Spoken March 7
Bg 2.12 Lecture
Prabhupāda: So last day we were speaking the eleventh, eleventh, Second Chapter, eleventh verse. Just read it. Second Chapter, eleventh verse. Devotee: “In fact, there was never...” “Arjuna, you grieve over those who should not be grieved for, and yet speak like the learned wise men who do not sorrow over the dead or the living.Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
SB 7.9.9
Prabhupāda: We are talking of Prahlāda Mahārāja’s prayer. He was thinking himself unfit for offering prayers to the Lord. But still, because he was requested by the great demigods headed by Lord Brahmā and others, he thought that material qualification, namely high parentage, riches, beauty, bodily strength, yogic power, all of them are not qualification for becoming a devotee or qualified to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead.Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotees:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:…
Cc. Ādi 7.5
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] " pañca-tattva---eka-vastu, nāhi kichu bheda rasa āsvādite tabu vividha vibheda Prabhupāda:[I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.]Devotees:
Morning Walk, [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: Everyone will understand. Hare Kṛṣṇa. That is proved. We are going to Africa. We are going to Canada, Europe, America. Everyone chants Hare Kṛṣṇa. That is the language. When a young man and young woman loves one another, there is no question of language.Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Prabhupāda:Jayapat…
SB [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: ...birth in a very nice, pure brāhmaṇa family or very rich family. So this is the profit. You begin immediately devotional life. You can finish this devotional life within this life. There is no difficulty. Simply go on chanting. But even if you cannot finish, then you have to take a birth, then the Kṛṣṇa gives you opportunity to take a birth in a very nice, pure Devotees:Indian woman:Prabhupāda:Indian woman:Prabhupāda:Indian woman:Prabhupāda:Indian woman:Prabhupāda:Indian woman:Prab…
Morning Walk
Hṛdāyānanda: ...puffed up with knowledge. Prabhupāda: What is their knowledge, nonsense? He has knowl...? Have they knowledge? Bhagavān: They’re trying to prove that sense gratification is bona fide. Guru-kṛpā: And the explanation of... Prabhupāda: And where is sense gratification? As soon as nature kicks you out, where is your sense gratification?Hṛdāyānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdāyānanda:Prabhupāda:Guru-kṛpā:Prabhupāda:Guru-kṛpā:Prabhupāda:Guru-kṛpā:Prabhupāda:Guru-kṛpā:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhup…
SB 7.9.29
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Translation: “O the unlimited reservoir of transcendental qualities, my Lord, You have killed my father, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and saved my life from the sword of my father. And He said very angrily, ‘If there is any other supreme controller than Myself, then let Him save you. I shall now separate your head from the body.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters March 7
My dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant and noted the contents carefully. Gita Press is full of Mayavada Philosophy which says Krishna has no form but He assumes a form for facility of devotional service. This is nonsense. I am just trying to wipe out this Mayavada philosophy and you may not therefore order for any more copy of the English...
Rupanuga Buffalo My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 1 March, 1970, in which you have given your recommendation that Mr. Nico Kuyt be initiated by me. So in accordance with your recommendation, I have accepted him as my bona fide disciple, and I am returning his beads herewith duly chanted.
My dear Trivikrama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 2 March, 1970. Now I think because Himavati is there, she will be first-class caretaker of the Deities, and you can be relieved. So I have no objection if you come back to the States if there is no other urgent necessity for you there.
New York My dear Bali-mardana Maharaja: Please accept my blessings and I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter, with newspaper clipping, dated nil. I can understand that actually Hayagriva was not involved directly in the management of Back to Godhead and that whatever arrangement you already have there is sufficient. Meanwhile Hayagriva can be encouraged to continue his literary contribution...
My dear Bhaja Hari, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your encouraging report and I thank you very much for it. Yes, we can make rapid advancement in the company of devotees, if we leave the company of devotees then again we become rogues and rascals. Krsna is providing everyone, and certainly if we work in the company of other sincere devotees He will provide us the best...
Dear Muralidhara, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter sent to Mayapur with a list of questions regarding your painting pictures for my books. The answers are as follows. 1. Kardama Muni should look something like you have pictured Vyasadeva, with beard and top know of hair, not as you have pictured him in your drawing. Generally munis have beards.
Frankfurt My dear Harikesa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 1, 1976 and I have noted the contents with care. I have marked how they are attracted to our kirtana and prasadam there in Hungary. If they consider our philosophy too revolutionary, there is no necessity to print books immediately. First, the heart must be cleansed by chanting Hare Krishna...