April 27
Spoken April 27
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: So we take account of past, present, future of this creation. When I say, “Some years ago I was there,” that means within this creation. It does not go some years in your past creation. Do you follow what I say? Are you following what I am saying?Devotee [1] [woman]:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Puruṣottama:Prabhupāda:Puruṣo…
Śrī Īśopaniṣad Invocation Lecture [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: There is complete facility because pūrṇam, whatever is done by Kṛṣṇa, that is complete. You cannot find out any flaw in it. His potencies are so complete that svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca. Just like a child, if you laugh, immediately crying response. So these things are not to be learned.
SB 2.9.1-9
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Prabhupāda: Which chapter? Pradyumna: Er, this is Chapter... [break] Prabhupāda: ...Canto... [break] Pradyumna: [leads devotees in chanting ślokas 1–9, with Prabhupāda correcting some pronunciation] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [break]Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Śy…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: The cloud is..., a cloud is darker today. Brahmānanda: Yes. Prabhupāda: Dark cloud means there is water? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes. The amount of water is more. Prabhupāda: Asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam [Bs. 5.30]. Ānande bolo hari bhaja vṛndāvana [Hari Haraye Namaḥ 9]. Svarūpa Dāmodara: The Bhaktivinoda ṬhākuraPrabhupāda:Lady Passerby:Prabhupāda:Man Passerby:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Pr…
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] " śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇuPrabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:Indian (2):Prabhupāda:Indian (2):Devotee:Prabhupāda:Indian (3:Prabhupāda:Indian (4):Prabhupāda:Indian (4):Prabhupāda:Indian (4):Prabhupāda:Indian (4):Prabhupāda:Indian (5):Prabhupāda:Indian (5):Prabhupāda:Indian (6):Prabhupāda:Indian (6):Prabhupād…
Explanation of Nṛsiṁha-vallabha Gosvāmī Speech
Prabhupāda: " ...śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ" I should have spoken in Hindi, but with the permission of Śrīpāda Nṛsiṁha-vallabha Gosvāmī, because most of my students here present, they could not understand the Hindi speaking, so it is my duty to inform them the substance of his speech in English so that you can appreciate how much he has eulogized our movement.Devotees:
Arrival Address
Prabhupāda: ...in this human form of life, but unfortunately, the foolish leaders, they are keeping us in darkness. Therefore Kṛṣṇa personally comes. Whenever people are kept in darkness, that is called dharmasya glaniḥ [Bg. 4.7]. Glaniḥ means pollution, when the process of life becomes polluted. The process is that from the lower animal bodies we have come through the evolutionary process to this human form of life. Now there is further improvement required. This is the process: more and more. …
Cc. Madhya 20.98-102
Prabhupāda: So this evening I shall speak to you Sanātana Gosvāmī, when he resigned from his ministership in the government of Nawab Hussain Shah in Bengal and joined Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His movement of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So there is a long history how he resigned. He was the trustee of the government. Formerly, although the government was Muhammadan, the best Hindu personality was engaged to take charge of the ministership. Even in AkbarDevotees:Gurukṛpā:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:G…
Press Conference
Interviewer: Your Grace, have you been to New Zealand before? Prabhupāda: Twice. When the Deity was installed, I installed personally. Then I think I came last year here. Interviewer: You’re the leader of how many disciples or devotees throughout the world? Prabhupāda: Personally, I have got not less than ten thousand. But I was deputed by my Guru Mahārāja to make propaganda in the Western countries. So this movementInterviewer:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Intervie…
Room Conversation
Devotee (1): Yeah, he’s floating around somewhere doing nonsense. Now he’s eating meat. [Prabhupāda chuckles] And this one boy in Fiji wrote me a letter. His friend worked at the hotel, Guru Maharaj-ji came and stayed there, and he was a waiter. For dinner, Guru Maharaj-ji had shrimp curry and then beer. Drinking, eating meat and having illicit sex.Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Devotee (1):Tuṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tuṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tuṣṭa-kṛṣṇa:Devotee (1):Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):…
Letters April 27
Madam Sumati Morarji Baisaheba, Kindly accept my greetings and blessing of Lord Bala-Krsna. I am in due receipt of your letter of the 11th instant and have noted the contents with thanks. The Project for constructing a temple of Sri Sri Radha Krishna is complete because Sir Padampat Singhania is ready to spend any amount of money for a nice architectural workmanship of Indian origin but our secular...
My dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. By the Grace of Sri Krishna you are doing well in the management of the Montreal center and your combined service will improve the condition more and more. Be jolly always knowing well that Krishna is with you and all sincere attempt to improve the Montreal Branch will be successful. I have already asked Syamasundara of San Francisco to sculpt one...
My dear Pradyumna dasa Brahmacari, Please accept my blessings and I beg to thank you for your letter of the 22nd instant. I am returning herewith the Bank card duly signed by me. Pradyumna is Krishna’s plenary expansion like Vasudeva, Aniruddha and Sankarsana. When Krishna appeared on the earth Pradyumna appeared as His son born of Rukmini. The immediate expansion of Krishna is Baladeva. who appeared...
My dear Sripada Nripen Babu, Please accept my humble dandabats. I am in due receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant and have carefully noted the contents. The substance of the letter is that Gauracandra has sufficiently exploited his temporary position with power of Attorney and this process is going on since very long time even prior to the arrival of Gauracandra at the cost of the temple property....
London My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 20, 1969, sent along with some pictures. All the pictures you sent are very important. You are doing very laudable service by collecting some old reminiscences, and I shall do the needful in due course; there is no immediate emergency. Your idea of writing a book named
Buffalo My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 22nd April, 1970, along with enclosure of one check for , and thank you very much for this. The moving Sankirtana Party was programmed long, long ago, even when I was in India. When there was talk preaching amongst our God-brothers, I used to say to my God-brothers that when I would begin preaching...
My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your two letters dated nil and 24th April, 1971 respectively. Yes, so far as the visas are concerned, from Delhi arrangements must be made that at least 400 of my foreign disciples must remain in India to propagate the Krishna Consciousness Movement. They are my good assistants and they are missionaries also. So many Christian missionaries...
Delhi My dear Ksirodakasayi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21st April, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. I am so glad to hear how nicely things are developing there in Delhi. You are working so nicely. Krishna will surely help you. So do things nicely, as everything is becoming so favorable. We are getting land. And as soon as we get it, we...
Bapi My dear Bapi: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated April 21, 1973 and am glad to learn that you have immigration visa for U.S.A. valid until August 9, 1973. Your former letters I did not receive most probably because they have been missing me because of my extensive travelling. I have come from India to U.S.A. recently on April 1.
Dear Giriraja Das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 20.4.73 and have read the contents carefully. In Juhu we have installed the Deity, so we cannot move from that place. That is against Vedic religious conception. We are prepared to pay cash 4 lacs less what we have already paid. Otherwise they must return our money and pay all damages, interest, etc, and we shall...
Kelso, Washington My dear Mukunda Das: Please accept my blessings. I am very pleased to receive your letter dated 4.26.73 and the steps which you have taken is worthy of one who is my disciple. So please revive your old Krishna conscious activities and make your life successful. Do not spoil your life for a woman. According to Vedic culture one must give up association of woman which is known as...
My dear Tamala Krishna Goswami: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated _ from Bhopal and also one forwarded to me from London with enclosures dated April 11, 1973. I am so pleased to learn of the successful preaching; now go on in this way. If possible in Kanpur there is one man ready to receive you. You can open correspondence. In this way you visit all the...
Gopala Krsna Brooklyn My dear Gopala Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter of April 15, 1974 and I have noted the contents. Regarding the ,200 you have saved for contribution. You may send it to the Head Office of the Punjab National Bank, Parliamentary St., New Delhi, advising them to immediately transfer the exchange in rupees to their Vrindaban branch, in the...
Cape Town, South Africa Dear Pusta Krsna Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter of April 21, 1974 and I have noted the contents. Yes, I think the advise given by Brahmananda Maharaja is sound, namely not to worry maintaining a permanent center in South Africa but travelling with sankirtana there for distributing books and preaching, which you say is a good field...
Bombay My dear Giriraja das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to inform you that I have sent two separate telegraphic transfers in Indian Rupees to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust a/c 16066, care of the Central Bank, Gowalia Tank Branch, Bombay. I am enclosing the two receipts, one for Rs. 8,857.15 and the other for Rs. 14,797.17. So the total amount is Rs. 23,654.32. Now please see that this is recorded...
Melbourne My dear Mrs. Perera, Please accept my blessings. I wish to thank you for your kind offering which I have duly given to Srimati Radharani. This is the way, to give the very best thing to Radha-Krishna. Decorated with love, Krishna will accept even the humble offering of a leaf, fruit, flower or some water from His devotee. Anyone, anywhere in the world can worship Krishna following this...
Svarupa Damodara Atlanta My dear Svarupa Damodara Das, Please accept my blessings. Now our Ph.D’s must collaborate and study the 5th Canto to make a model for building the Vedic Planetarium. My final decision is that the universe is just like a tree, with root upwards. Just as a tree has branches and leaves so the universe is also composed of planets which are fixed up in the tree like the leaves,...
Columbia My dear Radha Krsna dasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated April 16th, 1977. As you have recommended them, I accept all six devotees for second initiation. This is the success of our movement---that our devotees are becoming brahmanas. To be a brahmana means to be clean, internally by always chanting Hare Krsna mantra, and externally by bathing regularly....