Spoken April 5
Bg 2.49-51 Lecture
Prabhupāda: Now Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is just trying to place Arjuna in the platform of working on pure consciousness. The... We have already discussed for so many days that we are not this dull body, but we are consciousness. Now, some way or other, we are in contact with this matter. Therefore our freedom is checked. As spiritual beings, we are free, free to act, free to have anything, pure, no contamination, no disease, no birth, no death, no old age, and besides that, we have got many, many other q…
Discourse on Lord Caitanya Play
Prabhupāda: ...recording? Hayagrīva: Good. Prabhupāda: The first scene is that people passing on with saṅkīrtana movement as we have, as we usually do, very nice procession with mṛdaṅga, karatālas and that bugle, all people, just in the ordinary way. We have to make a nice procession. The second scene is that Kali, the personified Kali, a person should be decorated blackish. A blackish man with royal dress and very ugly features. And his queen, another ugly featured girl or lady. So they are d…
Bg 13.2 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣetra-jñaḥ iti tad-vidaḥ [Bg. 13.2]" We are discussing this body and the owner of the body. Just like this room and the occupier of the room. Because we are all occupying this room just now, it does not mean the room and we are identical. Try to understand this point. The room is matter, but we are living entities. If you simply try to understand that two things are visible: one, matter, and one, l…
Morning Walk
Dr. Patel: From which, er, Girirāja? Which śloka? Nineteenth? Girirāja: No, twenty-three. Dr. Patel: Twenty-three. " rūpaṁ mahat te bahu-vaktra-netraṁ mahā-bāho bahu-bāhūru-pādam bahūdaraṁ bahu-daṁṣṭrā-karālaṁ dṛṣṭvā lokāḥ pravyathitās tathāhamPrabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Girirāja:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Girirāja:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Girir…
Cc. Ādi 1.12
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " mahā-viṣṇur jagat-kartā māyayā yaḥ sṛjaty adaḥ tasyāvatāra evāyam advaitācārya īśvaraḥ []" [break] [01:36]Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:
Morning Walk
[bad recording] Prabhupāda: ...seeking the necessities of the body, but kāṣṭān, with great labor. This is civilization. Kāṣṭān karma. The ultimate end is sense gratification, which the dogs and hogs also enjoy without any hard labor, and they think that after working very, very hard, twenty-four hours, and driving the motorcars in three hundred miles speed, this isSatsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Nalinī-kānta:Prabhupā…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Vaiṣṇava ācāra. [break] ...how nice. This kind of building cannot be constructed. It will require crores of money. Yes. [break] Indian: ...nobody. Only during the rain [indistinct]. Somebody would come here, they would stay here for a few, couple of hours, and then go back.Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Jayādvaita:Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Lokanātha:Prabhupāda:Lokanātha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Gurudā…
Room Conversation
Śyāmasundara: ...the money is spent and everything is going nicely. Disorganized. Prabhupāda: Yes, management, management means everything is in order. Śyāmasundara: If there is no manager... Prabhupāda: Otherwise, what is the use of assembling together? Śyāmasundara: There should be some Pañcadraviḍa:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara…
SB 7.9.50
Anantarām Śāstrī: " kṛṣṇaika-cetā mada-moha-vināśa-kārin kartā vrīḍa-hāsa kā prabhu prabhupāda-svāmin kāmādi doṣā paradūṣita-manda-buddheḥ sañcintayāmi caraṇau tava bhakti-hetoḥ [Prabhupāda-stotram]" Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Interview with Mr. Koshi (Asst. Editor of The Current Weekly)
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is Mr. B. T. Koshi. He is the assistant editor of The Current, which is a weekly news magazine. Prabhupāda: “Current”? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: “Current.” Prabhupāda: Betiye. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You want to set this tape recorder up? [break] Prabhupāda: He can sit. Mr. Koshi: I have come from the material world. It is totally different from what the situation is outside. You have been in the news at the festival which was held at Bombay. I decided to try and see you. Th…
Morning Talk
Indian doctor: I would like to have the history of the present complaint which is going on. It will be apparent that so much of the same thing is going on. Prabhupāda: I have no appetite. I cannot digest. This is going on. Indian doctor: Main trouble is... [break] Prabhupāda: [doctor has left] ...Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla …
Room Conversation
Girirāja: ...so even if they do everything else correct in terms of the body. They go farther and farther from the real solution. Prabhupāda: Everyone has done this mistake: “I am God.” What is the use of the advancement of so-called civilization? Girirāja: We have to show that this is scientific fact. Otherwise the demons will make propaganda that this is sectarian.Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Girir…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Heh? Dictionary? Harvard Original Series. Kartikeya Mahadevia: Oriental Series. Prabhupāda: Oriental Series. Kartikeya Mahadevia: Vedic Concordance. All the ślokas of Veda are listed according to alphabetical order of reference, and it is mentioned where they are occurring. Prabhupāda: Find out Indian man (2):Prabhupāda:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Prabhupāda:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Kartikeya Mahadevia:Tamā…
Letters April 5
Boston My dear Pradyumna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 31st March, 1970, and in the meantime I have received one small tape record. Your teaching of Sanskrit pronunciation has been very much successful. I was just thinking of teaching our students the pronunciation of the Sanskrit verses in the Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, etc. and by Krsna
Life Member Dear Life Member, Please accept my greetings. By the Grace of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha and Krishna our recent festival in Cross Maidan Exhibition Ground has been counted a grand success, and quite noticeably the spirit of bhakti has been actively revived in Bombay. My blessings go especially to all of you who have joined with us in service.
Sukadeva Seattle Dear Sukadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter, undated, and I have noted the contents. Your write that our society should provide some medical facility, insurance or personnel to handle devotees who become chronically ill and thus ostracized from our society. Of course this kind of management of affairs is better handled by the GBC which...
My dear Tejyas, Please accept my blessings. With reference to your telephonic conversation with Bhagavata das, enclosed please find one check for Rs 23,000.00 (Rupees twenty three thousand only) in favor of the Punjab National Bank. I think you require this check for purchasing iron. But you have not mentioned for what purpose. Please acknowledge receipt and let me know for what purpose it has been...
Dr. Ghosh Dr. G. Ghosh Gyan Bhawan 22 _ Road Allahabad 211002 My dear Dr. Ghosh, Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your two letters dated March 20th and March 23rd, 1975 and have noted the contents very carefully. I thank you very much for your kind invitation and, tentatively, I accept it. Most probably, we shall go to Allahabad from Vrndavana by the 28th of April, 1975 and...