Spoken March 13
SB 7.7.25-28
Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] " buddher jāgaraṇaṁ svapnaḥ suṣuptir iti vṛttayaḥ tā yenaivānubhūyante so ‘dhyakṣaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ [SB 7.6.25]" This verse we have been discussing in our last meeting, that it is very easy to understand what I am. Take theGuest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Bhaktijana:Prabhupāda:
Talk in Studio
Prabhupāda: What is this maker, the trademark? Gargamuni: Concord. Prabhupāda: Concord, yes. Concord is famous tape recorder company. [tapping microphone] It is all right? Yamunā: Oh yes, Swamiji. It can also, it can be an amplification system. Gargamuni: See, if you talk... [feedback] Yamunā: The thing is theyGargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Yamunā:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Yamunā:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Yamunā:Prabhupāda:Yamunā:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Yamunā:Prabhupāda:…
Cc. Ādi 7.91-2
Prabhupāda: ...Māyāvādī sannyāsīs, why He was not engaged in reading Vedānta-sūtra and why He was indulging in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, that in this age, Kali-yuga, Vedānta-sūtra, to study Vedānta-sūtra and to understand the purport of Vedānta-sūtra,Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: You know that business in your country. What is that? Topless, bottomless? Devotee: Yes. Prabhupāda: No? They want. There is regular business. In India also. In the hotels there are regular business to pick up college girls and enjoyed by the guest. So many things are going on on this basis of sinful activitySatsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...imaṁ rājarṣayo vidhuḥ [Bg. 4.2]. Rājarṣayaḥ, it means the saintly kings. These... Bhagavad-gītā it is said, in the Fourth Chapter, it is meant for the saintly kings, because if the king is saintly, and if he understands the philosophy of life, then he can turn the whole picture, you see. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Where is the palace? That is the palace?Ātreya Ṛṣi:Prabhupāda:Ātreya Ṛṣi:Prabhupāda:Ātreya Ṛṣi:Prabhupāda:Ātreya Ṛṣi:Prabhupāda:Ātreya Ṛṣi:Prabhupāda:Ātreya Ṛṣi:…
Room Conversation with Canadian Ambassador to Iran
Prabhupāda: How long you have come here in Iran? Ambassador George: Nice to see you again. Not that I have felt that far away. Prabhupāda: You are looking little reduced than before, in health. Ambassador George: [laughs] Oh, perhaps slightly older. Prabhupāda: [laughs] You are not as old as I am. What is your age?Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambassador George:Prabhupāda:Ambass…
Room Conversation with Indian Guests
Prabhupāda: ...meeting was very successful. You were present in Delhi? Very, very successful. All big, big men came, and they realized. We are going to have again that for two days. That is being arranged. Paramahaṁsa: In Delhi, yes. That will be nice. Prabhupāda: And who is thinking in that way? We are thinking like that. [aside:] Keep it covered.Paramahaṁsa:Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (2):Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitai:Prabhupāda:Indian man (3):Prabhupāda:Indian man (4…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...to eat yourself, sufficiently, and if there is excess, then question of trade, vāṇījyam. Otherwise, if there is no excess, where is the question of vāṇījya? You are starving. [break] Then we shall. There is no excess. [break] ...will spoil everything everywhere. [break] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Bhāgavata:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Prabhupāda:Guruk…
SB 7.9.35
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.35 Śāstrījī: [chants mantras] Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] 9.35, 7.9.35 [break] " sa tv ātma-yonir ativismita āśrito Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters March 13
AN APPEAL TO THE VAISNAVA SECT AND SPECIALLY TO THE VALLABHA SAMPRADAYA OF BOMBAY AND GUJARAT. INSERT SANSKRIT HERE SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM is very dear to all Vaisnavites and especially to the Vallabha and the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. The glories of Vrindaban and Mathura are magnified by these two Sampradayas and the undersigned as an humble servant of all Vaisnavas, has tried his best to render it into elaborate...
Los Angeles My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter, undated, and post-dated March 12, 1968. I am so obliged to you for your hospitality with which you served me so long I was in Los Angeles; I was so much comfortably situated in spite of my not very good health. Krishna will bless you for your strenuous service single-handedly, rest assured. Please continue...
Yamuna My dear Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your very nice letter, and I am both happy and unhappy on reading it. I am happy to hear from you, but I am unhappy because I hear that for the last three months you are not keeping your good health. I do not know why you should reduce in your health, but after all, this body is external
1975 So. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My dear Bali Mardan, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7 March, 1970. I am so much obliged to you for the fine sentiment you have expressed in connection with my humble service; but this is not very extraordinary
Satsvarupa My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for sending me the transcribed copies of two tapes #17 and #18, and I see it is well done. Although there are some minor mistakes in spelling of the proper names, that is not a problem. In my next letter I will point them out and give the correct spelling.
Sriman Bankaji Gita Press Gorakhpur, India My dear Sriman Bankaji, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter dated 23 February, 1970, addressed to my London center and now re-directed to me. I left London sometime by the end of December, and since then I am staying here which is my headquarters. Here we have got the biggest center for training preachers, and...
Tokyo My dear Sudama, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated 7 March, 1970. I have received your tape yesterday, but without waiting for this tape, I have already recorded a speech and several songs also. The tape is already dispatched to you by air mail. Please acknowledge receipt. The typed copy of the lecture also you will find along with the record.
My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated 21st and 23rd February, 1971, respectively. I have also received the newspaper clipping showing Hrdayananda’s wedding and it is very nice. So far as him taking over the management of Boston temple, that is all right. All department heads should train an assistant so that in their absence, work...
Dr. R. F. Rao Reader in Chemistry University of Gorakhpur Gorakhpur, U.P., INDIA My dear Dr. Rao, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan 21, 1975 and have noted the contents. I had not received any letter from you until now, Svarupa Damodara das is in our Atlanta temple. The address is: 1287 Ponce de Leon Ave., N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30306 U.S.A. I have asked Svarupa...
Bhagavat Asraya New Delhi My dear Bhagavat Asraya, Please accept my blessings. I have read your letter dated 8th March, 1977. On your recommendation, I accept Sriman Rabindranatha Dasa, Sriman Mahabhuj Dasa, and Matachandra Libha for second initiation. The sacred threads for the men duly chanted on by me are enclosed. I also accept Bhakta Richard for first initiation and his name is now Ripughna...