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Tamala Krsna: So the guiding principle should be that under no circumstance should anyone become lost.
Prabhupada: Then what is the preaching? Alexander the Great? He was conquering, and as soon he went to conquer another place, the last place lost.
Tamala Krsna: What happened?
Prabhupada: Suppose I have conquered Bombay. Then I go to Karachi. In the meantime, Bombay is lost. That was being done, Alexander the Great. Means no proper management. Just like British Empire lost. They could not manage. So long they were managing well, it was going on.
Tamala Krsna: Too much expansion with not enough good management.
Prabhupada: No.
Tamala Krsna: Similarly, we should not expand too quickly...
Prabhupada: No.
Tamala Krsna: ...unless we have the proper management.
Prabhupada: I am stressing, therefore, book selling.
Tamala Krsna: Hm.
Prabhupada: Not opening temples.
Tamala Krsna: Oh. Yes. This is the reason, one of the reasons. Hm. I don't think many devotees think in terms of that, but this is a very practical point, that selling books, once you make the sale, that's it. The book will act.
Prabhupada: Yes. It will remain permanent.
Tamala Krsna: Hm. It establishes itself as a Deity within a person's home.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Tamala Krsna: The book.
Prabhupada: Now I have given my program. You tackle, GBC men. At least, don't make me Alexander the Great in my lifetime. (laughs) They say, "You are great, great, great." But don't make it small while I am living.
Tamala Krsna: Or after. We will never make you that way.
Prabhupada: Eh.
Tamala Krsna: We should never do that.
Prabhupada: That's... That's my request.
Tamala Krsna: You've always said to us, at least whatever we have, maintain it.
Prabhupada: And people are recognized I am great. Don't make me small. I'll not give you much trouble, but I am now invalid. What can I do?
Tamala Krsna: It seems like even though you're invalid, it gives us more opportunity to serve you.
Prabhupada: Thank you. What can I do? (laughs) I have to give, give you that opportunity. I cannot do without it.
Tamala Krsna: It seems that it is your mercy to us.
Prabhupada: All right, go on.
Tamala Krsna: Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for all these instructions.
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna.
Tamala Krsna: All glories to you. (end)

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation about Grhasthas -- July 17, 1977, Vrndavana

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"WHAT GOOD ARE MANY, MANY DEVOTEES IF NONE OF THEM ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE."
"You mention you like to speak now very often, but the first business should be to preach to the devotees. It is better to maintain a devotee than to try to convince others to become devotees. It is the duty of the GBC to maintain the devotees, keep them in the highest standard of Krishna Consciousness, and give them all good instruction, and let them go out and preach for making more devotees. Your first job should be to make sure that every one of the devotees in your zone of management is reading regularly our literatures and discussing the subject matter seriously from different angles of seeing, and that they are somehow or other absorbing the knowledge of Krishna Consciousness philosophy. If they are fully educated in our philosophy and if they can get all of the knowledge and study it from every viewpoint, then very easily they will perform tapasya or renunciation and that will be their advancement in Krishna Consciousness. So first thing is to instruct all of your temple presidents and the other devotees to read daily, just as we have done in our morning class in Los Angeles. You may remember that we were reading one sloka each morning in Sanskrit and reciting it altogether and then discussing it thoroughly by seeing different new things. So you introduce this system and train the devotees first. Don't be too much concerned for the time being with nondevotees, now we must fix-up what devotees we have got in the knowledge of Krishna Consciousness, then we will succeed. What good are many, many devotees if none of them are knowledgeable?
You mentioned that you are not yet a very bold preacher, but you will become bold, if you have got sincerity. In the beginning also I could not speak. But Krishna is within you, and when you are serving Him sincerely He will give you courage, boldness, everything. We are not going to bluff anyone or cheat others, and we are delivering the message on behalf of the Supreme Lord, so we haven't got anything to fear and we should be always mindful of our topmost position of occupation of life. To be the messenger of the king is practically as good as to be the king, so the king is the most exalted position. I act like a king because no one can defeat me, and similarly, you should take your responsibility very, very seriously as being the representative of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is God Himself, and always remember that you are one of the few men I have appointed to carry on my work throughout the world and your mission before you is huge. Therefore, always pray to Krishna to give you strength for accomplishing this mission by doing what I am doing. My first business is to give the devotees the proper knowledge and engage them in devotional service, so that is not very difficult task for you, I have given you everything, so read and speak from the books and so many new lights will come out. We have got so many books, so if we go on preaching from them for the next 1,000 years, there is enough stock. Just like we have spent one day discussing one sloka, so you introduce this system in all of the temples, and very quickly the devotees will make spiritual progress by getting knowledge."
Srila Prabhupada letter to Satsvarupa, June 16, 1972

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