Spoken February 2
Lecture
Prabhupāda: " vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye [Cc. Madhya 6.254]" This verse was composed by Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. You know Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya? You have not heard?Devotees:Prabhupāda:Nandarāṇī:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:
Foundation Stone Ceremony Speech
Prabhupāda: My foreign disciples, they could not understand either Hindu or Oriya. So for this movement, I am very much obliged to these American boys. The history of this movement is that my Guru Mahārāja, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and before him, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, they had an intense desire to preach Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: The learned scholars, they used to live in the forest. Vyāsadeva was writing in śāmyaprāśa cottage. [chuckling] That is university. And no university can produce such scholar or student, not imperfect. They’re all rascals. What are the values of these M.A., Ph.D.? [break] It is humbug. Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Satsvarūpa:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Guru…
Lord Nityānanda Appearance Day
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu’s Āvirbhāva Appearance Day Prabhupāda: So today, the appearance day of Nityānanda Prabhu. Nityānanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva. " vrajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta haila sei, balarāma haila nitāi" “Who was formerly the son of Nanda Mahārāja, He has appeared as the son of Śacīdevi.Devotees:
Room Conversation
Satsvarūpa: So the men would not buy their lunch from the meat-eaters. Prabhupāda: No, that is not our scheme. Our scheme is that pathyam auṣadha. Auṣadha means medicine, and pathya means diet. So in order to cure him from these material desires we shall give him medicine, Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupāda:Yugadharma:Prabhupā…
Room Conversation
Svarūpa Dāmodara: They say the intelligence is a molecular interaction, in nervous system, in the brain. So... Prabhupāda: The interaction, but not..., that is not the brain. Svarūpa Dāmodara: They say the brain is... Prabhupāda: Two, two physical elements, just like electricity contacting. The electricity as it is, it is not that wire, or the physical things. It is subtle.Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:P…
Letters February 2
New York My dear Purusottama, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter (undated), and I have noted the contents carefully. Krishna is so sublime and transcendental that He cannot be realized by mental speculation or by personal endeavor, education, or material acquisition. He can only be approached and understood clearly by our service attitude, engaging all our senses in His...
Montreal My dear Jaya Pataka, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 January, 1970, along with the beads of Daniel Leboef. I have duly chanted the beads sent by him and his initiated name is Dindayal. I am glad to learn that another branch in Toronto you are contemplating to open. This news I have received from Cidananda also. Certainly it is a good news,...
Lalita Kumar Philadelphia My dear Lalita Kumar, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter along with Subala’s. I am very glad to know that you are going to be married with Srimati Jambavatidevi dasi, and I bless you---be happy with your good wife and jointly be advanced in Krishna Consciousness.
Dayananda Dallas My dear Dayananda das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 17, 1975 and have noted the contents. Your study aids that you are using to help the children learn the meaning of Bhagavad-gita slokas fully seem to be alright. The thing is, you must see that the meaning of the verse is in no way altered or changed. Simplification is alright but do...
Brooklyn My dear Lokamangala das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 30, 1975 and have noted the contents. You have asked me what I feel is the best engagement for you at this time and in response, I kindly request you to continue to distribute my books full-time. You are very expert in this matter and you can also teach others how to do it. At the present moment,...
Michael Jon King 3415 Maunaloa Ave. Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 My dear Mr. King, Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Feb. 1, 1975 and have noted the contents. I am glad that you enjoyed our chanting. You are welcome to come again and again if you like. You should understand though that we are not very much concerned with the principles of Hatha-yoga. We practice Bhakti-yoga...
Amsterdam My dear Puranjana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated Jan. 6, 13, and 17, 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. Hansadutta is here with me now and I have given the letters to him. They have all been read and discussed by the GBC members who are present here. I want that the GBC should relieve me of this management burden and in the future, all such...
Ravindra Svarupa Philadelphia My dear Ravindra Svarupa das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 26, 1975 and have noted the contents. Thank you for distributing my books there very nicely. Try to increase it more and more. You mentioned in your letter that you are doing a lot of deity worship and cooking due to lack of sufficient brahmanas. So why don
Sukadeva Seattle My dear Sukadeva das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 24, 1975 and have noted the contents. If you can acquire that building in Seattle, it will be very nice. Jayatirtha like it very much and he recommended that you should be given the loan for 10,000 dollars. So, if it is there you can take it.
Auckland, New Zealand My dear Tusta Krishna Svami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 12, 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. Thank you for the 1,000 dollars (in checks). I am very happy to hear your report. Krishna is giving you facility there to develop a very nice varna-asrama society in New Zealand. Try your best to develop an ideal society there...
Dallas My dear Yadunandana das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 22, 1975 and have noted the contents. Regarding your child, the vedic philosophy is that the miseries of the material body must be tolerated. When material body is there, we must expect so many problems. Considering these things, it is up to you to decide what to do.