Return everything to Krsna
Prabhupada: ...So these hippies, they are frustrating. They have
given up everything. We can study their psychic movement. They are not satisfied.
That is the main principle. That is natural, to accept adversity voluntarily,
adversity. So this is frustration. But before reaching to that point of frustration,
if you take to Krsna consciousness, then you reach the real standard of happiness
because everything belongs to Krsna. I shall give you another example. Suppose
you have stolen something from somebody's house or some friends. You will
not be happy, even possessing that thing, stolen property. But if someday
you come to return that thing to that friend, you will be happy. What do
you think, Hayagriva?
Hayagriva: Yes.
Prabhupada: Yes. Then you will feel relieved. So therefore the
real thing is that everything belongs to Krsna. We are artificially enjoying
the stolen property. Therefore if you go on enjoying like that, then this
frustration will come. But before coming to that frustration, if we return
this property to Krsna, then we become happy. So best thing is to return
everything to Krsna. This is Krsna consciousness. And you will not be a loser.
You will be gainer, just like Bali Maharaja.
Room Conversation, May 10, 1969, Columbus, Ohio
