Why prabhupada says no gambling

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So the devotees, they do not want anything material.

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Kindly engage me nijunkaman ātmā dāse (?). Kindly engage me, kindly engage me in the service of Your servant, that I want.' This is devotion. So what is the value of this material opulence? Why shall I ask you all these nonsense. Now everything is finished within a second by You. I've seen my father was so strong materially, that when he was angry even the demigods trembled. But, what I shall do all these material opulences. I can ask from you any kind of material opulence. Prahlāda Mahārāja, when he was offered benediction by Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, 'You take any kind of benediction.' So Prahlāda Mahārāja replied, 'My dear Lord, I am born of a father, passionate, and I am always greedy about material opulence, naturally, because my father was like that. What honor he'll take? This material honor. Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā, amāninā, if anyone wants some honor, he gives everyone honor. They go on with their Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā, amāninā, they don't., the devotee does not claim any so-called popular respect, false respect. Although Vaiṣṇava knows everything, still he presents himself very humble, lower that the straw, humbler than the tree. Every Vaiṣṇava, that is Vaiṣṇava's sadācāra (?), humble.

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