Spoken December 4
Bg 9.18-19 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " gatir bhartā prabhuḥ sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṁ suhṛt prabhavaḥ pralayaḥ sthānaṁ nidhānaṁ bījam avyayam" The Lord is gati. Gati means the destination. We do not know what is our destination. Due to our ignorance, due to our becoming overwhelmed by the illusory energy, we do not know what is our destination of life.
Lecture
Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. [three times with devotees responding] " cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa- lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmiMadhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Guest:Jayatīrtha:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Jāhnavā:Prabhupāda:…
Morning Walk
Svarūpa Dāmodara: So at some stage during the lifetime, especially in the human form of life... Prabhupāda: Yes. Svarūpa Dāmodara: ...one should come to the senses... Prabhupāda: Yes. That is required. Svarūpa Dāmodara: ...that they are suffering. Prabhupāda: Not to speak like madman, that you are scientists, you are, “We shall solve all the question.Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Svar…
Wedding Lecture
Prabhupāda: [japa] Devotees: Jaya. Pradyumna: [chants responsively with devotees] " oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato ‘pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṇa]" Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Taittireyā. [indistinct] Taittireyā. Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Bhāvānanda: Someone had mentioned that we should start up in Bihar and come down into Bengal. Prabhupāda: Oh. Do you think if they go to Orissa it will be nice? No? The saṅkīrtana party? Akṣayānanda: Orissa will be nice? Prabhupāda: So you talk with him. Bhāvānanda: Yes. [break] Akṣayānanda: ...say to me what do I think of Pagal Bābā? And I would say, Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabh…
Morning Walk [partially recorded]
[someone chanting verses in Sanskrit] Prabhupāda: [Hindi] [break] Haṁsadūta: ...to Bombay. Prabhupāda: Yes. Haṁsadūta: The roadway is always difficult. It’s better if you travel by air. [break] Prabhupāda: They are dangerous road. Vāsughoṣa: The roads are not very good. Haṁsadūta: Tribhuvanātha is in Gujarat, is that right?Vāsughoṣa:Haṁsadūta:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa…
Letters December 4
Shri (L & L.R. Department) 8, Lyon’s Range Calcutta; 1 My dear Deben, My last letter was addressed to you 10 days before but I have received no reply from you. I asked you in that letter to help me in getting some supporters (supperters) of my paper “Back To Godhead”. So I am anxious to know it. If you cannot help there is no harm. It was a suggestion only. But why you are silent. Please...
My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I have received your most recent letter (undated) and have noted the contents. I am so happy that by next week you will move into our new temple site and that you and Krishna das shall both be working so there will be no difficulty in financing. It is all Krishna
My dear Bhadra Bardhan, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 23, 1969 and have noted the contents. I am pleased to learn that the Columbus center is improving gradually and now you have begun to perform plays for the guests at the Sunday feasts. In one way or another you should always be engaged in Krishna Consciousness. This will protect you from...
My dear Sridama, Please accept my blessings. I was very much shocked to learn that you have again met with some motor accident on the way, and perhaps this is the second time you have broken your leg. So I do not know why such things are happening. Anyway, whatever calamities happen we should take it as Krishna
Teton Village, Wyoming My dear Alfred: Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your kind letter dated November 9, 1974 and have noted the contents. Most probably I am going to Hawaii by the middle of this month of December, and I shall let you know as soon as I reach there. I shall be glad to see you in Hawaii for making some project for improving the land there.
Tokyo My dear Gurukrpa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 26, 1974 and have noted the contents. The Credit Note from DNP for Dollars 60,338.98 was not enclosed however. Regarding how the money is being spent for Vrindaban project, I have written to Saurabha Prabhu for a report, but it has not yet come. As soon as it comes, I will reply you. You must...
Melbourne My dear Madhudvisa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 25, 1974 and have noted the contents. Yes, it is a good idea to ship ghee 1200 lbs. twice yearly. You can ship once in January and once in June. I shall talk further with you, when I come there next month. In the meantime you can let me know to which port the ship generally comes to India,...
Ramesvara Los Angeles My dear Ramesvara das: Please accept my blessings. I have received a letter from Gurukrpa Swami that he has given to DNP on November 26, 1974 Dollars 60,338.98. This money is not yet received here. If you have not sent it to ISKCON MAYAPUR VRINDABAN FUND A/c No. 17168 at First National City Bank, Bombay; then you can send it through Bank of America in favor of ISKCON MAYAPUR...
Hyderabad My dear Acyutananda and Yasodanandana Swami, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 28, 1975. The pictures are very encouraging, and the reports of your life membership and book sales is also nice. There is tremendous field in India for selling books, if you continue this effort you will soon be compete with America. Gopala Krishna Prabhu...
My dear Aja Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 17, 1975. I am very pleased to note that you are attempting to preach seriously in the schools and colleges. Prahlada Maharaja, a great devotee and authority in our line said, Krishna consciousness should be taught from the beginning of Childhood. The defect of modern education is that the children...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia My dear Cyavana Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 17, 1975. I have noted the contents carefully. The program you have suggested can be discussed at the Mayapur GBC meeting. At Mayapur each year a program is chalked out for the entire year, and that is to be executed till the GBC meets again.
Dr. Yogi Raj Dev. Svarupa, c/o Prof. K. Sellin Active University Olfert Fiseersgade 40 Copenhagen Danemark My dear Dr. Yogi Raj Dev Svarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Nil. In thank you very much for your kind appreciation. Because you are teaching in a respectable University I request you to study some of my books, especially Bhagavad-gita as...
Boston My dear Gargamuni Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11, November 1975, I have noted the contents carefully. Yes! your present engagement is more important, managing Calcutta temple is not so important. I am pleased that you are selling my books, this is superior engagement, so please continue and increase it more and more.
Mark Phillips Parkwood, Via thora N.S.W. 2492 Australia My dear Mark Phillips, Please accept my blessings. Thank you for your letter dated 4th November, 1975. Yes we are eternally related to the Lord as servant, so naturally when we forget our eternal relationship as servants of the supreme master, Krishna, we suffer. A child is naturally subservient to the parent, but if he rebels then the child...