Spoken February 17
Bg 6.16-24 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 6.16–24 Devotee: Verse sixteen: “There is no possibility of one’s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much, or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough [Bg. 6.16].” Prabhupāda: Yes. This is very nice. [laughs] Nothing is prohibited because after all, you have to execute the yoga process with this body. To make the best use of a bad bargain. You see? This material body is the source of all miseries. Actually the spirit soul has no misery. Just like normal c…
Cc. Ādi 7.119
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.119 Prabhupāda: " viṣṇu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-samjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktir iṣyate [Cc. Madhya 6.154]" So we are discussing three kinds of energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yesterday the question was, some gentleman, that whether the ultimate truth, Absolute Truth, is a person or imperson. There are many impersonalists, and there are many personalists also. The personalists, impersonalists, and the localized Par…
Room Conversation
Devotee: ...then why is any one activity of Kṛṣṇa consciousness better than another one? Why is any one way of serving Kṛṣṇa better than another? For example, with chanting of the sixteen rounds. Suppose that you’ve gone 23 hours of the day serving Kṛṣṇa in one way or another, and the last hour there is opportunity to finish your rounds and also opportunity to make a life member. So instead of chanting your sixteen roundsPrabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Pra…
Morning Walk
Yaśomatīnandana: ... everybody he saw Kṛṣṇa, and the people knew...[indistinct] [laughter] Right, Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: His father could not. His father could not. Yaśomatīnandana: My father couldn’t know Him. Yadubara: Hiraṇyakaśipu. Yes. Prabhupāda: Prahlāda’s father, he could not see. But Prahlāda sees.Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Yaśomatīnandana:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa…
Bg 2.17 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 2.17 [translated throughout by Hṛdayānanda] Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] " avināśi tu tad viddhiHṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Guest:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hanumān:Prabhupāda:…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...brainwash or brain-giving, that “This movement is not brainwash; we are brain-giving. Where is your brain? First of all you must have brain; then it is a question of washing. But you have no brain; you do not know what is this life. So we are giving, brain-giving movement, not brainwashing movement.Ādi-keśava:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Ādi-keśava:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Child:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Ādi-keśava:Prabhupāda:Ādi-keśava…
Letters February 17
Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of Feb. 8, 1968, and have noted the contents. I thank you very much for your sincere appreciation, and for your feelings of imperfectness. The more you think as imperfect, the more you make actual progress in Krishna Consciousness. This hankering after perfection is seen in even the most perfect devotees....
Gargamuni My dear Gargamuni, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 9, 1969, and I thank you very much for it. Regarding your reprinting of my letters, if you will not detract from your other important engagements you may do it. I have written to Brahmananda distributing our books, and should assist him in this important matter. I have considered your...
Tosana Krsna My dear Tosana Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 10, 1969, and I have noted the contents with appreciation. If you have received any letter from Bhurijana in North Carolina, then you can immediately go there. It is on experimental basis for now. If you are successful, it is Krishna
Rupanuga Sriman Rupanuga das Adhikary ISKCON Temple 40 Englewood Avenue Buffalo, N.Y. 14214 CENTER: 1975 So. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your two letters dated February 7 and 9, 1970 respectively. I have also received the edited copy of Krsna tape #10.
Boston My dear Sridama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 12 February, 1970, and I am very glad to know that you are doing well in Boston Temple. I did not know where you were staying and I was very much anxious your health, so I wrote to Subala and he has conveyed my message to you. Now I am relieved to learn that your are engaged in cooking and your...
Govinda My dear Govinda dasi, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 31st. and I have noted the contents carefully. I thank you very much for sending me the nice monogrammed shirts and I am wearing them daily. I am thinking of you and your husband and of the nice devotional service you are performing and I pray that Krishna will give you more and more intelligence...
My dear Hansadutta Please accept my blessings. While in India last it was brought to my attention that our Sriman Hayagriva das has become deviated from the four basic principles which I have given to all my students for adherence to when they are first initiated. I do not know why he is living in such a way but I feel that he must be brought back to the standard immediately. So I am requesting you...
Gurudasa, Prajapati Los Angeles My dear Guru das and Prajapati, Please accept my blessings. Regarding the dance troupe, I request you to prepare 7 different dances (a new one each day) from the Caitanya Caritamrta for displaying and performing during the Mayapur festival. Also, I request you to prepare 7 different dances from the Krishna book for performing during the Vrndavana festival. When you...
Boston My dear Madhava das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter and article entitled “Matter Comes from Life”. It is very nice and why not publish in BTG? It must be published in BTG. And you must also publish in other journals. That is our business. Let them protest or accept. If they protest, we will reply them again. If they accept, then that is victory. It must...
Mayesvara Mayesvara das Brahmachari ISKCON 340 West 55th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 U.S.A. Sree Dham Mayapur Dist. Nadia, West Bengal Dear Mayesvara, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of February 7, and heard the contents. Regarding whether to follow Tamal Krsna Goswami and work at architecture and mechanical plans in the Pennsylvania farm or to come and work in the...