“Well,” Mr. Keating said, “I am very impressed with the sincerity of these young American men.”
After some time Ambassador Keating apologized and excused himself for an appointment he had to keep. “I am an ambassador, and I have to move from the sublime to the mundane. I appreciate very much your coming.”
Srila Prabhupada, “Now I am also coming to the mundane point of view. Next time I come back to the U.S.A. I wish to see the President.”
“I can write a letter,” Mr. Keating offered. “I will be glad to help you.”
Prabhupada smiled. “You are busy helping the whole world so that peace may come and people may be happy. But instead of being happy, the people of your country are becoming hippies – there is some defect. And here is a chance to rectify that defect: Krishna consciousness. So let us do something tangible, scientific, so that people will become happy.“
