Spoken June 22
Lecture
Prabhupāda: Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said that this Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana---Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare---paraṁ vijayate: “All glories.” Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam. Ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam.Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Brahmānanda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:
Initiation of Mṛga-netrī Dāsī
Prabhupāda: Chanting japa... Prabhupāda: What is your name? Huh? Lakṣmī-priyā: Lucy. Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name, Lakṣmī-priyā. Lakṣmī-priyā, Lord Chaitanya’s first wifes name was Lakṣmī-priyā. Yes, so always think of Lord Chaitanya and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on nextPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Dayānanda:Prabhupāda:
Conversation with Prof. Kotovsky
Prabhupāda: Modern sociology is targeting the state or the people as the owner of a certain state, but our Vedic conception is īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvaṁ: [Īśo mantra 1] “Everything is owned by Īśa, the Supreme Controller.” Tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupāda:Prof. Kotovsky:Prabhupā…
Letter Dictation by Śyāmasundara
Śyāmasundara: " Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Hare Krishna." June the 22nd, 1972. This letter is on letterhead stationery. My dear Madhupuri, M-a-d-h-u-p-u-r-i, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated June 17th 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. Generally, we may never expect to find any utopia so long we are in this material world, and sometimes unless we are very spir…
SB 2.3.24
Prabhupāda: [to a devotee] I have seen your article; you can see me after meeting. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Devotees: Hare Kṛṣṇa! Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Page 163, text number 24. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Bg 2.13 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 2.13 [translated into German throughout] Prabhupāda: " kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]" Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, and todaySatsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:American man:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:German lady:Prabhupāda:German man:Prabhupāda:German man (2):Prabhupāda:German man (3):Prabhupāda:
Morning Walk
Haṁsadūta: The people who were there, they all paid to come to that engagement. They did not come free. Five marks. two dollars. Prabhupāda: How many men came? Haṁsadūta: There were 120, 130, at least. I counted them. That many... Engagement. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Haṁsadūta: And the lecture was very, very nice.Prabhupāda:Professor Durckheim:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Professor Durckheim:Prabhupāda:Professor Durckheim:Prabhupāda:Professor Durkheim:Prabhupāda:Professor Durckheim:Pr…
Room Conversation with Benedictine Monk Pater Emmanuel
Prabhupāda: ...see you. Pater Emmanuel: Thank you very much. Prabhupāda: [Chuckles] Pater Emmanuel: I am so too. Prabhupāda: Recently we have published one booklet. It is written by one scientist, my student, The Scientific Basis of Krishna Consciousness.Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Pater Emmanuel:Prabhupāda:Pater Emmanuel:Devot…
Garden Conversation with Dr. Allen Gerson
Harikeśa: [introducing recording] This is a recording conversation, Sunday, 5 o’clock, June 22nd. Dharmādhyakṣa: With Dr. Allen Gerson. [break] Dr. Gerson: ...beginning of a two-year study on the devotees, trying to demonstrate to the people in the material world the psychological benefits that come over the devotees as they become more and more involved in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.Prabhupāda:Dr. Gerson:Prabhupāda:Dr. Gerson:Prabhupāda:Dr. Gerson:Prabhupāda:Dharmādhyakṣa:Prabhupāda:Dr. Gerson:Prabh…
Morning Walk
Harikeśa: [introducing recording] Morning walk, L.A., June 22nd. [break] [in car] Jayatīrtha: ...palace, fifty-five rooms. Each room is big size with a marble fireplace, and the floors are marble and there’s a marble winding staircase and several big rooms. And it’Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Ja…
SB 6.1.9
Santoṣa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " śrī-rājovāca dṛṣṭa-śrutābhyaṁ yat pāpaṁ jānann apy ātmano ‘hitaṁ karoti bhūyo vivaśaḥPrabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Garden Conversation
Devotee (1): ...shortage of brain, then we have to make some scientific solution, that to say God is acting, that is not acting, that is not practical. We must make some solution, like irrigation or... Prabhupāda: Hm. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: God helps those who help themselves. Prabhupāda: No, no, don’Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:P…
Morning Walk
Kīrtanānanda: This is our farm up in here. Lord Jagannātha is staying there now while He is ill. Our big Lord Jagannātha is going to Cleveland tomorrow for Ratha-yātrā festival. Prabhupāda: Oh. It is the first time? Kīrtanānanda: Yes. They have a big cart, and they will go down the main street.Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Hari-sauri:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:…
SB 7.6.6
Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] " puṁso varṣa-śataṁ hy āyus tad-ardhaṁ cājitātmanaḥ niṣphalaṁ yad asau rātryāṁ śete ‘ndhaṁ prāpitas tamaḥ []" [break] [01:55] Translation: “Every human being has a maximum duration of life of one hundred years, but for one who cannot control his senses, half of those years are completely lost because at night he sleeps twelve hours, being covered by ignorance. Therefore such a person has a lifetime of only fifty years.Prabhupāda:Devotees:…
Prabhupāda Visits Palace and Garden
Prabhupāda: Thank you. Kīrtanānanda: In [indistinct]. This is your palace. Prabhupāda: Oh! So many [indistinct]. Kīrtanānanda: Yes. Prabhupāda: There is no such building in America. [break] These are our workers? Kīrtanānanda: Yes, these are your builders here. Bhāgavatānanda Prabhu has done the design. Prabhupāda: Oh. Very nice.Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhu…
Conversation, “Rascal Editors,” and Morning Talk
Prabhupāda: Where are others? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Shall I get other people? Śatadhanya Mahārāja? [long pause] Prabhupāda: That... Find this verse, munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo ‘ham... [SB 1.2.5]. Devotee (1): Munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo ‘ham. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: [aside:] There’s no index. It’s not a new Bhāgavatam.Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabh…
Letters June 22
Sri R. Prakash M.A. Officer in charge for Social Upliftment & Prohibition Department N.P. Excise, Allahabad. Dear Sir, With reference to my personal interview with your honor, I beg to introduce myself as an humble disciple of His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja of Sridhama Mayapur at Nadia the holy birth place of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu the divine inaugurator...
Jagannatham Prabhu Dear Jagannatham Prabhu, Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. I am so glad to receive your letter after a long time. I think I met you sometimes in the year of 1950, in Madras Gaudiya Math, when I went with Tirtha Maharaja to attend the Janmastami Festival. I know you are a sincere servant of Srila Prabhupada and you have done excellent service while He was...
My dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. Just now I have received one letter from one of my God-brothers, whose name is as follows: His Grace Y. Jagannatham, B.A. 81, Navrang, (8th Floor) Peddar Road, Bombay-26 INDIA He has heard my activities and he is interested in all our literature. I shall be very glad if you send him all our Back To Godheads publications, as well as newspaper clippings...
My dear Vamanadeva, Please accept my blessings and offer the same to your good wife, Indira Dasi. I am in due receipt of your very encouraging letter dated 17th June, 1970, along with some pictures and plans of the new St. Louis temple. I am very glad to know that you are both, husband and wife, working very hard and sincerely for the mission of spreading Krsna consciousness, and therefore Krsna...
Hansadutta Hamburg My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 20, 1972, and I did receive two letters from Wolfram Ossenbrink and Han Koster dated 29th May, 1972, but there was no letter of recommendation from you. So any way, I am very much pleased to accept the boys as my duly initiated disciples, and their letter is enclosed herewith. Also please...
Cleveland My dear Batua Gopala, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15 June 1973 and I have carefully noted the contents. Yes, it is pleasing and encouraging to me to hear how all your programs, book distributing, temple worship etc., are going on so nicely in our Cleveland Center. That you have distributed 10,000 pieces of literature in the last month is...
New Vrindaban Dear Kirtanananda Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 10 June, 1973 and I have carefully studied the contents. After the shooting affair what precaution have you taken? Bharadraja is here and he gave report that the devotees were very frightened. I further understand that the attack was for the second time. Here in Mayapur there are...
St. Louis My dear Makhanlal, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 8 June 1973 and I have carefully studied the contents. I am encouraged to hear that you have recommended a total of ten devotees for first initiation from our St. Louis temple. Preaching means to increase our family members, so I can see that the preaching at ISKCON St. Louis is going on very...