Spoken April 10
SB 2.1.1
Prabhupāda: Feeling all right? Devotees: Jaya! Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Mantra? Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhaga... Prabhupāda: Not this. First of all Īśopaniṣad. Yes. Īśopaniṣad. [devotees and Prabhupāda chant together Invocation and first two mantras of Īśopaniṣad [Īśo mantra 1, Īśo mantra 2] ThatDevotees:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:
Pandal Lecture
Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] Ladies and gentlemen, [applause] we thank you very much for your kindly coming here and participating in this noble movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or saṅkīrtana movement. You’ll be very glad to know that today I have received one letter from my disciple, Śrīman Kṛṣṇadāsa Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
SB 1.8.18
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Read. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " kunty uvāca namasye puruṣaṁ tvādyam īśvaraṁ prakṛteḥ paramPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...yogic practice. So to save oneself from the influence of material laws. [break] Girirāja: [reading from Kṛṣṇa book] “ '...executed all religious principles. In this way you were able to cleanse your heart and control the influence of material law. In executing your austerity, you used to eat only the leaves of the trees which fell to the ground.Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁsa:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Girirāj…
SB 5.5.1
Prabhupāda: " nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ anantam []" This evening I shall recite some verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Fifth Canto, Fifth Chapter, on the instruction of Ṛṣabhadeva. Ṛṣabhadeva was the father of King Bharata, after whose name this tract of land is called Bhārata-varṣa. So Ṛṣabhadeva, before retiring from family life, He had one hundred sons, and He instructed them abo…
Morning Walk
Akṣayānanda: One boy I recommended for second initiation, but during the fire ceremony he was away on traveling saṅkīrtana for Vṛndāvana. Will he be able to take initiation from you and have the ceremony later, before you go? Prabhupāda: He can be given. Akṣayānanda: And he can offer in the fire later on. Very nice. HeYaśodānandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśodānandana:Jayādvaita:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Yaśodānandana:Prabhupāda:Jayādvaita:Prabhupāda:Jayādvaita:Prabhupāda:Yaśodānandana:Prabhupāda:…
SB 7.9.55
Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 7.9.55 [chants verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] " evaṁ pralobhyamāno Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: PrabhupādaSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Sac-cid-ānanda:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...always studying, for the last ten years. It is my conclusion that originally everything Indian, that is very, very high grade---for human society, for personal. That is actual human civilization. Everything--- hygienic principles, Vedic knowledge, moral knowledgeTamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānand…
Room Conversation about Harijanas
Bhakti-caru: Photo? Prabhupāda: Which photograph it is? Bhakti-caru: Dr. Amritsar. The “One Hundred Million Harijanas Pick a New Messiah.” Prabhupāda: Read that whole thing. Bhakti-caru: “As the nation observes this week the death anniversary of Dr. Amritsar, it behooves our news research to face a challenge Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhakti-caru:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhakti-caru:Prabhupāda:Bhakti-caru:Prabhupāda:Bhakti-caru:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇ…
Letters April 10
My dear Pradyumna, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter dated April 4, 1969, and I eulogize your attempt for improving the Columbus center. Do it very nicely, and when I go there I shall see that you have done so much for Krishna Consciousness. I shall also give you one very nice brahmacari from Los Angeles, Jaya Gopala. He is trained in Sankirtana Party and in cooking,...
Providence My dear Sridama, Please accept my blessings. I am so pleased to receive your letter dated 4th April, 1970, and I am very glad to read the contents. I am very glad that you are going to marry Manmohini Dasi and I have got my full sanction and blessings for this unity. Nanda Kisora and his wife and yourself and your wife, four together, organize the center in Providence which is already...
Satsvarupa Dallas My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 17, 1972, and I am very much pleased to hear from you that everything is going nicely at our Gurukula school, and also that two travelling SKP parties from Dallas are having such good success by turning in
My dear Spiritual Sons, Please accept my blessings. As you have been recommended by Chakravarty Das for initiation, I beg to accept you both as my disciples. Now I have named you Nikhilananda Das for Niko, and Vaidyanath Das for Erland. So you now chant Hare Krishna mantra on your beads at least 16 rounds daily and try to commit any offence against the holy name. In this way you will get spiritual...
Vamanadeva My dear Vamanadeva Das Adhikari: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your offering of .00 and thank you very much. I understand that you are now in London for helping to make our new place there a nice temple. So I will be very pleased if you make this English house into first class temple for Lord Krishna. London is very important center, so you do the work nicely....
New York Dear Bhaktijana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 1, 1974. Since you are facing so many difficulties alone in Harlem, New York City, I think it would be better if you return to Mayapur, under the direction of Bhavananda Maharaja and Jayapataka Maharaja, and I have no objection to your return there.
Honolulu Dear Sudama Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 5, 1974 and I have carefully noted the contents. It is very reassuring to me to hear you are conscientiously engaged in carrying out the orders of your spiritual master in the specific assignment given to you in Hawaii.
Kanpur, India My dear Kapurji, Thank you very much for your letter dated April 9th, 1976. I am very sorry I could not go personally because the Ramnavami function is going on, and there was other function in Mathura yesterday; it was very successful meeting. Tomorrow I am going to Bombay, and then Australia. I will be in Bombay up to the 17th, at Hare Krishna Land, Juhu Road, Juhu, Bombay 400 054....
Sri Viswesha Tirtha Swami Karnataka Dear Sri Viswesha Tirtha Swami ji Please accept my greetings. I have received your letter from Guntur inviting me to Udupi through my disciple Yasodanandana Swami. I am very eager to come however due to prior comitments my program has already been scheduled. I am building one Kaliya-Mardana temple in the Island of Fiji and I will go there via Australia, where...
Brahmananda Maharaja c/o ISKCON Africa Hare Krishna Land Juhu Rd., Juhu Bombay 400 054 My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated 5th April, 1977. Yes, try to pick up Chayavan Swami. He seems to want to do some good for the African people but you must convince him that besides Krishna Consciousness all other so-called welfare work is simply a waste...