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Conversations by Date, 1971

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

711205R2-DELHI - December 05, 1971 - 04:38 Minutes

(in car)

Gurudāsa: The old gate?

Prabhupāda: Yes. This is a gate.

(break) . . . petroleum, and old car also.

(break) . . . headquarters for officers. (break)

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Secretaries.

Gurudāsa: Ministers and . . .

Prabhupāda: Secretaries.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prabhupāda, that is the Prime Minister's house, isn't it, Gurudāsa?

Gurudāsa: No. Home Minister.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Hunger strike.

Prabhupāda: . . . (indistinct)

Gurudāsa: Prime Minister is not there.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh, whoever it is, they're having a hunger strike. His . . . (break)

Gurudāsa: Here's Jagjivan Ram's house over here. The Minister of Defense lives here.

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Gurudāsa: Minister of Defense. (break) Central Secretary.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive.

Prabhupāda: That is Parliament.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: And in front, Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Gurudāsa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: That is India Gate.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive, Prabhupāda.

Prabhupāda: This is British design.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The British built these buildings.

Gurudāsa: Except that building. That building, J. M. Jolly built. That building, Mr. Jolly from Bombay built that. Adyar Bhavan.

Prabhupāda: Oh.

Gurudāsa: Indians could never build such buildings.

Prabhupāda: Their style is different. Just like temples.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.

Prabhupāda: Gorgeous temples. That's a different style.

Devotee: Yes.

Prabhupāda: This style is European style.

Gurudāsa: Grecian.

Prabhupāda: Grecian.

Gurudāsa: Greece.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh. Greece, Grecian.

Prabhupāda: Hah. European culture means Greece and Roman.

Gurudāsa: It's called Doric.

Prabhupāda: Hah?

Gurudāsa: Doric.

Prabhupāda: Doric? Yes.

Gurudāsa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, should I try and arrange a meeting with the President?

Prabhupāda: (indistinct) . . . simply waste of time (break) We have got already . . . (indistinct) . . . here's a Sikh temple.

Devotee: Gurudvara.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very nice.

Gurudāsa: But inside there's nothing. Inside there's . . . (indistinct)

Prabhupāda: Nobody goes inside.

Gurudāsa: Oh. (laughs)

Prabhupāda: Everyone is satisfied by . . . (indistinct) . . . (laughter)

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Why can't we get land like that and build something like that in Delhi?

Prabhupāda: It is very conspicuous.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Looks like marble.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That you can do with white cement.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: White cement?

Prabhupāda: White cement, maybe. White cement.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: People will know we are pretending.

Prabhupāda: No, white cement is used now. You plaster with white cement, it becomes almost like marble.

Gurudāsa: Nara-Nārāyaṇa said he could reproduce that sandstone, red sandstone, in cement also.

Prabhupāda: Sandstone?

Gurudāsa: Like that palace in Govardhana?

Prabhupāda: Aha.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like the government buildings. That's sandstone.

Prabhupāda: Sandstone, yes.

Devotee: That's sandstone.

Prabhupāda: (indistinct) . . . (laughs) This is the fashion, to take the wife to the backside, and as soon as the sārī is entangled in the spokes . . . dangerous.

Gurudāsa: (laughs) (break) (end)

@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 Gurudāsa: The old gate?
-Prabhupāda: Yes. This is a gate.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. This is a gate.
 (break) . . . petroleum, and old car also.
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 Gurudāsa: Yes.
-Prabhupāda: Secretaries.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Secretaries.
 Gurudāsa: Ministers and . . .
-Prabhupāda: Secretaries.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Secretaries.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prabhupāda, that is the Prime Minister's house, isn't it, Gurudāsa?
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Hunger strike.
-Prabhupāda: . . . (indistinct)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' . . . (indistinct)
 Gurudāsa: Prime Minister is not there.
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 Gurudāsa: Here's Jagjivan Ram's house over here. The Minister of Defense lives here.
-Prabhupāda: Oh.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh.
 Gurudāsa: Minister of Defense. (break) Central Secretary.
@@ Line 58: / Line 58: @@
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive.
-Prabhupāda: That is Parliament.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' That is Parliament.
 Gurudāsa: Yes.
-Prabhupāda: And in front, Rashtrapati Bhavan.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' And in front, Rashtrapati Bhavan.
 Gurudāsa: Yes.
-Prabhupāda: That is India Gate.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' That is India Gate.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Very impressive, Prabhupāda.
-Prabhupāda: This is British design.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' This is British design.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The British built these buildings.
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 Gurudāsa: Except that building. That building, J. M. Jolly built. That building, Mr. Jolly from Bombay built that. Adyar Bhavan.
-Prabhupāda: Oh.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh.
 Gurudāsa: Indians could never build such buildings.
-Prabhupāda: Their style is different. Just like temples.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Their style is different. Just like temples.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.
-Prabhupāda: Gorgeous temples. That's a different style.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Gorgeous temples. That's a different style.
 Devotee: Yes.
-Prabhupāda: This style is European style.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' This style is European style.
 Gurudāsa: Grecian.
-Prabhupāda: Grecian.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Grecian.
 Gurudāsa: Greece.
@@ Line 98: / Line 98: @@
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh. Greece, Grecian.
-Prabhupāda: Hah. European culture means Greece and Roman.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Hah. European culture means Greece and Roman.
 Gurudāsa: It's called Doric.
-Prabhupāda:  Hah?
+'''Prabhupāda:'''  Hah?
 Gurudāsa: Doric.
-Prabhupāda: Doric? Yes.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Doric? Yes.
 Gurudāsa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, should I try and arrange a meeting with the President?
-Prabhupāda: (indistinct) . . . simply waste of time (break) We have got already . . . (indistinct) . . . here's a Sikh temple.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' (indistinct) . . . simply waste of time (break) We have got already . . . (indistinct) . . . here's a Sikh temple.
 Devotee: Gurudvara.
@@ Line 118: / Line 118: @@
 Gurudāsa: But inside there's nothing. Inside there's . . . (indistinct)
-Prabhupāda: Nobody goes inside.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Nobody goes inside.
 Gurudāsa: Oh. (laughs)
-Prabhupāda: Everyone is satisfied by . . . (indistinct) . . . (laughter)
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Everyone is satisfied by . . . (indistinct) . . . (laughter)
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Why can't we get land like that and build something like that in Delhi?
-Prabhupāda: It is very conspicuous.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' It is very conspicuous.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Looks like marble.
-Prabhupāda: Yes. That you can do with white cement.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. That you can do with white cement.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: White cement?
-Prabhupāda: White cement, maybe. White cement.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' White cement, maybe. White cement.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: People will know we are pretending.
-Prabhupāda: No, white cement is used now. You plaster with white cement, it becomes almost like marble.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' No, white cement is used now. You plaster with white cement, it becomes almost like marble.
 Gurudāsa: Nara-Nārāyaṇa said he could reproduce that sandstone, red sandstone, in cement also.
-Prabhupāda: Sandstone?
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Sandstone?
 Gurudāsa: Like that palace in Govardhana?
-Prabhupāda: Aha.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Aha.
 Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like the government buildings. That's sandstone.
-Prabhupāda: Sandstone, yes.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' Sandstone, yes.
 Devotee: That's sandstone.
-Prabhupāda: (indistinct) . . . (laughs) This is the fashion, to take the wife to the backside, and as soon as the ''sārī'' is entangled in the spokes . . . dangerous.
+'''Prabhupāda:''' (indistinct) . . . (laughs) This is the fashion, to take the wife to the backside, and as soon as the ''sārī'' is entangled in the spokes . . . dangerous.
 Gurudāsa: (laughs) (break) (end)