Spoken December 9
Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Disappearance Day, Lecture
[Prabhupāda leads kīrtana] Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. I was thinking of “Where is Jayānanda?” now immediately he has come. [someone brings some kind of offering and Śrīla Prabhupāda says to give it to his Guru Mahārāja] Take care it may not fall down. [pause] All right.[I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.]Devotee:Prabhupāda:…
Bg 18.67-69 Lecture
Prabhupāda: ... Kṛṣṇa’s forbidding Arjuna not to speak this Bhagavad-gītā to a person who is not very much advanced in austerity and penance. The verse is on the Eighteenth Chapter, verse number 67, in which Kṛṣṇa says to Arjuna, " idaṁ te nātapaskāyaGuest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:
Chanting Cc Ādi-līlā 7th Chapter
Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features " agaty-eka-gatiṁ natvā hīnārthādhika-sādhakam śrī-caitanyaṁ likhyate ’sya prema-bhakti-vadānyatā" Let me first offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the ultimate goal of life for one bereft of all possessions in this material world and is the only meaning for one advancing in spiritual life. Thus let me write His magnanimous contribution of devotional service in love of God.…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...he’s son of God, we... [break] Prajāpati: Many of the men who founded this country were very pious, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: Eh? Prajāpati: Some of the founding fathers of the country were very pious, because... Prabhupāda: You are still pious. Otherwise, how you have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness? You are still pious, but you are misguided. Your, your nation is very good. I like the American nation. Simply little reformation required. Now just, for example, this Prajāpati…
Room Conversation with British Professor
Prabhupāda: ...is that at the ultimate issue, God is person. [hammering sound in background] Stop that tok-tok. Hṛdayānanda: He’s stopping it now. Śrutakīrti: Banging. Prabhupāda: Just like this sun, the sunshine, the sun globe, and within the sun globe. In the Bhagavad-gītā you’ll find, Fourth Chapter, the person sun, whose name is Vivasvān, he was instructed by Kṛṣṇa. Professor:Dharmādhyakṣa:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Śrutakīrti:Prabhupāda:Professor:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devo…
SB 1.15.31
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Word meaning. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] " viśoko brahma-sampattyā sañchinna-dvaita-saṁśayaḥ līna-prakṛti-nairguṇyādPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Akṣayānanda: Sometimes I think our big building is too much Westernized. Disturbs the atmosphere. Prabhupāda: Hmm. Akṣayānanda: Like you wrote in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta that when Caitanya Mahāprabhu had many disciples behind him, He was criticized that He should not take them to Vṛndāvana; it might disturb the nice atmosphere. We have to be careful that we donPrabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:
SB 7.6.7
Harikeśa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto, Sixth Chapter, seventh verse. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " mugdhasya bālye kaiśore Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Haṁsadūta:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Preparation for Gītā Pratiṣṭhāna (Conference)
Prabhupāda: ...jail, it is not due to overpopulation. It is due to overcriminality. Similarly, whenever there is scarcity of supply or scarcity of food, it is not due to overpopulation. It is due to overcriminality or over-sinful activities. Due to over-sinful activities, not overpopulation. It is a bogus theory. That is stated, Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:…
Letters December 9
My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter of December 4, 1968 and I have noted the contents carefully. I have seen how you have planned the board meeting to be held and it is all very nice. I understand that the MacMillan Company is distributing our book, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, in London also, so if you can also retail this book to friends at the meeting it may prove...
My dear Janaki, Please accept my blessings. With the greatest satisfaction I have just now read over your nicely composed and hand-written letter of December 12, 1968 and I thank you so much for the kind sentiments you have expressed therein. I had also been thinking of you because you were thinking of me, but as your letter has arrived first it is for me to answer it. Actually, I always think of...
Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of December 6, 1968 arriving last night and I have duly noted the contents. In your letter you have made it clear that you are finding some difficulty with sex desire and have asked guidance from me to instruct you how to handle this problem of the material body.
Yamuna My dear Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I thank you so much for letter of November 30, 1968 and the glorious sentiments you have expressed therein. I am so glad to read that you are doing very well and keeping always engaged. This is the key to elevating in Krishna Consciousness that we always keep our thoughts, our words and our actions centered around our life and soul, this being Krishna....
Govinda My dear Govinda Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your letter dated November 30, 1969. I have already acknowledged receipt of your very nice cloak, and yes, everything fits nicely. Regarding the Radha-Krishna Murtis, first of all, as you are searching out a permanent place, the best thing will be to install Them in that permanent place. It doesn
My dear Hit Sharanji, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 5th December, 1969, and my instructions for the points of your letter have already been explained in my letter to you dated 5th December, 1969. In case this letter has not safely arrived there, I am sending herewith a copy. Also, please find enclosed two invitation cards for the opening of our London temple:...
Los Angeles My dear Jayatirtha, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter and posters dated October 14, 1971, and I am very pleased by the posters. I am very very pleased by your diligent and careful management of our Spiritual Sky business. Your success is a good sign that you are completely surrendered to satisfying Krishna and that there is no material motive in your...
Sankara My dear Sankara, Please accept my blessings. I think you have written me two letters. Your former letter was also received by me. So far I remember I have replied it. In any case, very soon I shall be going to Calcutta, and there I shall call you and you may remain with me for some time for translating under my direction. Then I shall be able to see how you are translating my books. If you...
My dear Babhru, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated December 8th along with the .00 Guru daksina. It is a fact that at this time I do not want to open any further Centers. It is a question of timing. We have initiated so many projects and Centers and practically we are short handed all over the world, so it is better at this time if we work to maintain and develop whatever...
Sama Glyndon, Maryland My dear Sama das Adhikari: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 9, 1974 and have noted the contents. I am very glad to know that you are preaching there in Baltimore, and there is no question of bigness or smallness of the center so far pleasing me is concerned. It is the sincerity of the attempt that is the important thing. Of course...
Los Angeles My dear Dr. W.H. Wolf-Rottkay, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 23, 1975. Because your letter to Nairobi was a long letter I sent it to Svarupa Damodara, he is also one of my trusted disciples. I do not know why he has not replied it yet, and since I do not have a copy with me I am also unable to reply it.
Los Angeles My dear Ramesvara Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 1, 1975. I have noted the contents carefully. Regarding sending money, you have promised to send 50,000 per month to Bombay. So now the project is underway, so you have to keep sending.