March 9
Spoken March 9
Bg 2.12 Lecture
Prabhupāda: Yes. Woman: What chapter? Prabhupāda: The same chapter. Woman: Chapter Two. Prabhupāda: Now, the next question is that the Māyāvādī philosophers, they say that “Because I am now covered in ignorance, therefore I see individuals.” Yes. Woman: Is that a main claim?[?] Prabhupāda: Yes. MyWoman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Prabhupāda:Woman:Pra…
Interview
er: Your Grace, what is the basis of your teachings? Prabhupāda: The basis of this teaching is Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. I have already published my book, this Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. This book is not new. It is very old book, at least five thousand years old, and it is very widely read all over the world. In your country I have seen there are more than twenty-five different editions, English. Similarly, there is in German language, in England, in Japan. Everywhere, all over the co…
Bg 9.4-6 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ [Bg. 9.4]" This verse, we have been discussing last night, this is distinct explanation of impersonalism and personalism. Actually, there cannot be any impersonal idea. Here Kṛṣṇa says, Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: He’s situated as Paramātmā, antaryāmī, everywhere. Aṇḍāntara-stham: within the universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, within the heart of everyone, and even within the atom. Then how we can walk? Kṛṣṇa is within the atom. How we can walk? If somebody says, Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Devotee:Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupā…
Room Conversation with Reporter
Prabhupāda: ...he did not like to kill his cousin-brothers. He said that “Even they usurp my kingdom, I do not wish to kill them.” So this affection, this bodily affection, was not very much approved by Kṛṣṇa. He said that “You are talking like a non-Āryan.Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporte:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Reporter:Prabhupāda:Rep…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: [indistinct] You are being plundered. They are very expert in the plunder. But I thought, “Some Indians will help. He is also ‘big belly,’ you. It is simply in my eyes. I am the only fool.” I criticize like that. Just see how much money they have taken. One day, they are charging ten rupees, and fifty men working, so all spoiled. This is going on all over. Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Pu…
Letters March 9
Sivananda My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your three letters post dated March 5, 1969, and I thank you very much for them. I have noted your points, and one thing is that the instruction given by one gentleman Mr. Somanatha to go to India as agriculturalists is absurd. Don
Montreal My dear Gopala Krsna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 3 March, 1970, and have noted the contents. Regarding publication of French “Back to Godhead,” for the present you are doing very excellently. My point is that BTG in French language must come out even irregularly. So you are fulfilling my desire in that way. So far our Paris center is...
Toronto My dear Rudra das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 27 February, 1970, and have noted the contents carefully. I am very glad to learn that you are finding the atmosphere congenial in the new Toronto center. I think your valuable services will be put to good account there in the matter of pushing our Sankirtana movement. I have heard that there...