TKG;Once, Prabhupada told a story about an Indian train. Local trains in India are packed. In any third world country, you learn what the word “packed” means. So, you have a nice seat on a train and a skinny guy comes to sit next to you. You try to ignore him but you know he wants to sit down. There is no room, but he smiles at you, then plops down and wiggles around between you and the next person. You make some room. Suddenly he calls his little kid and gets his kid in, and you’re moving towards the edge of the seat. Then he brings another kid and he gets three kids next to you. Next his fat wife comes and then you give up your seat. It all started because you had a little sympathy and let this guy sit down. In this way, Prabhupada said, if you allow maya even an inch to enter, she knows how to take over everything.
Source: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das – Folio Vedabase
