# Airport Arrival Conversation, New York City, 1974 **Location:** New York City (1974) **Duration:** 29:36 <div class="video-container" style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QSg8BSaRf_o" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; pointer-events: auto; z-index: 10;" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSg8BSaRf_o) --- ## Transcript **[07:50]** The definition of sannyasi is given in Bhagavad-gita. **[07:55]** Karmi, karmi means he works and he wants to enjoy the fruit. **[08:03]** That is karmi. **[08:06]** But Bhagavan Sri Krsihna says: anasritah karma-phalam karyam. **[08:11]** One who does not take the result of karma. **[08:16]** Suppose you are a businessman so you are working very hard **[08:23]** earning fifty thousand dollars. If you don't take that then you are sannyasi. **[08:32]** Anasritah karma-phalam karyam. It is my duty. **[08:37]** So if he does not take the result of karma, who will take? **[08:44]** Krishna says: kurusva mad-arpanam, give it to Me. **[09:01]** This is life. Do you think... **[09:08]** To give up the karma phal, result of your work, to Krishna, that is real life, **[09:17]** that is real renunciation **[09:20]** So try to understand in that way... **[09:51]** ...just like we are traveling for thousands and thousands of dollars... **[09:56]** Why shall I neglect it? ; [09:58] : **[10:01]** If I did not have money for airplane how could I come to your country? **[10:08]** So money is required, money is not bad. **[10:12]** Money, if it is spent for Krishna, then it is Laksmi. **[10:22]** Laksmi's business is to be engaged in Krishna's service. **[10:28]** So all the money in the world, they should engage for Krishna's service. **[10:35]** Krishna says yat karosi, "Never mind what you are doing, you give it to Me." **[10:42]** Is it not? Bhagavad-gita. You have read it? **[10:46]** So give to Krishna and Krishna wants money for paying the airplane fare. **[11:01]** We are going daily from New York to London, London to here. **[11:07]** So we are spending thousands and thousands of dollars. So who will pay? **[11:13]** Krishna will pay. We are servant of Krishna. **[11:25]** This is our goswami's instruction. **[11:35]** Everything has relation with Krishna. **[11:37]** So if it is Krishna's money why should we refuse it as material? **[11:46]** Anything dovetailed with Krishna is spiritual, not material. **[12:10]** Phalgu means "false renunciation." **[12:16]** Just like Mayavadis, they think, "No, no, I shall not touch it." Why not? **[12:28]** Money is Laksmi, why should you not touch it? But to engage in Krishna's service. **[12:34]** One who has no idea of Krishna, he cannot spend for Krishna. He should not touch. **[12:41]** That is good, because he will misuse. He should not touch it. **[12:48]** But one who knows how to spend money for Krishna, why he should not touch it? **[13:06]** So New York temple is very nice, going on. Don't be disturbed by outward elements. **[13:14]** Fix up your understanding then maya will not be able to touch you. **[13:30]** Because of this flourishing condition so many religious persons want to destroy this movement. **[13:46]** The whole world is envious. Material world means envious. **[13:55]** So we have got so many enemies. Krishna is always protecting us. **[14:09]** Otherwise so many counteracting things are going on, especially in India. **[14:21]** Caitanya Mahaprabhu also says... Krishna had to kill so many demons from the beginning. **[14:40]** So there are many demons but we have no strength to kill them, **[14:45]** but Krishna will kill them. We cannot kill them. **[14:59]** Prahlada Maharaja could not kill Hiranyakasipu, but Krishna killed him. **[15:07]** Anyone who is impediment to the movement, he will be killed. **[15:18]** We must be also steady, very learned, convinced... Then it will be all right. **[15:33]** We should never deviate from the parampara. **[15:44]** So by chanting Hare Krishna you can keep yourself on the standard. **[15:50]** Thinking of Krishna, man-manah. To become devotee of Krishna, **[15:56]** man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji **[15:58]** Worshipping Krishna very nicely. Mam namaskuru, and offering obeisances... **[16:07]** Simply chant Hare Krishna and this includes hearing Bhagavad-gita, **[16:16]** Srimad-Bhagavatam, Deity worship. You strictly follow these things, no maya. **[16:23]** And if you deviate then maya is very strong. Immediately capture. **[16:48]** Did we get the permit to build the temple in Bombay now? **[16:56]** It can not be checked by any material impediment. **[17:02]** Checking is for material things, not for spiritual. **[17:54]** Don't disagree with your wife. Since you have married you have... **[18:12]** It is fortunate you have good wife. You are also fortunate you have got son. **[18:22]** If one is fortunate to get nice husband, nice son... **[19:18]** They have women's liberation movement in America. They call it women lib. **[19:24]** So they want equal opportunity for women. **[19:28]** Who will give birth to the child? Where is that liberation? **[19:35]** Can the women transfer to the man to give birth to the child? **[19:41]** They are trying! **[19:50]** Where is the liberty? The women has to carry the child for ten months. Natures way. **[19:59]** To go against nature. That is not sense. **[20:11]** God has made women and man and they have got respective duties. **[20:18]** What women can do, man cannot do. What man can do women can not do. **[20:23]** How they can be equated? That is not possible. **[20:32]** Everyone should do his own duty. **[20:41]** It is my duty. **[20:48]** Husband should give all comforts to the wife. **[20:51]** She may not be uncomfortable in any way. They want silk cloth, little ornaments... **[21:05]** Husband must give to keep the women happy. **[21:14]** In India you will find the poor men, they will get lead bangles, **[21:28]** they cannot provide silver or gold, but bangle must be there. **[21:36]** If not lead then glass. **[21:56]** Krishna has got two: to kill the demons and to benedict the devotees...