April 11

Spoken April 11
Lecture [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: ...society. Lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau. So loka-hitam. Varīyān eṣa te praśnaḥ [SB 2.1.1]. Varīyān means glorify; eṣa, this; praśnaḥ, question; kṛtaḥ, what you have done; loka-hitam, the best welfare activities. This kind of question and answer. And not only that. One may say that
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Oh, Mr. Murti, I’m very glad to see you. Come here in front. How do you like this movement? Huh? Mr. Murti: [inaudible] Prabhupāda: Thank you. [chuckling] So any particular question? Rukmiṇī: On the picture today that you gave Jadurani a picture of Śrī Viṣṇu. There is a foot on His chest. We didnPrabhupāda:Mr. Murti:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Nanda-kiśora:Prabhupāda:Nanda-kiśora:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Madhusudana:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devote…
Pandal Lecture
Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in today’s meeting. And we are known practically all over the world as the Hare Kṛṣṇa people. Wherever we go, they immediately recognize us as the Hare Kṛṣṇa people. So IAcyutānanda:Indian man:Acyutānanda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:
Bg 2.13 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " tathā dehāntaraṁ-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]" So this is a statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bhagavān uvāca, that you are not this body. The first instruction for spiritual understanding is to know that “I am not this body.Devotees:
Bg 4.22 Lecture
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] " yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau caPrabhupāda:
Morning Walk
Italian man (1): Well, it is the most satisfying thing I have been reading up to now. I have been searching through the Tibetan Books of the Dead, but it wasn’t enough, and this is beyond that. It is really, is complete, you know? Prabhupāda: In your country people would like it?Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Italian man (1):Prabhupāda:Ita…
SB 5.5.2
Prabhupāda: " mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam mahāntas te sama-cittāḥ praśāntā vimanyavaḥ suhṛdaḥ sādhavo ye []" Last night we had discussion on the first verse, Fifth Chapter, Fifth Canto, Śrīmad-BhāgavatamSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:…
Morning Conversation About Newspaper Articles
Prabhupāda: ...the flames. It was kept checked by these rascal leaders. Dr. Radhakrishnan, Aurobindo, this, that, nonsense, interpreting in a different way, Gandhi. It could not distribute its brilliance. Now it is being distributed to show the brilliance and the knowledge first of all. Is it not?Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Upendra:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Upendra:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Upendra:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Upendra:Prabhupāda:Upendra:Prabhupāda:Tamāla …
Letters April 11
My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 1st April, 1970. I am very glad to know that you are busy now in the press assembling the new book Krishna Consciousness the Topmost Yoga, that is very nice. I am sending
Srimati Shyamadevi Dasi ISKCON Temple 318 East 20th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201 3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My Dear Shyamadasi, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter dated 5th April, 1970. Next summer, if your child delivery is complete by that time, I invite you to come here at that time and stay in this new temple along with other devotees and see...
My dear Bhagavan das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated nil and 23d February, 1971, respectively and have noted the contents carefully. Regarding our newly acquired press, whether it is possible to dispatch it to India. We are trying to start a press here, and one man has donated a press in Vrindaban. Since we want a center there also, I am willing...
My dear Damodara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11th February, 1971 and have noted the contents. Yes, Washington D.C. is very good location for the site of East coast Rathayatra festival. So go ahead as planned and do it nicely. I do not know whether I shall be present at that time, but if Lord Jagannatha desires, then I shall be there without a doubt....
Toronto My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 12th February, 5th and 25th March, 1971, respectively and have noted the contents carefully. So far as the “rehabilitation center” is concerned, such work can be taken up, but to have any separate institution apart from the temple is not possible. I have written Rupanuga in this regard as...
Jayapataka Calcutta My dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. Please give the enclosed document to Tamala Krishna. What this is for I do not know, so he should see to it and do the needful. Regarding the new calendar, have you typed it yet and sent one copy to Boston? If not, it should be done immediately. And one copy should be sent here to me. The part dictated to Devananda Swami...
My dear Krsnakanti, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated 7th and 21st February, 1971 respectively and have noted the contents carefully. You ask that you become strong enough to fearlessly preach Krishna Consciousness. Yes, I know that you have got Krishna
Tokyo My dear Sudama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 11th February and 26th March, 1971, respectively and have noted the contents carefully. That there have been no newly initiated devotees from Japan is all right. It doesn
Hamburg My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 7th, 1972, and I have noted the contents. The meeting of the GBC appeared to be very unconstitutional, because all the men were not informed or invited. Syamasundara was not invited, Sudama was not invited, Krishna das was not invited, Tamala Krishna was not invited, neither I was informed....
My dear Govinda Dasi: Please accept my blessings. In the past you were sending me the dried banana, so you please resume sending me. The day after tomorrow I am starting for Los Angeles, so I would like to receive some of that dried banana from you.
Jayapataka My dear Jayapataka Maharaja: Please accept my blessings. I may request you to send me some of that bitter melon that you are growing there. You take some of that bitter and cut into pieces and dry it, then send. The day after tomorrow I am starting for Los Angeles, so send to me there.
Ādi-purusa Gorakhpur Dear Adipurusa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of you letter dated April 6, 1974. Regarding the books in question, yes, as you suggest, you may send them to me. They may be dispatched to me here at Hare Krsna Land, Bombay.
Dallas Dear Dayananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 29, 1974 and I have noted the contents. It is extremely assuring to me to hear that Gurukula is doing nicely. The importance of the school in Dallas cannot be overestimated, both for our ISKCON movement, and for the outsiders as well, indeed it is important for the whole world. I was discussing...
San Francisco Dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 31, from San Francisco and I have noted the contents. I do not think that you have failed in your work there, but by your going and preaching it appears the temple life has much improved. That you could not convince Bhutatma to stay as president is not your fault. Now you stay...

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