December 6
Spoken December 6
Bg 9.20-22 Lecture
Bg 2.26 Lecture
Prabhupāda: ...these living symptoms develop. The anthropology, Darwin’s theory. They do not believe in soul, transmigration of the soul. They have their own theories. But they are also not definite. Those who have read Darwin’s theory of anthropology, in most places, that Mr. Darwin says, Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Madhudviṣa:Prabhupāda:Woman devotee:Prabhupāda:Woma…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...from your audience? Hṛdayānanda: Well, one of the main things is that they say, “Yes, Kṛṣṇa consciousness may be very nice, but many other things are also very nice, and everyone says that ‘I am right.’ ” Prabhupāda: No, that’s all right. Nice... Suppose if there is a nice staircase.Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Prabhupāda:Hṛdayānanda:Pra…
SB 3.25.37
Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse] [devotees repeat] " atho vibhūtiṁ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam śriyaṁ bhāgavatīṁ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṁ parasya me te ‘śnuvate tu loke []" [break] [01:58] “Thus because he is completely absorbed in thought of Me, the devotee does not desire even the highest benediction obtainable in the upper planetary systems, including Satyaloka. He does not desire the eight material perfections obtained from mystic yoga, nor does he desire…
Letters December 6
Manager FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK 686 Broadway (near Great Jones Street) New York, NY 10012 USA Dear Sir: RE: ACCOUNT #0400688633 I beg to thank you for returning the new passbook, but you have not sent me any deposit slips. I am sending herewith as follows: one cashiers check (#6-6652) from FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON for forty dollars (
My dear Steven Hebel, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nice letter dated November 27, 1969 and have noted the contents. I am pleased to learn that you are regularly attending all of our classes and you are serving nicely in the New York temple. Continue on in this way and try to understand our philosophy as far as possible. Krishna gives assurance in the
Mohanananda My dear Mohanananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter of November 16, 1971, and I am very pleased to note that all activities of the Dallas, Texas, center are going on nicely under your supervision. You are a very nice boy, so I think Krishna has given you His special favor to serve Him as a responsible officer in His Movement. Now you shall have to become...
Gunagrahi My dear Gunagrahi, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated December 2, 1973. I hereby accept on your recommendation, Hasyakari Prabhu and his wife Nari devi dasi as my second initiated disciples. Enclosed find one thread duly chanted on by me and two gayatri sheets. You may take instruction from Rupanuga Maharaja on the proper performance of a yajna and the mantra...
Gurudasa My dear Guru das, Please accept my blessings. I have just received a note from the Punjab National Bank, a copy of which is enclosed. The thing is I sent Rs. 676 to my account in Vrindaban at the Punjab National Bank. They have acknowledged receipt but they say my account is closed. Now, last year when I was in India I closed one account and opened another with a deposit of Rs. 2,000. So...
My dear Kirtida Kanyaka, Please accept my blessings. Thank you very much for the Tulasi leaves offered to Lord Caitanya’s lotus feet. If one is fortunate enough to receive such holy prasadam then all sinful reactions are immediately purified within the heart and pure devotional service is very easily obtained.
Locanananda My dear Locanananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated December 2, 1973. From the Vedic point of view a man can have more than one wife provided he can maintain each of them very nicely. The practical example is our Lord Krsna. He had 16,108 wives but for each wife he maintained a palace with servants and everything. We do not encourage more than one wife,...
London My dear Dennis: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 22, 1974 and have noted the contents. So regarding the situation that if you leave your wife and your son, she will be broken hearted, therefore I asked you to stay. It is better for you to remain with your wife and son and chant Hare Krishna as much as possible, and Krishna will personally give you...
Pusta Krsna Johannesburg My dear Pusta Krishna Swami: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 12, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding my travelling, no, I have not stopped travelling. I am trying to go on like a young man, but sometimes the health does not allow. That is beyond my jurisdiction. So you have finally gotten the visa for South Africa. So...
Evanston, Illinois My dear Sri Govinda das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter undated together with clippings and photos, and thank you very much. I think the article the book distribution at the airport is indirectly an advertisement. People will come to know our books and our movement. Here in Bombay they also have the complaint that we are nuisance. What can be done?...
Jagadisa Dallas My dear Jagadisa Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Dec. 1, 1975, I have noted the contents very carefully. I said from the very beginning that we should not move, but you proposed moving, so now you are proposing staying at Dallas. So it is all right, stay at Dallas and develop there.
Sriman Jaya Krishna Thakura B.Se., Ll.B 3 Locket Road Wealdstone Harrow, Middlesex, HA 3 7 LY, England My dear Jay Krishna Thakura, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 30, 1975. Yes I remember you were coming to see me daily at Bhaktivedanta Manor during my stay there in 1973. Regarding your question my birth. I was born September 1, 1896,...
My dear Saksi Gopala Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nicely decorated letter. Thank you very much. From your letter it appears that you are a little confused. This means that the consciousness is not clear, brahma-bhutah prasannatma, na socati na kanksat(Bg. 18.54)