Spoken April 20
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: [indistinct] ...Bangladesh. That is His vision. " rādhā-kṛṣṇa bol bol bolo re sobāi, [ei] śikhā diyā, sab nadīyā, phirche nece gaura-nitāi" [“Everyone chant, chant, chant ‘Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’!” Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda are dancing all over the land of Nadia giving this teaching to all. O brother, needlessly under the control of māyā you suffer and are carried away by her waves, sometimes floating and sometimes sinking in this ocean of illusion.] Gaura-Nitāi, these two brother…
Arrival Conversation
Prabhupāda: So what prasāda you have prepared? Eh? Cintāmaṇi: Um, Kārttikeya Prabhu? Prabhupāda: Kārttikeya Prabhu... Where is Kārttikeya? [laughter] So all right. Then... Devotee (1): Śrīla Prabhupāda, there’s some rice, there’s some rasagullās and some fruit. We have some fruit and some vegetables.Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Trivikrama:Prabhupāda:Kara…
Morning Walk
Devotee: [introducing recording] Prabhupāda, morning walk, Los Angeles, April 20th, 1973. Prabhupāda: Does it mean the sand is begetting the insects? Svarūpa Dāmodara: No. Prabhupāda: So their conclusion is like that. Because they see that the insects are coming from the sand, so from matter, this life is coming. This is their logic. It is called, in Sanskrit, Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:…
Bg 13.4 Lecture
Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat, etc] " tat kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca yad vikāri yataś ca yat sa ca yo yat prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me śṛṇu [Bg. 13.4]" [break] [00:51] Translation: “Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is constituted, what its changes are, whence it is produced, who that knower of the field of activities is, and what his influences are.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Pañcadraviḍa: ...going back to the temple. Prabhupāda: ...meeting, our Life Members are not coming? Mahāṁsa: Yes, it is, meeting. Many Life Members came, Prabhupāda. There were many cows also. [break] Prabhupāda: No mangoes are hanging. [break] “Kṛṣṇa is everything” is little difficult for everyone, eh? They want hodgepodgeMahāṁsa:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁsa:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁsa:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁsa:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Mahāṁsa:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Prabhupāda:Satsva…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...Kerala? Eh? Indian man (1): Yes. Prabhupāda: You said that one gentleman, his name is Adhyatma? Indian man (1): He was blaspheming our Society. He was saying [indistinct]. Prabhupāda: I can understand that he is not very favorable. But still, you said that we hate Hindi. You have said like that. DonIndian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (2):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda…
Conversation with Governor
Prabhupāda: ...that everyone is doing his own duty. Never mind if you are Christian or if you are a Muslim or a Hindu, that what is your duty, what is said in your scripture, you must be doing it. Not that “Because it is secular, I can do whatever I like.” Governor:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Governor:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda…
Room Conversation & TV Interview with Mike Barron
Prabhupāda: But still, he did it. Arjuna, in the beginning, thought that he should not kill. Come on. Devotee (1): He’s ready downstairs. Prabhupāda: Huh? [break] ...can you think the living pulse which is beating, the heart, heart failure? Why don’t you bring it into palpitation again? If you study that airGurukṛpā:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhup…
Recording of TV Interview [partially recorded]
[The following is a recording of a radio broadcast comprised of exerpts from the full interview in the file 760420R1-MELBOURNE] Mike Barron: ...were minstrels who wander our city streets, mumbling Hare Kṛṣṇa, then the man to answer your questions is the man who started the Kṛṣṇa movement, His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. And if you have trouble following that, the best is yet to come. His message might seem complicated to the unconverted, but when itCarol Jarvis:Prabhupāda…
Conversation with Patita-pāvana
Prabhupāda: Now, how that branches are spread, how there are different places and seas and oceans in every same place. Patita-pāvana: Should we bring them here, to Bombay? Prabhupāda: Where it will be possible. Where it is, you propose. Patita-pāvana: I was thinking that at the time of the opening of the temple they come here, or if thatPrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Patita-pāvana:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Patita-pāvana:Prabhupāda:Patita-pāvana:Prabhupāda:Patita-pāvana:Prabhupāda:Patita-pāvana:Prabhupāda:Patita-…
Letters April 20
Washington, D.C. My dear Kancanbala, It is so much pleasing to me that you are so carefully reading Srimad-Bhagavatam. We have discussed many things in that book---social, political, religious, cultural---and if you young boys and girls understand them properly, I am sure your preaching work will bring in a great change in the entire human society.
Boston My dear Pradyumna, Please accept my blessings. I have just received the blueprint copy of KRSNA, the Reservoir of Pleasure and I have begun to read it through. But I notice that there are some points you should correct before the final printing. I have already noted you the injunction that you should change the pretipadika artha to first case ending instead. Sannyasin should be printed Sannyasi,...
Unknown SUBJECT MATTER: Extension of stay in India for my disciples. Dear Let me introduce myself as the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In India I am especially present to popularize this Krishna Consciousness movement for awakening God Consciousness of the people in general. They are appreciating it very much. In that connection, I require the helping hand...
Atreya Rsi My dear Atreya Rsi Das Adhikari: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 17, 1973 and have noted the contents. You have done right in seeing this man and speaking to him of our movement. . I think you have exposed him as a rascal and fool. What is this meditation of wine, women and fish? He does not like us because we reject all other bogus philosophy....
Mayapur Dear Bhavananda and Jayapataka Maharajas, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters of April 15, 1974 and I thank you. My point of view is this: whatever money you require I am already sending and will continue without hesitation to send, but I must be satisfied the money is properly spent. The first point is if I send you money for a certain purpose it must be spent...
Spokane, Washington Dear Hari basara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 7, 1974 along with other letters and literature regarding the World’s Fair exposition in Spokane, Washington. According to your letter you suggest I come and speak in the middle of August. But in order to insure good attendance at the event in order to sell the tickets and make...
My dear Atreya Rsi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated March 25th, 1977. Power hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere. These rascals create so many difficult situations. The public is very nice but the politicians keep them in ignorance. I have studied the whole world. Human nature is the same everywhere. The mass of people are very good but these rogues...