Srila Prabhupada and an envious reporterPosted on April 20, 2011Filed under BVKS SangaISKCON Chicago, 1974Reporter: In Los Angeles, do you live in richness, do you have a car, and achauffer, and a yacht?Srila Prabhupada: Why not? I am the guru of the richest country, why shall Inot have a car? If I am guru of the richest country, then why shall I nothave a car?Reporter: So, you have one?Srila Prabhupada: I have many. In each center I’ve got at least one dozencars. Just now I’m coming from Europe, Germany. They’ve got vans. They gointo the interior villages. Volkswagen? So our devotees are packed up ineach bus and they go into the interior villages. Similarly, in every centerwe have got. In Germany, in England, in Los Angeles, in New York.Reporter: Here also?Srila Prabhupada: Just see.Reporter: Some spiritual leaders live in great richness…Srila Prabhupada: Because I know you are envious, therefore, I don’t sithere (elevated seat), I am sitting here. You are very envious when aspiritual master is honored very nicely by his disciples, you becomeenvious. What can be done? But that is the etiquette, that the spiritualmaster be honored as good as God. But if you do not know, you becomeenvious, “Why this man is sitting in this position in this gorgeous way?”What can be done?From Acharya DVD #5——————————————————–
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