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Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
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The principle is to reduce the duration of sleep and to reduce eating, taking only 1 Srimad-Bhagavatam
what is needed to keep the body fit. In short, the goal is spiritual advancement,
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not sense gratification.
1.2 SB Canto 5
SB 3.33.26, Purport (https://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_3.33.26?hl=reduce the
2 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
duration of sleep): Another significant point of this verse is that one has to observe
the prescribed rules and regulations. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, yuktāhāra- 2.1 CC Adi-lila
vihārasya. When one engages in devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he still has 3 Lectures
to eat, sleep, defend and mate because these are necessities of the body. But he 3.1 Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
performs such activities in a regulated way. He has to eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda. He has to 3.2 Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
sleep according to regulated principles. The principle is to reduce the duration of sleep 3.3 Festival Lectures
and to reduce eating, taking only what is needed to keep the body fit. In short, the goal 4 Conversations and Morning Walks
is spiritual advancement, not sense gratification. Similarly, sex life must be reduced.
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Sex life is meant only for begetting Kṛṣṇa conscious children. Otherwise, there is no
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necessity for sex life. Nothing is prohibited, but everything is made yukta, regulated,
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with the higher purpose always in mind. By following all these rules and regulations of
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living, one becomes purified, and all misconceptions due to ignorance become nil. It is
specifically mentioned here that the causes of material entanglement are completely 5.1 1972 Correspondence

vanquished.

SB Canto 5

By questioning the spiritual master and by serving him, one can advance in spiritual life. When one engages in devotional service, naturally
the attraction for personal comfort—for eating, sleeping and dressing—is reduced.
SB 5.5.10-13, Purport (https://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_5.5.10-13?hl=sleeping and dressing—is reduced): In these four verses, Ṛṣabhadeva tells
His sons how they can be freed from the false identification arising from false ego and material conditional life. One gradually becomes liberated by
practicing as mentioned above. All these prescribed methods enable one to give up the material body (liṅgaṁ vyapohet) and be situated in his
original spiritual body. First of all one has to accept a bona fide spiritual master. This is advocated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-
sindhu: śrī-guru-pādāśrayaḥ. To be freed from the entanglement of the material world, one has to approach a spiritual master. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa
gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). By questioning the spiritual master and by serving him, one can advance in spiritual life. When one engages in
devotional service, naturally the attraction for personal comfort—for eating, sleeping and dressing—is reduced . By associating with the devotee, a
spiritual standard is maintained. The word mad-deva-saṅgāt is very important. There are many so-called religions devoted to the worship of various
demigods, but here good association means association with one who simply accepts Kṛṣṇa as his worshipable Deity.

Following in the footsteps of the Gosvāmīs, we should try to reduce sleeping, eating, mating and defending.
SB 5.14.20, Translation and Purport (https://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_5.14.20?hl=reduce sleeping): Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued speaking to
Mahārāja Parīkṣit: My dear King, sleep is exactly like a python. Those who wander in the forest of material life are always devoured by the
python of sleep. Being bitten by this python, they always remain in the darkness of ignorance. They are like dead bodies thrown in a distant
forest. Thus the conditioned souls cannot understand what is going on in life.
Material life means being fully absorbed in eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Out of these, sleep is taken very seriously. While asleep, one
completely forgets the object of life and what to do. For spiritual realization, one should try to avoid sleep as much as possible. The Gosvāmīs of
Vṛndāvana practically did not sleep at all. Of course, they slept some, for the body requires sleep, but they slept only about two hours, and sometimes
not even that. They always engaged in spiritual cultivation. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. Following in the footsteps of the Gosvāmīs, we should
try to reduce sleeping , eating, mating and defending.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila

Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī almost completely gave up eating, and therefore he was very skinny and of weak health. His only concern was to
chant the holy name of the Lord. He gradually reduced his sleeping until he was almost not sleeping at all.
CC Adi 10.91, Purport (https://vanisource.org/wiki/CC_Adi_10.91?hl=reduced his sleeping): Although Raghunātha dāsa was a family man, he
had no attachment for his estate and wife. Seeing his tendency to leave home, his father and uncle engaged special bodyguards to watch over him, but
nevertheless he managed to escape their vigilance and went away to Jagannātha Purī to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This incident took place in
the year 1439 Śakābda (A.D. 1517). Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī compiled three books, named Stava-mālā (or Stavāvalī), Dāna-carita and Muktā-
carita. He lived a long time, residing for most of his life at Rādhā-kuṇḍa. The place where Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī performed his devotional
service still exists by Rādhā-kuṇḍa. He almost completely gave up eating, and therefore he was very skinny and of weak health. His only concern
was to chant the holy name of the Lord. He gradually reduced his sleeping until he was almost not sleeping at all. It is said that his eyes were always
full of tears. When Śrīnivāsa Ācārya went to see Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, the Gosvāmī blessed him by embracing him. Śrīnivāsa Ācārya requested
his blessings for preaching in Bengal, and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī granted them. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (186) it is stated that Śrīla
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was formerly the gopī named Rasa-mañjarī. Sometimes it is said that he was Rati-mañjarī.

Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

The more you can reduce your sleep and eating, you keep good health, especially for spiritual purposes. But not artificially.
Lecture on BG 6.16-24 -- Los Angeles, February 17, 1969 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_BG_6.16-24_--
_Los_Angeles,_February_17,_1969?hl=reduce your sleep): Because in the beginning, because we are accustomed to eat voraciously, so don't try
to eat less artificially. You eat. But try to minimize. Therefore there are prescription of fasting. At least two compulsory fastings in a month. And
there are other fasting days. The more you can reduce your sleep and eating, you keep good health, especially for spiritual purposes. But not
artificially. Not artificially. But when you advance, naturally you'll not feel, just like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. There are examples. Raghunātha
dāsa Gosvāmī was very rich man's son. And he left home. So he joined Lord Caitanya. So his father, he was the only son, very beloved son. Very nice
wife. Left everything. And left means stealing, without saying anything. Somehow or other he left home. And the father could understand he has
gone to Lord Caitanya at Purī. So he sent four servants, because he was very rich man. And four hundred rupees—five hundred years ago four
hundred rupees means twenty times at the present value. So first of all he accepted, that, "Oh, father has sent, all right." So how he was spending
money? So he was inviting all the sannyāsīs, in Jagannātha Purī there were many sannyāsīs, renounced order.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

This should be practiced, you see. Reducing eating, sleeping, mating, that is spiritual advancement. This is the test.
Lecture on SB 1.1.5-6 -- London, August 23, 1971 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_1.1.5-6_--_London,_August_23,_1971?
hl=Reducing eating, sleeping): Yes, this is very important. Therefore we are insisting everyone to rise early in the morning. Even though sometimes
we rise early in the morning, we compensate in other time. (laughter) This should be practiced, you see. Reducing eating, sleeping , mating, that is
spiritual advancement. This is the test. The more you reduce... The idea is to bring it to nil. Just like Gosvāmīs, they did it. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-
vijitau **, they conquered over sleeping and eating and mating. Conquered over. So our ideal is... We are fighting with māyā. So the fighting... We
will conquer over māyā when we see that we are not disturbed by these four processes; eating, sleeping, mating and defending. This is the test.
Nobody has to take certificate from anyone else how he is spiritually advancing. He can test himself: "How far I have conquered over these four
things, eating, sleeping, mating, and..." That's all. That is the test. So it is not required that don't eat, don't sleep, don't... But minimize it; at least,
regulate it, try. This is called austerity, tapasya. "I want to sleep, but still, I shall regulate it. I want to eat, but if my..., I must regulate it. I want sense
enjoyment, so I must regulate it." That is whole Vedic civilization.

Those who are tapasvīs, they should reduce sleeping also. Just like the Gosvāmīs did. Only one and a half hour or utmost two hours.
Lecture on SB 1.5.35 -- Vrndavana, August 16, 1974 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_1.5.35_--_Vrndavana,_August_16,_1974?
hl=reduce sleeping): Eating is required. If you don't eat nicely, then body cannot be maintained. But anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham. Eating is
required, but not eating too much. Not eating to the taste of the tongue, unnecessarily eating meat, fish, eggs. Why? You are human being. For you
Kṛṣṇa has given so much varieties of food stuff. Fruits, vegetables, nice rice, ḍāl, milk, ghee. Why should you go to the meat-eating? This is required.
You eat like human being, not like cats and dogs. But eating is not prohibited. That is not our philosophy. Don't eat like cats and dogs, but eat like
human being.
Similarly, sleeping also. Sleep, you require some rest, but don't sleep twenty-six hours. Not like that. Utmost six hours to eight hours, sufficient for
any healthy man. Even the doctor says, if anyone sleeps more than eight hours, he is diseased. He must be weak. Healthy man sleeps at a stretch six
 hours. That is sufficient. That's all. And those who are tapasvīs, they should reduce sleeping also. Just like the Gosvāmīs did. Only one and a half
hour or utmost two hours. That also sometimes not. Actually, we should reduce this. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. This is gosvāmī. Gosvāmīs
does not mean go-dāsa. Go means senses and dāsa means servant. If we keep the title gosvāmī and become servant of the senses, it is cheating. You
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yau. Very humble and... Nidrā means sleeping, āhāra means eating, and vihāra means sense enjoyment, vijitau, they conquered over.

We have given you so many books. Don't sleep. Don't waste a single moment. Of course, you have to sleep. Reduce it as much as possible.
Eating, sleeping, mating and defending-reduce it.
Lecture on SB 2.1.7 -- Paris, June 15, 1974 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_2.1.7_--_Paris,_June_15,_1974?hl=sleep. Reduce):
So we have given you so many books. Don't sleep. Don't waste a single moment. Of course, you have to sleep. Reduce it as much as possible.
Eating, sleeping, mating and defending-reduce it. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. That is the example given by the Gosvāmīs. Nidrā, āhāra and
vihāra. Āhāra means eating, and vihāra means sense enjoyment, and nidrā means sleeping. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau: "Conquered over." That is
spiritual platform. No more sleeping, no more eating, no more sex life. That is perfection. And one who can conquer over these three things, eating,
sleeping and sex life, he's fearless, automatically. There is no requirement of defense because they can meet any situation. That is paramahaṁsa
stage. Nivṛttā. Munayaḥ prāyeṇa munayo rājan nivṛttā vidhi. For them, there is no regulation. Don't imitate, that "I have become..." Some of our
students exhibited that "There is no need of regu... We are all paramahaṁsas." Paramahaṁsa not; rascal number one. Here is the test. When you'll not
be influenced by the material qualities, rajo-guṇa, sattva-guṇa, tamo-guṇa. And the test is that nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau, that conquering over the
sleeping, nidrā. First thing is mentioned here. Sleeping and eating and sense enjoyment. Śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhu-guṇānukathane.

We don't say, "Don't sleep," but we say, "Reduce sleep as much as possible. Reduce your eating as much as possible." So this is called
tapasya.
Lecture on SB 6.1.12 -- Los Angeles, June 25, 1975 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_6.1.12_--_Los_Angeles,_June_25,_1975?
hl=Reduce sleep): So tapasya generally means that first thing is that we should reduce our eating, sleeping, mating and defense. This is called
tapasya, voluntarily accept. Suppose I am accustomed to eat very voraciously, and if I have to execute tapasya, that means I will have to reduce my
eating to the point of no eating. But that is not possible. But that will create some trouble. But I will accept this trouble, this is called tapasya. I am
habituated to sleep so many hours; I will have to reduce it. Yuktāhāra vihāraś ca. We don't say, "Don't sleep," but we say, " Reduce sleep as much as
possible. Reduce your eating as much as possible." So this is called tapasya. And brahmacaryeṇa. Brahmacaryeṇa means completely cessation of sex
life. So that is not possible to completely give up eating or completely sex life, but make it regulated. That is tapasya: eating, sleeping, mating, and
defense as much as it is required. The aim should be to make it nil. That is called tapasya. Tapasā brahmacaryeṇa (SB 6.1.13
(https://vanisource.org/wiki/SB_6.1.13-14)). Brahmācārya means, strictly. Brahmācārya means that one should not look upon woman, "Oh, here is a
very beautiful girl." That is also sex, subtle sex. And to talk, "Fsh, fsh, fsh, fsh," that is also subtle sex. So these things are to be avoided. There are
eight kinds of subtle sex life. This is called brahmācārya. So according to Vedic śāstra, if one lives with one woman, one man, they are also
brahmacārī. Not many. This is... If one cannot give up sex life, let him be satisfied with one man and one woman. That is also tapasya, that is also
brahmacārī. But not that jumping from here, there, there, there, there, no, like monkey, no. (laughter) This is training. This is training.

In order to reduce the sleeping process, the eating process should be reduced. You fast one day, don't take anything, you will see that there
will be less sleep.
Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_6.3.18_--
_Gorakhpur,_February_11,_1971?hl=reduce the sleeping): The māyā is forcing me that "You sleep twenty-four hours." But I have to conquer
māyā: "No. I shall not sleep more than seven hours." That is your business. If I ask, if you say, "I don't know," that is not the answer. You have to...
And how this māyā can be conquered? That is also said. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: (BG 7.14
(https://vanisource.org/wiki/BG_7.14_(1972))) "Anyone who is fully surrendered, he can conquer the māyā." Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura conquered
māyā. She came at dead of night, beautifully dressed, very young girl, and offered herself. But he conquered. "Yes, I shall do. I shall enjoy with you.
Please sit down. Let me finish my regular chanting process. Then we shall enjoy." So he conquered māyā. Māyā could not conquer.
So these are the instances. And if we fall flat to be conquered by the māyā, then... We have to struggle. This is also another struggle for existence. As
the materialists, they are also struggling for existence for a few days or few years only, our struggle is not for few days or few years, but eternally.
The same struggle is there. Their process is different, our process is different. So we should be always conscious of our responsibility that... That will
help us. We must stay awake. Uttiṣṭhata. Always remain awakened. So regular, seven hours sleep is sufficient. Why it should be more than that?
What is the cause? Another cause may be that if we eat more, then sleep more. So in order to reduce the sleeping process, the eating process should
be reduced. You can take, make... I..., you fast one day, don't take anything, you will see that there will be less sleep. Is it not? Yes.

Atyāhāra, eating more than necessary, is condemned everywhere. Spiritual life means reducing eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. That
is spiritual life.
Lecture on SB 7.12.6 -- Bombay, April 17, 1976 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Lecture_on_SB_7.12.6_--_Bombay,_April_17,_1976?
hl=reducing eating, sleeping): So now, actually behavior, the first thing is suśīla, very well behaved, gentle. Śīla means behavior, and su means very
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 good. Suśīlo mita-bhuk. This can be attained only when one practices eating whatever is absolutely necessary, not eating more. This is also enjoined
by Rūpa Gosvāmī: atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ (NOI 2 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/NOI_2)). Atyāhāra, eating more than necessary,
is condemned everywhere. Spiritual life means reducing eating, sleeping , mating, and defending. That is spiritual life. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau
**. The Rūpa Gosvāmī and other six Gosvāmīs, they conquered over these things, nidrā-āhāra. So a brahmacārī should not eat anything except
prasādam, that also when he is called by the spiritual master, "You can come and eat." This we have discussed.
So mita-bhuk. We shall be very, very cautious about eating. And dakṣaḥ. Dakṣaḥ means active, not lazy, sleeping. This is not good. Nidrāhāra-vihāra.
Everyone has to conquer over sleeping, so that is called dakṣaḥ. And dakṣaḥ means expert. Whatever business is entrusted to him, he does it very
nicely, dakṣa. Just like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, he had no interest in material things. His father's estate was very big, and he was not interested.
But at a time when there was a political situation, he tackled it very nicely. This is the example of dakṣa. There was some political controversy
between Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī's uncle, father uncle, and the government minister.

Festival Lectures

Of course, you must sleep, but not sleep like cats and dogs, animals. Simply sleeping means waste of time. The more you reduce sleeping,
then you become perfect.
His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Disappearance Day, Lecture -- Bombay, December 22, 1975
(https://vanisource.org/wiki/His_Divine_Grace_Srila_Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati_Gosvami_Prabhupada%27s_Disappearance_Day,_Lecture_-
-_Bombay,_December_22,_1975?hl=reduce sleeping): So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching this pravṛtti-mārga, nivṛtti-mārga, both.
"You do not do this" or "You do this." "Do this" means rise early in the morning, maṅgala-āratrika. Of course, you must sleep, but not sleep like cats
and dogs, animals. Simply sleeping means waste of time. The more you reduce sleeping , then you become perfect. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **.
All the gosvāmīs in Vṛndāvana, they conquered over these things. What is these things? Nidrā, sleeping; āhāra, eating; and vihāra, and sense
pleasure. This is called sannyāsa life, reducing sleeping, reducing eating. This is pravṛtti-mārga. We think "If I can eat voraciously like an elephant,
then my life is successful." No. That is not success of life. If you can do without any food, that is successful. That is success. This is called nivṛtti-
mārga, but that is not practical; therefore if we promise that we shall not eat anything which is not offered to Kṛṣṇa, that is tapasya. If you don't go to
the restaurant and eat anything nonsense, that is pravṛtti. But if you want to stop that restaurant-going, then you take Kṛṣṇa prasādam; kṛṣṇa borā
dayā moy kori bāre jihvā joy sva-prasāda-anna dilo bhāi. Kṛṣṇa is ready, so many nice, palatable dishes; you take and stop this restaurant-going. This
is Kṛṣṇa's mercy.

Conversations and Morning Walks

1971 Conversations and Morning Walks

Sleeping is a very important thing in your country, but reduce it. As much as you reduce sleeping and eating, you will become advanced.
Darsana -- June 28, 1971, San Francisco (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Darsana_--_June_28,_1971,_San_Francisco?hl=reduce sleeping):
Prabhupāda: There is a song written by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī: "What kind of Vaiṣṇava you are?" (Bengali) "Your chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in a
secluded place," (Bengali) "is simply cheating." What do you know what you are chanting? First of all prepare yourself to come to the stage of
perfect chanting. This is sevā. Always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service: how to decorate the temple, how to invite people, giving the feast, write books,
distribute books and knowledge. In this way don't sit idly. Always be engaged, always. Just like our Karandhara, he has taken so much responsibility.
He is doing. I am very pleased. He is prepared to do the masonry work and building work and distribution of book, accounting. In this way, we shall
be always busy. Find out some work. I have no work now. Of course, the sixteen rounds must be chanted hundred percent. Rest time, simply find out
where is Kṛṣṇa's work. Why sixteen rounds? It only takes two hours, you have got twenty-four hours. What you will do twenty-four hours? You
cannot sleep more than six hours, seven hours, that's all. So two hours chanting and seven hours sleeping. Sleeping is a very important thing in your
country, but reduce it. As much as you reduce sleeping and eating, you will become advanced.

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

About them this description is: they reduced their sleeping, nidra. Nidra means sleeping. And āhāra. Āhāra means eating and collection.
Collection is also āhāra.
Morning Walk -- June 21, 1974, Germany (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Morning_Walk_--_June_21,_1974,_Germany?hl=reduced their
sleeping):
Prabhupāda: No. At night I get up at one, at half past one, sometimes half past twelve. But I take a little rest, one or two hour in the daytime. So two
hours at night, two hours at day, or three hours at night, two hours in day. In this way, altogether five hours, not more than that. Our predecessor
gurus, Gosvāmīs, they were taking rest not more than two hours or 2-1/2 hours. So we should come to that standard, yes. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-
vijitau **. About them this description is: they reduced their sleeping , nidra. Nidra means sleeping. And āhāra. Āhāra means eating and collection.
Collection is also āhāra. Yes. So they were mendicant. They had no collection. And they had no preaching mission. They were simply writing books.
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 Nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau, very expert to study different scriptures just to get the essence of scripture and give to the people. Lokānāṁ hita-
kāriṇau. So their life was engaged for the benefit of the whole human society. What these people are talking philanthropy and humanitarian? They
dedicated their life for... Just like we are doing. It is not for any sect or any person. For the whole human society. So that should be the mission.
Lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau. Therefore their literature is honored all over the world, all over the universe. Just like our books. We are
selling all over the world, all universities, all school, all colleges, all gentlemen. It is not sectarian. Lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau
śaraṇyākarau. This was their hard labor, and rādhā-kṛṣṇa-bhajanānandena mattālikau, and they were very much pleased in worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
Deity. All the Gosvāmīs established a Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple. In Vṛndāvana each and every Gosvāmī established one temple in the beginning. Then
others followed. Rūpa Gosvāmī established Govindajī's temple. And Jīva Gosvāmī established Rādhā-Dāmodara temple.

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

No, actual sleeping. Sleeping means waste of time. So long you sleep, it is a waste of time. Better reduce sleep.
Room Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra -- December 22, 1976, Poona
(https://vanisource.org/wiki/Room_Conversation_with_Life_Member,_Mr._Malhotra_--_December_22,_1976,_Poona?hl=reduce sleep):
Prabhupāda: Yes, that is not hankering. That is not hankering. so long the body is there. That is wanted. Just like about the Gosvāmīs it is said,
nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. One has to conquer over sleeping, eating, sex and fearing. A saintly person has no fearing. Because he depends on
Kṛṣṇa. But these things particularly conquered over. Simply little eating, that's all. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi. At least trying to conquer over sleeping,
eating and sex life.
Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping, eating and sex. (break) ...sleeping at all or some little sleep.
Prabhupāda: Practically no sleeping. Practically no eating and no sex life.
Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping means, actually sleeping or awareness, I mean awakening of the mind or awakening...
Prabhupāda: No, actual sleeping. Sleeping means waste of time. So long you sleep, it is a waste of time. Better reduce sleep .
Mr. Malhotra: But you have to sleep sometimes.
Prabhupāda: Yes, some, some.
Mr. Malhotra: Some part of the day...
Prabhupāda: That also you will find, those who are highly elevated, they can avoid.
Mr. Malhotra: They can completely avoid sleeping! Hundred per cent?
Prabhupāda: No. They can, but they do not show like that. Otherwise artificially one would like to imitate it.
Mr. Malhotra: But in the medical theory they are saying so much insomnia.
Prabhupāda: No insomnia, he becomes mad. (laughter) That is another thing. That is disease.

Correspondence
1972 Correspondence

We must always be enthusiastic to serve, that's a fact, so much so that we will gradually reduce eating and sleeping and save time for
Krishna's service.
Letter to Visvambhara -- Ahmedabad 14 December, 1972 (https://vanisource.org/wiki/Letter_to_Visvambhara_--
_Ahmedabad_14_December,_1972?hl=reduce eating and sleeping): (1) So far your question about the Gopis, in the beginning there is no such
question. In the beginning we have to follow the principles of devotional service rigidly, like chanting 16 rounds, regularly following the instructions
of the Spiritual Master, which includes study, temple worship, sankirtana, like that. And the more one become perfect at following these principles,
the more his relationship with Krishna becomes manifest. Following in the footsteps of Gopis comes in the perfectional stage. First you come to the
perfectional stage, then you talk of Gopis. Going to girls and making them pregnant, then talking of Gopis, that is going on, that is nonsense. Without
coming to the perfectional stage, if anyone tries to understand the Gopis he becomes a sahajiya. Gopis are not ordinary women, they are all
expansions of Krishna's pleasure potency. So when we understand Krishna, then we shall understand Gopis. We can simply follow foot prints of Gopi
how they loved Krsna.
(2) You mention there is fighting and making politics in the temple. But that is your previous qualification. That means you could not give up your
qualification. You or anyone. So you should be careful not to revive your old qualifications. It is the business of the Temple President to check it. If
such things are happening, it should be brought to the notice of the President. How I can judge from here? It may be you who are fighting and making
politics, it may be you who is wrong. It is up to the President to judge. But we must always be enthusiastic to serve, that's a fact, so much so that we
will gradually reduce eating and sleeping and save time for Krishna's service.

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