Spoken February 27
Talk with Bob Cohen
Śyāmasundara: [introducing tape] Conversations with Bob a Peace Corps worker from..., American Peace Corps worker in Māyāpur, February 27, 1972. Bob’s first question is, “What is a scientist?” [break] [devotees are singing prayers to Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva loudly over loudspeaker in background]Prabhupāda:Bob Cohen:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Bob:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:…
Room Conversation with Indonesian Scholar
[poor audio] Scholar: This Bhagavad-gītā translated into Indonesian. [pause] [01:45] Prabhupāda: So will you explain me in English some of the Fourth, Fourth Chapter? Scholar: Fourth Chapter. [pause] This yoga. yoga,Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Scholar:Prabhupāda:Sc…
Room Conversation
[poor audio] Amogha: Yaḥ tasya... Yaḥ śāstra. Prabhupāda: Yes. Amogha: I can’t see it. Prabhupāda: Y-a-... Amogha: Oh, yah, yah. Prabhupāda: Yes. Yaḥ śāstra. Amogha: I thought j. [pause] I don’t see it. I don’t see it. Yaḥ śāstra.. Prabhupāda: There is no yaḥ? Amogha: There’Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amog…
Room Conversation
[Prabhupāda plays harmonium; no singing] Amogha: I can bring another... Prabhupāda: I don’t... [indistinct] Amogha: Will you keep the [indistinct] Śrīla Prabhupāda [break]? [01:40] Prabhupāda: ...for propagating our mission because the state is inclined to take the teachings of Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Devotee (2):Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:…
SB 1.1.23
[Kīrtana] [poor audio] [04:12] Prabhupāda: If there are people who cannot understand Hindi, so what is the decision? [indistinct]. Hindi or English? Amogha: English. Prabhupāda: English is all right? There are many foreigners. Amogha: Yes. I think there are many foreigners, they will understand.Prabhupāda:Amogha:Guest:Amogha:Prabhupāda:
Bg 13.4 Lecture
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " tat kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca yad vikāri yataś ca yat sa ca yo yat prabhāvaś caPrabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Woman devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Devotee (4):Prabhupāda:Devotees:…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...what they’ll encourage? To become thief? Hṛdayānanda: It looks like that. Prabhupāda: A secular state? Hṛdayānanda: To encourage nationalism, serving the government, it’s economic development... Prabhupāda: That’s all right. If the people become thieves and rogues, then how the economic development will be possible?Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Hṛdayānanda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Hṛdayānanda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Hṛda…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...aniya mahat-pado smariya gurave namaḥ. In a short time he has learned very nicely. " sahasra-pa-parābdamnam ācāryaṁ te māyāṁ sadā kintu tvamsudaya śilā tasmād tubhyāṁ namo namaḥ" " namaste prabhupādāya śreṣṭha vedyaṁ dadāsi teRādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Prabhupāda:Rādhā-vallabha:Pr…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...their intelligence. [break] Utilize it very nicely. Kṛṣṇa will be very, very pleased. This is our real business. Every..., every work is nice. Still, one should work... That is to be designated by the spiritual... “This manHarikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Hari-śauri:Harikeśa:Hari-śauri:Harikeśa:Pra…
SB 7.9.7
Letters February 27
Dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 25, 1969, and I thank you very much for it. You have written to say that you are my disobedient son, but I think I am your disturbing father. I am putting more and more burden upon you but you are so tolerant that you have no hesitation to accept my demands even although sometimes they are unreasonable....
Jagadisa Toronto My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 February, 1970, and have noted the contents carefully. I am glad to learn that after deliberation between Jayapataka and Raktaka, you have been asked to become the president of Toronto temple. The idea is that whoever is competent to manage affairs will accept the post of president...
My dear Mohanananda, I beg to acknowledge your letter undated and I am answering your questions as follows: You inquire why, if the devotee is struggling very hard to be free of the clutches of Maya, then how can he not be interested in such liberation? That is a contradiction. The devotee is not interested in liberation, but in serving; as such, the devotee is already liberated. So liberation is...
Att: Mr. T.S. Orr Vice President Bank of America, L.A. Dear sir: Re: Time fixed deposits for 257,356.09 dollars and 110,000.00 dollars respectively, due to be matured by the first week of March with interest. With reference to the above, I beg to inform you that on maturity of the above time fixed deposit, you can transfer the whole amount to your Bombay branch, account number 16026, in favor...