Spoken October 8
Morning Walk
Svarūpa Dāmodara: Morning walk, October 8! Berkeley. [break] Devotee (1): Love of God is first class. Prabhupāda: But where is the love of God you can teach the same thing---one pound of sugar in the ocean. Where is the love of God? Devotee (1): But simply because thousands and thousands of so-called Christians are fallen that doesn’t mean that Christ’s teachings are un-bonafide.Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...money is finished. And there is no use, because they have lost India. For India they made all these arrangements. But that India is lost, so what is the use of maintaining? The Gibraltar also. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: All of the ships would go around the south of Africa up to England. So they would maintain their shipping route. But nowPrabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation with Bill Faill [reporter]
Bill Faill: ...the Kṛṣṇa movement is and its origins, its following. This sort of thing. Prabhupāda: [aside:] Where is Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa means God. The word Kṛṣṇa means all-attractive. So unless one is all-attractive, he cannot be God. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness means God consciousness. Our position, we all living entities, we are all small particle, equal in quality with GodBill Faill:Prabhupāda:Bill Faill:Prabhupāda:Bill Faill:Prabhupāda:Bill Faill:Prabhupāda:Bill Faill:Prabhupāda:Bil…
Room Conversation with Professors of the University of Durban
Professor: ...this morning from the east and from the west. Unfortunately, the rector is busy... The principal is busy this morning with somebody in his office, but he will be here just now. So we may just as well, shall I say, introduce. Perhaps I should say something the university.Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Professo…
Room Conversation Arrival of Jayatīrtha and Harikeśa
Prabhupāda: What is the news of South Africa? Jayatīrtha: There were fifteen thousand at our Janmāṣṭamī festival, and we opened our new temple. And all of the community leaders there are very anxious to see our Society increase. Seven Indian devotees have been made.Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Upendra:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:…
Room Conversation Astrologer’s Report
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...reading of your chart for free, Śrīla Prabhupāda. The man is a devotee. I thought it would be good to read to you. His name is Gopesh Kumar Ojaḥ, and his son’s name is Asutosh Ojaḥ. Brahmānanda: He asked for PrabhupādaTamāla Kṛṣṇa:Brahmānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Hari-śauri:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupā…
Letters October 8
My dear Subala das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Oct. 2. It is noted that you are trying to appoint some public engagements as soon as I arrive. My program is that I am going to Calcutta tomorrow. The address is on the letter. From Calcutta I will let you know when I shall arrive there. Probably by the time indicated in your letter. I am very anxious to see...
Dear Dr. Sham Sundarji, Please accept my humble obeisances. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 30th, 1969. Our temple is situated at 7, Bury Place, London, but I am staying at the garden house belonging to Mr. John Lennon, a world-wide famous man in music and one of the richest men in England. The news which you have read in the Gujarati newspaper that some young English boys...
My dear Jaya Govinda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge reciept of your letter dated October 3rd, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. I am pleased to note that you are so seriously considering how to organize the printing of our German Krishna Consciousness literature. You have suggested that you print in
My dear Ranadhira, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 28th, 1969, and your attitude of a humble devotee is very much appreciated. Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us to be humbler than the grass on the street and more tolerant than the tree, and thus chant Hare Krishna Maha Mantra without any impediments.
Hamburg My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 30th September, 1971 which is very much encouraging to me. I am very glad that you are now getting strength. So now you have got 1800 books and are getting more. There is good demand. So Krishna has solved all your problems. Print books and sell and get rich; that
Kaliya Krsna My dear Kaliya Krsna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 31, 1972, and have noted the contents. Now that you are President of the Detroit Temple, you have very great responsibility to take proper care of all the devotees who are engaged there and are spreading Krsna Consciousness at one of our most important centers. Formerly Bhagavan...
My dear Madhudvisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated September 28 and October 2, 1972. As you are unable to meet me in the Philippines, that is all right since I first wanted to hear from you that everything in your zone was going all right, and it appears from your letter that you are persevering in the attempt to spread Krishna Consciousness movements...
Ann Arbor, Michigan My dear Badarinarayan das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 4, 1974 and am glad to read the contents. You have a nice house, six devotees and a good field. Now that you have opened the temple do not think to close it even if there is some difficulty. If there is any difficulty, you go and just depend upon Krishna. Krishna will help...
Los Angeles My dear Karandhara das: Please accept my blessings. I am very pleased to receive your letter dated 9/11/74 and have noted the contents with great delight. The thing is where is the question of making any conspiracy. The materialistic man creates diplomacy and conspiracy for sense gratification. Everyone wants in the material world some reputation, profit, and some adoration. But so far...
Amsterdam My dear Mr. Winter: Please accept my best wishes. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 16/9/74 and have noted the contents. Regarding what you want to do, I suggest that you discuss the matter with my secretary, Hansadutta das Adhikari. He is my secretary and you can discuss the matter fully with him. He can be reached at Schloss Rettershof, Konigstein, Taunua, West Germany.