Spoken December 5
Rotary Club Lecture, Bhagavad-gītā 2.24
Prabhupāda: Rotarians, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly inviting me this evening to speak something on sanātana-dharma. Sanātana means eternal, and dharma also means eternal characteristic. Just like every ingredient, element, of this world has got a certain type of characteristic. As I have been introduced, I was manager in a chemical factory. So you knowIndian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man (2):Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man (2):Prabhup…
Initiations
Prabhupāda: [leads responsive chanting of prayers] " ... gato ‘pi vā yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantaraṁśuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṇa]" " śrī viṣṇu..." Pradyumna: [continues leading of chanting] " śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇuPrabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Costas:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Lee:Prabhupāda:Lee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Paul:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:…
Morning Walk
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...has done a great mistake. I never expected that... [indistinct] ...all of a sudden... [break] You see the so-called svāmīs and yogīs---they could not do anything, because they are outsider. They are not within the jurisdiction of Kṛṣṇa. One must remain within the jurisdiction of Kṛṣṇa. Then his spiritual life is assured.Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Prabhupāda:Sudāmā:Hṛdayā…
SB 1.15.27
Prabhupāda: Where is Paṇḍitjī? Paṇḍitjī is not here? Devotee: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Hrdayananda: [leads chanting of verse] " deśa-kālārtha-yuktāni hṛt-tāpopaśamāni caPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk [partially recorded]
[in car] Prabhupāda: This rascal theory has meant an atheist. [break] Vāsughoṣa: ...mānava-sevā say, “I don’t have to support your society or your temple because God is everywhere.” Prabhupāda: This is also mānava-sevā. We are giving this knowledge to the human society. Is it not Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:Vāsughoṣa:Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation
Ānandamaya: ...the greatest program in this life is birth, old age, disease and death. And Bhagavad-gītā gives the remedy for... Prabhupāda: This is good. If you want to stop this repetition of birth, death, old age and disease, then you must take the way of life spoken byĀnandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Guest (1) [Indian man]:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānandamaya:Prabhupāda:Ānanda…
Letters December 5
Aniruddha My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated Nov. 30, 1968 and I thank you for the report of progress at your temple. Now it is understood that you are taking charge of Girish and I think that you may teach him very nicely the principles of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Then, when this is learned you may go on to Srimad-Bhagavatam. In this way we wish to train...
London My dear Annapurna, After long time, please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Oct. 30, which has reached me after travelling over the whole world. It was addressed to Montreal, sent to Hollywood Blvd., then to Orange Drive and finally it has come to me. So it has taken so long time and I am very glad to learn that you are now in your father
My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I was happy to read your recent letter (undated) and to see how you are working hard and now you are sending your finished paintings to our various centers to be appreciated. You will be pleased to know that our London center has managed to have one local newspaper devote a two-page spread to a comic book feature of the story of Prahlada Maharaja as depicted...
London My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of Nov. 30, and have again noted with encouragement the progress of your activities in London. For your sincere efforts in spreading this movement in so far away country as London, I am certain that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is most pleased and will surely bless you for your nice work. Regarding my meeting with...
Delhi My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings, I have come to Indore on the 3rd December and we are five here altogether. I am expecting your wife and others to arrive this evening. I have received your telegram from Vrndavana and am awaiting your letter with details to be forwarded. I am planning to reach Surat on the 12th instant and my address at that time will be as follows:
Bhutatma My dear Bhutatma das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter dated 11/17/71, and I have noted the contents with great pleasure. I have not heard your report from Fresno center for some time, so I am encouraged to see that everything is going nicely there under your supervision. Now upon the shoulders of you the leaders of this Movement falls the responsibility of practically...
My dear Dayananda, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of 27th November, 1971, and I am very encouraged that you are attempting for such a nice place. That is the way. If we try for the very best for Krishna, then we make rapid advancement in Krishna Consciousness. But not that we become foolhardy. No, discretion is the better part of valor, so if we keep a cool head then we can...
My dear Bhagavan Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I have arrived safely in Los Angeles by Krsna’s Grace and everything here is going nicely. Now, as you know, we require some men for India. Karandhara informs me that you have declined to send any. Our programs there are important and there is a great need. We have not captured very many first class men there so we must import. I am requesting...
My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I have arrived safely in Los Angeles by Krsna’s Grace and everything here is going nicely. Now, as you know, we require some men for India. Karandhara informs me that you have declined to send any. Our programs there are important and there is a great need. We have not captured very many first class men there so we must import. I am requesting therefore...
My dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I have arrived safely in Los Angeles by Krsna’s Grace and everything here is going nicely. Now, as you know, we require some men for India. Karandhara informs me that you have declined to send any. Our programs there are important and there is a great need. We have not captured many first class men there so we must import. I am requesting...
My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I have arrived safely in Los Angeles by Krsna’s Grace and everything here is going nicely. Now, as you know, we require some men for India. Our programs there are import and there is a great need. We have not captured very many first class men there so we must import. I am requesting therefore that you send at least one or two first class men from your...
My dear Tamala Krsna Goswami, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letters dated November 29th and 30th. Regarding the refusal of my entrance into Nairobi, no reason has yet been disclosed for the denial. I have written one letter, a copy of which is enclosed herewith, but there has been no reply. You may get the letter published in India. After proceeding to London I heard from Brahmananda...
Bombay My dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 27/11/76. After thorough deliberation it seems much better for us to go straight from Hyderabad to Vardha instead of going first to Bombay. There is no advantage in going first to Bombay. There is a train which goes direct from Hyderabad to Vardha called the daksina express. It goes every night at 10:15...