Spoken March 12
Radio Interview
Interviewer: Swami, will you get a little closer to that microphone, if you will. You are the head of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Prabhupāda: Yes. Interviewer: Is it a church? Prabhupāda: It is not exactly a church, but it is an institution for understanding the science of God.Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:In…
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Devotee: “Now hear, O son of Pṛthā [Arjuna], how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.” Purport. Prabhupāda: Arjuna’s mother was known as Pṛthā. Pṛthā. Her father’s name was Mahārāja Pṛthu. Therefore Arjuna is known as Pārtha. Sometimes Arjuna is addressed as Pārtha. It comes from the meaning, root meaning of ArjunaDevotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:P…
Room Conversation with Dr. Kapoor
Prabhupāda: There is a book, perhaps you might have read, Aquarian Gospel. So in that book I have read there is a Greek word, Christo. Christo... Sometimes we don’t say Kṛṣṇa, we say Kṛṣṭa. Dr. Kapoor: Kṛṣṭa, yes, in Bengali particularly. Prabhupāda: Yes. So this Dr. Kapoor:Yamunā:Dr. Kapoor:Yamunā:Dr. Kapoor:Gurudāsa:Yamunā:Dr. Kapoor:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:D…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Their business will be to exploit the poor citizens. And they will be embarrassed and harassed so much: by one side, no sufficient rain, and therefore scarcity of food; and the other side, taxation by the government. In this way, the people will be so much harassed that theyPasserby:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhup…
Departure Lecture
Prabhupāda: ...where he is? Devotee: [indistinct] Prabhupāda: Oh, you have dressed? Very nice. Thank you. Hmm. " śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā- śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau yuktasya bhaktāṁś ca niyuñjato ‘pi vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam" So this is one of the items, to learn how to decorate the Deity,SB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...clean. That also we sometimes neglect. [break] ...means rūpena jāyate iti prajā. Everything which is born, that is prajā. [break] ...children, our grandmother used to engage us for watering work, these pots. And that water was brought from down, two, three stories down, and we used to bring and put. That is good exercise, and sport also, competition between children. [break] Hrdayananda:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:D…
SB 7.9.34
Śāstrījī: [Chants slokas] Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants mantras; chants verse word by word; devotees respond; chants verse] " tat-sambhavaḥ kavir ato ‘nyad apaśyamānasPrabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:
Letters March 12
New York My dear Balai, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 3/10/68, and I thank you very much for it. Yes, the wind, the earth, the water, and so forth, all have controlling personalities. Just like there is a sun god, who is in charge of the sun planet; similarly, for each body of water, for the wind, there are controlling personalities. They are in control of some...
Rupanuga Buffalo My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated March 5, 1968, with enclosures. I have come here in San Francisco on the 8th morning of March. Here the kirtana performances are going very nicely; there is good attendance in the meeting and dancing in ecstasy is often exhibited to the transcendental pleasure of everyone present. I think S.F....
My dear Candanacarya, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your nice letter of appreciation. The kindly words that you have used in this connection are very much pleasing, but all the credit goes to my Guru Maharaja. He asked me to take up this job as soon as I met Him in 1922; unfortunately I was so worthless that I delayed the matter until 1965, but He is so kind that by force He...
San Jose My dear Citsukhananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 10 March, 1970, along with the check for , and thank you very much for the same. I am pleased to see the newspaper clipping from San Jose State College newspaper, and learn that the students are already attending your Bhagavad-gita class at the Experimental College.
Hamburg My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings and offer the same to Srimati Himavati. I am so glad to learn that both of you have safely reached your destination. Now work with great enthusiasm and ask Himavati to take care of the Deities very, very nicely. Both of you have seen in L.A. how much they are careful Deity worship. We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in...
[To Billy Reyburne] Regarding your question writing songs Krishna, this is not very important thing. You can write, but one cannot take it very seriously. If any Vaisnava is writing song Krishna, that should be from one who himself has realized Krishna, just like our great saints and acaryas like Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, Rupa Gosvami, six Gosvamis, Bilvamangala, Bhaktivinode Thakura, like that....
The Manager Punjab National Bank Brabourne Road Calcutta-1 Dear sir, re. My Account no. __ S.F. Kindly advise your Vrindaban Branch to pay Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two-hundred only) every month until further notice, to Sri Madan Mohan Goswami, Sevait, Sri Sri Radha Damodara Temple, Sevakunj, Vrindaban, District Mathura, U.P., and charge the same to my above account.