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	'''Harikeśa:''' Yes. Well, they say here it's 600,000 ''yojanas'', which makes 48,000,000 miles—no—480,000,000 miles above the sun.		'''Harikeśa:''' Yes. Well, they say here it's 600,000 ''yojanas'', which makes 48,000,000 miles—no—480,000,000 miles above the sun.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#~~ff9933~~">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#ec710e">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>

	'''Indian guest:''' Hare Krsna.		'''Indian guest:''' Hare Krsna.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Jaya. <span style="color:#~~ff9933~~">Basun. Kothyeke elen?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Sit down. Where are you from?)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' Jaya. <span style="color:#ec710e">Basun. Kothyeke elen?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Sit down. Where are you from?)</span>

	'''Indian guest:''' <span style="color:#~~ff9933~~">Ami . . . ei</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I am . . . this)</span> . . . (indistinct) (break) It is giving a quotation from the Vedas. How to act on Vedic principles, that is called ''smṛti''. Sometimes the original law is explained by one lawyer in detail. So that detailed explanation is like ''smṛti'', and the original law is ''śruti''. In that we have to bathe. ''Smṛti'' means which is explaining ''śruti'' to understand easily.		'''Indian guest:''' <span style="color:#ec710e">Ami . . . ei</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I am . . . this)</span> . . . (indistinct) (break) It is giving a quotation from the Vedas. How to act on Vedic principles, that is called ''smṛti''. Sometimes the original law is explained by one lawyer in detail. So that detailed explanation is like ''smṛti'', and the original law is ''śruti''. In that we have to bathe. ''Smṛti'' means which is explaining ''śruti'' to understand easily.

	'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' But we should never think that ''smṛti'' is an interpretation.		'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' But we should never think that ''smṛti'' is an interpretation.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' You gave him some book, this Surendra?		'''Prabhupāda:''' You gave him some book, this Surendra?

	Jayapatākā: That was a long time ago I gave one book. Since then you told me not . . . you wrote that don't give any books, but that was a long time ago I gave.		'''Jayapatākā:''' That was a long time ago I gave one book. Since then you told me not . . . you wrote that don't give any books, but that was a long time ago I gave.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all right. So you have talked and dealt with him?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all right. So you have talked and dealt with him?

	Jayapatākā: He came to me and said he wanted a job here. He said he wanted to be our manager, this and that. And then he was hinting about that they were getting one wage, one allowance, so he was expecting to get some allowance also, a little more.		'''Jayapatākā:''' He came to me and said he wanted a job here. He said he wanted to be our manager, this and that. And then he was hinting about that they were getting one wage, one allowance, so he was expecting to get some allowance also, a little more.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So he is coming now. What is the purpose?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So he is coming now. What is the purpose?

	Jayapatākā: He wanted to be our . . . to work for us. To work for Your Divine Grace, maybe.		'''Jayapatākā:''' He wanted to be our . . . to work for us. To work for Your Divine Grace, maybe.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' How did you find him by dealing with him?		'''Prabhupāda:''' How did you find him by dealing with him?

	Jayapatākā: I didn't find him. He found me.		'''Jayapatākā:''' I didn't find him. He found me.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No, no, how you have . . .? How do you . . .?		'''Prabhupāda:''' No, no, how you have . . .? How do you . . .?

	Jayapatākā: Oh, how did I find . . . how did . . .? Well, I know that influentially he is, in the district level, he is very influential. I mean to say that he has got very good relations with all the government people and all the local people. And whenever I go somewhere to invite them for any festival, any function, they would always speak highly of Surendra Das and that he had just about a week ago before, he had already invited them for the Caitanya Maṭha. So he is very active in that way, something which we don't have time or understanding to do, so many of us. He knows how to receive people and make them feel very nice and then show them around. He has got that . . . a nice personality like that, and he is very active in . . .		'''Jayapatākā:''' Oh, how did I find . . . how did . . .? Well, I know that influentially he is, in the district level, he is very influential. I mean to say that he has got very good relations with all the government people and all the local people. And whenever I go somewhere to invite them for any festival, any function, they would always speak highly of Surendra Das and that he had just about a week ago before, he had already invited them for the Caitanya Maṭha. So he is very active in that way, something which we don't have time or understanding to do, so many of us. He knows how to receive people and make them feel very nice and then show them around. He has got that . . . a nice personality like that, and he is very active in . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So if we engage him, do you think we shall get some good service?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So if we engage him, do you think we shall get some good service?

	Jayapatākā: I don't know the . . . I know that he is able to perform good service. As far as whether he'll . . . other people tell me that since he's been working for the Caitanya Maṭha . . . (break) (end)		'''Jayapatākā:''' I don't know the . . . I know that he is able to perform good service. As far as whether he'll . . . other people tell me that since he's been working for the Caitanya Maṭha . . . (break) (end)

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	'''Harikeśa:''' They've forgotten about it.		'''Harikeśa:''' They've forgotten about it.

	Sudāmā: Now they're trying for Mars.		'''Sudāmā:''' Now they're trying for Mars.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see. ''Hele dāntavān keuṭe.'' A man was trying to capture snake. So there are snakes, ''hele''. There are many snakes; they have no poison, especially the water snake, the ''hele''. So ''hele dāntavān keuṭe''. ''Keuṭe'' means cobra. So one cannot capture the poisonless snake, and he is attempting to capture cobra. So they could not go to the moon planet, which is only 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and they are going to Venus, which is far, far away, still. How many miles the Venus is situated? They have committed some mistake.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see. ''Hele dāntavān keuṭe.'' A man was trying to capture snake. So there are snakes, ''hele''. There are many snakes; they have no poison, especially the water snake, the ''hele''. So ''hele dāntavān keuṭe''. ''Keuṭe'' means cobra. So one cannot capture the poisonless snake, and he is attempting to capture cobra. So they could not go to the moon planet, which is only 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and they are going to Venus, which is far, far away, still. How many miles the Venus is situated? They have committed some mistake.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' The stricture of nature's law, that is science. Is it not? Scientific effort. They will never be able to do so, but still, they are . . . to stop death, birth, death, old age, is very major problem, but even in small things you cannot do anything. Everywhere you are dependent. And still, they are very much proud that they are advancing in scientific knowledge so that they can overcome the stringent laws of nature and so on, so on. ''Durāśaya''. It is called ''durāśaya'', hope which will never be fulfilled. Is it not? ''Durāśaya. Śāstra, Bhāgavata'', says, ''durāśaya''. This is their foolishness. They are expecting something which will never be fulfilled. Therefore ''śāstra'' says ''durāśaya''. Now what they are doing about the moon planet?		'''Prabhupāda:''' The stricture of nature's law, that is science. Is it not? Scientific effort. They will never be able to do so, but still, they are . . . to stop death, birth, death, old age, is very major problem, but even in small things you cannot do anything. Everywhere you are dependent. And still, they are very much proud that they are advancing in scientific knowledge so that they can overcome the stringent laws of nature and so on, so on. ''Durāśaya''. It is called ''durāśaya'', hope which will never be fulfilled. Is it not? ''Durāśaya. Śāstra, Bhāgavata'', says, ''durāśaya''. This is their foolishness. They are expecting something which will never be fulfilled. Therefore ''śāstra'' says ''durāśaya''. Now what they are doing about the moon planet?

	Harikeśa: They've forgotten about it.		'''Harikeśa:''' They've forgotten about it.

	Sudāmā: Now they're trying for Mars.		Sudāmā: Now they're trying for Mars.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see. ''Hele dāntavān keuṭe.'' A man was trying to capture snake. So there are snakes, ''hele''. There are many snakes; they have no poison, especially the water snake, the ''hele''. So ''hele dāntavān keuṭe''. ''Keuṭe'' means cobra. So one cannot capture the poisonless snake, and he is attempting to capture cobra. So they could not go to the moon planet, which is only 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and they are going to Venus, which is far, far away, still. How many miles the Venus is situated? They have committed some mistake.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see. ''Hele dāntavān keuṭe.'' A man was trying to capture snake. So there are snakes, ''hele''. There are many snakes; they have no poison, especially the water snake, the ''hele''. So ''hele dāntavān keuṭe''. ''Keuṭe'' means cobra. So one cannot capture the poisonless snake, and he is attempting to capture cobra. So they could not go to the moon planet, which is only 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and they are going to Venus, which is far, far away, still. How many miles the Venus is situated? They have committed some mistake.

	Harikeśa: Yes. Well, they say here it's 600,000 ''yojanas'', which makes 48,000,000 miles—no—480,000,000 miles above the sun.		'''Harikeśa:''' Yes. Well, they say here it's 600,000 ''yojanas'', which makes 48,000,000 miles—no—480,000,000 miles above the sun.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>		'''Prabhupāda:''' So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' We have got our own ''ācāryas''. If you don't accept, I don't accept you. That is my . . . what can be done?		'''Prabhupāda:''' We have got our own ''ācāryas''. If you don't accept, I don't accept you. That is my . . . what can be done?

	Harikeśa: Madhvācārya made a commentary on the ''Gītā'' where he quoted a Sanskrit verse.		'''Harikeśa:''' Madhvācārya made a commentary on the ''Gītā'' where he quoted a Sanskrit verse.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh?

	Harikeśa: He quoted a Vedic verse for every ''Bhagavad-gītā'' verse to prove that ''Bhagavad-gītā'' is ''śruti''.		'''Harikeśa:''' He quoted a Vedic verse for every ''Bhagavad-gītā'' verse to prove that ''Bhagavad-gītā'' is ''śruti''.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Madhvācārya?		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Madhvācārya?

	Harikeśa: Or somebody like that.		'''Harikeśa:''' Or somebody like that.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya.

	Harikeśa: Who?		'''Harikeśa:''' Who?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya has quoted.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya has quoted.

	Harikeśa: Rāmānujācārya.		'''Harikeśa:''' Rāmānujācārya.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya has given quotation from ''śruti'' for every verse of ''Bhagavad-gītā''.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Rāmānujācārya has given quotation from ''śruti'' for every verse of ''Bhagavad-gītā''.
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	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: If we build this temple with escalators and the people go in the temple and they go up the escalator . . .		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: If we build this temple with escalators and the people go in the temple and they go up the escalator . . .

	Harikeśa: They'll never come back.		'''Harikeśa:''' They'll never come back.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: . . . do you think that they're going to then go down the road to go into Śrī Caitanya Maṭha? Why would . . . what is the point of it after doing something like that? They'll never go.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: . . . do you think that they're going to then go down the road to go into Śrī Caitanya Maṭha? Why would . . . what is the point of it after doing something like that? They'll never go.
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	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: . . . so significant that this becomes useless. Not that we issue another thing of this nature.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: . . . so significant that this becomes useless. Not that we issue another thing of this nature.

	Harikeśa: This is already useless.		'''Harikeśa:''' This is already useless.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. I mean, what is the use of issuing another piece of paper against this paper? Let us make a skyscraper temple; then they can think what will be the comparison between this . . .		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes. I mean, what is the use of issuing another piece of paper against this paper? Let us make a skyscraper temple; then they can think what will be the comparison between this . . .
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	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Better. Like in a South Indian house. The South Indian restaurants, they have those . . . of course, those are fancy, like in Vṛndāvana. In the South Indian restaurant they always have a table with marble top. Then they put a leaf on it. Very nice.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Better. Like in a South Indian house. The South Indian restaurants, they have those . . . of course, those are fancy, like in Vṛndāvana. In the South Indian restaurant they always have a table with marble top. Then they put a leaf on it. Very nice.

	Harikeśa: There is room down there. That big room can be used as like a restaurant.		'''Harikeśa:''' There is room down there. That big room can be used as like a restaurant.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Where?		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Where?

	Harikeśa: The next floor down on the end, where they sometimes have class.		'''Harikeśa:''' The next floor down on the end, where they sometimes have class.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, Prabhupāda wants it up there where they sell the ''prasādam''.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: No, Prabhupāda wants it up there where they sell the ''prasādam''.
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	Bhavānanda: Just like in Navadvīpa.		Bhavānanda: Just like in Navadvīpa.

	Harikeśa: They have that near the Gopīnātha temple in Vṛndāvana. Everybody goes there. That is very big.		'''Harikeśa:''' They have that near the Gopīnātha temple in Vṛndāvana. Everybody goes there. That is very big.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We should make a nice sweet, sweetmeats also.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We should make a nice sweet, sweetmeats also.

	Harikeśa: ''Lugloos'' is big there. Those ''lugloos''.		'''Harikeśa:''' ''Lugloos'' is big there. Those ''lugloos''.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We should make many types of sweetmeats. There should be so many preparations, all offered to the Deity. People can purchase ''mahā-prasādam.'' Oh, it will be very big. When you read in the ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta,'' every time Caitanya Mahāprabhu's devotees are purchasing ''prasādam'' from Jagannātha temple, all the time.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We should make many types of sweetmeats. There should be so many preparations, all offered to the Deity. People can purchase ''mahā-prasādam.'' Oh, it will be very big. When you read in the ''Caitanya-caritāmṛta,'' every time Caitanya Mahāprabhu's devotees are purchasing ''prasādam'' from Jagannātha temple, all the time.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' It is . . . fifty-six time, ''prasādam'' is offered there. Fifty-six time.		'''Prabhupāda:''' It is . . . fifty-six time, ''prasādam'' is offered there. Fifty-six time.

	Harikeśa: It's constant.		'''Harikeśa:''' It's constant.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Huh?

	Harikeśa: It's constantly being offered, all day long.		'''Harikeśa:''' It's constantly being offered, all day long.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Once offered, ''ārati'' is performed. Then it is taken away, washed, the room. Again half an hour after . . . why half an hour? Fifteen minutes after. Throughout the whole day and night, fifty-six times.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Once offered, ''ārati'' is performed. Then it is taken away, washed, the room. Again half an hour after . . . why half an hour? Fifteen minutes after. Throughout the whole day and night, fifty-six times.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Night . . . not night. But up to late night. So fifty-six time, ''chāppānna'', within twenty-four hours, so just imagine.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Night . . . not night. But up to late night. So fifty-six time, ''chāppānna'', within twenty-four hours, so just imagine.

	Harikeśa: Four or five times an hour.		'''Harikeśa:''' Four or five times an hour.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So we have to do that at this temple.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So we have to do that at this temple.

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	Prabhupāda: So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>		Prabhupāda: So they cannot reach sun . . . they are trying to go above the sun. (someone enters) <span style="color:#ff9933">Asun. Basun.</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Please come. Sit down.)</span>

	Indian guest: Hare Krsna.		'''Indian guest:''' Hare Krsna.

	Prabhupāda: Jaya. <span style="color:#ff9933">Basun. Kothyeke elen?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Sit down. Where are you from?)</span>		Prabhupāda: Jaya. <span style="color:#ff9933">Basun. Kothyeke elen?</span> <span style="color:#128807">(Sit down. Where are you from?)</span>

	Indian guest: <span style="color:#ff9933">Ami . . . ei</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I am . . . this)</span> . . . (indistinct) (break) It is giving a quotation from the Vedas. How to act on Vedic principles, that is called ''smṛti''. Sometimes the original law is explained by one lawyer in detail. So that detailed explanation is like ''smṛti'', and the original law is ''śruti''. In that we have to bathe. ''Smṛti'' means which is explaining ''śruti'' to understand easily.		'''Indian guest:''' <span style="color:#ff9933">Ami . . . ei</span> <span style="color:#128807">(I am . . . this)</span> . . . (indistinct) (break) It is giving a quotation from the Vedas. How to act on Vedic principles, that is called ''smṛti''. Sometimes the original law is explained by one lawyer in detail. So that detailed explanation is like ''smṛti'', and the original law is ''śruti''. In that we have to bathe. ''Smṛti'' means which is explaining ''śruti'' to understand easily.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But we should never think that ''smṛti'' is an interpretation.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But we should never think that ''smṛti'' is an interpretation.

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