Spoken March 25
Bg Excerpts: 2.44-45, 2.58
Prabhupāda: ...decided that I am not this body. We have already discussed. I am not this body, and I am pure consciousness. Some way or other, I am encaged with this bodily dress, but I am not this body. I am pure consciousness. Now, if we actually want happiness or independence, then we have to remain in our pure consciousness position. Suppose if I do not belong to certain association or certain company, then I have to keep aloof from that company. So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that
SB 1.2.17
Prabhupāda: " śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi vidhunoti suhṛt-satām []" Kṛṣṇa, this sound, transcendental sound. Kṛṣṇa means the highest pleasure. Highest pleasure. Everyone, every living being, is seeking after pleasure, but he does not know how to seek pleasure. Therefore in this material conception of life we are being frustrated in every step for satisfying our pleasure. Because we have no information from which platform we can h…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: “...you, under the direction of Lord Śiva. I worshiped Lord Śiva very successfully, and I prayed from him some sources of my happiness. So he has directed me to see you, that you have got that thing. So please give me that.” So Sanātana Gosvāmī said Devotees:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Pr…
Initiation
Prabhupāda: So now you come here. You have given... There is no āsana, sitting? Give him one piece of... So I shall perform this initiation ceremony. If you kindly sit, you can see. [break] I am traveling everywhere. Next I am going to San Francisco. But my disciples, they will stay here. This Gaurasundara dāsa, Mr. Gary, he will live here with his wife. Yes. So temple, if people come, that is temple. You see? That is temple. And if we, suppose, construct a huge building and nobody comes, then w…
Bg 4.5 Lecture
Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] " śrī-bhagavān uvāca bahūni me vyatītāni janmāni tava cārjuna tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi na tvaṁ vettha parantapa [Bg. 4.5]" [break] [02:58] Translation: “The Blessed Lord said: Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Satsvarūpa: [testing microphone] Hare, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare ... [break] Prabhupāda: ...janmāni tava cārjuna [Bg. 4.5]. Indian man (1): Tāny ahaṁ veda sarvāṇi. Prabhupāda: Why it is? That is my question. [break] Indian man (1): God is the knower everywhere. Prabhupāda: Eh?Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):P…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...you take away money for serving daridra-nārāyaṇa. When you go to India, we see all daridra-nārāyaṇas are lying down on the footpath. What do you do with this money? Swami Nikhilānanda personally told me that they now enquire. Acyutānanda: He died there last year.Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:
Bg 2.11, Rotary Club Address at Hotel Imperial
Prabhupāda: [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. " śrī bhagavān uvāca aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ [Bg. 2.11]" Our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, it is not something new, imaginary movement. It is very old movement. At least five thousand years ago this Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian (2):Prabhupāda:Indian (2):Prabhupāda:Indian (3):
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...means ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā [Bg. 3.27]. The more we get material possession, our false egotism increases: “I have got this. I have got this. Who is more powerful than me?” Āḍhyo ‘ham abhijān asmi ko ‘sti mayā [Bg. 16.15]. These are described in the Sixteenth Chapter. What is the meaning of this Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Cyavana:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Pr…
Conversation with Newspaper Reporters
Prabhupāda: They make modernized meaning of Bhagavad-gītā. That is insanity. Do you agree or... Reporter (1): What would you regard to be the essence of Bhagavad-gītā? Prabhupāda: Bhagavad-gītā means that there is God, and we are part and parcel of God. God is great, and we are very teeny, small, fragmental portion of God. In quality we and God are the same, just like a drop of ocean water is qualitatively the same as the big ocean.Reporter (1):Prabhupāda:Reporter (1):Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Pr…
SB 5.5.1-2
Prabhupāda: Next verse. Bhavānanda: " mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam mahāntas te sama-cittāḥ praśāntā vimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavo ye [SB 5.5.2]" “One can attain the path of liberation from material bondage only by rendering service to highly advanced spiritual personalities. These personalities are impersonalists and devotees. Whether one wants to merge into the LordPrabhupāda:Devotees:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Guest …
Letters March 25
Sri Krishnaji My dear Sri Krishnaji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 16th March 1967 and with great difficulty I could guess only 75% of the hindi writing. There is no body here who can read Hindi. Anyway I have got the summary of the letter and the immediate issue is that the room must be cleansed and I may inform you that as soon as I return to New...
Los Angeles My dear Citsukhananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 3d March, 1971 and have noted the contents. I am so glad to hear that you are now in L.A. discussing final plans for opening one center in Mexico City. That is very encouraging news. I am anxious that we establish centers in major cities all over the globe and Mexico City is certainly...
Officer Department of Visa and Foreign Registration (Immigration) Suva, Fiji Dear Sir: I hereby certify that my initiated disciple, Sriman Upendra Das Adhikari (Wayne Phillip Gunderson), having successfully completed his course of divinity studies in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been awarded the degree of Bhakti-sastri (Minister).
Laguna Beach My dear Rsabhadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. I am so glad to note how nicely your Sankirtana activities are going on there in Laguna Beach center. You write to say that you are considering the possibility of celebrating feast days with festivals on the street. That is very good program,...
Tucson My dear Sukadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 27th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. It is very encouraging to note that you have been distributing 150 BTGs daily there in our newly established Tucson center. Actually we want that every American have a copy of BTG in his hand.
St. Louis My dear Vamanadeva, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your ISKCON St. Louis Newsletter with enclosed note, dated 9th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. I am so glad to hear your program is steadily expanding in St. Louis and how you are regularly making university engagements and are being so well received. Actually these college students have all been misguided....
Calcutta My dear Bhavananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 16, 1972 and I am so much pleased to read the contents. The newspaper clipping sent by you is very much encouraging. I am starting for Australia on the morning of March 31, and I wanted to see Giriraja before my starting. So kindly send him upon receipt of this letter if he has not already...
Columbus, Ohio My dear Patita Uddharana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated December 26, 1971 and January 24, 1972 and I have noted the contents. I have received also the forward to Bhagavad-gita As It Is by Sriman Sampath H. Kumaran Hemmige and I have appreciated it very much, but I think there is already a forward. In any case, I shall send it along to Iskcon...
Hayagriva New Vrindaban Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. Since a long time I did not hear from you, but I am very anxious to see you. Here in Bombay we have a nice spot. We are now in possession. It is just like a garden house. I shall be glad if you come here and live with me for some time. With my love for your wife and children, I beg to remain,
Vrindaban My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th March, 1977. There is no need to pay Gaurachand. I have already advised the bank, and they will pay him directly. You need not. As you have described the placing of my photograph and offering to it Prasadam, that is good. In consultation with Aksayananda Maharaja, just find out some responsible...