Spoken December 26
Bg 9.34 Lecture
Cc. Madhya 20.353-354
Prabhupāda: " sarvajña munira vākya-śāstra-‘paramāṇa’ āmā-sabā jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā ‘jñāna’" We should always think that we are in the modes of ignorance. We are just trying to make progress from ignorance to goodness and then transcend. This is the process of spiritual realization. Nobody should think that we are perfect. We cannot be. God is
Interview with LA Times Reporter About Moon Trip
Reporter: ... the movement, and it occurred to me...I was wondering if there were any religious people in this country that had any misgivings or thoughts the trip around the moon. And whether there were any objections or opinions that would run contrary to the usual thought traveling to the moon, and he said that in some of your recent lectures you had said that man would not be able to land on the moon because of, now these are…
Purport & Explanation to Hari Hari Biphale
Pradyumna: Hari hari biphale, janama... Prabhupāda: Goṅāinu. G-o-y-a-i-n-u. [Bengali phonetic spelling sometimes does not match the BBT standard diacritics used for Bengali. Ed. note] Pradyumna: Gowanu. Prabhupāda: Goṅāinu. Pradyumna: Goṅāinu. Prabhupāda: Biphale, janama goṅāinu. Hari hari biphale janama goṅāinu. Goṅāinu.Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Prad…
Initiation Lecture
Prabhupāda: So this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is purifying your existence. Yasmād śuddhyed sattvam. Sattvam means existence. You are existing, I am existing, God is existing eternally. The temporary existence that we see at the present moment, this is not our existence. This is our diseased condition, crazy condition. Devotees:Prabhupāda:
The Nectar of Devotion
Pradyumna: [reading:] “...who was later to become Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, took advantage of his brother’s personal money, which had been deposited with a village banker, and escaped from the prison of Hussain Shah. In this way, both brothers joined Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:
SB 1.2.8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.8 Prabhupāda: " ...puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu-yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam []" Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya, discharging one’s own occupational duties. Svanuṣṭhi-tasya dharmasya. According to Vedic system, there are four kinds of social orders, and each one of them have particular duties. Just like theSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90
SB 1.15.49
SB 3.26.17
Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] " prakṛter guṇa-sāmyasya nirviśeṣasya mānavi ceṣṭā yataḥ sa bhagavān kāla ity upalakṣitaḥ []" [break] [01:48] “O My dear mother, O daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu, the time factor, as I have explained, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom the creation begins as a result of the agitation of the neutral, unmanifested nature.Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Bg 16.7 [with translator]
[translated throughout] Prabhupāda: " pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate [Bg. 16.7]" Yaśomatīnandana: There’s something [indistinct]. Prabhupāda: That’s all right. Yaśomatīnandana: They’re connecting. Prabhupāda: Now here is the description of the Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: How degraded they have become. There is no food, and they are busy for growing tobacco. Hari-śauri: You say that’s what they call a cash crop. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Hari-śauri: The other day. Prabhupāda: Now eat cash. So cash is also paper. So what is the use of laboring so hard? You eat paper. Paper is available.Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Indian man:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnanda…
Conversation on Roof
Harikeśa: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: What is the thesis of life? Harikeśa: According to who? Prabhupāda: Anyone. Harikeśa: Anyone. Some people say that life is to be enjoyed; life is simply there for enjoyment. Prabhupāda: So the answer is that whether you are actually enjoying life. Harikeśa: Well, right now IPrabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabhupāda:Harikeśa:Prabh…
Morning Walk and Room Conversation
Devotee (1): I have just come from America, and at the universities, lots of times there are many questions concerning evolution, and I was curious what our position is in terms of artifacts---bones like dinosaur bones and things like that that the scientists say they found.Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1) [Indian man]:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabh…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: He’s taken so much labor. Through English? Hari-śauri: Romanized devanāgarī. [break] Prabhupāda: ...books, but they are not selling with... Where is my spectacle? Hari-śauri: No, there’s hundreds and millions of books in India, all..., so many, and no one buys them. [Prabhupāda laughs]Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Devotee:Jagadīśa:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian lady:Prabhupāda:Indian lady:Prabhupāda:India…
Room Conversation
Jagadīśa: “...is not actually religious but is an exploitative brainwashing technique. In the past and even today the leaders of the Hare Kṛṣṇa faith, as we understand, have been abducted, assaulted and subjected to mental and physical abuse. We also understand that there are widespread pressures being applied to convince the media and the government that religious freedom should not include the choice to live by the tenets of the Hare Kṛṣṇa Hindu scriptures. We strongly feel all these developme…
SB 5.5.2 [Hindi]
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.2 [Hindi] Prabhupāda: So, day before yesterday I spoke in Hindi, yesterday in English. Today I shall speak in Hindi again? What do you think? Giriraja: [announces] Hindi or English? Guests: [all together] Hindi, English, Hindi, etc. Giriraja: The majority rules, Hindi.Prabhupāda:
Letters December 26
My dear Suridas, Please accept my blessings and offer the same to your good wife, Jotilla, and the others. I request you to simply translate into the French language our Back To Godhead and send the matters to Jaya Govinda for composing. In due course of time you will get the magazines, by selling which you try to pay part of the composing machine that Jaya Govinda is going to purchase. So you begin...
Cyavana Nairobi My dear Cyavana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 9, 1971, along with Trial Balance. Thank you very much. I am very pleased to hear that the African boys are becoming serious devotees. That is the proof of your preaching work, that it becomes touchstone and turns iron to gold. So go on very vigorously in this way, travelling, preaching,...
Hamburg My dear Himavati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your letter undated, and I am very glad to hear that you are finding such great pleasure in serving Radha and Krishna. Both you and your good husband are very sincere and hard-working, and practically you together have saved our European centers from collapse. Krishna has given you very nice ability to serve Him, better than...
My dear Jayapataka Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 20th and have noted the contents carefully. Regarding the purchasing of land in Mayapur, specifically the two round shaped plots of 14 bighas, we can purchase them, but we cannot pay Rs. 1400/- per bigha. This was the price if we were to only purchase two bighas. For fourteen bighas...
Djakarta My dear Amogha, Please accept my blessings. I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 1, 1972, and I have noted the contents. It is very much pleasing to me to hear that you are making such steady advancement in Krishna Consciousness. If you continue in this way, and strictly follow the four regulative principles, making sure to chant at least sixteen rounds on the beads,...
My dear Ādi Kesava, please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated December 24, 1976. I have noted the contents carefully. Mare krsna rakhe ke rakhe krsna mare ke. If Krsna protects, who can kill? And, if krsna kill, who can protect? So, if we are sincere servants, then Krsna will give us protection. Who can kill us? This Bombay land, such a huge attempt was made to kill us....