Spoken March 11
Bg 2.13 Lecture
Prabhupāda: This is thirteenth śloka. You can open it. The Sanskrit word is " dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]" Student: This is thirteenth? Prabhupāda: Thirteen, yes. Student: “Just as boyhood, youth and old age are attributed to the soul through this body, he, the soul, obtains another body. The wise man does not get deluded this.Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation
[in car] Gurudāsa: Actually, he planned them very nicely. Śyāmasundara: Is he willing to give us the rooms? Prabhupāda: Yes. Yamunā: Oh, Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda, you’re... Śyāmasundara: W e should take them, I think. Gurudāsa: I don’t [indistinct]. Yamunā: We must take them, Prabhupāda.Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabh…
Room Conversation with Gaurachand Gosvāmī
[Prabhupāda converses in Bengali with guests for a couple of minutes] Prabhupāda: Where is Kṣīrodakaśāyī? Hmm? So that... You want to go immediately? Kṣīrodakaśāyī: Quarter to eleven I give the time to start from here to reach... Prabhupāda: What is the time now? Kṣīrodakaśāyī: Twenty pastDevotee:Kṣīrodakaśāyī:Prabhupāda:Kṣīrodakaśāyī:Prabhupāda:Kṣīrodakaśāyī:
Bg 7.3 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 7.3 Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁPrabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Girl:Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: No, no. Any place where there is no sunshine, that is condemned. Brahmānanda: In your Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, you write that the sun purifies a dirty place and also the mind. Prabhupāda: Yes. Brahmānanda: But we don’t rely on the sun for purifying our mind. Prabhupāda: Huh? Brahmānanda: As devotees, we donPrabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇ…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...at the lotus feet of Nitāi. Nitāi-pāda-kamala, koṭi candra suśītala. Because the shelter is so cool, a thousand times cooler than the moon. Where is that..., Yaśomatīnandana? He is not here? Yesterday he met Mādhava Mahārāja. So he had some talks. [chuckles] In that talk he mentioned that Devotees:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Lokanātha:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Lokanātha:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Jayapatāka:Prabhupāda:Lokanātha:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrth…
SB 7.9.33
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Translation: “This cosmic manifestation, the material world, is also Your body. By Your potential energy known as kāla-śakti, this total lump of matter becomes agitated, and thus three modes of material nature become manifested. In this way You become awakened from the bedstead of Ananta-Śeṣa, and from Your navel a small transcendental seed is generated, from which the gigantic universe becomes manifest. Exactly like the small seed of banyan tree, the lotus flower of the cosmic mani…
Letters March 11
My dear Sripada Sar Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I am in receipt of your letter dated February 20,1967. I am so much thankful to you all for encouraging me in my humble attempt to preach the message of srila Prabhupada in this part of the world. I am sure to be successful if I am blessed by you all Vaisnavas.
My dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter dated February 28, and noted the contents with great pleasure. The transcendental experience which you had during kirtana performance at the Loyala University is very nice. Relishing the transcendental sweetness of Krishna Kirtana is only possible when one is actually advanced, towards perfection. Srila Rupa Goswami...
My dear Govinda dasi: Please accept my blessings and I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 24th February 1973. Gaura Nitai Deities may be approved and ordered by the local Temple presidents with consultation of the GBC. There should be at least three or four brahmanas available. So there is no need to delay any shipments if these qualifications are met.
My dear Tarun Kanti Babu, Please accept my blessings. Since I attended the meeting last night I am feeling a new enthusiasm, over how potential the Krishna Consciousness movement is, based on the teaching of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Your good family has very great interest in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and especially your grandfather Mahatma Sisir Kumar Ghose was a great friend of Bhaktivinode Thakura....
Kenneth H. Petchenik President, Who’s Who in America 200 East Ohio Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 U.S.A. Dear Sir: I am in due receipt of your letter dated Feb. 28th, 1975 along with the enclosed information of Who’s Who in America and data form. Enclosed please find the form duly completed which I hope will meet your requirements.
Giridharilal Delhi My dear Giridharilal, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter dated March 8, 1976 and I have noted the contents very carefully. It will be a great pleasure for me to meet with you either at Delhi or Vrindaban when I return the 26th of March, this month, to Delhi. More when we meet. In the meantime, I hope this meets you in good health.
ISKCON – Vrindaban Sri Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir, P.O. Sreedham Mayapur, Dist. Nadia, W.B. My dear Akshayananda, Please accept my blessings. Brahmananda Swami is handing over to you one letter to be submitted to Punjab National Bank in regard to renewing a Fixed Deposit I am keeping with them. I have advised the bank to transfer the interest accrued from the matured deposit to my a/c #1. Please...