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Prabhupada was annoyed when devotees in Vrndavana
repeatedly walked in and out of his room and left the
door open behind them, letting in flies.
"Why are you leaving the door open?" he yelled. "It
is a contagious disease." And then he told a story.
An employer advertised for an opening in his firm and
received many applications. Based on these, he
selected two men and asked them to come for an
interview. The employer then observed each man
carefully during the interview. When the first man
entered the room, he left the door open behind him.
The employer spoke with him for about fifteen minutes
and then asked him to wait outside. When the second
applicant entered, he shut the door behind him. After
speaking with him, the employer asked him to also
wait outside and then he called in his secretary.
"That first man I spoke to," he said, "has all the
qualifications, but I have decided to give the job to
the second man."
"Why is that?"
"Because the first man left the door open. It appears
he is a lazy fellow. The other man shut the door, so
while he may not be so qualified, he will learn
'quickly.'"
In Hrsikesha, in 1977, Srila Prabhupada was staying
with about eight of his disciples in a house on the
bank of the Ganges. One day Prabhupada entered the
kitchen and was astonished to see that the devotees
had cut up a huge amount of vegetables in preparation
for lunch. Prabhupada said they had cut enough
vegetables to feed fifty people. Commenting that his
disciples had no common sense, Prabhupada then sat in
a chair and began directing them in all the details of
the cooking. He watched the rice boiling and tested
it for softness. Then he personally cooked the
capatis. At this time, Prabhupada commented that only
a lazy man cannot cook, and he told the story of the
lazy man.
There was a king who announced that all lazy men in
his kingdom could come to the charity house and be
fed. Hundreds of people came and they all said, "I am
a lazy man." The king then told his minister to set
fire to the charity house. Everyone inside, except
two men, immediately ran out of the burning building.
Of the two remaining, one man said to the other, "My
back is become very hot from the fire." The other man
advised, "just turn over to the other side." Seeing
these two, the king said, "They are actually lazy men.
Feed them."



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