Spoken October 18
Lecture
Prabhupāda: [sings “Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.”] So we are worshiping Govindam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person. So this sound, govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi, is reaching Him. He is hearing. You cannot say that He is not hearing. Can you say? No. Especially in this scientific age, when television, radio messages are broadcast thousands and thousands of miles away, and you can hear, now why can youJaya-gopāla:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda…
Talk
Prabhupāda: When you go to a medical man do you ask him whether he is Christian or Hindu? I am asking you. Suppose you go to a medical man, do you ask him, “Are you Christian or Muslim or Hindu?” Do you ask him? Guest (1): Me? Prabhupāda: No, I am asking this girl. Why? Because your business is to cure your disease. It doesnGuest [2] [older woman]:Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Devotee:Prabhupāda:
The Nectar of Devotion
Prabhupāda: [Hindi with someone] [break] Pradyumna: [reading] “...cannot steadily remain either in sense enjoyment or in renunciation. Change is going on perpetually, and we cannot be happy in either state because of our eternal constitutional position. Sense gratification does not endure for long, and it is therefore called Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee (3):Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gur…
SB 1.2.7
Pradyumna: Translation: “By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.” [] Prabhupāda: So in the previous verse it has been discussed what is first-class religion.SB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:
Bg 16.6 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " ...daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu [Bg. 16.6]" There are two classes of men throughout the whole universe. One class is called daiva and the other class is called āsura. Daiva āsura eva ca. Daivo vistaraśaḥ proktaḥ. So far the Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhārgava:Prabhupāda:Bhārgava:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupā…
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...here poor people have to stand in queue. It is a mostly powder [break]. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They use this argument against us, that the Vedic culture was most solidly founded in India. Prabhupāda: But you have to, I mean to say, curb down this rascal civilization. They could not take the Western civilization, and they lost their own civilization. This is IndiaPuṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabh…
Room Conversation
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: But if I can give my opinion, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: Hmm? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The main necessity right now is not just sleep, because you’ve been sleeping for many days, and that hasn’t gotten you better. Sleeping, of course, is easier. When one is laying down, itPrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānanda:Hari-śauri:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavā…
Room Conversation with Svarūpa Dāmodara
Hṛdayānanda: Always more or less warm. Tropical, subtropical. Always nice fruits. Perhaps some day, in a Kṛṣṇa conscious world, we’ll have to bring many people there, because there’s so much unused land, all very green, lots of rivers, very nice, warm, and no one lives there. Thousands of miles of very nice land, and no one is using it. We are sending a few devotees back to Argentina, and wePrabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupād…
Room Conversation
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...would that be all right? Of course, first they’re going to finish this gate. Should I go and see it tomorrow? Prabhupāda: Not... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Just inquire? [aside:] You can keep chanting. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I just told them to keep chanting. Prabhupāda: You did not read that conveyance?Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Upendra:Prabhupāda:Dr…
Letters October 18
My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your telegram reading as follows; “Swamiji Now Filling third Preference Visa with Documents” Today I have been to the American Consular office & upon presentation of the invitation letters from the different centers I was at once granted visitors visa under #B2. The officer whom I met was very sympathetic & he said that Immigration...
My dear Dayananda, Your letter, Dt. 10/17/68 just received. Please accept my blessings. My program is already above mentioned. Regarding the idea of Prasadam restaurant, I am advocating it since very beginning. If you can manage such Prasadam eating place and the temple at one place it will super-excellent. I shall personally assist you in this affair because I like this idea very much. Our chanting...
My dear Harer Nama and Tosana Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Oct. 12, 1968, and I thank you very much for your invitation. Please offer my blessings to other members of the temple who are residing there. And I have decided to go to your temple by the 26th October. On the 23rd of October, 1968, I am going to Montreal to keep one appointment with...
My dear Krishna devi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your long letter dated Oct. 13, 1968. I am so glad to read it that you are writing your letter from hospital, and I thank you very much that you are so much enthusiastic that even in hospital bed, you are thinking of serving Krishna in different ways.
My dear Nandarani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Oct. 13, 1968. I am so glad to learn that you appreciate my mission in the United States as without any rival. Actually this is a fact, because I am presenting nothing manufactured by me. I am presenting the genuine thing as it was given by Lord Krishna Himself, or Lord Caitanya Himself, approved by the...
My dear Umapati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Oct. 11, 1968, and I am so glad to note your very nice sentiments. I am so pleased to note that you are getting attraction for Sri Gopalaji, and that will save you from all kinds of opposing elements. I am glad that Sacisuta is living with you and if both of you are feeling some inconvenience, then you are...
My dear Tamala Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 12, 1969 along with the copy of the West Coast president’s report of the meeting held at Berkeley. Gradually this meeting should develop into a committee of the West Coast presidents, and similarly there should be one for the East Coast, so in the future we can form a central governing body...
Delhi My dear Kirtanananda Maharaja: Please accept my blessings, and I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 16, 1973 and I have noted the contents carefully. Next time you come to India, you must come to Mayapur in March, not only you but many others. Our Bombay affairs are almost settled by 90%. The conveyance deed is prepared and it will be signed within one or two days.
Stockholm My dear Ajita das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 2, 1974 and have noted the contents with pleasure. I am glad to learn that you are expanding all your activities, and I very much appreciate your efforts in this connection. Lord Caitanya will bless you.
My dear Bhagavan Prabhu: Please accept my humble obeisances. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 30, 1974 and have noted the contents. I have not received any telegram from you, but I understand that you will be coming in a weeks time. Srila Prabhupad confirmed upon my suggestion that you go straight to Bombay first. In this connection Srila Prabhupad said the following:
My dear Dhananjaya das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 15, 1974 with two bank receipts enclosed. I have noted the contents and am very pleased with the progress going on there. Things are going on. That I wanted. The classes and program must continue. That is the life of the temple. Everyone must attend the morning and evening program, otherwise it will...
London My dear Gangamayi devi dasi: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 21, 1974 and have noted the contents. There have been many letters coming from different quarters regarding the election; therefore I have called for a re-election in the presence of all members and two GBC men. You can have a written ballot, and whoever receives the majority vote, he...
Bombay My dear Giriraja das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 14, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding the tax commission case, we are receiving approximately Rs. 18,000/per annum including the tax payments, which means at 10% interest the value is Rs. 1,80,000/-. So we have paid Rs. 14,50,000/-; less Rs. 1,80,000/is Rs. 12,70,000/-. So we have paid...