Spoken March 24
SB 1.2.14-16
Prabhupāda: " tasmād ekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā [SB 1.2.14]" This verse we have been discussing in last meeting. In order to understand that Absolute Truth, it is the duty of everyone to hear, Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
Initiation Viṣṇujana
Prabhupāda: Nama. Viṣṇujana: Nama. Prabhupāda: Om. Viṣṇujana: Om. Prabhupāda: Viṣṇu [repeats each word] pādāya kṛṣṇa preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktivedānta svāmin iti nāmine. You chant beginning from here, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare. Then begin again, another. In this way, there are 108. Come this side. DonDevotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
SB 1.3.43 [partially recorded]
Bg 4.4 Lecture
Girirāja: Shall I announce for the people who come in? Prabhupāda: Why not? Girirāja: [makes announcement] Would all devotees please move forward as much as possible so our friends who are outside... [break] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane [SB 9.4.18]. This is... Different parts of our senses should be utilized. The first business is to fix up the mind at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Then engage the tongue in describing the activities of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa has acted in so many ways so that we can remember the history of the activities of Kṛṣṇa and describe it. Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupā…
Talk at Rādhā-Govinda Mandir
Prabhupāda: [Bengali] This Rādhā-Govinda Deity is very old Deity of the Mullik family. I think not less than two hundred years ago this Deity was established by the mother of Kashinath Mullik. I think you might have heard, another Kashi..., original Kashinath Mullik. I think his fatherIndian man:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Pr…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Now this Janata party headed by Morarji may take to this Indian culture. That will be the... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: We were thinking, Śrīla Prabhupāda, that after a short time we should have a committee approach Mr. Desai, some of our devotees and prominent Life Members, for getting citizenship for at least fifty to a hundred of our men. He would be favorable.Prabhupāda:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Prabhupāda:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupād…
SB 2.3.20
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.20 Hṛdayānanda: ...my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad A. C. Bhaktivedanta Goswami Mahārāja Prabhupāda, who has opened my eyes with the torchlight of knowledge while I was standing in the darkness of ignorance.Audience:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Girirāja:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Ind…
Letters March 24
My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of March 19, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. Yes, I shall be arriving there in S.F. on the 31st of this month and I shall be happy to see you all there at that time. I have noted carefully the situation with Girish, and we shall best discuss the whole matter when I shall arrive there next week and make...
Prabhavati My dear Prabhavati dasi, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your nice letter of March 22nd, and also your beads, which I have duly chanted. Your letter is very nice and I am very much encouraged to hear of more young American boys and girls who are searching after God. This is natural of course, and one who sticks to Krishna Consciousness purification process, will gradually...
My dear Satyabhama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your very nice letter of March 16, and I thank you very much for it. I am happy to hear that you and your good husband are living peacefully at New Vrindaban and executing Krishna Consciousness. This is very nice, and is a good example for others. In the Western countries there is practically no real family life, and we have to...
Syama My dear Syama dasi, Please accept my blessings. I an in due receipt of your nice letter, and I thank you very much for your kind sentiments. You are very nice girl, and just suitable for working together with Hayagriva on the Srimad-Bhagavatam. This very much encourages me. I want such Grhastha couples in this movement to set examples for others to follow.
My dear Damodara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15th March 1970, and thank you very much for the check of contribution to my maintenance and book funds. I am so glad to learn that your efforts to raise contributions towards a nicer temple are now meeting with some good response. Now the Washington devotees have appeared on the television several times,...
Bhavananda Brooklyn My dear Bhavananda, Please accept my blessings. The enclosed letter may be handed over to Mr. J. Mukherjee which speaks for itself. In any case we are not able to help him with passage money for returning to India. Please offer my blessings to the others. Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Jayapataka Calcutta My dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. Since I have come back from Calcutta to Bombay, I have not received any letter from you, so I am very much anxious to hear from you. Here the program begins from the 25th instant and goes on until the 4th of April. After that I do not know whether I shall have to go back to Calcutta.
John Milner Tallahassee, Florida My dear John Milner, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter undated and have noted the contents. I am so glad to hear how both yourself and Harold Kanter have been working so nicely under the guidance of Gargamuni Maharaja, to push on Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Satsvarupa Boston My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 12th February, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. It is very encouraging news to hear that we have one new center in Amherst, Mass. amidst so many prominent colleges. So the devotees there should be very actively engaged in preaching at these schools and especially introducing...
Bali-mardana My dear Bali-mardana: Please accept my blessings. We are negotiating the purchase of the Bombay property for a lump sum cash payment of 10 lakhs, which at the official rate amounts to ,000. If this negotiation is settled to our satisfaction, we will require your lending this amount to the Bombay project from our New York building fund. So kindly make the necessary arrangements, and...
Sri Kashinath Mullick, 39 Jatindra Mohan Avenue, Calcutta-5 My dear Kashi Babu, Please accept my greetings. Last night at the Thakura Bati we had a very nice meeting, so I wanted to talk with you of improvement of the Uddharana Dutta Thakura Path. I know you are managing the establishment so nicely till now but still further improvement can be done if you cooperate with us. We want to establish...
Sri S. R. Acarya Sri S.R. Acarya, Sripally Palta P.O. Bengal Enamel, District 24-Parganas W. Bengal (N) My dear Acaryaji, Please accept my blessings. I am in due reciept of your letter dated 21-3-76, and I have noted the contents with care. I shall be in Vrindaban up until the 10th April after which time I shall be going out of India. You can come to our Vrindaban Temple. You have got enough...