Five items: four regulative principles and sixteen rounds

Prabhupada: …five items: no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication, no meat-eating, and chant sixteen rounds. Is it very difficult task?

Hamsaduta: No.

Prabhupada: And why people do not take it?

Hamsaduta: They are just foolish.

Prabhupada: If by following these five principles one can be saved from all problems of life… Still, people will not take it. [chuckles] Just see, strong maya. Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14].

Morning Walk — June 19, 1974, Germany

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