Spoken January 17
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Vivekananda has influence here in higher class, among the educated class. They talk Vivekananda and this and that, nonsense. In your country, fortunately, that opposition was not there. There was no influence of Vivekananda class men. Here amongst the educated class there is influence of all these rascals, Vivekananda, Aurobindo, andHaṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Haṁsadūta…
SB 6.2.12-14
Prabhupāda: There are so many persons following their own principles of religious, ritualistic performances, but... [break] ...by remaining in the same standard. They are not improving. The spiritual life or religious life means that one should make advance towards back to home, back to Godhead, not that religious life should be followed to make some material improvement. That is not religious life.SB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90
SB 1.16.21
Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [devotees repeat] " arakṣyamāṇāḥ striya urvi bālān śocasy atho puruṣādair ivārtān vācaṁ devīṁ brahma-kule kukarmaṇy abrahmaṇye rāja-kule kulāgryān []" [break] [leads synonyms] Prabhupāda: [interrupts the synonyms] Hmm? Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devot…
Morning Walk. Tour of Māyāpur Grounds
Prabhupāda: ...He’ll change everything, all sinful activities. Jayapatāka: The devotees like when the loudspeakers are playing Hare Kṛṣṇa ‘cause then the work [indistinct]. Prabhupāda: That’s nice. [break] Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...can hear any temple bells from the other temples during the Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Jayapatāka:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda…
Room Conversation
Devotee (1): “...Sanat Kumāras were going to Vaikuṇṭha to visit Lord Viṣṇu. They were stopped at the door by the doorkeepers, Jaya and Vijaya. But specifically, the Supreme Lord cannot be seen by ordinary eyes. But He can now become visible to the eyesight of the Kumāras. Another significant word is Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Sudama:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Harikeśa:Pr…
Letters January 17
My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I have your letter of Jan. 9, 1968 duly in hand, and I thank you very much for it. Yes, I will make plans to appear there on May 1; and before I arrive there on May 1, you can please arrange some lectures in different Universities and Colleges, so that after reaching there I will find all the engagements there.
Jayapataka, Bhavananda My dear Jayapataka and Bhavananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 5, Madhava, 485, and January 4, 1972, and I am very pleased that all the programs are going on nicely, such as land purchase, Mayapur project, deity worship, etc. And I thank you very much for the Yellow Fever Certificate. I shall be leaving for Africa on the 24th...
Vrindaban Dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I was surprised that Tamala Krsna Goswami and you all are contemplating cancelling the Vrindaban touring of our devotees going to Mayapur. In my opinion it must be carried out. Just to give you help I am enclosing one letter to Sripada Radhika baba of Imlitala. Enclosed find one Bengali letter to deliver to him. He will introduce you to the son...
Sripada Radhika Bhava Sripada Radhika Bhava c/o Imli Tala, Vrindaban With humble obeisances at the lotus feet of the devotee, Sripada Radhika Bhava, please accept my humble obeisances. At the moment I am in Hawaii Island. I am requesting you that after our Navadvipa parikrama two hundred to three hundred European devotees will go to Vrndavana for parikrama. That
Los Angeles My dear Prajapati das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 8, 1975 and have noted the contents. You can come to the Mayapur festival and stay until the Vrndavana festival if possible. In between the two festival, we will be trying to arrange other large programs in South India (Madras and Hyderabad), so, there will be a nice program for all the devotees....
Brooklyn My dear Rupanuga das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated nil and have noted the contents. Why is it that money that has been collected on behalf of ISKCON Food Relief program has not been sent to India? Where is that money? This is not good. If you are not intending to send for food distribution, then do not collect in the name of Food Relief. Whatever is...