Should we be liberal while introducing people to bhakti and conservative letter?
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or in the association of materially minded people. We would not go.
So actually I was talking to Ambanish Prabhu recently just yesterday. He was there. Meet Raghunath Mahadev also happened to be there.
So Prabhupada asked Ambanish Prabhu have you preached to people in your social circle? So he said yes. But when I tell them about the four regulations they don’t like it. And Prabhupada said don’t tell them that.
Don’t tell them that. See the idea is what? That say suppose a new iPhone comes out. What is it? iPhone? 11 Pro.
11 Pro. So if iPhone 11 Pro comes out. Now imagine is it any promotion, any ad will it start with the price? This is price.
This is the price. No of course it will all start with the features. This feature, this feature, this feature, this feature.
And then you click on then click, click and then you find the price. They won’t buy it. So first tell the features then tell the price.
If our purpose is to sell the phone. If somebody’s purpose is to sell the phone. Then you tell the features of the product before you tell the price of the product.
If somebody wants to brag you know I bought this phone which is $1200, $1500. Then their purpose is not to inspire others to buy the phone. Their purpose is to incite others envy.
Let’s see how wealthy I am. Look up at me and understand what a great person I am. So sometimes when our we present also it’s more to impress others.
See how stripped I am. See no outreach, no promotion Then you tell the price of the product before you tell the features of the product. So similarly for others we first talk about the philosophy of Christian consciousness.
Explain the whole thing. Explain how it brings meaning and purpose to our life. Explain how it brings some life joy to our lives.
And then talk about the price. So yes whatever it is it’s liberal initiating and conservative leader. It’s true because it’s the etymology of religion.
The more you want, the more you pay. But initiating, that’s fine. This is not manipulation.
This is the education. This is the way education works. If a student is struggling to learn basic arithmetic is shown big books of Triple Integral Calculus and then the student will not even try what he could have studied.
So we present according to this level.