Spoken September 10
Bg 7.1 Lecture
So this yoga system, Kṛṣṇa consciousness yoga system, is to begin with developing attachment for Kṛṣṇa. And the process of developing attachment I have already explained to you for the several last meetings. So for the beginners, attachment for God, everyone, people in the lowest stage, he has to admit the greatness of the Supreme Lord. God is great; there is no doubt about it. Everyone, even in the lowest status of life, he can admit. I don’t speak of the animals. Animals, they have no sense of God. I am speaking of the human being. There are different, different grades of human civilization—the highest type of civilization and the lowest aboriginal—but every one of them has got a sense of God. That is there. This is the special prerogative of human being. Not that only the civilized men. Perhaps you know all, when you came here from European countries in America, the Red Indians. They are considered as aboriginals; still, they have some religion, they have some conception of God.
Purport to Hari Hari Biphale
Prabhupāda: …biphale janama goṅāinu. This is a song sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, a very stalwart ācārya in the line of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s sampradāya, disciplic succession. He has sung many songs, important songs, and his songs are accepted as Vedic conclusion. [break] …very authoritative songs. So he says, praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Lord,” hari hari, “I have simply spoiled my life.” Hari hari biphale janama goṅāinu. Why you have spoiled your life? He says, manuṣya-janama pāiyā, “I got this human form of life,” rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā, “but I did not care to worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Therefore I have spoiled my life.” And how it is? It is exactly like one takes poison knowingly. If somebody takes poison unknowingly, there is excuse, but if somebody takes poison knowingly, it is suicidal. So he says that “I have committed suicide simply by not worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in this human form of life.”
Lecture
Prabhupāda: You can read them or you can simply take this process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa:
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
The effect of this chanting will be, first instalment to cleanse your heart, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam. We are suffering in this material world, of course foolish persons they think they are not suffering they are enjoying, but actually you are not enjoying you are suffering. But because we have become less intelligent we take suffering as enjoyment. That is the result. That is the symptom of raja-guṇa. There are three qualities of the material world, sattva-guṇa, raja-guṇa and tamo-guṇa, goodness passion and ignorance. So those who are…
Generally in this age people are very much passionate as a result of this passionate quality they actually suffer by working very hard but they take it as enjoyment. This is called illusion. To commit mistake, to be illusioned, to cheat and to use our imperfect senses for gathering knowledge. These are four defects of conditioned soul. Therefore to take knowledge from conditioned soul is not perfect knowledge because the conditioned soul is defective. Physician heal thyself. The physician himself if he is diseased or suffering from some ailment, how he can treat others?
Bg 7.1-3 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 7.1–3 Prabhupāda: " mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1]" This is a verse from the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā which we have published: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.Devotee:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Swedish man (1):Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Swedish man (2):Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Guest:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:S…
Room Conversation on Cc with Dr. Christian Hauser, Psychiatrist
Prabhupāda: Somebody is coming? Devotee: Yes. Pradyumna: She says that, erm, it says, “The Lord..., Lord Kṛṣṇa tasted four kinds of transcendental mellows in devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of Mother Śacī, and at last, in order to understand Śrīmatī RādhārāṇīPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pr…
SB 5.5.5
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [break] Prabhupāda: So, " parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto yāvan na jijñāsata ātma-tattvam yāvat kriyās tāvad idaṁ mano vaiHaṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:
Garden Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...within the fire, that will increase appetite. That is the psychology. Within the fire. Long, long years ago I did it, and I got very good appetite. And whatever nonsense it appears, it was very sweet. Gurudāsa: Yes. I used to cook myself before meeting Yamunā.Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupād…
SB 1.7.11
Pradyumna: Translation: “Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, son of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, was not only transcendentally powerful, he was also very dear to the devotees of the Lord. Thus he underwent the study of this great narration Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.” Prabhupāda: " harer guṇākṣipta-matirPradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters September 10
Caru My dear Caru, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 31, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. Now regarding this business of Sankirtana, the solution is simply to go on with Sankirtana activities as you have been doing, and let them arrest us if they like, we will not stop. Just like in London, they became arrested so many times and there was so...
Jayadeva My dear Jayadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kindly remembering me on Vyasa Puja birthday, and I have appreciated your warm sentiments with great satisfaction. I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will fell yourself becoming more and more happy. That I want....
My dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. Regarding the recommendation for Ambika dasi to take second initiation from me, yes, you may give her. Enclosed find one copy of Gayatri mantra. Now hold a yajna, teach her how to count on the finger divisions, then play the Gayatri mantra tape through the right ear. Have her repeat along with my vibration word by word and then give her Gayatri mantra...
Tokyo My dear Satadhanya das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kindly remembering me on Vyasa Puja birth day, and I have appreciated your warm sentiments with great satisfaction. I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more. That I want....
Vrindaban My dear Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated August 20, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. I am very happy to hear that you are having nice programs in Vrindaban of kirtana and lecturing in various places. That will make us well-known in those parts and respected by everyone. I am glad to hear also that you have made my rooms very nicely...