Spoken September 21
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Don’t think[?] it like that. Don’t put that. We cannot accept that. Karandhara: Well, see, they use that, because they’ve made relative successes. Śyāmasundara: They have mechanical hearts also. Prabhupāda: So then why people die? Put mechanical heart; make... Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Pra…
SB 1.3.16 and Initiations
Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [obeisances] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto One, Chapter 3, text 16. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Steve:Prabhupāda:Śy…
Lecture
Prabhupāda: ...Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, the father of saṅkīrtana movement within two hundred years. He was ācārya and a householder, gṛhastha. He was very responsible officer, magistrate, householder, but he was a great devotee. Not only devotee---ācāryaIndian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Now he is there also in Los Angeles, our Umāpati. Brahmānanda: Oh, Umāpati. In Los Angeles, yes. I saw him when I went there. Prabhupāda: Yes, he is doing nice there. Now he’s gṛhastha. He has got a job in Spiritual Sky. So he is now steady. The Spiritual Sky is doing one thing, that providing so many Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Gargam…
Room Conversation with American Banker
Prabhupāda: All these things are, they are simply māyā. Māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān [SB 7.9.43]. These rascal, they are working so hard, making gorgeous arrangement. For what? For illusory sense gratification. That sense gratification is also false. Real sense gratification is in Kṛṣṇa and Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gargamuni:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabh…
Letters September 21
Lachine, Quebec My dear Isana and Vibhavati, Please accept my blessings. Lately there has been some misunderstanding amongst our devotees our Krishna Consciousness philosophy. Particularly there has been some confusion the relationship between the Spiritual Master and Krishna. The Vedas say that there is a Master Krishna. This Servant Krishna is the Spiritual Master and this is the conclusion....
London My dear Ksirodakasayi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 30th August. Regarding arranging your tour, you should make your plans as you think best. This I will leave up to you. There are now ten devotees with me here and I expect 20 more men and women from the U.S. and Europe to come within a month. So I cannot say now definitely what will be our...
Madhudvisa My dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 13, 1972, and with great satisfaction I note that you are becoming very happy and satisfied in your duties there in Australia. Now go on like this, preaching widely all over South Pacific Zone, and holding sankirtana assembly. One thing, I am going to Philippine Islands by 11th October on...
Srimati Harinama-devi dasi Srimati Tadit-devi dasi Bhaktin De Anna Atlanta My dear devotees, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter. I thank you very much for the package containing the woolen slippers and the nice bag for the karatalas. They are very nicely done. Regarding the baby Acarya das, yes, the name is approved by me and it is a very nice thing that he was born...
Hyderabad My dear Mahamsa Swami, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for the affidavit which you have sent. It should be followed by all other centers. It is very good that people are already coming to see the temple. That means that there is great interest. Regarding the need for money there, if it is a case of emergency, then more money can be lent to you. You have already borrowed...
Los Angeles My dear Radhavallabha das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 13, 1975 with enclosures. Regarding 6th Canto, Nitai has just yesterday sent off Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 and next week he expects to send off Chapters 9 through 13. This will be sufficient for you to publish one volume. I expect before leaving India on September 30th to have finished...