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Looking for a Good Business?

Once, Srila Prabhupada was sitting on his terrace at Juhu in discussion with some guests maybe a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, and an engineer. Suddenly Man Mohan, one of Srila Prabhupada's first initiated disciples in Bombay, arrived. Srila Prabhupada greeted him, "Oh, Man Mohan das, you have come! You are a businessman. Now our group is complete!" Man Mohan replied, "Srila Prabhupada, who is the businessman? Am I the businessman, or are you the businessman?" "Me a businessman?" asked Srila Prabhupada. "I am a sannyasi. Why do you say I am a businessman?" "Srila Prabhupada," said Man Mohan, "you left India with forty rupees, and now you have property worth forty crores. You went to America alone, and now you  have thousands and thousands of servants. So who is the businessman you or me?" "Yes," Srila Prabhupada agreed. "You are right. So why don't you join my business?"