Spoken July 9
SB 7.9.10
Prabhupāda: Prahlāda Mahārāja has decided that any material qualification is not, I mean to say, the prerogative or any preferential admission or fee for entering into the kingdom of God. So he is explaining furthermore how it is so. He says, " viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha-Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation with David Wynne, Sculptor
Prabhupāda: ...recently I heard that the people in the airport protested against Indira Gandhi, that “Give us rain.” Yes. That is Vedic civilization, ideal. Why there is rain then no rain? The king should be responsible. One brāhmaṇa lost his son. He immediately went to the king and asked him that David Wynne:Prabhupāda:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:David Wynne:Prabhupāda:Davi…
Room Conversation
[Movie camera noise] Prabhupāda: Give him chance, alright. [indistinct] Just like there are many men they’re taking care of the body in order to become like elephant. You either become elephant or tiger or anything, you’ll have to die. And if you so desire, alright next life, you becomne elephant or tiger. ThatBhagavān:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Pr…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Now if they say that the killing means murdering, that means the people amongst whom Christ was preaching, they were accustomed to kill men. So what class of men they are? What was the society? A society of murderers. So what they will understand religion, a murderer?Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Bali-mardana:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jay…
SB 1.16.19
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.19 Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [break] [04:49] Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " kaccid bhadre Devotee:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Television Interview
Prabhupāda: Yes? Woman reporter: When you came to Chicago last week you said you were going to tell us some of the solutions to our problems in this country. Can you tell me what some of those solutions are? Prabhupāda: Solution not only of your country or our country; it is the solution for the whole human society. I told that as there are different divisions in the same bodyNitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Woman report…
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...sex, up to the point of death. [break] ...[indistinct] was urine. Brahmānanda: Yes, he got his karma. F.D.R. Jayatīrtha: He was paralyzed also. Brahmānanda: Yeah, he could not walk. [break] Prabhupāda: ...disease, heart failure, these are the modern disease. People... Cancer. Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Jayatīrtha…
Press Conference
Prabhupāda: " oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ" Ladies and gentlemen, regarding Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement... [ microphone:] It is working? We are talking the spiritual existence of the living being. By evolutionary process we come to the human form of life, and here we have got developed consciousness. We can decide now which way to go forward. There are different planetary system. That we can experience. We can see inn…
Room Conversation after Press Conference
Prabhupāda: ...still avoid that position. [laughter] Where is the independence? Eh? Where is the independence of woman that she has to carry the weight of the pregnancy and the man is free? What is the answer to this question? Hmm? Answer, Viśakha. Viśakha: A woman is trapped by her body.Prabhupāda:Viśakha:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Jaga…
SB 6.1.25
Nitāi: “The child’s broken language and movements were very pleasing to Ajāmila, who was very attracted to the child. He always took care of the child and enjoyed his activities.” Prabhupāda: “Attached,” “attached to the child.” Nitāi: “...very much attached to the child.Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Arrival Address
Prabhupāda: So first of all I must thank you all for bringing me in this new temple, because when I first came, my ambition was to start temple here in New York, and I was seeking the opportunity living in the Seventy-second Street. There was a house, very small house, one thousand feet spaceDevotees:
Arrival Comments in Car to Temple
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Do they own it or lease it? Rāmeśvara: They lease. The city builds it, and they lease it from the city. Prabhupāda: What is the name of this airport? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: La Guardia. Prabhupāda: La Guardia, yes. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There are three airports. Prabhupāda: I think these buildings are not ten years ago. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Oh. New York has three airports.Rāmeśvara:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Pra…
Morning Walk
Svarūpa Dāmodara: He wants to help us. He has many degrees---in chemistry, in pathology, in engineering. He said if we have an institute like this... Prabhupāda: Hmm. Svarūpa Dāmodara: ...it would be very easy to defeat Māyāvādīs. Prabhupāda: Yes. Svarūpa Dāmodara: Because they claim that they are Vedāntists... Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Rūpānuga:Prabhupāda:Rūpā…
Room Conversation
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: To the right, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Hari-śauri: [to devotee:] I have to get set up for massage. You can do the machine? It’s recording now. Prabhupāda: Very nice sitting place. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Above all the noise in New York City, too. Prabhupāda: Huh? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It’s not so noisy up here.Pālikā:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Pālikā:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Hari-śauri:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Ādi-keśava:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Ādi-keśava:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:…
Letters July 9
My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 27, 1968, and my first thanks to you because your picture has attracted the attention of Swami Sat-chit-ananda’s students. This means your picture is helping us forward in Krishna Consciousness so that we could attract even the yogis like Sat-chit-ananda
Toronto My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th June, 1970, and noted the contents. I am very glad that you are all devotees working hard to improve the temple in both appearance and program. I understand that you are doing very nicely on Sankirtana Party and now you have been able to purchase a Sankirtana van for travelling. So you do...
Nirmal Babu Member of Parliament New Delhi Dear Nirmal Babu, Please accept my greetings and blessings of Lord Krsna. I am very much glad to know that you have recovered from an attack of cerebral thrombosis but the grace of Lord Krsna. I shall always pray for your good health and prolonged life because at the present moment you are the only hope to us in the matter of spreading India
Gaura Hari Victoria, B.C., Canada My dear Gaura Hari, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 4th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. Yes, I am so glad to hear your travelling Sankirtana Party. That is very good news. So engage yourself in this program whole-heartedly. I have got all my blessings on you and the other members, so do everything...
Giriraja My dear Giriraja, Please accept my greetings and blessings for all of you. I am very anxious to know Mayapur. Since I have come here I have not heard from you. I have sent one telegram to Tamala but there is no reply. So will you kindly send me a detailed report of your activities regarding Mayapur affairs? Please send me a report every week & oblige. I have requested Acyutananda Swami...
Amherst, Massachusetts My dear John Milner, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 5th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. I am so glad to hear that you will be going with Brahmananda Maharaja to Africa and that Harold Prabhu will be going also. When I was in Bombay, Brahmananda Maharaja told me you and I agreed that it would be nice if you came to assist...
Boston My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your letter dated 21st June, 1971 and have noted the contents. So far Moscow is concerned, there was only one substantial meeting, with one Professor Kotovsky and the tape of that conversation is being transcribed. Also I have written an introduction to the three lectures I had proposed to deliver in Moscow: 1)...
Umapati San Francisco My dear Umapati, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 5th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. You write to say that you do not understand this movement, but if you do not understand this movement after so many years then when you will understand? You have been in this movement since the very beginning and you say that you don
[To Hrdayananda] Now you must all three, along with the other sannyasis, GBC members, and other leaders become very serious to actually give the human kind the greatest welfare, namely, this Krishna Consciousness movement. Your task ahead is very huge, but it will be quite simple and easy if you simply do as I am doing. You must become conversant in every feature wherever it is needed throughout the...
Atmaram and Sons Book Sellers and Publishers Delhi-7, India Kashmere Gate, My dear Ish Kumar Puri, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from Delhi dated June 23, 1972, and I am pleased to note that you wish to take up publishing our books. Enclosed you will find information of several of our major works, such as number of pages, size of pages, etc. So far number...