Caitanya Mahaprabhu's advice: Why waste one's valuable time?

Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised His disciples never to eat palatable food, never
to talk about village topics and never to read ordinary novels, poems and
newspapers. One may ask, "How is it that in the modern age these Europeans
and Americans of the Krsna consciousness movement do not take interest in
newspapers?" Newspapers are very popular in the West. Each day the papers
are published in three or four editions, and they are all selling. However,
these American boys and girls who have come to Krsna consciousness have
stopped reading newspapers. They do not know what is happening from day to
day, and it does not matter. All of this is a waste of time. It is better
that they read literatures like Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Why
waste one's valuable time?
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