Krishna-caitanya: The day before yesterday we were driving down the road and we came across all of these coconut trees, and they were trimming them, and all the coconuts were up on the trees, but they were cutting them down, just letting them fall to the ground. And the the coconuts were cracking and just being wasted completely. And then they’d throw them in the garbage. And there’s so much energy that Krishna has provided here that they’re just wasting.
Prabhupada: As they are wasting, they will be punished. Krishna’s supply is being wasted. That will be punished [break] …those coconuts…
Krishna-caitanya: Excuse me?
Prabhupada: Coconut, you collect, and each one of you use at least two coconuts daily, drinking water and the pulp. It is very digestive and nutritious. The pulp is very nutritious and digestive. If you simply take the pulp from two sides and drink that water, you don’t require to eat anything. It is so nutritious. So better collect, and so long you can get them, use two coconuts daily yourself. (japa) [break] …purchase that Krishna, and when he’ll ask this man to “Give me that Krishna book, let me read”, this “Krishna” will give him some benefit, his calling “Krishna Book.”
Krishna-caitanya: Just by saying “Krishna Book,” he makes spiritual advancement?
Prabhupada: Yes, yes. (japa) [break] …say, “Give me Krishna Book.” They say like that? Eh?
Devotee (1): Last night a boy came up and asked, “How much are those books?” and he wanted to purchase one. It was very nice.
Devotee (2): Prabhupada, one time we went to a shopping center and I was walking down the sidewalk and a boy came running up to me and he said, “Is that Volume Two?” And he said, “Can I have Volume Two?” He said, “I’ve almost finished Volume One, and I was in so much anxiety that I was going to not have anything else to read, because they’re so beautiful.” And he said that he works in a candy store, and he has so much anxiety all day from all the people that just give him problems and he doesn’t like the work and he doesn’t like the people. But he says that lunch time he goes and every day he reads the Krishna Book and he says he comes back feeling so high. [break]
Praghosa: …so he came up and he asked me to look into, if I could show him the Krishna Book for a second. And he had two friends with him and he said, “Here I would like to show you boys something,” and he said, “Do you mind?” And I said, “No.” So I handed him the Volume One and he opened it up to that picture of Krishna with Srimati Radharani playing His flute, and he showed the boy and he said, “Look, isn’t He beautiful?” Just like that, and they both looked at Krishna and said, “Wow,” just like that. (laughter)
Prabhupada: Yes, the very picture is attractive, Radha-Krishna. (japa) [break]
Devotee (3): …Krishna consciousness?
Prabhupada: Oh yes, very, very effective. Just like the man is feeling benefited that “I become tired and I read this book, very nice.” So he’ll gradually become devotee. [break]
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