Morning Walk in Durban

Loss of British colonial influence

0:02Prabhupāda: ...money is finished. And there is no use, because they have lost India. For India they made all these arrangements. But that India is lost, so what is the use of maintaining?

Strategic importance of shipping routes

0:27The Gibraltar also.

0:33Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: All of the ships would go around the south of Africa up to England. So they would maintain their shipping route. But now... That's a fact. They don't need it.

0:43Prabhupāda: And that Suez Canal is closed, complete?

0:45Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No, it's open again. [break]

Comparison of African cities

1:21It is not as Westernized as in a place like Nairobi.

1:24Prabhupāda: The Africans are all thieves.

1:40Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yes. Here there is not as much stealing as in Nairobi. [break]

Dangers of shark attacks

1:59I think they have had to amputate afterwards, mangled by the shark. It happens frequently. On some of the beaches here they've put up signs that "There's many sharks in the water.

Krishna as the shark

2:14It is dangerous to bathe here." Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā, "Amongst fish, I am the shark." BG 10.31[Prabhupāda chuckles] He shaved off his beard yesterday, this young boy.

Personal grooming and progress

2:45He shaved off. He had beard. He shaved off.

2:51Prabhupāda: Oh. Further progress.

3:08Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Jaya.

Diversity of aquatic life forms

3:14[break]

3:14Prabhupāda: ...900,000 forms of life in the water. How many they have seen? They are giving pictures. [break]

Ingredients for making toothpaste

3:30Calcium carbonate, oil wintergreen, and soap powder, powder card soap, and I will make toothpaste.

3:45Harikeśa: What is this soap powder?

3:51Prabhupāda: It is called powdered card soap. [end]