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# Conversation Lectures Total lectures: 133 ## 1968 - [[spoken/1968/680727r1.mon|Conversation with Religious Group [Partially Recorded]]] — July 27, 1968, Montreal There are innumerable planets, and in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ - [[spoken/1968/680815r1.mon|Conversation with Devotees]] — August 15, 1968, Montreal [laughter] Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare ## 1969 - [[spoken/1969/690328r1.haw|Conversation]] — March 28, 1969, Hawaii I was going to turn it on without you knowing it, but you noticed. I was going to turn it on so I could tape what you were saying without you noticing, but you noticed ## 1970 - [[spoken/1970/701205r2.ind|Conversation]] — December 5, 1970, Indore And if we act according to that then we are representative - [[spoken/1970/701206r1.ind|Conversation at Gītā Bhavan]] — December 6, 1970, Indore Because within the coat you are, therefore can I address you Mr - [[spoken/1970/701226r1.sur|Conversation [Partially Recorded]]] — December 26, 1970, Surat Why not preach in a systematic way under government patronage? ## 1971 - [[spoken/1971/710316r1.bom|Conversation [Partially Recorded]]] — March 16, 1971, Bombay Indians[indistinct] students are from all over the world, through birth - [[spoken/1971/710622r1.mos|Conversation with Prof. Kotovsky]] — June 22, 1971, Moscow So we have translated in English the full, with the original Sanskrit text, its transliteration, an English equivalent for each word, then translation, and then purport, explanation of the verse - [[spoken/1971/711111r1.del|Conversation]] — November 11, 1971, Delhi It does not require—you simply [indistinct] let him come - [[spoken/1971/711112r1.del|Conversation with Guru Dāsa & Brahmānanda]] — November 12, 1971, Delhi but I asked whether there is ventilator he said, \"no - [[spoken/1971/711204r1.del|Conversation]] — December 4, 1971, Delhi They sell things, and they catch some leaders, they take loan from them, and they take it, and eighty percent for themselves and twenty percent for so on - [[spoken/1971/711204r2.del|Conversation]] — December 4, 1971, Delhi Śyāmasundara: The story goes that the beach paṇḍāl is out of the question now; they can't do it - [[spoken/1971/711205r2.del|Conversation in Car]] — December 5, 1971, Delhi Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Prabhupāda, that is the Prime Minister's house, isn't it, Gurudāsa? ## 1972 - [[spoken/1972/720118r2.jai|Conversation with Rajmataji Gayatri Devi in Bengali]] — January 18, 1972, Jaipur - [[spoken/1972/720401r1.syd|Conversation with Author]] — April 1, 1972, Sydney Now, our simple philosophy is that we are spirit soul - [[spoken/1972/720421r1.tok|Conversation with Dai Nippon Representative]] — April 21, 1972, Tokyo And Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Macmillan Company's, they have taken, and they are also printing yearly fifty thousand, or more than that - [[spoken/1972/720422r3.tok|Conversation with Dai Nippon Representative]] — April 22, 1972, Tokyo Similarly, God can expand Himself for different - [[spoken/1972/720422cr.tok|Conversation in Car]] — April 22, 1972, Tokyo Practically our sales are improving only for their printing - [[spoken/1972/720525r1.la|Conversation with the GBC]] — May 25, 1972, Los Angeles Take this, take this map, and first of all find out the zone, what will be the zone - [[spoken/1972/720614gc.la|Garden Conversation Kṛṣṇa, 'Songs by the Gopīs.']] — June 14, 1972, Los Angeles Actually, this building, it was a Christian church - [[spoken/1972/720618gc.la|Garden Conversation Kṛṣṇa, 'Delivery of the Message of Kṛṣṇa to the Gopīs']] — June 18, 1972, Los Angeles \"He is the most sinful, but we cannot give up His talking - [[spoken/1972/720621r1.la|Conversation]] — June 21, 1972, Los Angeles All the ācāryas—Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī, Lord Caitanya—all of them become nullified, and this rascal comes forward to defy all the ācāryas and push some new theory - [[spoken/1972/720625gc.la|Garden Conversation]] — June 25, 1972, Los Angeles Kaṁsa's attitude, he's a demon, and when a daughter is born, he first changes his mind - [[spoken/1972/720626gc.la|Garden Conversation with Professor Kulshrestha]] — June 26, 1972, Los Angeles Now the physist, chemist, they have got experience, everything burns, everything is melted; therefore it is metaphysical - [[spoken/1972/720912r1.dal|Teaching Children, Conversation]] — September 12, 1972, Dallas Two into two, two into three, two into four, they should learn, immediately they will say ## 1973 - [[spoken/1973/730301r1.jkt|Conversation [Hindi]]] — March 1, 1973, Jakarta - [[spoken/1973/730301cr.jkt|Car Conversation]] — February 28, 1973, Jakarta So as the power diminished, the maintenance of the culture diminished, and by contact with other types of aboriginal, they learned eating meat and gradually degraded - [[spoken/1973/730627r1.nav|Conversation with Śrīdhara Mahārāja]] — June 27, 1973, Navadvīpa # Conversation with Śrīdhara Mahārāja — June 27, 1973, Navadvīpa - [[spoken/1973/730710r1.lon|Conversation with Mr. Wadell [Boy School Teacher]]] — July 10, 1973, London The thing is that we want to love people, we want to help them, but if we do not know the process - [[spoken/1973/730722r2.lon|Conversation with George Harrison]] — July 22, 1973, London Just like the Pāṇḍavas: They were bereft of their kingdom, bereft of their wife, they were insulted - [[spoken/1973/730727r1.lon|Conversation with Sir Alister Hardy [Second Conversation]]] — July 27, 1973, London So here that there are, of course, a number of problems of human life - [[spoken/1973/730803gc.lon|Garden Conversation With Mahādeva's Mother, Mrs. Critchley and Jesuit Priest]] — August 3, 1973, London But the industrialists, they are alluring them, \"To give more money, come here - [[spoken/1973/730809cr.par|Car Conversation After meeting with Cardinal Danielou]] — August 9, 1973, Paris You eat according to your taste; I eat according to my taste - [[spoken/1973/731026r1.bom|Conversation Hindi]] — October 26, 1973, Bombay ## 1974 - [[spoken/1974/740612cr.par|Car Conversation]] — June 12, 1974, Paris Rascals, they want to live in city and drink wine and eat meat - [[spoken/1974/740910gc.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 10, 1974, Vrndavana Then Bhāgavata is not meant for such envious person - [[spoken/1974/740911gc.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 11, 1974, Vrndavana Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Bhāgavata is being accepted everywhere ## 1975 - [[spoken/1975/750327r1.may|Conversation with the GBC]] — March 27, 1975, Mayapur Anyway, this is discussing the responsibilities of the GBC men in their zones - [[spoken/1975/750330r1.may|Conversation with a German Girl and Devotees]] — March 30, 1975, Mayapur Because they do not know how to stop this process - [[spoken/1975/750331r1.may|Conversation with Devotees]] — March 31, 1975, Mayapur That is a warning to the future fools and rascals that even God does not like to be addressed as God, but we address Him as God on the strength of śāstra - [[spoken/1975/750401r1.may|Conversation with Devotees on Theology]] — April 1, 1975, Mayapur But first, preliminary understanding should be that God is one - [[spoken/1975/750412r1.hyd|Conversation with Indian Guests]] — April 12, 1975, Hyderabad Ramana Maharshi, yes, I am speaking of Ramana Maharshi - [[spoken/1975/750414r1.hyd|Conversation with Devotees]] — April 14, 1975, Hyderabad So why you spending our hard-earned money and cheating us? - [[spoken/1975/750420r1.vrn|Conversation with Governor]] — April 20, 1975, Vrndavana Actually, the idea is in the society, as it is recommended in the Bhagavad-gītā, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ - [[spoken/1975/750620cr.hon|Car Conversation]] — June 20, 1975, Honolulu Even without becoming master He is providing everything - [[spoken/1975/750622gc.la|Garden Conversation with Dr. Allen Gerson]] — June 22, 1975, Los Angeles Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ - [[spoken/1975/750624gc.la|Garden Conversation with Chairman of the Religion Department of U.S.C., Dr. Stillson Judah and others]] — June 24, 1975, Los Angeles The aspects have been summarized that God is realized in three aspects, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate - [[spoken/1975/750627dp.la|Departure Conversation]] — June 27, 1975, Los Angeles As you want to serve, He will give you more intelligence - [[spoken/1975/750713r1.phi|Conversation with Professor Hopkins]] — July 13, 1975, Philadelphia So Bhagavad-gītā, last instruction is, sarva dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja - [[spoken/1975/750803cr.det|Car Conversation]] — August 3, 1975, Detroit And after getting money, drink wine and topless, bottomless, and go to hell - [[spoken/1975/751013cr.dur|Car ride from Durban to Johannesburg]] — October 13, 1975, Durban As soon as you speak of God, \"Oh, it is old-fashioned to bring in God - [[spoken/1975/751015r1.joh|Conversation]] — October 15, 1975, Johannesburg Apart from birth and death, where is the change of situation that there is no more disease? - [[spoken/1975/751226rf.san|Conversation on Roof]] — December 26, 1975, Sanand And one who is not expert, simply he has understood that \"In this area there is gold mine,\" and they are simply fighting; everyone has come to dig the gold ## 1976 - [[spoken/1976/760325r1.del|Conversation with Newspaper Reporters]] — March 25, 1976, Delhi God is personally speaking, \"This is the law: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja - [[spoken/1976/760406r1.vrn|Conversation in Hindi [Some English] During Lunch]] — April 6, 1976, Vrndavana My strong faith was as it is stated in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, śraddhā'-śabde-viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya, śraddhā refers to firm conviction and confidence - [[spoken/1976/760608gc.la|Garden Conversation]] — June 8, 1976, Los Angeles Ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate - [[spoken/1976/760609gc.la|Garden Conversation]] — June 9, 1976, Los Angeles \"The whole purpose of Vedic civilization and of reading the Vedas is to attain the perfect stage of devotional service in the human form of life - [[spoken/1976/760610gc.la|Garden Conversation]] — June 10, 1976, Los Angeles That we repeatedly say, that my child's body is dead, it's gone, vanished - [[spoken/1976/760614gc.det|Garden Conversation]] — June 14, 1976, Detroit \" Otherwise, how it is possible to beget children? - [[spoken/1976/760615r3.det|Conversation with Clergymen]] — June 15, 1976, Detroit So, we have to teach people how to refrain from sinful activities - [[spoken/1976/760621cr.tor|Conversation in Airport and Car to New Vrindavan]] — June 21, 1976, **Toronto, New Vrindavan This is the dharma, and Kṛṣṇa comes personally to establish it - [[spoken/1976/760622gc.nv|Garden Conversation]] — June 22, 1976, New Vrindavan Just like anyone who is outlaw, does not believe in the government's law, he'll suffer - [[spoken/1976/760623gc.nv|Garden Conversation]] — June 23, 1976, New Vrindavan But the śakti, the energy, is coming from the Supreme - [[spoken/1976/760627gc.nv|Garden Conversation]] — June 27, 1976, New Vrindavan Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsu śreya uttamam - [[spoken/1976/760705r2.wdc|Conversation with Dr. Shaligram Shukla [Part 2]]] — July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C. Shaligram Shukla [Part 2] — July 5, 1976, Washington, D - [[spoken/1976/760705r1.wdc|Conversation with Dr. Shaligram Shukla [Part 1]]] — July 5, 1976, Washington, D.C. The purpose was little sense gratification: \"I shall see something illuminating - [[spoken/1976/760715r1.pr|Conversation]] — July 15, 1976, Port Royal We purchase somewhere land and keep the cows there - [[spoken/1976/760720cr.ny|Car Ride]] — July 20, 1976, New York They have so many different groups, religious groups and minority groups from other parts of the world, they call it a melting pot - [[spoken/1976/760721cr.ny|Car Conversation]] — July 21, 1976, ** New York And I've been told that all the TV stations showed our Ratha-yātrā - [[spoken/1976/760724r1.lon|Conversation at Bhaktivedanta Manor]] — July 24, 1976, London Material desire means sense gratification: I shall eat more, I shall sleep more, I shall have sex life more, I shall defend more—these are material desires - [[spoken/1976/760726r1.lon|Conversation with George Harrison]] — July 26, 1976, London I have old man's disease, cough and cold, so coughing - [[spoken/1976/760808r1.teh|Evening Conversation]] — August 8, 1976, Tehran Janā-kīrṇa, this very word is used, Janā-kīrṇa, \"congested with life - [[spoken/1976/760809gc.teh|Garden Conversation]] — August 9, 1976, Tehran And then they mix with mustard oil and this, what is called, eggplant - [[spoken/1976/760812r4.teh|Conversation in Car]] — August 12, 1976, Tehran Kṛṣṇa supplies everything to the devotee's comfort - [[spoken/1976/760822r3.hyd|Conversation with Seven Ministers of Andhra Pradesh]] — August 22, 1976, Hyderabad So we have to make choice in this human form of life - [[spoken/1976/760903g1.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 3, 1976, Vrndavana with some Indian wife they were called Eurasian, and Englishman marrying Indian wife, they were called Anglo-Indian - [[spoken/1976/760906g1.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 6, 1976, Vrndavana Offense is that what is spoken by the ācāryas, if you do not follow, that is offense - [[spoken/1976/760907g1.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 7, 1976, Vrndavana And so long one is in the bodily concept of life—\"I am Indian,\" \"I am American,\" \"I am this,\" \"I am that\"—and all of them go to the United Nation assembly - [[spoken/1976/760907g2.vrn|Garden Conversation]] — September 7, 1976, Vrndavana \"The International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is a worldwide community of devotees practicing the Vedic teachings, the eternal science of rendering devotional service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead - [[spoken/1976/761009g1.ali|Garden Conversation]] — October 9, 1976, Aligarh Similarly, this harijana movement is a farce because they remain the cāmāra and bhaṅgis, and still they are called harijana - [[spoken/1976/761220r1.war|Conversation at the Gītā Pratiṣṭhāna [Conference]]] — December 20, 1976, Wardha That Imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam - [[spoken/1976/761220r1.bom|Conversation with Rādhā-vallabha]] [reading] \"Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet - [[spoken/1976/761222r1.poo|Room and Car Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra]] — December 22, 1976, Poona Just like this aṅguli, I am asking, \"Do like this? ## 1977 - [[spoken/1977/770102r2.bom|Conversation with Yogi Amrit Desai of Kripalu Ashram, Pennsylvania, USA]] — January 2, 1977, Bombay I was telling all the devotees here, I said Śrī Prabhupāda is the first man who brought bhakti in the West, where it is needed most - [[spoken/1977/770102mw.bom|Conversation]] — January 2, 1977, Bombay The difficulty is religion actually means the law given by God - [[spoken/1977/770105r2.bom|Conversation on Roof]] — January 5, 1977, Bombay Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja - [[spoken/1977/770106r1.bom|Conversation]] — January 6, 1977, Bombay In fact, sir, Engel was a spiritualist, and his follower, Karl Marx, became materialist because he saw abject poverty all round, due to the industrial revolution - [[spoken/1977/770111tt.ida|Conversation on Train to Allahabad]] — January 11, 1977, India 770111TT-INDIA [211:35 Minutes] [Audio](https://drive - [[spoken/1977/770113r1.all|Conversation and Instruction On New Movie]] — January 13, 1977, Allahabad I started my activities when I was seventy years old - [[spoken/1977/770115r1.all|Conversation in Car]] — January 15, 1977, Allahabad Suppose a mechanic has constructed this car far better than me - [[spoken/1977/770123r1.bhu|Conversation During Massage]] — January 23, 1977, Bhubaneswar They are servant of Kṛṣṇa, and for Kṛṣṇa's sake he can act as a brāhmaṇa, as a kṣatriya, as a vaiśya or a śūdra - [[spoken/1977/770125r1.pur|Evening Conversation]] — January 25, 1977, Jagannatha Purī And one girl, that captain's wife, she studied astrology - [[spoken/1977/770125r2.pur|Conversation]] — January 25, 1977, Jagannatha Purī All rogues and thieves, drunkards and fourth-class character, meat-eaters, they are the government - [[spoken/1977/770203r2.bhu|Conversation on Train]] — February 3, 1977, Bhubaneswar This society, modern, it is very painful to see even their face - [[spoken/1977/770204r2.cal|Conversation [Partially Recorded]]] — February 4, 1977, Calcutta ...lords, they are selling their property. What did Mr. Bajoria say about the Purī house? Yes, I saw that. When you asked that question, I could see in his face - [[spoken/1977/770205cr.cal|Car Conversation]] — February 5, 1977, Calcutta Just see how foolish leaders. In the field there is food - [[spoken/1977/770214ro.may|Conversation on Roof]] — February 14, 1977, Mayapur son begotten by Lord Śiva in the womb of Pārvatī, he'll be able to conquer over the demons - [[spoken/1977/770228r2.may|Conversation with Italian Woman with Translator]] — February 28, 1977, Mayapur As we are not this body, past life means there was another body; we have forgotten it - [[spoken/1977/770411r1.bom|Morning Conversation About Newspaper Articles]] — April 11, 1977, Bombay Radhakrishnan, Aurobindo, this, that, nonsense, interpreting in a different way, Gandhi - [[spoken/1977/770417r2.bom|Conversation with Yadubara [after seeing film]]] — April 17, 1977, Bombay No, you have given the evolution of from fish to plant, plant to insect, bird, animal - [[spoken/1977/770419r2.bom|Conversations]] — April 19, 1977, Bombay And neither he has mentioned his guru's name nor others' name, as if he is doing everything - [[spoken/1977/770419r1.bom|Morning Conversation]] — April 19, 1977, Bombay Anyway, you make these four men, subcommittee, and you take whatever land is given, given up to Kṛṣṇa - [[spoken/1977/770420r1.bom|Conversation with Patita-pāvana]] — April 20, 1977, Bombay We have to simply present from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as it is - [[spoken/1977/770422r1.bom|Conversation with Tamāla Kṛṣṇa about Yadubara]] — April 22, 1977, Bombay His reason for coming to India this time was to give you that film and to now make a film about India - [[spoken/1977/770422r2.bom|Conversation with disciples of Chinmayananda and Shivananda Ashram]] — April 22, 1977, Bombay The whole world is taking Bhagavad-gītā as it is - [[spoken/1977/770423r1.bom|Morning Conversation]] — April 23, 1977, Bombay Our conclusion was that those three men who died were killed; that they never knew that there was a hoax while they were in training - [[spoken/1977/770425r2.bom|Conversation: Bogus Gurus]] — April 25, 1977, Bombay The weak and the fools, they will be victimized - [[spoken/1977/770428r1.bom|Conversation: Vairāgya, Salaries, and Political Etiquette]] — April 28, 1977, Bombay Vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yogam - [[spoken/1977/770428r2.bom|Conversation: Animals' Expertise]] — April 28, 1977, Bombay There are many, many experts from the lower-grade creatures - [[spoken/1977/770429r1.bom|Morning Conversation]] — April 29, 1977, Bombay That ball soaked in ghee, and the dāl, it is so nice when taken - [[spoken/1977/770430r2.bom|Conversation with Vedic Astronomer Agnihotram Rāmānuja Tattvācārya]] — April 30, 1977, Bombay Same thing is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam - [[spoken/1977/770430r1.bom|Morning Conversation]] — April 30, 1977, Bombay and millions of Vaikuṇṭha-lokas, planets, and the topmost planet is Goloka Vṛndāvana - [[spoken/1977/770502r1.bom|Conversation with Shriman Narayan [Former Governor of Gujarat]]] — May 2, 1977, Bombay yasya hi yaḥ svabhāvasya tasya sau duratikrama śva yadi kriyate rājā śva kiṁ nā sa duḥkḥapānam - [[spoken/1977/770517r1.vrn|Conversations]] — May 17, 1977, Vrndavana the body of that girl named Manisa who had cancer - [[spoken/1977/770519r1.vrn|Conversation with M.P. Shri Sita Ram Singh]] — May 19, 1977, Vrndavana If I tell, you will feel bad, but actually all are rascals - [[spoken/1977/770527r1.vrn|Conversation Pieces]] — May 27, 1977, Vrndavana ] You did not give me any report of seeing Śrīman Nārāyaṇa? - [[spoken/1977/770527r2.vrn|Conversation Pieces]] — May 27, 1977, Vrndavana We want to see people live—eating very nicely nutritious food, keeping good health - [[spoken/1977/770529r1.vrn|Morning Conversation]] — May 29, 1977, Vrndavana I mean to say with soft hand, soft hand and with lot of experience it has to be done - [[spoken/1977/770531r1.vrn|Conversations]] If we did it in America, it would not be less expensive - [[spoken/1977/770601dc.vrn|Discussions with Devotees and Conversation with Dr. Ghosh]] — June 1, 1977, Vrndavana ] Or if you like, you can travel with him, but your translation must be the main work - [[spoken/1977/770621r1.vrn|Description of New York Temple and Conversation with Svarūpa Dāmodara]] — June 21, 1977, Vrndavana He was the president of his class at Princeton University - [[spoken/1977/770622r1.vrn|Conversation, "Rascal Editors," and Morning Talk]] — June 22, 1977, Vrndavana There are five vargas: ka-varga, ca-varga, and the pa-varga - [[spoken/1977/770623r1.vrn|Morning Conversation]] — June 23, 1977, Vrndavana Daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā - [[spoken/1977/770624r1.vrn|Conversation: "How to Secure Brahmacārīs"]] — June 24, 1977, Vrndavana Bringing them to the education, university, they are becoming loafer, ironclad - [[spoken/1977/770626r1.vrn|Conversation with Surendra Kumar and O.B.L. Kapoor]] — June 26, 1977, Vrndavana If you want real peace and happiness, then you have to come to this platform, paro dharma - [[spoken/1977/770628r3.vrn|Conversations]] — June 28, 1977, Vrndavana divorce, child-killing or making the children hippies, that's all - [[spoken/1977/770628r2.vrn|Conversation]] — June 28, 1977, Vrndavana \" The pot is only five rupees' worth, so he'll keep it - [[spoken/1977/770630r2.vrn|Conversation with Bhakti-caitanya Swami–New GBC]] — June 30, 1977, Vrndavana Because we are materially attached, so there is temporary inconvenience - [[spoken/1977/770630r1.vrn|Conversation]] — June 30, 1977, Vrndavana Now I remember those days, when he was instructing, \"Do like this - [[spoken/1977/770701r6.vrn|Conversation]] — July 1, 1977, Vrndavana They keep them in darkness by some hobby and beggar, this, that, that - [[spoken/1977/770701r4.vrn|Conversation with Mr. Myer]] — July 1, 1977, Vrndavana In fact, we need in this country very much, in every city, in every town - [[spoken/1977/770701r5.vrn|Conversation about Old Days in Calcutta]] — July 1, 1977, Vrndavana I used to call his wife didi, as my sister, eldest sister - [[spoken/1977/771020r1.vrn|Doctor Visit and Conversation]] — October 20, 1977, Vrndavana It was 495 day before yesterday, and it is 290 only yesterday