Spoken August 18
SB 7.9.12
Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. [devotees respond] " cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa- lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmiDevotee:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Himāvatī:Prabhupāda:Rukmiṇī:Prabhupāda:Rukmiṇī:Prabhupāda:Rukmiṇī:Janārdana:Prabhupāda:…
SB 1.2.15
[Govindam prayers playing; Prabhupāda singing along] Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. [devotees offer obeisances] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Bg 2.12 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 2.12 Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [devotees repeat] " na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param [Bg. 2.12]" [break] Prabhupāda: So you can dictate to correct. Pradyumna: Yes. Prabhupāda: Go on. Word meaning.Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Ceremony Speech, partially recorded
SB 1.7.6, Temple Opening
Prabhupāda: " anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasyājānato vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām [SB 1.7.6]" This is a description of Vyāsadeva. Vidvān. Even from literary point of view, if you see the contribution of Vyāsadeva, it is not possible in any age. So many books. FourSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:
Letters August 18
My Beloved Disciples At New Vrndavana RD 3, Moundsville, WV 26041, USA 6-16, 2-chome, Ohhashi Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan My dear Shamadasi, Theresa, Sanat Kumar Brahmacary, Jagatananda, and Tarunidasi; My Dear Jadunandan, Chris, Stan, Patita Pavana, Barbara, Sandinidasi, Pamela and Maria; My Dear Ekendra and DDD; My Dear John, Nathan, Richard, Jackson, Rasananda, Kenneth and Troy; My Dear Trivikram,...
Sydney My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 12th August, 1970. Yes, for the present I am in Tokyo and arranging to reprint some of our books and magazines to the extent of 70,000 copies and I am also awaiting the manuscript of KRSNA, Volume II, as well as Hindi magazine. So altogether there will be 100,000 copies of different books and literatures...
Madhusudana My dear Madhusudana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 13rd August, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. So far your choice of artwork for BTG, I do not know the artistic sense. I am a layman and do not know the techniques. But the picture you have enclosed appeals to me, so it may be used. I have no objection.
London My dear Ksirodakasayi das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your kind appreciation on the Vyasa Puja Day. Your sentiments are appreciated by me. It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this...
Madhudvisa My dear Madhudvisa Swami, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your kind appreciations on the Vyasa Puja Day. Your sentiments are appreciated by me. It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this...
Los Angeles My dear Nalinikanta das and Ratnesvari devi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your kind appreciations on the Vyasa Puja Day. Your sentiments are appreciated by me. It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to...
Purnaprajna, Narayani My dear Purnaprajna and Narayani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your kind appreciation on the Vyasa Puja Day. Your sentiments are appreciated by me. It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to...