Spoken September 19
Morning Walk
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Morning walk September 19, Tuesday, 1972. Los Angeles. [in car] Prabhupāda: [indistinct] ...don’t know how they are becoming entangled, by this continues change of material body. That is defect of the modern civilization. Kleśada āsa dehaḥ [SB 5.5.4]. Kleśada. Any material body, that isŚyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupād…
SB 1.3.14
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.14 Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [obeisances] [05:30] [break] Pradyumna: ...lation: “O brāhmaṇas, the ninth incarnation of the Lord, prayed for by sages, was King Pṛthu, who cultivated the land to yield various produces, and for that reason the earth was beautiful and attractive.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...kaṇḍūtivan manasijaṁ viṣaheta dhīraḥ [SB 7.9.45]. Dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13]. If you can quote ślokas, that will be first class. In India especially. In your country they do not care. Our Bhavānanda Swami, because he could not quote Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:Kīrtanānanda:Prabhupāda:Acyutānanda:…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...prayateta kovida. Kovida means very intelligent person, not rascals, fools. Kovida, very expert. Kovida. Tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta: “He should endeavor for that thing.” What is that “that thing”? Na labhyate yad bhramatām upary adaḥ: Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:
Letters September 19
Gosvami Maharaja My dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, Please accept my respectful obeisances. I hope in the meantime you have received my last letter. This day I had been to the office of the Director of Postal Service along with our friend Sri Horendra Natha Shome and Sripada Akincana Maharaja. Some of the would be customers whose addresses were given for registration denied to be our paid subscribers...
My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated 10th and 11th September, 1969. Regarding the letter to the Punjab National Bank, that is already written, and the copy is enclosed herewith for your reference. Regarding the court case in Boston, a certified copy of the judgment should be taken. This will help us in many ways. If there is any copy...
Giriraja My dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 13rd, 1969 along with your check for , and thank you very much. I am receiving very encouraging reports from all our centers, including yours, so we should know definitely that Krishna is giving us all opportunities to serve Him more enthusiastically. Actually, the whole universe is...
Madhusudana My dear Madhusudana, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your nice letter of September 16th, 1969 and the enclosed contribution for the book fund. I am pleased to note that you are going on with your Krishna Consciousness duties with enthusiasm. Now you have a very nice wife, Kancanbala, so my request to both of you is that you work combinedly to push on this Sankirtana...
My dear Sacisuta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 8th, 1969, and I have noted the contents with enclosures. I have very much appreciated the interview article with you in the paper Ethos, and I am so pleased to know that you have given right interpretation of our Krishna Consciousness Movement. Now you have got a nice wife, Indumati, and combinedly together...
Tamala Krsna My dear Tamala Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated September 13rd, 1969, and I am so glad to learn that two new branches are now opened; one in Laguna Beach, another in Tokyo. With great interest I read the letter of Sudama, and I have also sent him a letter of congratulations. You have proposed to go to Japan next year, and I am very much pleased...
Bhagavan My dear Bhagavan das, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated 8/30/70, and I have noted the contents carefully. Yes, you are correct that that anything outside of Krishna Consciousness is insanity, and I am glad that you are realizing it more and more. Similarly I have been getting letters from Karandhara, Rupanuga, and Hayagriva telling how they are feeling new...
My dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated Sept. 5, 1970, and the essay “THE SPIRITUAL MASTER: EMISSARY OF THE SUPREME PERSON” enclosed therein. I have read it, and am glad that you have understood the matter so thoroughly, and have now substantiated your conclusions with so much scriptural proof. Actually, that is our method of preaching, simply to repeat...
My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated Sept. 13, 1970, and I congratulate you on the good news of opening the Portland center so successfully, and I am very pleased that things are going on nicely. I received your telegram, and also receipts for three deposits to the BBT at Dai Nippon; and I received your other letters, but on account of Devananda
Daughters CAMP: c/o B. Pankaj; P.O. Box no. 81265; Mombasa, Kenya; East Africa My dear Daughters, Please accept my blessings. While I was leaving London you gave me your letters and flowers also and I was very much pleased. So now you are in the line of Krishna Consciousness; you know all the regulative principles. Please strictly follow them and chant 16 rounds regularly. And try to serve the...
Sucandra Hamburg My dear Sucandra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 10th September, 1971 and have noted the contents. Your duty is to take charge of your wife. So you can stick to your job and maintain your wife and family and give as fast as possible to the Hamburg temple. You cannot be irresponsible to your wife and child. That is not allowed. If you can go...
My dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your zonal report and proposal for purchasing Australian headquarters. You have my full approval for this program. I am very much encouraged to note how you have increased the book distribution and are becoming No. 1 distributer in the world. We have published Caitanya Caritamrta so you can order this nice new book from...
Gopijanavallabha Brooklyn My dear Gopijanavallabha dasa: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 30, 1974 and have noted the contents. Upon your recommendation I am initiating the following disciples. You must see that they strictly follow the regulative principles, the four prohibitions as well as the devotional practices of arising early, taking morning...
Gurukrpa Tokyo My dear Gurukrpa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I have received your request through Bhagavan das to initiate the following as twice initiated brahmanas. Upon your recommendation I accept them. Enclosed are the sanctified threads and the mantra sheet for Vamsivadana Suvasa das and Nischintya das.
Mahamsa Hyderabad My dear Mahamsa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I have seen your letter to Bhagavan das and upon your recommendation I am pleased to accept the following as twice initiated brahmanas: Sriman Vasugosh das and Madhavendra Puri das. Enclosed are their mantra sheets and sanctified threads. You can hold a fire sacrifice and they can hear the mantra from my tape recording through...