got a lawyer who is trying to get him a suspended sentence, because he was sick, and he . . . they had him taking drugs and he was weak, and he had been in the hospital for four months. Why they should put him in jail? He just got a little irritable.


Śyāmasundara: Which jail is it?
'''Śyāmasundara:''' They mocked him. I think they mocked him for having this, and finally he couldn't take any more, and he probably hit the guard, so they threw him in jail for six months.


Karandhara: County jail, Los Angeles County Jail.
'''Karandhara:''' And in jail they won't give him anything to eat except . . . they won't give him a special diet, so all he can eat is just a little bit of vegetable. They have . . . the plate they give him mostly meat and a little vegetable. They won't give him any extra vegetables.


Prabhupāda: So we cannot send our prasāda there?
'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes? Where the jail is?


Karandhara: No. They won't let anything in. You can't even send books there. They won't let him wear his beads. They won't let him have his beads or anything, or his sacred thread. They took it all away from him.
'''Śyāmasundara:''' Which jail is it?


Śyāmasundara: Can we go visit him?
'''Karandhara:''' County Jail, Los Angeles County Jail.


Karandhara: We can visit, yes. Visiting hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I went there the Saturday before last, before I came.
'''Prabhupāda:''' So we cannot send our ''prasāda'' there?


Prabhupāda: So how is he here?
'''Karandhara:''' No. They won't let anything in. You can't even send books there. They won't let him wear his beads. They won't let him have his beads or anything, or his sacred thread. They took it all away from him.


Karandhara: Well, he's doing all right. He says he chants and he prays.
'''Śyāmasundara:''' Can we go visit him?


Prabhupāda: Well, what can be done?
'''Karandhara:''' We can visit, yes. Visiting hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I went there the Saturday before last, before I came.


Karandhara: We're trying to see the minister there and get some books in to him. If the minister will allow it, we can give him books. Otherwise they won't let him have any books.
'''Prabhupāda:''' So how is he there?


Prabhupāda: So you see or else why this poor fellow should be given unnecessary trouble. What is this? Huh?
'''Karandhara:''' Well, he's doing all right. He says he chants and he prays.


Dayānanda: Cardamom seed.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Well, what can be done?


Prabhupāda: Oh. Yes. (devotees offer obeisances)
'''Karandhara:''' We're trying to see the minister there and get some books in to him. If the minister will allow it, we can give him books. Otherwise they won't let him have any books.


Prabhupāda: What is the price of a closet?
'''Prabhupāda:''' So you see, or else why this poor fellow should be given unnecessary trouble? What is this? Huh?


Karandhara: A closet? How big, Prabhupāda?
'''Dayānanda:''' Cardamom seed. Cardamom.


Prabhupāda: Not very big.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh. Yes. (devotees offer obeisances)


Karandhara: Maybe forty dollars.
'''Prabhupāda:''' What is the price of a closet?


Prabhupāda: Steel?
'''Karandhara:''' A closet? How big, Prabhupāda?


Karandhara: Oh, steel. Probably more than forty. Like a locker? A locker like this or a closet like this?
'''Prabhupāda:''' Not very big.


Prabhupāda: Closet.
'''Karandhara:''' Maybe forty dollars.


Karandhara: Closet. Probably sixty or seventy dollars.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Steel?


Prabhupāda: I don't think it is much.
'''Karandhara:''' Oh, steel. Probably more than forty. Like a locker? A locker like this or a closet like this?


Karandhara: We can get it. Six feet high?
'''Prabhupāda:''' Closet.


Prabhupāda: Yes.
'''Karandhara:''' Closet. Probably sixty or seventy dollars.


Revatīnandana: A wardrobe for clothes.
'''Prabhupāda:''' I don't think it is much.


Devotee: Like a chefferon(?)
'''Karandhara:''' We can get it. Six feet high?


Karandhara: Made out of steel instead of wood?
'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.


Prabhupāda: Steel is cheaper?
'''Śyāmasundara:''' A wardrobe for clothes.


Karandhara: No, steel is more. Wood is cheaper.
'''Devotee:''' Like a chifferobe?


Prabhupāda: So steel is, I think, nice.
'''Karandhara:''' Made out of steel instead of wood?


Karandhara: Okay. We'll look for one.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Steel is cheaper?


Prabhupāda: And one stove.
'''Karandhara:''' No, steel is more. Wood is cheaper.


Karandhara: A small stove?
'''Prabhupāda:''' So steel is, I think, nice.


Prabhupāda: Yes.
'''Karandhara:''' Okay. We'll look for it.


Karandhara: Two burners?
'''Prabhupāda:''' And one stove.


Prabhupāda: Yes.
'''Karandhara:''' A small stove?


Karandhara: Okay.
'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.


Devotee: Hare Kṛṣṇa.
'''Karandhara:''' Two burners?


Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. (end)
'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.


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'''Karandhara:''' Okay.
 
'''Devotee:''' ''Jaya''. Hare Kṛṣṇa.
 
'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. (cut) (end)

Latest revision as of 02:57, 12 October 2023

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



710629R1-LOS_ANGELES - June 29, 1971 - 04:14 Minutes



Prabhupāda: So anyway, I was very much anxious to hear about Chidānanda. So he has written letter means he is not very bad.

Karandhara: Well, he was in the hospital. He was in the hospital and he got into a fight with the guard, I guess, and they arrested him for fighting and put him in jail for six months.

Prabhupāda: Fighting?

Karandhara: Yes.

Prabhupāda: But he is weak. With whom he'll fight?

Karandhara: Yes. It was actually very . . . we have a lawyer working on it to get a suspended sentence. We've got a lawyer who is trying to get him a suspended sentence, because he was sick, and he . . . they had him taking drugs and he was weak, and he had been in the hospital for four months. Why they should put him in jail? He just got a little irritable.

Śyāmasundara: They mocked him. I think they mocked him for having this, and finally he couldn't take any more, and he probably hit the guard, so they threw him in jail for six months.

Karandhara: And in jail they won't give him anything to eat except . . . they won't give him a special diet, so all he can eat is just a little bit of vegetable. They have . . . the plate they give him mostly meat and a little vegetable. They won't give him any extra vegetables.

Prabhupāda: Yes? Where the jail is?

Śyāmasundara: Which jail is it?

Karandhara: County Jail, Los Angeles County Jail.

Prabhupāda: So we cannot send our prasāda there?

Karandhara: No. They won't let anything in. You can't even send books there. They won't let him wear his beads. They won't let him have his beads or anything, or his sacred thread. They took it all away from him.

Śyāmasundara: Can we go visit him?

Karandhara: We can visit, yes. Visiting hours on Saturdays and Sundays. I went there the Saturday before last, before I came.

Prabhupāda: So how is he there?

Karandhara: Well, he's doing all right. He says he chants and he prays.

Prabhupāda: Well, what can be done?

Karandhara: We're trying to see the minister there and get some books in to him. If the minister will allow it, we can give him books. Otherwise they won't let him have any books.

Prabhupāda: So you see, or else why this poor fellow should be given unnecessary trouble? What is this? Huh?

Dayānanda: Cardamom seed. Cardamom.

Prabhupāda: Oh. Yes. (devotees offer obeisances)

Prabhupāda: What is the price of a closet?

Karandhara: A closet? How big, Prabhupāda?

Prabhupāda: Not very big.

Karandhara: Maybe forty dollars.

Prabhupāda: Steel?

Karandhara: Oh, steel. Probably more than forty. Like a locker? A locker like this or a closet like this?

Prabhupāda: Closet.

Karandhara: Closet. Probably sixty or seventy dollars.

Prabhupāda: I don't think it is much.

Karandhara: We can get it. Six feet high?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Śyāmasundara: A wardrobe for clothes.

Devotee: Like a chifferobe?

Karandhara: Made out of steel instead of wood?

Prabhupāda: Steel is cheaper?

Karandhara: No, steel is more. Wood is cheaper.

Prabhupāda: So steel is, I think, nice.

Karandhara: Okay. We'll look for it.

Prabhupāda: And one stove.

Karandhara: A small stove?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Karandhara: Two burners?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Karandhara: Okay.

Devotee: Jaya. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. (cut) (end)

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