Spoken August 4
Lord Caitanya Play Told to Tamāla Kṛṣṇa
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The first thing this... Can you tell me something Lord Caitanya’s birth, when He was born, what happened, what was it like, all it. Prabhupāda: When He was...? Description of His birth? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Well, we will have a scene showing the people chanting by thePrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Govinda dāsī:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Go…
Bg 7.1-3 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ" [I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.] " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam" [When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the des…
Room Conversation with John Papworth and Schumacher
Revatīnandana: So Mr. Papworth you know, and Mr. Schumacher will be up in a second. Prabhupāda: Yes, you came here before. Revatīnandana: Yes, that’s right. Prabhupāda: How are you? Mr. Papworth: My invariable reply, sir, is that I am dying slowly. I trust you are well, sir. Prabhupāda: Yes. Old man, [laughs] struggling. Spiritual consciousness is not dependent on material impediments.Mr. Papworth:Revatīnandana:Mr. Papworth:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Vicitravīrya:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prab…
Bg 4.12 Lecture
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " kāṅkṣantaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiṁ yajanta iha devatāḥ kṣipraṁ hi mānuṣe loke siddhir bhavati karmajā [Bg. 4.12]" Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
SB 1.5.23
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.23 Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " ahaṁ purātīta-bhave ‘bhavaṁ mune dāsyās tu kasyāścana veda-vādinām nirūpito bālaka eva yogināṁPrabhupāda:Devotee:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Big fish? [laughter] Ambarīṣa: That’s a catfish. Prabhupāda: Eh? Ambarīṣa: A catfish. Prabhupāda: Cap? Ambarīṣa: Cat. Catfish. Brahmānanda: A very low class fish. It eats the stool of the other fish. Prabhupāda: Oh. Black? It is black? Mādhavānanda: Yes. Black. Yes. Prabhupāda: We call magur mach. One who cannot digest anything, he is recommended to eat this fish, Mādhavānanda:Brahmānanda:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Ambarīṣa:Prabhupāda:Śrī Govinda:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Satsvarūpa…
SB 6.1.51
Nitāi: “The subtle body endowed with the five knowledge-acquiring senses, the five working senses, the five objects of sense gratification, and the mind, altogether sixteen parts, which is the effect of the three modes of material nature and is composed of very strong, insurmountable desires, causes the living entity to transmigrate from one body to another within the kingdom of human life, animal life or higher demigod life. When he gets the body of a demigod he is certainly very jubilant. When…
Bg 4.24 Lecture
[class is held outside, in garden] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads devotees in chanting] " brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutamPrabhupāda:Jayāntakṛd:Prabhupāda:Jayāntakṛd:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Caraṇāmbuja:Prabhupāda:Viśvambhara:Prabhupāda:Viśvambhara:Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee …
Evening Walk [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: Oh, can I see? [break] Bhagavān: [aside:] Is it clean? Carnations, and these are gladiolus, for the vases, those long flowers. This is the chili peppers over here, green peppers. What’s the best way to go, Haribol? Over here? Haribolānanda: ...wants to see over there? The flowers and everything? [break] [tape of Prabhupāda singing in background]Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Bhagavān:Hari-śauri:
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: So what happened to the tickets? Harikeśa: The tickets are being locked up in the safe right now. They’re going to..., they’re going to bring the tickets tomorrow to this city called Tours, which is very nearby. They have an Air France office, and we can have it converted there. So everythingPrabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupād…
Letters August 4
Pandit Sri Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, New Delhi-2 My dear Pandit Ji, Please accept my respectful Namaskar. I beg to inform you that your speech on 2/8/58 at the Gurukul University Haridwar, has given me some inspiration to inform you something Indian culture. The basic principle of Indian culture is spiritualism which defies the external attraction of phenomenal materialism.
New York My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 8/3/67. Don’t be afraid of my being attacked by maya. When there is fight between two belligerent parties, it is always expected that there will sometimes be reverses. Your country and the western world is mostly under the grip of Maya and the modes of nature in passion and ignorance, and my declaration...
Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. Thank you for your letter dated July 30, 1970. I am glad to hear that our Sydney Temple is going nicely. Regarding your questions, the sannyasis are now devoted fully to travelling and preaching work, management is left to the local Temple Presidents and the members of the Governing Body Commission.
Calcutta My dear Bali-mardana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 29th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. So far the temple in Kuala Lumpur is concerned, we cannot be dictated by others. That is not possible. Yes, the touring program, preaching and distributing our literatures, is more important. Of course for the big cities a nice center is required....
Boston My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated nil and have noted the contents. So far the marriage of Shakuntala and Ajamita is concerned, I have no objection but you must brief them thoroughly on married life in Krishna Consciousness, how serious business it is, and that separation is not allowed under any circumstances. At one marriage...
Satsvarupa Boston My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 28th July, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. So far your question is concerned you should understand that a devotee is never under any karmic reaction. Whatever is happening is the mercy of Krishna. That should be the view point of the devotee. Once surrendered to Krishna, karmic...
Giriraja Bombay My dear Giriraja das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated July 15, 1975 with enclosures redirected to from various places. I am enclosing herewith a check for Dollars 50,000.00 from Bank of America in favor of ISKCON, so you can deposit in your account. It is good that you are contacting interested persons who want to donate. Bhogilal Patel is a perfect...
Bombay My dear Gopala Krishna das: Please accept my blessings. I have read your letter addressed to Pancadravida Swami dated July 23, 1975. So a temple may not be wanted there now. But, someone must stay there and print literature. Keep Guru Gauranga altar. But there is no good preacher. Even Pancadravida fails. Trivikrama failed. You should simply print literature and distribute. Get the smallest...
Melbourne My dear Madhudvisa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your GBC report and have noted the contents carefully. Yes, it is good that you are sending everybody on Sankirtana party, and also that everybody is taking prasada together. This is all very good. And, the cutting of the long hairs is also good. They should all adopt our means of life, and we should behave in...
Taunus, West Germany My dear Vedavyasa das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated July 8, 1975 and have noted the contents. Regarding your going to Los Angeles, if Dr. Wolf suggests that you come, you should do it. At least you can come as tourist, so there should be no difficulty. So you should consult with Dr. Wolf.