Spoken January 31
Lecture at Indo-American Society
Prabhupāda: Mr. Allen, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly inviting me to speak something East and West. Of course, I have got considerable experience now because I am wandering East and West, not only once, at least twice, thrice in a year. So far Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is concerned, we have no such thing, East and West. Just like the sun rises from the eastern horizon and sets on the western horizon, but the sun is the same.Devotee:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Ta…
The Nectar of Devotion
Mādhavānanda: [reading] “...Four. Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation. How much a devotee is seriously attached to the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood from the statement of Mahārāja Pṛthu [Ādi-rāja], which is described in Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Mādhavānanda:Prabhupāda:…
Bg 7.1-5 Lecture
Prabhupāda: Next verse, go on. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] " jñānaṁ te ‘haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ‘nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate [Bg. 7.2]" Prabhupāda: Go on. Pradyumna: " manuṣyāṇāṁ sahareṣu kaścit yatati siddhayePrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:
Bg 16.5 Lecture
Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] " daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ‘si pāṇḍava [Bg. 16.5]" [break] [02:02] “The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pāṇḍu, for you are born with divine qualities.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...obedient to God---that means offer sacrifices---then there will be regular rain. And if there is regular rain, any damn land is good for any purpose. Land has been made bad because there is no regular rain. They... Why the desert is? If there is regular rain, the desert will be also fertile. So it is gradually becoming desert. The whole world will be desert. No production. Suffer. Make your scientific research, godless. All rascals, full of rascalsGurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gar…
Room Conversation
Pradyumna: All the basic questions are asked, Prabhupāda: Burbs. Pradyumna: “What is life? What is this?” So many things. Prabhupāda: “It is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss.” This is the... The world is full of rascals and fools. So if you speak something sanity, they will take Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Guest (2):Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupā…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...subject matter. Hari-śauri: It was that article on transcendental science. Prabhupāda: And no irresponsible article should be published. Strictly. It is going to be future evidence. Not whimsical. Hari-śauri: There’s no reason why the BTG should be any different from any of our books.Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: What is the prospect, Hong Kong? I don’t think there is any. Hari-śauri: Bangkok. Prabhupāda: Er, Bangkok, yes. Yogeśvara: No, my personal conclusion after a few weeks there is that either there should be a traveling party doing that part of the subcontinentPrabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Hari-śau…
Letters January 31
My dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 26, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am very pleased to learn that the entire first canto should be completely edited by March 8th, and I am also glad to hear that your Lord Caitanya play is at last completed. From what I have gone through of this play I could see that it is very...
My dear Rukmini, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 23, 1969, and also I have seen your wonderful portrait of my Guru Maharaja. This picture is a great joy to me, and it is now hanging in my room in the temple where I may always gaze upon it. I thank you so much for your sincere service, and i am very much encouraged that you are already a nice artist, and...
Vamanadeva My dear Vamanadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 22, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. First of all I am pleased to know that you are feeling comfortable in Hawaii and you are keeping yourself busily engaged. I am glad that you and Murari are working on my Vyasasana, and as soon as it is completed, you can call me there,...
Buffalo My dear Gunagrahi das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 5, 1973, and I have noted the contents carefully. Krsna Consciousness means always increasing, so I am glad to see that you are remaining enthusiastic to push on this Krsna Consciousness movement more and more. Your request for initiation is approved by me, and I have sent a letter...
Miami My dear Rajiblocan das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 20, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. As you are temple president, that is a great responsibility. So you must try to execute it with great care. The main thing is that you must set nice example for the others by following very rigidly the regulative principles, such as...
Evanston, Illinois My dear Sri Govinda das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 15, 1973, and I have noted the contents with great interest. It is so very nice to hear how the book distribution is going on. This is our main business, distributing these books all over the world and thus turning the minds of the fallen souls towards Krsna.
Puri My dear Gaura Govinda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19th January, 1976 and I have noted the contents. Regarding the mutation, I understand the Settlement officer has asked you to wait still another month. Also you have no men nor books. Neither you have any place to live. Therefore, the best thing is that you come immediately to Mayapur where...
Sri I, Kulabhandra Singh Secretary, Manipur Gita Mandal Imphal Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 8, 1976. I am looking forward to visiting Manipur in April. The list of Foreign and Indian devotees who will accompany me which Mr. L. Kulabidhu Singh has is quite alright.
Sri K.C. Kapur Kanpur Dear Sri Kapurji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated January 17th, 1976. I am remaining in Mayapur most likely until the end of March. At that time I shall be going to Vrindaban. Vrindaban and Kanpur are not far from each other, so it will be most convenient for me to come. From Vrindaban I am tentatively scheduled to go to Manipur, so I am...
Bombay Dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of January 28, and read the contents. Yes, train the others in responsibilities in Bombay, and go on as you are doing. In five days at Kumbhamela we were able to distribute 30,000 pieces of literature. Therefore we can expect to receive 1 lakh collections per month from all the centers.
Bombay Dear Jagat Guru Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of January 26, 1977, and studied the contents. I like your plan to take a travelling party for concentrating on book distribution in India. Our recent success in distributing 30,000 books in Kumbha Mehla indicates that there is a big scope for this distribution in India. Please work in cooperation with the GBCs...
Sriman Saurabha das Adhikary Hare Krishna Land Juhu Road, Juhu Bombay Nayapalli, Bhubaneswara 12 Orissa, Dist. Puri Dear Saurabha, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of January 28, 1977 and read the contents. The quality of the work in Bombay must not suffer. I understand that formerly they were rushing to get it done, but now the quality is improved. This is wanted. However,...