Ratha-yātrā Reception and New York's Growing Awareness

Media coverage of Ratha-yātrā festival

0:00Rāmeśvara: And I've been told that all the TV stations showed our Ratha-yātrā. That means millions of people saw the ratha cart. And everyone has seen it in the newspapers.

0:14Prabhupāda: Yes.

0:15Rāmeśvara: That Newsday also had coverage. We didn't get that paper for Prabhupāda, but they also... This is even before their article, interview.

0:22Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh. What about Newsweek and...?

0:28Rāmeśvara: When those interviews that those reporters took are published, we'll send them to you immediately. [aside:] Newsday, Associated Press and Newsweek.

Travel logistics through New York

0:36[break]

0:36Prabhupāda: ...higher[?] to temple.

0:38Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Not exactly. We'll go, probably, over the Fifty-ninth Street bridge, right? Ādi-keśava: I think it would be better now to go through the tunnel. Tunnel? Ādi-keśava: Little easier ride.

0:53We're going over the tunnel, into the tunnel. What street is that? Fifty...? Ādi-keśava: About Thirtieth Street. You think that's faster? Ādi-keśava: Yes, it goes right under...

Public appreciation for movement origins

1:04[indistinct discussion about route] [break]

1:04Rāmeśvara: ...people of New York are appreciating, Prabhupāda, how you came here alone, and now you have a big building with many followers.

1:17Actually the people are aware, very much aware of how you started this movement in New York.

1:23Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And were struggling personally. [break]

1:28Prabhupāda: ...life there is struggle.

Necessity of struggle in life

1:33Without struggling there is no...

1:40Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We should not be..., try to avoid struggle.

1:42Prabhupāda: No.

Preaching as a form of struggle

1:46Because we have got preaching point of view. Preaching means struggling. If it was simply bhajana, you can sit down and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa like Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

Personal commitment to active service

2:09[break]

2:09Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "There's one credit that I have. I was never a lazy fellow."

2:14Prabhupāda: Yes, throughout my life. [end]