Spoken January 29
Lecture at University
Prabhupāda: Śrī Gosvāmīpāda, Mr. Motilal, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly inviting me in this meeting to serve you to some extent according to my capacity. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not a new movement, started by me, but this movement was started by Kṛṣṇa Himself, five thousand years ago. I need not explain this movement. Kṛṣṇa, in the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, instructed Arjuna the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The
The Nectar of Devotion
Bhavānanda: [reading] “...If someone has desire for material enjoyment or for becoming one with the Supreme, these are both considered material concepts.” Prabhupāda: Yes. Three kinds of happinesses: bhoga, tyāga and bhakti, sevā. Bhoga tyāga sevā. The karmīs, they are after Devotee:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Devotee (1):Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:…
Arrival
Prabhupāda: The government export then import. [Hindi conversation with Indian man] Have kīrtana. [kīrtana] [chants prema-dhvani] [12:45] The child is responsive. The child is responsive. Devotee: Yes. Prabhupāda: [laughs] He was seeing this playing of mṛdaṅga. How old?Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Devotees:
Bg 16.1-3 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 16.1–3 Hṛdayānanda: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] " abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ dānaṁ damaś ca yajñaś ca svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam" " aḥiṁsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunamPrabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: He’s actually authority. [break] Bhāgavata: ...on the leaves. Prabhupāda: Yes, tasteful. [break] By accident, eh? The rascal has said. [train whistle] [break] ...scientist? Satsvarūpa: Yes. Prabhupāda: If by chance everything is taking place, what is the use of science? Satsvarūpa: They don’t say Prabhupāda:Bhāgavata:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śaur…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Lead a gentle life. We don’t allow divorce. Is that not good? Where is that check? Hari-śauri: Two checks. There were two checks for a hundred and ten. That went to Calcutta with Abhirāma. Prabhupāda: Oh, that check. And another check? Hari-śauri: And that other check went with Rāmeśvara to Bombay.Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...and European temples, Deity worship, kīrtana. It will go on increasing, more and more centers. And make such a policy---pickpocket and give them books. for an American is nothing. Is it not? Hari-śauri: Not very much. Prabhupāda: Not at all! Any common man can pay Hari-śauri:Satsvarūpa:Hari-śauri:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvar…
Letters January 29
Manager of Trade Bank & Trust Co Manager, Trade Bank & Trust Co. 2nd Avenue at 4th Street New York, N.Y. 10003 Dear Sir, Please transfer by air mail three hundred and eighty dollars and no cents (.00), to the Bank of Baroda LTD., Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India, for credit of my savings account No. 1432 And debit my savings account No. B 19282 with you.
Sukadeva 2 My dear Sukadeva das, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 1/8/73, and I have noted the contents with satisfaction. Thank you very much for your kind sentiments. This attitude of serving first the spiritual master is the correct one, for only by the mercy of the spiritual master can one obtain the mercy of Krsna. Just as we sing every morning yasya prasadad bhagavad-prasado...
Vrindaban My dear Aksayananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated 23rd January, 1976 and I have noted the contents. I have read the letter of Mr. Kapur. I am agreeable to coming to Kanpur; the question is when. You are planning a program at the Prayag Narayana Mandir on the 15th Feb. I know that Temple, it is very famous. If some program is held there, all Kanpur...
Los Angeles My dear Dr. Wolf, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of a copy of a letter sent to Sriman Vedavyasa dated January 14, 1976. Mundane books are written by imperfect persons. Everyone has his own theory, which means he is imperfect. The Srimad-Bhagavatam says if there is a real presentation of spiritual understanding, then even if it is presented i broken language,...
Brooklyn Dear Charles Gold, Please accept my greetings. I have only now received your letter of December 7th, and have heard the contents. It is a very good idea, that through modern science you try to convince people of Krsna Consciousness. Krsna Consciousness is based on perfect information received from Krsna in Vedic literatures like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. Our method is not the...
Mayapur Dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. Our plan is to arrive in Calcutta on the morning of February 4th; after a day or two, we will come to Mayapur. In the meantime, what is the position of the Panihati scheme? I want you to negotiate with the municipality so that we can take over management of Raghava Pandit