Morning Walk — December 25, 1975, Sanand

Prabhupāda: …naturally. 

Devotee: That was [indistinct]. 

Yaśomatīnandana: Gradually they will start going around naked. 

Prabhupāda: No, they have already become. That is already advanced, to become naked. That rascal… What is his name? 

Yaśomatīnandana: Rajneesh. 

Prabhupāda: No, no. That guru, Beat…, Beatle. 

Haṁsadūta: Oh, I know. 

Prabhupāda: Lennon. Yes. He has kept a very big photo, naked, near his fireplace. [chuckles] I was talking with him in his house and saw the photograph. And he is not at all ashamed. 

Yaśomatīnandana: Because most of the gurus that he met, they enjoyed it. 

Prabhupāda: Long hairs, naked. [indistinct] What is his… Yogurt? No. 

Haṁsadūta: Yoko. Yoko, his wife. 

Prabhupāda: Yes. [chuckles] She is great philosopher. She was talking with me like a great philosopher. [break] …head of the Beatles? 

Haṁsadūta: Actually, Lennon was. 

Prabhupāda: He was the head. 

Haṁsadūta: He was the most outstanding… 

Prabhupāda: Directing, managing director. 

Haṁsadūta: Managing type, yes. 

Prabhupāda: And next, George. 

Haṁsadūta: No, George was always considered to be in the back, the background man. 

Prabhupāda: Last prentice. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya. [Hindi] 

Haṁsadūta: George is also again smoking and drinking. 

Prabhupāda: Ācchā? 

Haṁsadūta: Because he always has to keep that kind of company in order to produce his records. 

Prabhupāda: No, no, he is very nice boy. I have studied. Very good boy, George. He showed me in Bombay. He came to see me in Bombay. 

Haṁsadūta: Just recently? 

Prabhupāda: No, last year. 

Haṁsadūta: Two years ago. 

Prabhupāda: He is keeping Jagannātha within his beadbag and chanting. 

Haṁsadūta: Just before I came to India, Mukunda met him for about two hours. He said he was very friendly, and he would arrange a ninety-nine-year lease for us and give us the right to the [indistinct]. 

Prabhupāda: No, he’s always good boy. What is the time now? 

Hari-śauri: A quarter to eight. 

Yaśomatīnandana: Sun shines very late, the sun rises. 

Prabhupāda: Because it is in the west. The sun rises from the east, so from Calcutta to here there must be one hour difference. [end] 

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