He strongly encouraged Tamal Krishna Maharaja to use the black market systems in the Eastern bloc to spread his books

Tamal Krishna, Pushta Krishna, Dhrishtadyumna, Gurukripa and myself, had a long and interesting darsana with Srila Prabhupada this evening. Prabhupada started off with some general discussion about China and its culture, or rather the lack of it. He described the Chinese culture as the lowest. He mentioned that many South Pacific natives were formerly cannibals and that some Chinese also were similarly inclined. He told us a story about a salesman and his friend selling goods door-to-door in Calcutta. After entering the house of some Chinese people at their invitation, hours later he had not returned. His friend asked the family where he was, but they merely replied that he had left. He complained to the police, and when they searched the Chinese house they discovered that the salesman had been killed and eaten, and that the house contained a huge stock of human bones! Prabhupada said there was a similar incident at a hotel in Kanpur, where people were slaughtering children and eating them. He also recalled the story I had told him in Mayapur, how my relative had wanted to kill me in the womb. He said that Krishna had saved me because I was destined to become His devotee. Prabhupada said that people in the communist countries must be dissatisfied. Using himself as an example he said he was staying in his room almost twenty-four hours?but by choice, so it is all right. But if someone ordered him, 'you cannot leave,' it would become intolerable. The psychology is that the communist-controlled people are oppressed and will eventually demand change. Everything is strictly controlled and no one has anything. He recalled that when he visited Moscow for a week the only fruit they could buy was strawberries. It was very difficult to find a taxi and even when they got one, the taxi driver begged for more money. The tourist buses he said, were worse than the ones in India. Russia has had to begin liberalizing, Prabhupada observed, because they are afraid of another revolution, especially after Stalin's reign. He described Stalin as the biggest criminal in the world, having killed millions of his own people. He strongly encouraged Tamal Krishna Maharaja to use the black market systems in the Eastern bloc to spread his books. "Just find out what is the venues to push our books. As much as possible. This will be your only business. All over the world, see how the books can be pushed." He didn't mind if the black marketeers make money from us, as long as the books go out. "Let them make good profit. Sathe sathyamacareta?when there is trickery, you become trickery. Krishna's play?to those who are plain, Krishna is very kind and plain; those who are tricky, 'All right, I am also tricky.' We shall adopt all the means of the materialistic persons, simply for Krishna." Prabhupada said that as soon as our Movement grows stronger than the communist movement, we shall finish it. "That I shall tell you later. You become little strong. We cannot allow them. Because Krishna's policy is paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca dushkritam [In order to deliver the pious, and to annihilate the miscreants ... Bg. 4.8] You have to take that policy." He said that as far as the common people are concerned, they have to be shown mercy and be convinced by sankirtana. But big leaders like Mao will fall only by force, although this cannot be done at the present time. He envisions a big demand for his books in these countries. When Tamal Krishna expressed his delight at the thought of seeing Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita the most widely read black market book in Russia, Prabhupada smiled. "Then that will create revolution." "Whew." Tamal shook his head in appreciation. "These books are very revolutionary. You are very strong. You have put everything in very clear-cut, strong words. You have attacked everyone who is not Krishna conscious as fools and rascals." Srila Prabhupada laughed. "This is fact, it is not exaggeration." They discussed a little about Harikesa Maharaja who is reported to be doing well in Europe, visiting various Communist countries like Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. He and his party drive into the countries in vans loaded with books secreted in false bottoms and then distribute them. Prabhupada appreciated his endeavors, encouraging us all to pursue this program of book distribution. "You are all intelligent, you can plan. The aim is how to distribute books. That is first consideration." He ended the meeting with a figurative description of the body and its different parts. Just last night he said that in his Bhagavatam work he had translated a verse which compared the body, mind and senses to a chariot and weapons. He said these weapons are honed and kept sharp by serving the spiritual master. When the spiritual master is happy, Krishna helps by giving the devotee the strength needed to wield the weapons. Then, he said, we will fight with the enemies of Krishna consciousness, conquer material existence and at last give up the weapons and go back to home, back to Godhead. He then asked Pushta Krishna Maharaja to play back his evening's dictations. It was from 7.15.45. Tamal Krishna and Dhrishtadyumna maharajas left for Los Angeles after the darsana.