Spoken September 8
Lecture on Mahā-mantra
Prabhupāda: The door is open? You can keep the door open. Yes. Īśvara... Just try to cite, recite this. [devotees repeat each word] " īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam [Bs. 5.1]
Bg 7.14 Lecture
Prabhupāda: ...Vedic civilization, unless one is inquisitive for the solution of the problems, he is not on the human being standard. Because there are so many problems. The animals cannot inquire, but a man can inquire. So unless one comes to this point, to inquire how these problems can be solved, heŚivānanda:Prabhupāda:Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda:Alfred:Devotee:Prabhupāda:E…
SB 7.5.22-30
Prabhupāda: Prahlāda Mahārāja at the age of five years only he was a great devotee. Prahlāda Mahārāja is one of the mahājanas, great authorities of this line, devotional line. [aside:] You can take your seats. To understand God and to understand our relationship with God, it is not to be done by mental speculation. It is not possible. God is not so cheap thing that one can understand by mental speculation. In the present age people are very much fond of mental speculation. In the Śyāmasundara:Ge…
Bg 2.13 Lecture
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] " dehino ‘smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptirPrabhupāda:Devotees:
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " ...yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1]" Śrī bhagavān uvāca. Bhagavān means the Supreme Being. That is also dictionary word. In the... I consulted the Oxford Dictionary, “God.
SB 5.5.1
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.1 Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [break] Prabhupāda: So this instruction of Ṛṣabhadeva is very, very important []. Try to understand. Our this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is a protest to the modern way of civilization. The leaders of the modern society, they want that people should be engaged in working like dogs and hogs and asses; they should not understand wh…
SB 6.2.4
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, Second Chapter, verse number four. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " yad yad ācarati śreyān itaras tat tad īhate sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurutePrabhupāda:Praṇava:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
SB 1.7.9 [partially recorded]
Pradyumna: Translation: “Śrī Śaunaka asked Suta Gosvāmī: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī was already on the path of self-realization, and thus he was pleased with his own self. So why did he take the trouble to undergo the study of such a vast literature?” Prabhupāda:
Letters September 8
My dear Gargamuni, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated August 27th and 29th, 1969 and September 3rd 1969. Regarding Brahmananda’s letter, I have asked him not to open Spiritual Sky business on the Eastern Coast, and a copy of the letter is enclosed herewith for your reference. I thank you very much for the contribution you have made of 300 dollars to my...
Ādi-kesava Allston, Massachusetts My dear Adikesava das; I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 20th. Please accept my blessings. I have also received the enclosed photographs which are very nice. Regarding taking the Deities out on travelling sankirtana, I think you can take guidance from Visnujana Maharaja and Tamala Krishna Goswami who are giving you the example in this connection....
Bombay My dear Dixit das; Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter dated August 26th, and have noted the contents. By the grace of Lord Nrsimhadeva I am improving in my health. I expect to be coming to Bombay as soon as Giriraja completes my new quarters on Hare Krishna Land. At that time I may see you.
Jadurani Brooklyn My dear Jadurani devi dasi: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated August 14 & 20, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding Picture #1, it was not enclosed, but yes Mother Yasoda feeding Krsna is parental love, or sometimes you can show Krsna with great difficulty placing the slipper of Nanda Maharaja on his head. Yes, sketch #2 is all...
Mayapur My dear Jayapataka Swami: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 1/9/74 and have noted the contents. By the grace of Lord Nrsimhadeva I am improving in my health. Regarding the citizenship, you should apply as many as possible. You can read, write, and speak Bengali. So take citizenship. The local officers are in favor, so they will grant.
113 D.J. Rd. Ville Parle, W. Bombay 56 My dear Mrs. Singhal; I thank you very much for your letter dated August 31st. Please accept my blessings. By the grace of Lord Nrsimhadeva my health is improving. I have informed Giriraja das that when he completes my quarters I will surely come to Bombay, and look forward to seeing you then.
Sarvabhauma, Putanara, Gandharvi Calcutta My dear Sarvabhauma, Putanara, and Gandharvi dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your three letters dated August 6th, and am very glad to receive them. I have noted the questions. Anyway I am expecting to arrive in Calcutta some time this month and at that time I will be glad to see you and answer all of your questions. In the...
Washington, D.C. My dear Srutadeva das; Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 15th, along with the sankirtana news letter #19, and I thank you very much for it. You can continue sending me these news letters as you publish them weekly. It is this sankirtana which is the life and soul of our movement. Sankirtana and book distribution should go on together side...
Brooklyn My dear Tamala Krishna Goswami; Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 4, 1974. Regarding my health, I was lying almost unconscious. Now by the grace of Krishna, I am walking in the morning but I am still very weak. Neither do I feel any proper appetite. So the weakness is there, but I feel that I am progressing a little each day. So your...
Vibhavati Lachine, Canada My dear Vibhavati devi; Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 29th, 1974 and have noted the contents. So whether you are alone or with your husband you must continue to follow the regulative principles. Why there should be any misunderstanding between a Krishna conscious husband and wife. This is not good. Anyway wherever you get place,...
State Bank of India Vrindaban Branch Att: The Manager Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti Vrindaban, U.P. Dear Sir: I am enclosing herewith the forms duly signed and shall be thankful if you open my personal account with your bank. Enclosed herewith are the following foreign checks and currency not which will be the initial deposit in my account.
Osmanabad My dear Dixit das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 23 July 1976 and have noted the contents with care. Thank you very much for offering your services at the new university, but first let us get the opportunity and as soon as we start the establishment it will be a great pleasure.
Mayapur Dear Sri Kamal Krishna Das, Please accept my blessings. In reply to your Bengali letter registered posted to Delhi, I have advised the president of the Mayapur center to do the needful. The copy is enclosed and you can see personally. I hope this meets you in good health.
Calcutta My dear Surendra Babu, Please accept my blessings. On my return from Europe and America I have received your Vyasa Puja greetings and I thank you very much for the sentiments you have expressed therein. I am presently in Vrndavana and I am expecting to come to Mayapur as soon as possible, latest in December 1976 where I shall be very glad to meet you.
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