740704 - Interview - Chicago - Revision history

RasaRasika at 03:18, 1 December 2023

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	:''uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ''		:''uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ''
	:''kinto prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya''		:''kinto prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya''
	:(''Śrī Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka'' 7)		:(Śrī Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka 7)

	"A spiritual master should be honored as good as God." That is the injunction of the scripture. And people who are aware of this thing, they honor. (break)		"A spiritual master should be honored as good as God." That is the injunction of the scripture. And people who are aware of this thing, they honor. (break)

	'''Reporter (1):''' But why did you not come to the United States until you were . . . ~~’til~~ 1965? Why didn’t you come sooner? Or to England?		'''Reporter (1):''' But why did you not come to the United States until you were . . . 'til 1965? Why didn’t you come sooner? Or to England?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's a great, hmm, mystery. I was not thinking myself that, "I am fit now to go there."		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's a great, hmm, mystery. I was not thinking myself that, "I am fit now to go there."

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' Hello. Hi.		'''Woman Reporter:''' Hello. Hi.

	'''Sri Govinda:''' There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.		'''Sri Govinda:''' There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.
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	'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)		'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .		'''Woman Reporter:''' In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' . . . a yacht?		'''Woman Reporter:''' . . . a yacht?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' No, I don’t. (laughter)		'''Woman Reporter:''' No, I don’t. (laughter)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?		'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' So you . . . you have one?		'''Woman Reporter:''' So you . . . you have one?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?
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	'''Sri Govinda:''' Yes.		'''Sri Govinda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .		'''Woman Reporter:''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' What about you?		'''Woman Reporter:''' What about you?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' Are you honored as good as God?		''''Woman Reporter:''' Are you honored as good as God?

	'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.		'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.		'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' 1954?		'''Woman Reporter:''' 1954?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' In ’59?		'''Woman Reporter:''' In ’59?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman ~~'''~~Reporter:~~'''~~''' What happened to your wife?		'''Woman Reporter:''' What happened to your wife?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.

	'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)		'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)

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	'''Reporter (1):''' That because the United States is so materialistic, the message of . . .		'''Reporter (1):''' That because the United States is so materialistic, the message of . . .

	Viśākhā: Take one.		'''Viśākhā:''' Take one.

	'''Reporter (1):''' . . . anti-materialism is more easily accepted than in places where things are not so?		'''Reporter (1):''' . . . anti-materialism is more easily accepted than in places where things are not so?
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.

	Viśākhā: Take two.		'''Viśākhā:''' Take two.

	'''Reporter (1):''' . . . Krsna consciousness people among the hippies, because they had already given up material possessions, and so they were prepared for . . .?		'''Reporter (1):''' . . . Krsna consciousness people among the hippies, because they had already given up material possessions, and so they were prepared for . . .?

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' Hello. Hi.		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' Hello. Hi.

	'''Sri Govinda:''' There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.		'''Sri Govinda:''' There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.
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	'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)		'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)

	'''Woman Reporter:''' In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?

	'''Woman Reporter:''' . . . a yacht?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' . . . a yacht?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?

	'''Woman Reporter:''' No, I don’t. (laughter)		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' No, I don’t. (laughter)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?		'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?

	'''Woman Reporter:''' So you . . . you have one?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' So you . . . you have one?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?
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	'''Sri Govinda:''' Yes.		'''Sri Govinda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' What about you?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' What about you?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?

	'''Woman Reporter:''' Are you honored as good as God?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' Are you honored as good as God?

	'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.		'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.		'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' 1954?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' 1954?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' In ’59?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' In ’59?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' What happened to your wife?		'''Woman '''Reporter:'''''' What happened to your wife?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.

	'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)		'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)

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	'''Woman Reporter:''' Hello. Hi.		'''Woman Reporter:''' Hello. Hi.

	Sri Govinda: There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.		'''Sri Govinda:''' There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Ah.
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	'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.		'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.

	Sri Govinda: There's nine vehicles here.		'''Sri Govinda:''' There's nine vehicles here.

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

	Sri Govinda: Nine vehicles.		'''Sri Govinda:''' Nine vehicles.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see.
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	'''Reporter (1):''' Nine vehicles in Chicago?		'''Reporter (1):''' Nine vehicles in Chicago?

	Sri Govinda: Yes.		'''Sri Govinda:''' Yes.

	'''Woman Reporter:''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .		'''Woman Reporter:''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Reporter (1): There's a market?		'''Reporter (1):''' There's a market?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Everywhere. Huh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Everywhere. Huh?

	Reporter (1): That because the United States is so materialistic, the message of . . .		'''Reporter (1):''' That because the United States is so materialistic, the message of . . .

	Viśākhā: Take one.		Viśākhā: Take one.

	Reporter (1): . . . anti-materialism is more easily accepted than in places where things are not so?		'''Reporter (1):''' . . . anti-materialism is more easily accepted than in places where things are not so?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That is also another cause, because they are not satisfied. Otherwise, why hippies are coming? (aside) Come. The hippies are dissatisfied with the method of modern materialistic way of life. Is it not? Therefore voluntarily . . .		'''Prabhupāda:''' That is also another cause, because they are not satisfied. Otherwise, why hippies are coming? (aside) Come. The hippies are dissatisfied with the method of modern materialistic way of life. Is it not? Therefore voluntarily . . .

	Reporter (1): Yes. They have given away their possessions and . . .		'''Reporter (1):''' Yes. They have given away their possessions and . . .

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

	Reporter (1): . . . they have, they have chosen to . . .		'''Reporter (1):''' . . . they have, they have chosen to . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.
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	Viśākhā: Take two.		Viśākhā: Take two.

	Reporter (1): . . . Krsna consciousness people among the hippies, because they had already given up material possessions, and so they were prepared for . . .?		'''Reporter (1):''' . . . Krsna consciousness people among the hippies, because they had already given up material possessions, and so they were prepared for . . .?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' No, that means that they want to have something new, but they are not accepting what is actually better. Some of them are accepting. But there is frustration, there is no doubt.		'''Prabhupāda:''' No, that means that they want to have something new, but they are not accepting what is actually better. Some of them are accepting. But there is frustration, there is no doubt.

	Reporter (1): There is no doubt . . .?		'''Reporter (1):''' There is no doubt . . .?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Frustration.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Frustration.

	Reporter (1): Frustration.		'''Reporter (1):''' Frustration.

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. This way of, materialistic way of life, like their fathers, grandfathers, they do not like. Is it not? Huh?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. This way of, materialistic way of life, like their fathers, grandfathers, they do not like. Is it not? Huh?

	Reporter (1): I think so.		'''Reporter (1):''' I think so.

	'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)		'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Just see.

	Reporter (1): Nine vehicles in Chicago?		'''Reporter (1):''' Nine vehicles in Chicago?

	Sri Govinda: Yes.		Sri Govinda: Yes.
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	"A spiritual master should be honored as good as God." That is the injunction of the scripture. And people who are aware of this thing, they honor. (break)		"A spiritual master should be honored as good as God." That is the injunction of the scripture. And people who are aware of this thing, they honor. (break)

	Reporter (1): But why did you not come to the United States until you were . . . ’til 1965? Why didn’t you come sooner? Or to England?		'''Reporter (1):''' But why did you not come to the United States until you were . . . ’til 1965? Why didn’t you come sooner? Or to England?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That's a great, hmm, mystery. I was not thinking myself that, "I am fit now to go there."		'''Prabhupāda:''' That's a great, hmm, mystery. I was not thinking myself that, "I am fit now to go there."

	Reporter (1): And if you were not . . .		'''Reporter (1):''' And if you were not . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.		'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.

	Reporter (1): What did you do in 1959?		'''Reporter (1):''' What did you do in 1959?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.

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	'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Voluntarily they are giving up possessions. (someone enters) Sit down.

	Woman Reporter: Hello. Hi.		'''Woman Reporter:''' Hello. Hi.

	Sri Govinda: There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.		Sri Govinda: There is a reporter from the Chicago Daily News.
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	'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)		'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)

	Woman Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .		'''Woman Reporter:''' In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?		'''Prabhupāda:''' Why not?

	Woman Reporter: . . . a yacht?		'''Woman Reporter:''' . . . a yacht?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I am . . . I am the ''guru'' of the richest country. Why shall I not have car? Do you follow?

	Woman Reporter: No, I don’t. (laughter)		'''Woman Reporter:''' No, I don’t. (laughter)

	'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?		'''Prabhupāda:''' If I am ''guru'' of the richest country, then why shall I not have a car?

	Woman Reporter: So you . . . you have one?		'''Woman Reporter:''' So you . . . you have one?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?		'''Prabhupāda:''' I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?
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	Sri Govinda: Yes.		Sri Govinda: Yes.

	Woman Reporter: Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .		'''Woman Reporter:''' Some spiritual leaders of, of various groups live in great richness, with a chauffeur, and, uh, uh, expensive cars and boats . . .

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Woman Reporter: What about you?		'''Woman Reporter:''' What about you?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?		'''Prabhupāda:''' That because I know you are envious, therefore I don’t sit here, I am sitting here. (laughter) You are very envious when a spiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples. You become envious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that spiritual master is honored as good as God. But if you, you do not know, you become envious, "Why this man is sitting in this position, in this gorgeous way. Why he . . .?" What can be done?

	Woman Reporter: Are you honored as good as God?		'''Woman Reporter:''' Are you honored as good as God?

	'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.		'''Devotee (1):''' Yes.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.		'''Prabhupāda:''' I was thinking that, "At present, I am not fit." And besides that, I was family man at that time. I could not get the opportunity. So after renouncing the family life—then. I renounced family life in 1954.

	Woman Reporter: 1954?		'''Woman Reporter:''' 1954?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. And I took ''sannyāsa'' in 1959. And then I came to your country in 1956.
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	'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.		'''Prabhupāda:''' ''Sannyāsa''. Renouncing, officially renouncing. Officially renouncing family life.

	Woman Reporter: In ’59?		'''Woman Reporter:''' In ’59?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Yes.

	Woman Reporter: What happened to your wife?		'''Woman Reporter:''' What happened to your wife?

	'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.		'''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, I leave under the, her children, that's all.

	'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)		'''Devotee (1):''' The eldest son takes care of the wife, the mother. A very nice system. (end)

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	Prabhupāda: I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?		Prabhupāda: I have many. In each center I have got at least one dozen cars. (laughter) Just now I am coming from Europe—Germany. They have got nineteen vans. Nineteen. They go interior villages. The Volkswagen? What is called?

	Devotees: Volkswagen Bus.		'''Devotees:''' Volkswagen Bus.

	Prabhupāda: Bus, bus.		Prabhupāda: Bus, bus.

	Devotees: Yes. (laughter)		'''Devotees:''' Yes. (laughter)

	Prabhupāda: So our devotees, they are packed up in each bus, and they go interior, in the village. Similarly, in every center we have got. In Germany, in England, in Los Angeles, in New York. Here also?		Prabhupāda: So our devotees, they are packed up in each bus, and they go interior, in the village. Similarly, in every center we have got. In Germany, in England, in Los Angeles, in New York. Here also?

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	Reporter (1): I think so.		Reporter (1): I think so.

	Devotee: Yes. (break) (laughter)		'''Devotee:''' Yes. (break) (laughter)

	Woman Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .		Woman Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live . . . do you live in richness? Do you have a car, and a chauffeur, and a . . .