Spoken January 10
Initiations
Prabhupāda: So what is the name? Pradyumna: Ṛṣabhadeva. Prabhupāda: Huh? Ṛṣabhadeva, yes. Ṛṣabhadeva is the, was a emperor of the world, and He was incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. So Ṛṣabhadeva dāsa. You are not Ṛṣabhadeva, but you are servant of Ṛṣabhadeva. Always remember it. When we give some spiritual name, that is KṛṣṇaṚṣabhadeva:Prabhupāda:Ṛṣabhadeva:Devotee (1):Ṛṣabhadeva:Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Girl:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:…
The Nectar of Devotion
Pradyumna: “...is divided into four parts, just as the ocean is sometimes divided into four parts, and there are different sections within each of these four divisions. Originally, in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, the ocean is divided like the watery ocean, to east, west, north and south, while the subsections within these different divisions are called waves. As in the ocean there are always different waves, either on the eastern side, the western side, the northern side or the southern side, so simi…
Initiations
Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Abhirāma...? Karandhara: Manobhirāma. Prabhupāda: Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma. Manobhirāma is Kṛṣṇa. He pleases everyone’s mind. Devotees: Jaya. Haribol. Karandhara: David? [break] Prabhupāda: There is all neck beads, everyone? You knows the rules and regulation? [break] Dhanurdharī. [aside:] Not left. Yes. Dhanurdharī. Dhanurdharī is Lord RāmacandraKarandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:Karandhara:Prabhupāda:…
Morning Walk
Satsvarūpa: We always say that you water..., the best way to water the tree is from the root, but he says that the way that nature actually waters is from the top. Prabhupāda: So wherefrom the top water comes? Svarūpa Dāmodara: By evaporation. Satsvarūpa: The clouds. Svarūpa Dāmodara: By evaporation of the ocean.Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:P…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...at a time. Simply the sense must be there. Jñānavan. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyante [Bg. 7.19]. To surrender to Kṛṣṇa is not easy, but if one is jñānavān, he can do it. So make your country jñānavān,Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:G…
Letters January 10
Bhagavan My dear Bhagavan das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 6, 1970 and I have noted the contents. I also thank you very much for your appreciation of my books and letters and for my speaking in the meetings. They are not my words, as I have repeatedly informed you that I am simply the bearer of the message from Lord Caitanya through the disciplic...
c/o Friendly Store 85 Dudden Hill Lane London N.W. 10 England My dear Ksirodakasayiji, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter, dated 25 December, 1969, addressed to Boston and now redirected here. I have come to Los Angeles on the 29th ultimo. I am living in a very nice house for which they are paying
My dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters of December 8 and 16, 1971, and I am very pleased that you are making advancement in Krishna Consciousness, and especially that you are observing faithfully the regulative principles of chanting 16 rounds, observing arotik, etc. I have not heard from you for some time, so I had become worried what is your...
Krsna dasa Hamburg My dear Krishna das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 17, 1971, and I am very much pleased that you are now in Germany and that everything is going very nicely there. You stay there in Hamburg with Hansadutta for some time and make that center very strong, then you may both return as it was, and Hansadutta may go to his zone of...
Makhanlal My dear Makhanlal, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29th November, 1971, and I have noted the content with great pleasure. Below find one letter for initiates, please. Because you have recommended, I am happy to accept them as my duly initiated disciples. Seven beads, two copies of Gayatri mantra and two sacred threads, duly chanted on by me,...
Sri Jayadayal Dalmia 4 Scindia House New Delhi-1 Dear Sri Jayadayalji, Please accept my best wishes. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7th January, 1976. As you have suggested that someone from our institution be opted as a member of the Managing Committee, I have selected Sri Vishvambhar Dayala as well as myself. Both of us may be made members, and I shall give instructions through...
My dear Svarupa Damodara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated December 26th, 1975, and I have noted the contents carefully. Your plan to have the Bhaktivedanta Summer Institute in one of our farms is a very good idea. But you say that there is a chance that none of our farms will be suitable. Why not? Anyway, you will be discussing it at Mayapur at which time you...
Toronto My dear Viswakarma, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your undated letter. Yes, it is the mercy of Krishna that we have got such an important building in Toronto. It is a top-most triumph. If you can fix up a neon sign always moving with the maha-mantra Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, that will be a great achievement....