Spoken March 26
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1]" So Kṛṣṇa is describing personally. Kṛṣṇa’s name is Yogeśvara, and Lord Śiva’s name is Yogīśvara. Yogeśvara meansGirl:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:
Pandal Lecture at Cross Maidan
Prabhupāda: I think it should be down little. All right. That’s all. Yes. [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] So ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your taking so much trouble in participating with us in this great movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As I am repeatedly placing before you with all humbleness that this movement is very, very much essential, not only at the present moment, but also all the time. And specially in this age, Kali-yuga, the age of d…
SB 1.2.6
Prabhupāda: " ...paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati... samprasīdati []" So this morning one gentleman was asking me, “Why there are so many religions in the world?” Very intelligent question. But actually there cannot be so many religions. Religion is one, but we have manufactured so many religions. Religion means Devotees:
Bg 4.6 Lecture
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] " ajo ‘pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro ‘pi san prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāyaPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...not this, not that. That will not help. You must act in such a way that these people accept you as superior. [break] ...[Hindi] [break] ...not a paid servant. [break] ...bring Bhagavān at your control. You can bring Him at your control by love. Just like Yaśodāmayī. SheDr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr.…
Morning Walk
[shenai playing in background] Prabhupāda: ...Germany. Yes. Devotees: Yes. Prabhupāda: So anyone, our men can do it immediately. Hṛdayānanda: Acyutānanda can do it. Prabhupāda: No. Anyone can do it. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prabhupāda, now that brass dome is on top. Prabhupāda: Oh. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The big one. Jayapatākā: Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: Hmm? Jayapatākā: Do you think that we should make these marble here, on the side?Prabhupāda:
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...mana, buddhi, ahaṅkāra. And then false identification, ahaṅkāra, then soul. And the soul is so fine. I have given the definition. How they can see there is soul? Dr. Kapoor: But in the ātmā, you see... You have given a very beautiful description. The smaller the partPrabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kapoor:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Yadubara:Prabhupāda:Yadubara:Prabhupā…
SB 7.9.44
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto, Ninth Chapter, text number 44. [chants verse; devotees respond] " prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā maunaṁ caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥPrabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Room Conversation
[short Hindi conversation] [break] Girirāja: And similarly the today’s government leaders should also take advice from the saintly person. Prabhupāda: We can give nice instructions. Girirāja: He wanted to arrange a meeting with Morarji Desai in this week, but I told him that it would be better not to arrange anything until he comes back to Bombay in a week. But he gave me his phone number in Delhi if we want to contact him.Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla…
Room Conversation
Hari-śauri: ...for myself? That boy that was here with me from Australia, I’ve sent him back this morning. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Hari-śauri: He’s gone back this morning. There is actually two or three major things going on there, so I have to try to get back as soon as possible. There is a purchase of the farm, eight-hundred-acre farm, which comes up in seven or eight days, and then we have to consider whether to buy that building in Sydney. YouGirirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...condition was so, still I thought... Still I am eighty-percent not good. But twenty percent. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: It’s very strange even now, because it doesn’t seem to be anything apparently wrong, yet it’s not good health. You know, like in Māyāpur you were very visibly ill, from fever and so many other things. So those visible symptoms have gone, but still, full health is notPrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tam…
Letters March 26
Allston, MA My dear Yadunandana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 21, 1968, and may inform you that the horrible scene in the hospital is certainly ghastly. But we should at the same time know that this ghastly scene is in the matter of bodily concept of life. This is Maya
Bali-mardana Australia My dear Bali-mardana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21st March, 1970, and I am so pleased to learn that your University meeting was very successful. It is very engladdening to learn that hundreds were singing and dancing. A similar experience I had when we met in the Ohio State University along with Ginsberg. I think you have...
Scindia House New Delhi My dear Hit Sharanji, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your copy of the letter to Sri Trivedi, dated 9th March, 1970. In the meantime, I have received a letter from Sri Trivedi that he has arranged to dispatch the three pairs of Murtis to different places, but I do not know if Sri M. L. Chand of Dalmia Cement Ltd. has already handed over the Murtis...
My dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th March, 1970. I have already chanted the beads of Srimati Maithili Dasi, and I hope you have received them back. I was very busy since a few days on account of purchasing the new church, and other documentary activities. This morning we have paid
Bank of Baroda Bombay Dear Sir: Re: My Savings Bank A/c no. 4966 with you, With reference to your letter No. FGN:16/451, dated 23rd March, 1971, I beg to inform you that whichever letter I have received from you I have immediately replied. The last letter replied to you was dated 2nd January, 1971, in reply to your letter No. FGN:15/1581, dated 15th December, 1970. Since then I have received no...
Sriman A. D. Bhende Bombay Dear Sriman A.D. Bhende; Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind note of 25-3-74. Actually my program is to stay here a month, and I arrived on March 20, so I think you will be able to recover from your eye operation and come and see me. I am lecturing every night at the temple between 7 to 9 P.M. and I am staying at my apartment on Hare...