Proper Channel for Service to God

0:00[visit to house/restaurant which Ātreya Ṛṣi was purchasing]

Defining karma and proper action

0:03Prabhupāda: You are not going to install Deity? Ātreya Ṛṣi: Not here. Oh, not here. Ātreya Ṛṣi: The Deity will be installed in the other place... Oh, this is only for restaurant. Ātreya Ṛṣi: ...which is, the company is buying. There is...

0:17Oh, then it is all right. Ātreya Ṛṣi: And the restaurant will be just downstairs. Oh, yes. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Brahmacārī will be upstairs.

Serving the root of existence

0:23Householders live in the other place, and the Deity will be there. Then it is all right. Very good restuarant. But people in this land, they will come for a restaurant, customer?

0:41Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, this is very good neighborhood. As soon as they understand, they will come. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes. For restaurant, it is very nice. Then take it. [some conversing as lady shows them around] Very nice. Yes.

1:07Ātreya Ṛṣi: ...this is much bigger than the restaurant I saw in [indistinct]. For a restaurant they could serve 300 people, just this area, just this big. I mean not at one time. [indistinct] Downstairs for restaurant is very nice.

1:27What do you think, downstairs? Nava-yauvana: It’s got a nice kitchen, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Oh. Nava-yauvana: It’s a good-size kitchen, all tiled. Ātreya Ṛṣi: That kitchens can be extended. Nava-yauvana: Yes. Thank you.

1:43Nava-yauvana: And an adjoining room for storage and cutting.

1:48Iranian lady: Tea? Ātreya Ṛṣi: No. We don’t drink. Would you like one of these peaches, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

1:56Prabhupāda: These? Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, that’s right, that’s right. Nava-yauvana: Maybe he likes orange? Ātreya Ṛṣi: Would you prefer an orange? Can I skin this? Hari-śauri: You can cut an orange. No. Yes. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Orange? Yes.

2:11Cut into pieces, and give me one.

2:26Pradyumna: Sometimes there are amoebas on the outside. [background discussion among devotees about peeling orange] Nava-yauvana: Location is very essential.

2:58Prabhupāda: Hmm? Nava-yauvana: In the city it is very essential. Hmm?

Surrender and rejecting mental speculation

4:05Iranian lady: Thank you.

4:07Prabhupāda: Good cucumber.

4:13Devotee: Hmm. [conversation in Farsi/French in background] Hari-śauri: Would you like some, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

4:40Prabhupāda: Yes. [much background conversation] Nava-yauvana: This is very expensive. Hmm? Nava-yauvana: This house is very expensive. Very small, and very expensive, because of artificial inflation, real estate speculation. Hari-śauri: The cucumber is very sweet. Hmm?

5:30Hari-śauri: The cucumber is very sweet. Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, it is very good.

The rarity of true service

5:35Serve Prabhupāda some more. No.

Spiritual duty and compassionate distribution

5:42[indistinct] [end]