Spoken April 24
SB 2.9.1-4
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.1–4 Prabhupāda: ...gata-sammohas tyaktvodāste tadobhayam. So chant this verse, beginning from... Practice. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] " śrī-śuka uvāca ātma-māyām ṛte rājan parasyānubhavātmanaḥ na ghaṭetārtha-sambandhaḥPrabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Cintāmaṇi:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupā…
SB 1.8.32
Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya rādhā-mādhava] [05:05] [prema-dhvāṇī prayers] Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...drawing the attention of the papers. And now so many papers, they have published his statement. There are four, five, ten [indistinct], but our... What is his name? Devotee (1): Lieberman. Prabhupāda: No, Lieberman is his original name. Satsvarūpa: Amarendra. Prabhupāda: Amarendra.Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁśa:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁśa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Mahāṁśa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa…
SB 1.2.10
Prabhupāda: So, “All glories to the assembled devotees” means including the children also. Kṛṣṇa conscious movement is so nice that even children---without any knowledge of Vedānta and big, big philosophy---simply by attending the performance of devotional service, even a child’s life can be glorious without any education. That is, we are explaining in this statement of Sūta Gosvāmī:
Bg 9.5 Lecture
Devotees: Jaya. Prabhupāda: Text number five. [leads devotee recitation] " na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram bhūta-bhṛn na ca bhūta-stho mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ [Bg. 9.5]" [01:36] So last verse we have discussed, Kṛṣṇa said... When we speak Devotees:Lady guest (1):Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Woman guest (1):Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:…
Morning Walk
Gurukṛpā: ...they can’t believe it. Prabhupāda: But actually we are doing that. Still they do not believe? What kind of mūḍha? Eh? So many of our devotees, they do not work. How they are living? Gurukṛpā: That’s Kṛṣṇa’s mercy. Prabhupāda: So why they do not see to it? Gurukṛpā: ‘Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Devotee (1):Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupād…
Second Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi
Prabhupāda: [Hindi] Kartikeya... He’s your son? No. Mr. Dwivedi: No, he’s my nephew. Prabhupāda: Nephew. Good boy. Mr. Dwivedi: And he’s his brother-in-law. I came with one request and also a suggestion, if that is appealable to Your Holiness. When I had been there in the night at home I has pondered a little, and I thought I am on very good terms with Mr. Jatti; easily approachable for me. Even in spite of the ministerial crisis on the 22nd, he met me. On the 2lst evening I went to Vṛndāvana…
Letters April 24
Friar Park, England My dear Syamasundara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 20th April, 1970. Regarding George’s foreword, you write to say that certainly there will be no more changes. Do you mean that the changes which you have already suggested in you letter dated 11th April with quotation from Swami Vivekananda are to be added? We cannot add any quotation...
London My dear Jaya Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I was glad to see your letter addressed to Sriman Gurudasa and Srimati Yamuna devi regarding your recommendation for initiation by Mukunda Prabhu. I have decided to accept you immediately as my initiated disciple as you have requested and I have enclosed your set of beads herewith as well.
Calcutta My dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 20th April, 1971 as well as the enclosed calendar. Thank you very much. I hope by now you have sent one copy to Boston for printing. I am very glad that things are going on so nicely there. In the meantime I have received one letter from L.A. that they have not received any document for the...
Sriman Shekhar Prasad Shrestha 1/111 Dharan Bazar Koshi Anchal NEPAL My dear Sri Shresthaji, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 24th March, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. It may interest you to know that all our centers are managed by local members. If you so desire, I can send one or two American members there and in their cooperation if you could...
Nairobi My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letters of April 6th and 15th, 1972, and I have noted the contents. You have got great responsibility in Africa, greater than in India. As you are concentrating your activities in Africa with Mr. Shah and Damji Devji, there is no need to return to India at the present moment. I have received one report from Bombay...
Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated April 18, 1972 and I have noted the contents. This program to make each and every center spiritually strong should be the duty of the GBC. So far financing, let them do in their own way, and you can simply advise them. Don
Gurudasa Vrindaban Dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 21, 1974, and I have examined the contents. Regarding you report on construction progress I am glad to hear the building is roofed, however what the backside residential quarters? Please give me up to date information on all phases on the construction.
Mahadeva Bombay Dear Mahadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 17, and I have noted the contents. Syamasundara has invited me to go to London and if he sends tickets as promised then I am going by the first week of May. I shall personally study the situation as mentioned by you and make my judgement personally. At that time I shall consult with Syamasundara....
Manager Punjab National Bank Vrindaban, Dist. Mathura, U.P. Attention: Mr. N. Gupta Dear Sir; With further reference to my letter dated April 8th, and your reply of April 15, I beg to request you to transfer 3 lacs (Rs 300,000.00) to your Punjab National Bank, Moti Bagh, New Delhi account Iskcon Vrindaban Temple Construction Fund account number 3867 in place of the one lac (Rs 100,000.00) previously...
Tejiyas New Delhi Dear Tejyas, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters of April 11th, and April 22, 1974 and I have examined the contents. I am enclosing the list of checks requested by you by Registered post except I am not sending one check for Rs 3,000 for deity clothes to be paid to the tailor Lalita Prasad of Vrindaban. Deity paraphernalia is supposed to be...