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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm.

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' "I, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-''Ācārya'' of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, disciple of Oṁ Viṣṇupāda 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja Prabhupāda and settlor of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, at present residing at the Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple in Vṛndāvana, hereby solemnly declare, say and confirm as follows: 1. That I am the Founder-''Ācārya'' of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known as ISKCON, a society registered under the Society Registration Act of 1860, with its headquarters at Juhu, Bombay, and branches at . . ." And then it's to be filled in. "2. That some properties with movable and immovable . . ." What is this word? (indistinct background discussion) ". . . have been donated to me by the devotees of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness or purchased or otherwise acquired by me in my name, which still stand in my personal name; 3. That I hereby categorically declare and say that I am just a ''benāmadāra''~~(?)~~ of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness . . ."		'''Rāmeśvara:''' "I, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-''Ācārya'' of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, disciple of Oṁ Viṣṇupāda 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja Prabhupāda and settlor of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, at present residing at the Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple in Vṛndāvana, hereby solemnly declare, say and confirm as follows: 1. That I am the Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known as ISKCON, a society registered under the Society Registration Act of 1860, with its headquarters at Juhu, Bombay, and branches at . . ." And then it's to be filled in. "2. That some properties with movable and immovable . . ." What is this word? (indistinct background discussion) ". . . have been donated to me by the devotees of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness or purchased or otherwise acquired by me in my name, which still stand in my personal name; 3. That I hereby categorically declare and say that I am just a ''benāmadāra'' of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness . . ."

	'''Prabhupāda:''' What is ''benāmadāra''?		'''Prabhupāda:''' What is ''benāmadāra''?

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. ''Jaya''. (break)		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. ''Jaya''. (break)

	Rādhā-vallabha: I'm planning to take it away from him, but I can't find him. I think by the time I return to America . . .		'''Rādhā-vallabha:''' I'm planning to take it away from him, but I can't find him. I think by the time I return to America . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' It is very convincing.		'''Prabhupāda:''' It is very convincing.

	Rādhā-vallabha: Yeah.		'''Rādhā-vallabha:''' Yeah.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' "You may pay me six hundred dollars for fifty . . . (indistinct) . . ."		'''Prabhupāda:''' "You may pay me six hundred dollars for fifty . . . (indistinct) . . ."

	Rādhā-vallabha: I've been trying to find him. As soon as I find him, I'll bring you the book back from him.		'''Rādhā-vallabha:''' I've been trying to find him. As soon as I find him, I'll bring you the book back from him.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Still paying him money?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Still paying him money?

	Rādhā-vallabha: No, no, I stopped when you told me in Māyāpur.		'''Rādhā-vallabha:''' No, no, I stopped when you told me in Māyāpur.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Cheats his wife and children, this crooked man. Cheating people. Tendency is there. Where he is?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Cheats his wife and children, this crooked man. Cheating people. Tendency is there. Where he is?

	Rādhā-vallabha: When?		'''Rādhā-vallabha:''' When?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Where he is now? (break) (end)		'''Prabhupāda:''' Where he is now? (break) (end)

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, that is our real mission. ''Yāre dekha tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa ''([[CC Madhya 7.128\|CC Madhya 7.128]]). That's all. This is the opportunity of speaking the words given by Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana or Kṛṣṇa are the same. So that's all right. No more talking.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes, that is our real mission. ''Yāre dekha tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa ''([[CC Madhya 7.128\|CC Madhya 7.128]]). That's all. This is the opportunity of speaking the words given by Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana or Kṛṣṇa are the same. So that's all right. No more talking.

	Devotees: ''Jaya ''Śrīla Prabhupāda!		'''Devotees:''' ''Jaya ''Śrīla Prabhupāda!

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. ''Jaya''. (break)		'''Prabhupāda:''' Hare Kṛṣṇa. ''Jaya''. (break)

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	Svarūpa Dāmodara: . . . this summer and he can come. We can provide free lodging and . . .		'''Svarūpa Dāmodara:''' . . . this summer and he can come. We can provide free lodging and . . .

	Prabhupāda: Yes, everyone should be provided free lodging.		Prabhupāda: Yes, everyone should be provided free lodging.

	Svarūpa Dāmodara: We can invite about two hundred guests and have a week-long conference.		'''Svarūpa Dāmodara:''' We can invite about two hundred guests and have a week-long conference.

	Prabhupāda: If they voluntarily give contribution, that's all right. Otherwise we shall provide. We have got guesthouse. It is very nice. Even they do not pay, we shall pay.		Prabhupāda: If they voluntarily give contribution, that's all right. Otherwise we shall provide. We have got guesthouse. It is very nice. Even they do not pay, we shall pay.

	Svarūpa Dāmodara: We can make a scientific propaganda. And we can also do the same thing in Bombay. Bombay will be bigger.		'''Svarūpa Dāmodara:''' We can make a scientific propaganda. And we can also do the same thing in Bombay. Bombay will be bigger.

	Prabhupāda: Therefore you have been trained up (chuckles) for this purpose. (break)		Prabhupāda: Therefore you have been trained up (chuckles) for this purpose. (break)

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	Prabhupāda: Supreme managers.		Prabhupāda: Supreme managers.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Supreme managers. (laughter)		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Supreme managers. (laughter)

	Prabhupāda: Or the ultimate managers, like that.		Prabhupāda: Or the ultimate managers, like that.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: The ultimate executives?		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' The ultimate executives?

	Prabhupāda: Yes.		Prabhupāda: Yes.
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	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, the executors.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, the executors.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Ultimate executors.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Ultimate executors.

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Or commissioners. You have . . .		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Or commissioners. You have . . .
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	Prabhupāda: Again "trust" word.		Prabhupāda: Again "trust" word.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Again "ISKCON property."		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Again "ISKCON property."

	Girirāja: Okay, we can change that wording.		Girirāja: Okay, we can change that wording.
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	Prabhupāda: No, with the consent of the GBC . . .		Prabhupāda: No, with the consent of the GBC . . .

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Consent of the GBC.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Consent of the GBC.

	Prabhupāda: Like that.		Prabhupāda: Like that.
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	Prabhupāda: There should be inventory of all the properties in this will.		Prabhupāda: There should be inventory of all the properties in this will.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Inventory?		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Inventory?

	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: In this will there should be inventory of all properties.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: In this will there should be inventory of all properties.
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	Prabhupāda: Hmm. In-charge. In-charge committee.		Prabhupāda: Hmm. In-charge. In-charge committee.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: In-charge committee.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' In-charge committee.

	Rāmeśvara: In the world.		Rāmeśvara: In the world.
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	Rāmeśvara: We have that. "In principle should never be sold, but if the need arises, they may be sold or mortgaged with the consent of the GBC."		Rāmeśvara: We have that. "In principle should never be sold, but if the need arises, they may be sold or mortgaged with the consent of the GBC."

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Committee members.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Committee members.

	Prabhupāda: Outside India.		Prabhupāda: Outside India.
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	Prabhupāda: So Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, give them money.		Prabhupāda: So Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, give them money.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: I have already given seventy thousand rupees.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' I have already given seventy thousand rupees.

	Rāmeśvara: The situation is that the seventy thousand rupees is already invested in ''Gītār Gāns'', and all the rest of the money Gopāla has . . .		Rāmeśvara: The situation is that the seventy thousand rupees is already invested in ''Gītār Gāns'', and all the rest of the money Gopāla has . . .
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	Prabhupāda: Utilize that money. You have taken already seventy thousand. That's all.		Prabhupāda: Utilize that money. You have taken already seventy thousand. That's all.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: It was more than seventy thousand, I think.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' It was more than seventy thousand, I think.

	Prabhupāda: Unlimited, we cannot give you money.		Prabhupāda: Unlimited, we cannot give you money.
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	Prabhupāda: So you can take fifty thousand also. If they have returned twenty-one thousand, you can pay fifty thousand loan more.		Prabhupāda: So you can take fifty thousand also. If they have returned twenty-one thousand, you can pay fifty thousand loan more.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: We can pay fifty thousand . . .?		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' We can pay fifty thousand . . .?

	Rāmeśvara: He'll take a loan.		Rāmeśvara: He'll take a loan.
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	Prabhupāda: Give and take, give and take, give and take.		Prabhupāda: Give and take, give and take, give and take.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: The thing is, I've given them seventy thousand . . .		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' The thing is, I've given them seventy thousand . . .

	Prabhupāda: That's all right. They have returned twenty-one thousand.		Prabhupāda: That's all right. They have returned twenty-one thousand.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Yes.

	Prabhupāda: Then you can pay another fifty thousand. In this way transaction will go on.		Prabhupāda: Then you can pay another fifty thousand. In this way transaction will go on.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: At the present moment BBT can't give them so much money.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' At the present moment BBT can't give them so much money.

	Prabhupāda: So if you give them something. Twenty-one thousand give them, thirty thousand. Then again . . . if they are returning, you give them. Give and take, give and take.		Prabhupāda: So if you give them something. Twenty-one thousand give them, thirty thousand. Then again . . . if they are returning, you give them. Give and take, give and take.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: But that returning which we are doing, we are putting in a separate Bengali . . .		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' But that returning which we are doing, we are putting in a separate Bengali . . .

	Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be, it is returning.		Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be, it is returning.
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	Rāmeśvara: So in addition, he wanted to borrow from your own BBT, because Gopāla says that all his money is tied up for printing in English and Hindi and the other languages.		Rāmeśvara: So in addition, he wanted to borrow from your own BBT, because Gopāla says that all his money is tied up for printing in English and Hindi and the other languages.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: At least for six months.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' At least for six months.

	Rāmeśvara: So that is his request.		Rāmeśvara: So that is his request.
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	Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Tripled. Tripled, the book distribution.		Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Tripled. Tripled, the book distribution.

	Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Big books.		'''Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:''' Big books.

	Prabhupāda: Very good.		Prabhupāda: Very good.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Like that.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Like that.

	Jayapatākā: Properties in America can't be sold unless . . .		'''Jayapatākā:''' Properties in America can't be sold unless . . .

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' We had a GBC meeting, and we made a system so that there are three GBC men assigned to every American property, and they can't even be mortgaged without the signature of these three men.		'''Rāmeśvara:''' We had a GBC meeting, and we made a system so that there are three GBC men assigned to every American property, and they can't even be mortgaged without the signature of these three men.
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	'''Rāmeśvara:''' Right. "The GBC committee members."		'''Rāmeśvara:''' Right. "The GBC committee members."

	Jayapatākā: Not all of them. (indistinct background talking)		'''Jayapatākā:''' Not all of them. (indistinct background talking)

	'''Girirāja:''' We can put the cities.		'''Girirāja:''' We can put the cities.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Devāyatana. Hm?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Devāyatana. Hm?

	Jayapatākā: ''Devāyatana ''means trust. ''Devāyatana ''means trust.		'''Jayapatākā:''' ''Devāyatana ''means trust. ''Devāyatana ''means trust.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' All right, don't make if it cannot be so . . . (indistinct)		'''Prabhupāda:''' All right, don't make if it cannot be so . . . (indistinct)
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all right. So do it. Manage nicely.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's all right. So do it. Manage nicely.

	Jayapatākā: We had a . . . regarding the letter I had written, that ISKCON Food Relief has got some liability at Māyāpur.		'''Jayapatākā:''' We had a . . . regarding the letter I had written, that ISKCON Food Relief has got some liability at Māyāpur.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No, that you discuss. Don't bother my head.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No, that you discuss. Don't bother my head.

	Jayapatākā: No, we just . . . (Rāmeśvara whispering)		'''Jayapatākā:''' No, we just . . . (Rāmeśvara whispering)

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' Prabhupāda, this afternoon we had a meeting of the BBT trustees, and we were discussing the situation of the Bengali printing. There are some manuscripts lying, and we want to print them as soon as possible so that selling can increase.		'''Rāmeśvara:''' Prabhupāda, this afternoon we had a meeting of the BBT trustees, and we were discussing the situation of the Bengali printing. There are some manuscripts lying, and we want to print them as soon as possible so that selling can increase.
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	'''Rāmeśvara:''' The situation is that the seventy thousand rupees is already invested in ''Gītār Gāns'', and all the rest of the money Gopāla has . . .		'''Rāmeśvara:''' The situation is that the seventy thousand rupees is already invested in ''Gītār Gāns'', and all the rest of the money Gopāla has . . .

	Jayapatākā: ''Gītār Gāns ''and ''Bhāgavat Darshan ''and . . .		'''Jayapatākā:''' ''Gītār Gāns ''and ''Bhāgavat Darshan ''and . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' So you are not selling?		'''Prabhupāda:''' So you are not selling?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Unlimited, we cannot give you money.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Unlimited, we cannot give you money.

	Jayapatākā: No, but if we could have fifty thousand more, then we could print the ''Bhagavad-gītā ''and a few other covers at one time, which would increase the distribution.		'''Jayapatākā:''' No, but if we could have fifty thousand more, then we could print the ''Bhagavad-gītā ''and a few other covers at one time, which would increase the distribution.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That you consult.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That you consult.
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	'''Rāmeśvara:''' How much have you paid back originally?		'''Rāmeśvara:''' How much have you paid back originally?

	Jayapatākā: Only one payment has come through. I paid the first thing.		'''Jayapatākā:''' Only one payment has come through. I paid the first thing.

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' No, no, no, of the seventy thousand.		'''Rāmeśvara:''' No, no, no, of the seventy thousand.

	Jayapatākā: No. Seventy thousand? We have no debt with BBT. We're paid up.		'''Jayapatākā:''' No. Seventy thousand? We have no debt with BBT. We're paid up.

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' How much have you paid so far?		'''Rāmeśvara:''' How much have you paid so far?

	Jayapatākā: Since April I've paid twenty-one thousand.		'''Jayapatākā:''' Since April I've paid twenty-one thousand.

	'''Rāmeśvara:''' He's already paid twenty-one thousand rupees of it back.		'''Rāmeśvara:''' He's already paid twenty-one thousand rupees of it back.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' That he can get in September.		'''Prabhupāda:''' That he can get in September.

	Jayapatākā: What?		'''Jayapatākā:''' What?

	'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' (laughs) Prabhupāda said, "In September."		'''Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:''' (laughs) Prabhupāda said, "In September."
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	'''Rāmeśvara:''' For small books like ''Perfection of Yoga'', it has increased forty-five percent. For medium books like Kṛṣṇa trilogy and ''Īśopaniṣad'', it has increased forty-five percent, and for the hardbound books like ''Bhagavad-gītā ''and ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', it has doubled—two hundred percent increase.		'''Rāmeśvara:''' For small books like ''Perfection of Yoga'', it has increased forty-five percent. For medium books like Kṛṣṇa trilogy and ''Īśopaniṣad'', it has increased forty-five percent, and for the hardbound books like ''Bhagavad-gītā ''and ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'', it has doubled—two hundred percent increase.

	Jayapatākā: In one month.		'''Jayapatākā:''' In one month.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' This is very good.		'''Prabhupāda:''' This is very good.