Spoken January 4
Purport to Parama Koruṇa
Prabhupāda: Parama koruṇa, pahū dui jana, nitāi gauracandra. This is a song by Locana dāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee and ācārya of the Gauḍīya-sampradāya. He is declaring that pahū dui jana. Pahū means lords. Dui jana means two. Who are the two lords? Nitai Gauracandra. One is Lord Nitāi, Nityānanda; another is Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. So he says that
The Nectar of Devotion
[Distorted audio] Pradyumna: [reading] “The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even an animal like a tiger has this loving propensity, at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in the human beings. The missing point, however, is where to repose our love so that everyone can become happy. At the present mo…
SB 1.16.7
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " kṣudrāyuṣāṁ nṛṇām aṅga martyānām ṛtam icchatām ihopahūto bhagavān mṛtyuḥ śāmitra-karmaṇi []" [break] [03:12] Translation: “O Sūta Gosvāmī, there are those amongst men who desire freedom from death and get eternal life. They escape the slaughtering process by calling the controller of death, Yamarāja.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
SB 3.26.27
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " vaikārikād vikurvāṇān manas-tattvam ajāyata yat-saṅkalpa-vikalpābhyāṁ vartate kāma-sambhavaḥ []" [break] [01:08] “From the false ego of goodness, another transformation takes place. From this evolves the mind, whose thoughts and reflections give rise to desire.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Lecture
Prabhupāda: Uh... Mr. Reddy and Ladies and Gentlemen, I cannot speak in Telugu. Kindly excuse me. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very, very old, at least five thousand years old. And if we take history before that, then it is at least forty millions of years old. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness was spoken by Kṛṣṇa before the Battlefield of
Morning Walk
Keśavalāl Trivedi: ...mission, and they only think that... Prabhupāda: So we shall return now? Devotee: Yeah. Keśavalāl Trivedi: [break] ...my weekly visits, that Jyoti Swami showed me that incident at Japan, and he asked me, “Have you seen...?” Prabhupāda: Doṣam icchanti pāmarāḥ. Doṣam icchanti pāmarāḥ. Makṣikā bhramarā icchantiKeśavalāl Trivedi:Prabhupāda:Keśavalāl Trivedi:Prabhupāda:Keśavalāl Trivedi:Prabhupāda:Keśavalāl Trivedi:Prabhupāda:Keśavalāl Trivedi:Prabhupāda:Keśava…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: What prakṛti? When there is... Dr. Patel: Na yotsya iti manyase..., mahad yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṁ niyokṣyati [Bg. 18.59]. The prakṛti drags you down in that world. Prabhupāda: Because he was trained up as a fighter. Dr. Patel: Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Devotee:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Pa…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: That should be stressed. First business is the neighboring village people, they should come, chant and take prasādam. And gradually, when they become interested, then they come, live with us, work with us. In this way they should be induced, bare living and chanting.Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Trivikrama:Prabhupāda:Trivikrama:Prabhupāda:Trivikrama:Prabhupāda:Trivikrama:Prabh…
Letters January 4
In exchange of the books supplied if you want printing materials like machines, etc., I am sure you will get import license. And I will send you from here things as you need them. Let us cooperate fully in the service of Lord Krishna. I am glad to know that you have moved to your new buildings and (and) hope everything (everthing) is happy now. I hope Srimati Bahuji is now doing well and so also your...
My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I have received your nice gift of rose petal preserves and I thank you very much for this. Also, I have just yesterday received one letter from a boy in Seattle named Charles McCollogh, and he has desired to come here to Los Angeles and receive initiation from me. Please inform me of the situation with this boy so I may reply to his letter there after....
Sriman Hayagriva Das Adhikary ISKCON Temples New Vrndavana RD #3, Moundsville, WV 26041 U.S.A. ISKCON - Akash-Ganga Building; 7th Floor; Warden Road; Bombay My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter written jointly with Rupanuga Prabhu, dated 30th December, 1970, from Washington, D.C. I was very glad to learn that you have been cooperating all...
Suva, Fiji My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 29th, 1970, along with enclosures of flyer and news clipping. I am so much glad to know that you are working on both you and your wife with great enthusiasm to preach the message of Lord Caitanya to the fallen souls of this age. My Guru Maharaja has declared that the real life of a man...
My dear Ajita, Please accept my blessing. I am in due receipt of your letter from Sydney dated December 24, 1971, and I am very, very happy to note that you want to go back to your native place of Sweden, along with your good wife and some other Swedish boys, devotees, from Germany and other places, for opening our center there. That is a very good proposal. I think Krsna das tried to start something...
My dear Bhavananda, Please accept my blessings. I hope that Mayapur festival preparations are going on and I am awaiting news from you. Just now Tamala has received one telegram from you reading: “Plans underway Mayapur pandal Absolutely imperative Giriraja return immediately Calcutta for collecting.
Madras My dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 31st, 1971. From your letter it appears that you are doing nicely distributing books and if you say that with help you could make at least one life member daily, then why not continue on in Madras for a month as you suggest or until there is no more field. But now we have received a telegram...
Hanuman, Amogha Djakarta, Indonesia My dear Hanuman and Amogha, Please accept my blessings. I have only just now received your letter dated October 19th, 1971, which was forwarded to me from Calcutta. You are the real representatives of Lord Caitanya. Without caring for any stable home, without any thought of personal gain, you are travelling distributing Krishna Consciousness everywhere you go....
Hayagriva Sriman Hayagriva das Adhikary ISKCON New Vrindaban R.D. 3, Moundsville, West Virginia. 89, Warden Road, “Akash Ganga” Building, Bombay-26 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 16th, 1971 along with an enclosed copy of a letter dated December 8th. addressed to Madras. Actually, I have come from Delhi to Bombay. So...
Krsna Bhamini My dear Krsna Bhamini devi dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated December 11th, 1971. I always receive your letters with great pleasure. I am glad that you are appreciating so much this Krishna Consciousness Movement. Lord Krishna extends His mercy to all living entities, but He is particularly attentive to the needs of His devotees. You are blessed...
Oklahoma City My dear Spiritual children Vamanadeva and Indira dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 17th, 1971. I am very glad to hear that our Krishna Consciousness Movement is meeting with good success already in Oklahoma City. That is predicted by Lord Caitanya, that in every town and village Hare Nama Sankirtana will be well received. It...
Dallas My dear Dinatarini Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from Dallas School dated December 26, 1972, along with examples of the children’s classwork. Thank you very much for allowing me to see the nice progress being made by our future preachers. I think everything is going on there nicely, and the children are learning in the proper line. So far geography...
Jadurani New York My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 16, 1972, along with photos from Srimad-Bhagavatam. To answer your questions, “self-deception” means that I know I should have done something, I have knowledge of what I ought to do, and still I don
Krsna Gopala Delhi My dear Krsna Gopala, Please accept my blessings. Your letter December 30, 1972, is in hand, I have only just now got it, so tomorrow is your Sharadh ceremony of your father, so I do not know if this letter will reach you in time to be of any help in the matter. But for conducting Sharadh ceremony, that should be done in our temple, and feasting should be arranged in the temple....
St. Louis My dear Madhukara, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 22, 1972, and I have noted the contents with care. For these questions arising between married husband and wife, you are requesting me to leave your wife and take the vanaprastha order of life, for these questions you must consult with and take permission from presidents and GBC. Yes, I know your wife Lilasakti,...
Revatinandana My dear Revatinandana, Please accept my blessings. Just now I have received some more requests for giving first initiation from Dhananjaya, and now I am receiving weekly not less than ten to fifteen such requests from new students. So it is becoming very expensive to send so many sets of beads such long distance, and it has become little bothersome for me also, so I think now you may...
Baltimore My dear Sama and Sammita Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 22, 1972, and I am so glad to hear that you are reopening the Baltimore temple and that you are prepared to stay there your life long for developing it to the highest standard. Yes, I was little disturbed to hear that we had closed down the Baltimore temple before. Baltimore...
Subrata Lahiri My dear Subrata Lahiri, Please accept my greetings and blessings. I have received your letter and I very much appreciate your kind sentiments. It appears that you are an intelligent man because you approach submissively and not to argue. In your letter you mention Bhagavad-gita. Actually the whole purpose of Bhagavad-gita is to revive our sanatana-dharma, which is the eternal occupation...
Nairobi, Kenya My dear Brahmananda Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your GBC report dated December 26, 1973. It is good news that you are now 14 strong at Nairobi. It will be nice if Shakti Mata can take care of the girls in the Temple. She is a very able woman. One thing, though, women should live separately. I know you can do it there because you have ample...
Vrndavana My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. Regarding Vrindaban affairs I have written one letter to Tejiyas a copy of which is enclosed. I am coming soon to see that the Vrindaban construction is finished by Janmastami. I will take care of the necessary funds. In the meantime, do the needful now to purchase all the materials.
Los Angeles My dear Aticandra dasi, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 16th, 1974 and have noted the contents. I think your idea is a little utopian. First thing is that one must understand Srimad-Bhagavatam fully. The first verse, if you simply explain, will take volumes and volumes. So, please study my books intensely and do not fail to chant 16 rounds daily...
Hiranyagarbha New Vrindaban My dear Hiranyagarbha dasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 25th, 1974 and have noted the contents. Those young boys are living as true brahmacaris. Brahmacari’s business is to study and then go to make some collection on behalf of the guru. This is very good engagement for them.
Mr. Saral Kumar Gupta Mr. Saral Kumar Das Gupta B/381 Tribeni Tissues Ltd. PLO. Tribeni, Dist. Hooghly West Bengal My dear Mr. Gupta, Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 28th, 1974 and have noted the contents. I think the best thing for you would be to come to our center in Bombay and live with us for a while here. We have very nice facilities here and we...
Nrsimha dasa Honolulu My dear Nrsimha das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 24th, 1974 and have noted the contents. Your idea is very nice but regarding the practicality of it, you should discuss with either the temple president or the GBC man. You should work it out together with the leaders there.
Bangkok My dear Pancadravida Svami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 29th, 1974 and have noted the contents. I am sending this letter via one friend who will be coming to Bangkok tomorrow. He will deliver the letter to a Mr. Panikar who will bring it to you. This Mr. Panikar has been recommended to me by one of our life members here as someone who can sign...
Prabhavisnu Bhaktivedanta Manor My dear Prabha Visnu das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated Dec. 17 and Dec. 27th, 1974 and have noted the contents. Your festival sounded very nice. Go on like this. Regarding book distribution, this is my foremost desire to have my books circulated profusely. I have just discussed with Hansadutta lowering the prices for England....
Yasomatisuta Hong Kong My dear Yasomatisuta das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 19, 1974 and have noted the contents. I am very glad to hear of your translating work there. This is very encouraging. Please continue it with full enthusiasm. I was told by Brahmananda Svami that you have finished 3 chapters of Gita already. So, I have asked that it be immediately...
Balavanta My dear Balavanta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 27, 1976 and have noted the contents. It appears that now it is the government policy to curb our activities. The zoning problem is another harassment. The general policy is to stop our Movement. That has begun, in so many ways; by the parents, by the municipality, by the government, by zoning;...