ONE, TWO, THREE- ONE, TWO, THREE

A visitor receives karatālas from Srila Prabhupada and is shown how to play them.

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Room Conversation
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June 14, 1972, Los Angeles

Devotee: He comes to aratik.
Prabhupāda: That’s nice.
Devotee: He takes prasādam.
Prabhupāda: That’s nice, very good. You also come?
Marilyn: I just got here a little while ago.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Marilyn: I just got here a few days ago, but I’ve been twice. We’ll be here Friday or Saturday or so. I chanted on the street.
Prabhupāda: You chanted?
Marilyn: Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Devotee: Saṅkīrtana party.
Prabhupāda: Very good.
John Fahey: We want get some cymbals, cymbals.
Marilyn: Cymbals. We sang Hare Kṛṣṇa on the airplane.
Prabhupāda: You’re chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa on the airplane?
John Fahey: Yeah, it was fun.
Prabhupāda: You can chant anywhere. There is no restriction. There is no special rules and regulations. You can chant anywhere. Whenever you find it convenient, you can chant.
John Fahey: We were singing Hare Kṛṣṇa, so…
Prabhupāda: That’s nice. Go on singing. (laughter) Yes. Go on singing and everything will be revealed within yourself, it’s so nice.
Marilyn: It’s a comforting feeling.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Marilyn: It’s a comforting feeling just from the whole repetition.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So go on chanting, then everything will be all right.
John Fahey: Can we get some cymbals?
Prabhupāda: Whenever you find opportunity, you come and join with us.
John Fahey: Can we get some cymbals?
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.
John Fahey: I don’t know where to get them.
Prabhupāda: (aside:) You don’t have any cymbals for selling?
Devotee: Not tonight.
Prabhupāda: So, you can keep some stored.
Devotee: Yes. We’ve been waiting for shipment. They haven’t arrived.
Prabhupāda: You can give him loan, he’s anxious. You can give him these small ones. You take this.
John Fahey: Thank you. (sound of karatālas) (laughter)
Prabhupāda: I’ll show you how to do it. Like this. (loud playing of karatālas) One, two, three-one, two, three. (showing how to play karatālas) It is not difficult. You are musician. Just play on meter: one, two, three-one, two, three.
John Fahey: Thank you.
Prabhupāda: For everything you have to learn from a guru. (laughter) Even for how to play. (more laughing) Yes: one, two, three. (more playing of karatālas)
John Fahey: Hey, those are nice bells, I mean cymbals. Oh, boy.
Prabhupāda: So sit down together whenever you find time, one, two, three play, and Hare Kṛṣṇa chant.
John Fahey: Okay. (plays more)
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Jaya Prabhupāda!
John Fahey: Thank you.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Thank you. (offers obeisances)
Prabhupāda: What is your name?
John Fahey: John Fahey.
Prabhupāda: John.
Devotee: John.
Prabhupāda: Your name?
Marilyn: Marilyn.
Prabhupāda: What is?
Marilyn: Marilyn. (end)

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