But Prabhupada quoted an old saying, "If somebody offers you very nicely washed cloth, you should use it. And some property, you must use it." He said that people are rotting outside of Krsna consciousness and we should help them to develop their spiritual lives. "This is combination of rich man, poor men, for Krsna. The same, andha-pangu-nyaya. Both of them are useless separately, and when they combine in Krsna consciousness they are all useful.... So our propaganda is, 'They are separately planning useless. Let them combine together in Krsna consciousness. All this planning shall be successful."
Jayapataka smiled appreciatively. "We were all useless in the West, but you have come and then engaged us."
Srila Prabhupada took his praise humbly. "It is Krsna's desire. Nobody is useless. I was also useless. I could not do in India alone anything." He chuckled. "Two useless makes useful; intelligence alone cannot work, money is required. A man may have very good brain power, organization, but if he has no money -- useless. So four things required: land, labor, capital, organization."
- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu
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