Spoken February 23
Pandal Lecture
Prabhupāda: This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is a self-purification movement. The method is vibration of transcendental sound. This Hare Kṛṣṇa, this sound, is not material sound. It is descended from the spiritual world. Kṛṣṇa and KṛṣṇaDevotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
Bg 16.5 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ‘si pāṇḍava Bg. 16.5" Arjuna is advised by Kṛṣṇa. He has described before the..., what is daivī sampati and what is āsurī sampat. Abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhir. These are Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:
SB 1.2.6
Prabhupāda: " ...sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje... []" [baby crying] [Hindi] Somehow or other we have to turn to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is the aim of life. This human form of life is meant for this purpose, yato bhaktir adhokṣajeDevotee:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Pra…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: This is also very good, good in this sense, that they do not eat without restriction. There is some restriction. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: To sacrifice. Prabhupāda: Yes. That if you want to eat meat and chicken, then you first of all sacrifice before their deity. So at least they’Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian man (1):Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian man (1):Indian man (2):Prabhupāda:I…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...lower animals. Nobody is starving. Have you seen any bird die of starvation? There are so many hundreds, thousands of birds in this garden. Devotee: Even in all these countries, Śrīla Prabhupāda, they are always complaining there are so many starving people. But nobody has ever seen anybody die.Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Vīrabāhu:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Vīrabāhu:Prabhupāda:Vīrabāhu:Prabhupāda:Vīrabāhu:Prabhupāda:Vīrabāhu:Prabhupāda:Vīrabāhu:Hṛdayā…
SB 1.1.2
SB 7.9.16
Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [chants verse, Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] " trasto ‘smy ahaṁ kṛpaṇa-vatsala duḥsahogra- saṁsāra-cakra-kadanād grasatāṁ praṇītaḥ baddhaḥ sva-karmabhir uśattama te Dayānanda:Prabhupāda:Dayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hrdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Dayānanda:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Dayānanda:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters February 23
My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I hope this time you have received the goods from India Jaladuta in good condition. Out of the goods, you keep one Mrdanga and six pairs of cymbals there at New York and all the balance goods including all the papers or letters therein may be sent here at once. They are arranging kirtana programme at different places and I think the Mrdanga and cymbals...
My dear Sons, Cidananda, Dindayal, Aniruddha and Makhanlal, Please accept my blessings. I have duly received all of your elaborate letters, and there are so many points to reply, it will take time to reply you properly. In the meantime, my request to you is that you take very seriously our program of
Harer Nama Boulder, Colorado My dear Harer Nama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17 February, 1970, and I have noted the contents. I inquired your temple’s financial condition just to know if you are doing well without any difficulty, there was no other cause for this inquiry.
My dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 14 February, 1970, and have noted the contents carefully. I am very glad to know that you have sent the final manuscript of KRSNA book to Brahmananda and that it now reads very well. Thank you very much.
My dear Syama Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19 February, 1970, with your embroidery work on my Guru Maharaja’s picture. Women are by nature endowed with many artistic tendencies, and from the Vedic age we find that high grade women and girls were highly qualified in sixty-four arts. Srimati Radharani was fully qualified in those arts, and therefore,...
Calcutta My dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. You have asked for some men so immediately another batch of two men, Revatinandana and Durlabh Das Adhikari are going today carrying this letter. Durlabh Das has got camera films and machine and so he will be very good for your work there,...
The Manager Punjab National Bank Vrndaban Dear Sri Manager Sahab, REG.: The opening of your bank’s office at the Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Raman Reti, Vrindaban, U.P. Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your both letters dated 7th and 14th February, 1976. I am very glad to know you have gotten sanction for the branch office at our Krishna-Balarama Temple. I thank you very much...