Spoken November 11
Room Conversation
Tejas: So this is Sri Madan. He is architect. Prabhupāda: Madan Mohan. Tejas: And this is Sri... Prabhupāda: [indistinct] [break] Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam [Bg. 9.26]. Then? Tejas: This is Sri Naran Svarupa Sharma. He was professor in England and then Member of Parliament here. Prabhupāda: Oh. Tejas: And he has been helpful.Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Gu…
The Nectar of Devotion
Pradyumna: [reading:] Page number 15. Uh. “In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam...” Uh. “In the Fifth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Chapter, eighteenth verse [SB 5.6.18], Nārada also says to Yudhiṣṭhira, ‘My dear King, it is Lord Kṛṣṇa, known as Mukunda, who is the eternal protector of the Pāṇḍavas and the Yadus. He is also your spiritual master and instructor in every respect.Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:…
Chanting Śrīmad-Bhagavatam 5.5.6-16
Lord Ṛṣabhadeva’s Teachings to His Sons " ... vāsudeve na mucyate deha-yogena tāvat" When the living entity is covered by the mode of ignorance, he does not understand the individual living being and the supreme living being, and his mind is subjugated by fruitive activity. Therefore, until one has love for Lord Vāsudeva, who is none other than Myself, he is certainly not delivered from having to accept a material body again and again.
SB 3.25.11
[noise of firecrackers in background throughout] Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] " taṁ tvā gatāhaṁ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ sva-bhṛtya-saṁsāra-taroḥ kuṭhāram jijñāsayāhaṁ prakṛteḥ pūruṣasya namāmi sad-dharma-vidāṁ variṣṭhamPrabhupāda:Yaśomatī-nandana:PrabhupādaSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Gaṇapati, Viṣṇu, Lord Śiva, Sūrya and Devī. Dr. Patel: No, there are no Devī’s here. Prabhupāda: No, Devī’s... But their principle is this, that “God incarnation, impersonal. You imagine some form.” Sādhakānāṁ hitvārthāya brahmaṇo rūpa-kalpanaḥ.Dr. Kalpana:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kalpana:Prabhupāda:Dr. Kalpana:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Indian man (1):Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Brahmānanda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupād…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: So I saw that one, that Mr. Maidan, he has got so many boxes all down his room. So I asked, “What are these?” “No, these are different cinema house collection. The ticket, half of the ticket, is put into this box before entering. So I count this slip. Then I can understand what is the income. ThatHari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Antardhyāna:Prabhupāda:Antardhyāna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Antardhyāna:Prabhupāda:Manīṣā:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Manīṣā:Prabhupāda:…
Room Conversation
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: ...three days till you get a little more strength. I mean this is a very good sign, Śrīla Prabhupāda. You’ve taken a half a kilo of milk. No mucus, no stool. If you get a few days of strength... I mean, I have no objection even tomorrow to take you. I just would like to hear what the Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Anudeśa[?]:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Anudeśa[?]:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Kṛṣṇa dāsa Bābājī:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛ…
Letters November 11
My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 5, including the air waybill but before this, I had cleared the record player paying a duty of 120.oo Rs. So there is no more any chance of getting back this money. But your timely dispatching the machine is very much appreciated by Krishna and I thank you very much for this prompt service. Regarding your telegram;...
Sivananda My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Nov. 1, 1968, and I am glad to inform you that as directed by you I have sent the 3 letters to the following personalities: Minister in charge of cultural and religious affairs, Mr. Michael Weyl, and Dr. Irvin. The body of the letter is the same as you drafted. Now you can do the needful and...
My dear Umapati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Nov. 1, 1968, and with pleasure I have noted the contents. When you were in Montreal I told you that you continue to work at present and give me .00 per month for my literary propaganda work. I require so much money for purchasing a printing press as well as paying the bill of Dai Nippon. So do not quit...
My dear Gargamuni, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 6, 1969, and I thank you very much for your bank deposit receipt. Practically you are the only hope who is filling up the gap in my Book Fund deposit account. Recently I have issued one check for
My dear Rudra das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 3, 1969 along with your beads and contribution of .00. The letter head stationery is very nicely printed. Your beads have been chanted upon duly and sanctified and are returned herewith. It is very much pleasing to know that Vancouver center is improving daily. Cidananda is a very good organizing...
My dear Srimati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your letter dated October 28, 1969 and have noted the contents with pleasure. I am so glad to learn that with the help of Durlabh and the others you are making progress in our Laguna Beach center. Any new brahmacaris who come with good faith should be helped. We are living in the Kingdom of Maya, so Maya
Central Bank of India Amritsar Dear Sir; On October 28th, 1970 I had to advise you to transfer by mail Rs. 1,728 to your Gwalia Tank Branch in Bombay and the copy of the advice is sent herewith. The money was immediately deposited with your cashier and I possess the receipt slip, but here in Bombay your Gwalia Tank Branch says that they have not received the money.
My dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated and I have noted the contents carefully. Our first business now is to establish at least three temples in India: One in Calcutta, one in Bombay, one in Vrindaban, and if possible a fourth one in Delhi. People should say that these Americans have come here and they have built this wonderful...
Nairobi My dear Cyavana, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter dated November 3, 1972, that your programme there is improving considerably every week. That is very good news. Yes, I think you have improved the situation there, and you are better manager than Brahmananda. I am especially happy to hear that you are making some local African boys and girls into devotees,...
Bombay My dear Yadubara, Please accept my blessings. Thank you very much for your letter dated October 30, 1972, and I am very much pleased to hear that things are going nicely in Bombay, so far the printing of books is concerned. Now the problem is half solved. Now you are printing books, and you have got many books from America, but how shall we distribute them, that is the point? Harikesa has...
Ookala, Hawaii My dear Govinda devi dasi: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated and have noted the contents carefully. I do not know why you have parted from the Deities. Who has told you to do this? If you are at all interested, you can return. Your service was there. Why did you leave, and now you are whimsically asking for service. You never asked me before...
Bhaktivedanta Manor My dear Mukunda Das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to inform you that I am fixing my program for going to Nairobi from Bombay on November 23. From Nairobi I shall return to Los Angeles, so if you can arrange a meeting with the Pope then I can stop off there in Rome. So please inform His Holiness the Pope that I shall be returning to USA via Europe sometime after December 1,...
Rajni Bangkok My dear Rajni, I am in receipt of your letter dated 5/11/76. Please accept my blessings. Please be sure that anyone who comes to live with us there follows strictly the four regulative principles and chants a minimum of 16 rounds daily. Try to distribute my books as much as possible, as this is the best method of giving a chance to the conditioned souls to understand Krsna consciousness....
Potomac, Maryland My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. Upon your recommendation I will accept the devotees whose names appear below for first initiation and also the one you have recommended for second initiation. Please hold a fire sacrifice and instruct the new initiates to follow the four regulative principles and chanting sixteen rounds daily avoiding the ten offenses. You may chant...