Spoken February 13
Cc. Ādi 7.106-107
Prabhupāda: " ...īśvara-vacana vyāsa-rūpe kaila yāhā śrī-nārāyaṇa [Cc. Ādi 7.106]" " bhrama, pramāda, vipralipsā, karaṇāpāṭava īśvarera vākye nāhi doṣa ei saba [Cc. Ādi 7.107]" We have been discussing this point, that īśvara-vacana, what is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no flaw. In our statement, in our writing, because we are conditioned, therefore we have got four kinds of flaws. We are subjected to commit mistakes, we are sometimes illusioned, and sometimes w…
Bg 6.1 Lecture
Devotee: Verse number one. “The Blessed Lord said, ‘One who is unattached to the fruits of his work and works as he is obligated, is in the renounced order of life and he is the true mystic. Not he who lights no fire and performs no work [Bg. 6.1].’ Purport. In this chapter the Lord explains that the process of the eightfold yoga system is a means to control the mind and the senses. However, this is very difficult for people in general to perform, especially in this age of Kali. Although the eig…
SB 6.2.24-25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.24–25 Prabhupāda: ...humbler than the grass and tolerant more than the tree. Tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā, amāninā mānadena. We have to give all respect to everyone. Even one has no respect, he should be also offered respect. In this attitude one can make advancement by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa Yamunā:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupād…
Lecture [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: Vaisnava Gentlemen and Mothers, You all by your mercy have respected me for that I am very grateful to you. I do not have any qualification, but by God’s grace, By Guru’s and Vaiṣṇava’s grace, in the age of seventy years, I went to New York, United States of America, By God’s inspiration my Guru Mahārāja who was the acharya of the Gaudiya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya
Room Conversation
[no audio] Gurudāsa: I came back a little ahead because they wanted to make sure Pālikā was all right. Prabhupāda: Huh? Gurudāsa: I came back a little ahead because they wanted to make sure Pālikā was all right. Prabhupāda: How many of you went? Gurudāsa: Most everyone, twenty-five.Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Woman guest (2):Prabhupāda…
Room Conversation
Dr. Kapoor: [Hindi] As I understand [indistinct---moving of mic]. The export minister C. D. Gupta. C. D. Gupta, the old chief minister, you see. He is coming, and I take it they have arranged a program in his honor. I don’t know how they will make this program fit in. I donIndian man:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Guest [Indian man]:Dr. Kapoor:Guest [Indian man]:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. …
Room Conversation with Woman Sanskrit Professor
Professor: ...of the knowledge. Of a... Prabhupāda: Theory? Theory of? Professor: Knowledge. And the ways to approach nature. Prabhupāda: So what is your decision? What is the position of the living entities? Professor: Well, [laughing] I want [indistinct] especially on relation with the theory of knowledge with the lower [indistinct]. Both their knowledge [indistinct] reality.Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupād…
Letters February 13
San Francisco My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to hear that you are released now; this I expected when you came to see me. I entrusted the matter to Krishna to give you release. Anyway, Krishna has been so much merciful upon you that He has taken you out of the state laws. So in every kind of miseries we have to depend on Krishna and we should not be too much disturbed when...
Aniruddha My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of February 11, 1969, and I was pleased to note the contents therein. I am glad that everyone at your temple is working hard and in full cooperation for keeping the temple nicely and spreading our movement as far as possible. This should be our motto. We have so many things to do for improving our Krishna...
Hamburg My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated February 4, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. I am so glad to learn that you are again accepting work to improve the condition of the temple. This is very nice. Practically, it was you who took the initiative for starting the London and German centers. In London, the boys and girls are doing...
Sriman Hayagriva das Adhikary ISKCON Temple 318 E. 20th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201 1975 So. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. Regarding the Krsna manuscript, it has to be delivered to the Dia Nippon Company because the arrangement was with George Harrison that I shall get the book printed within the winter.
My dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 7, 1970. I am glad to learn that Toronto center has got such good prospect for success. If we are simply a little sincere in the matter of spreading this movement, Lord Krishna has already guaranteed our success. It is good that there is a large population of young people in Toronto as it is...
ISKCON 340 W. 55th Street New York City 10009 USA Sree Dham Mayapur Dist Nadia, West Bengal, India Dear Adi Kesava Maharaj, Please accept my blessings. I have received a very favorable testimony of our Movement from the President of Indian Brain Research Association, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Professor J.J. Ghosh. Dheera Krsna das, who obtained this letter writes that...
Dear Vegavan, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of 19 January and examined the contents. It gives me great pleasure to hear that the Bhagavad-gita As It Is will soon be published in the Swedish language. On your recommendation, I have accepted the two devotees for first initiation, and their spiritual names are as follows: