December 31
Spoken December 31
Spelling of Ārati Song
Pradyumna: Jāhnave. Next one. Prabhupāda: Jāhnave. Jāhnavī. Jāhnavī means the Ganges. Pradyumna: Taṭa. Prabhupāda: Taṭa, bank. Pradyumna: Vane. Prabhupāda: Of the forest. Pradyumna: Jaga-jana. Prabhupāda: Jaga means of the world, and jana means people. Pradyumna: Mana. Prabhupāda: Mana means mind, heart. Pradyumna: Lobhā. Prabhupāda: Attractive. This means Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Prad…
Bg 13.2-4 Lecture
Pradyumna: “I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. That is my opinion.” [Bg. 13.3] Prabhupāda: So everyone, everyone gives his opinion. Kṛṣṇa also says opinion. So whose opinion we shall accept? If we take votes, whose opinion we shall accept? Kṛṣṇa says, Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...theologician? Prajāpati: Here I am, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: No theory? Prajāpati: Actually, I was concerned this morning inflation. The government and the newspapers, they say the biggest problem today is inflation. From our Kṛṣṇa conscious standpoint, how can we cure this problem of inflation?Prabhupāda:Prajāpati:Prabhupāda:Bahulāśva:Prabhupāda:Bahulāśva:Prabhupāda:Bahulāśva:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Bahulāśva:Prabhupāda:Bahulāśva:Prabh…
SB 1.16.3
Press Interview
Prabhupāda: Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the mercy incarnation for all people. How we can question upon this idea? Indian reporter: So you are elaborating on this thing. Prabhupāda: Yes. Ignorance. Stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, mūḍhaḥ nābhijānāti. You take Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian reporter:Prabhupāda:Indian r…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...so glorious. Glorious. He’s glorious. That’s all right. But kaniṣṭha-adhikārī will imitate his behavior, but he is not fixed up. Therefore it is not good for him. He is forbidden. This is... Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: He’s forbidden to hear from a nondevotee.Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: [laughs] So similarly, if one is giving very important service, then even there is some faulty thing, excuse. Service is so important. So in the Western countries the woman can give very good service. Api cet sudarācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥGirirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛ…
Letters December 31
My dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. My joy has no bounds when I received your calendar so nicely imagined. Now I think Krishna has selected the right person for our propaganda department---Sriman Rayarama Brahmacari! A sincere worker is always recognized by Krishna. I do not know how shall I thank you, but I am confident of my future hopes in the sincere students like you, Brahmananda and...
My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 27, 1968 and I have noted the contents carefully. I have seen with very much pleasure the floor plan to our new temple. You have done nicely in arranging the placement of the various items in the temple. Having the guests enter through the store area is all right and will be good advertisement....
My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your very long letter dated December 23, 1968 which explains the whole situation that you are undergoing. First of all, I must inform you that Vamanadeva’s advice that first you should make a move and then consult your spiritual master is most unauthorized. A disciple should not do anything without asking first his Spiritual Master....
[TEXT MISSING] of December 24, along with your nice _ which I have read with pleasure. I have already explained in Sivananda’s letter _. I will send you a letter and certificate to alleviate your draft difficulties, and I will do the same for you. So there will be no need for you to plan to leave in few months. I have seen your poetry and it is very nice. Try to write more and to have it published....
London My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of the photos of Regents Park area as well as your telegram dated 19th December, 1970. The idea of having our temple in Regents Park was with the understanding that the government would give us a suitable plot to build on. We cannot purchase land in Regents Park, that is not possible. So unless the government agrees to give us...
My dear Bali Mardan, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 15th, 1971 and have read the contents with great interest. We purchased the press in the first place with the purpose of printing our books and magazine. But this has never really been done successfully. So I like very much your proposal to manage ISKCON PRESS. Do it all expertly and if you...
My dear Jadurani dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 15th, 1971. In reply to your question whether TLC or the original cover of Srimad-Bhagavatam gives the authoritative picture of the hand symbols, what is written in TLC is correct. On page 69 of TLC first there is a description of the symbols for Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha....
New York My dear Bali Mardan, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your both letters dated December 21 and 22, 1972, along with the copy of income statement for six months ending November 30, 1972. I am most pleased to note from that income statement that since June your monthly income has doubled and that for six months you have collected
London My dear Dhananjaya, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 28 December 1972 delivered by Latika from London, and I am very happy to hear of all the good news in English and Scottish temples in general. I have heard also from Revatinandana Svami how the things are going there, and his report is also very much encouraging to me. I am especially glad to note that...
Vrindaban My dear Gurudasa and Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. Your letters of December 23, 1972, are in hand, along with the very nice photos of the Vrndaban work, as well as the balance sheet and account of materials and supplies. I am very very pleased to see the photos how the construction is progressing very rapidly under your expert supervision. It appears that at last something is being...
Revatinandana London My dear Revatinandana, Please accept my blessings. Your letter dated December 25, 1972, is in hand and I so much appreciate your nice report the affairs as you see them in England and Scotland. Yes, I have seen myself that you are perfectly well qualified to defeat all challengers so far our philosophy goes. You are good kirtana man, you can sing and play mrdanga like anything,...
Sankarsana Miami My dear Sankarsana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 5, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. Regarding your question whether some small lies may be said in order to sell our books, I have already replied to Bai Mardan on that point and a copy of his letter is enclosed herewith. But that kind of lie, as you have given...
Bombay My dear Tamala Krsna Goswami, Please accept my blessings. I have recently received one letter from Sridhara das Brahmacari who has left Bombay and gone to Vrindaban. He reports he is disappointed having been removed from his job of managing construction in Bombay. Sridhara is a very good boy and a hard worker. While I was there it was fixed up that he should take the responsibility for construction...
Honolulu My dear Bali Mardan, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated nil and have noted the contents. I have to talk with you in detail. Everything can be adjusted by our sincere will to serve Krishna. I do not know why Sudama and yourself are trying to organize another party by some reason or other. The best solution was suggested by me that both you and your wife may...
Gopala Krsna Brooklyn My dear Gopala Krishna das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated December 16th and 21st, 1974 and have noted the contents. The only thing I am thinking is that you are getting good money to be used for Krishna. So anyway, if you look after Spiritual Sky business, I have no objection. Hansadutta is here and I have discussed with him. I have given...
Gurudasa Los Angeles My dear Guru das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated, December 28th, 1974 and have noted the contents. You also organize a party like Tamala Krishna’s and preach like that. I like that-more of preaching. If Yamuna has left you, why remain as grhastha? Better take sannyasa like Tamala Krishna Gosvami. I know Yamuna has Krishna in her heart....
Tokyo My dear Gurukrpa Swami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated December 20th and 22nd, 1974 and have noted the contents. Also I have received one Credit note no. 134 from Dai Nippon for the amount of 63,752.54 in US dollars. You take this project in Hawaii. Brahmananda Svami is there, so talk with him it. It will be nice if you make your headquarters in Hawaii....
Bhaktivedanta Manor My dear Hansadutta das, Please accept my blessings. Now, considering the European situation in a meeting between Myself, yourself and Bhagavan das, I think Madhavananda should become president of London and Prabhavisnu should become president of Amsterdam and you can arrange this.
Los Angeles My dear Nara-narayana das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 28th, 1974 and have noted the contents. For the time being, continue doing what you are doing consulting Hansadutta and others. I shall advise you. Whatever income you are getting, give to the temple. Go regularly to the temple and raise your child. There is no need of loitering here and...
Bangkok My dear Pancadravida Svami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated December 18th and 20th, 1974 and have noted the contents. Sankirtana if it is not possible, never mind. Try to organize a meeting and impress upon the people Srimad-Bhagavatam philosophy by explaining. Manasvi can explain in Hindi and you can explain in English. This is also Sankirtana although...
My dear Kirtiraja Prabhu, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated December 7, 1975. I am very please to note your activities in Warsaw Poland. Yes if you can arrange for the translation of my books in Polish language that will please me very much. We do not have to manufacture anything new. We are getting perfect knowledge from krishna through the disciplic succession,...
Madhudvisa My dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. Thank you for your nice invitation card. Thousands of Caitanya Mahaprabhu temples may be established all over Australia so that I may receive one invitation card at least every month. Physical health does not allow me to move very much, but my mind is absorbed in thinking of you with blessings of Krishna.
Mahavisnu Edinburgh, Scotland My dear Mahavisnu Prabhu, Please accept my blessings I am in receipt of your letter dated December 12, 1975. It is very unfortunate that Savitri devi dasi met with such a bad accident. The material world is full of danger at every step. Even a great devotee like Bhisma met his end by being pierced with hundreds of arrows, but he was so powerful that he waited in that...
Sri Yuvraj Thakura Sahib, Sanand Palace, P.O. Sanand, Dist Ahmedabad, Gujarat My dear Yuvraj Thakura Sahib, Please accept my blessings. I am prepared to organize Gujarat by traveling village to village. You said that you could help me in this respect and also supply a car. So as soon as it is ready I shall accept, please let me know.