# January 17 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1971/710117rc.all.md|Room Conversation — January 17, 1971, Allahabad]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/710117sb.all|SB 6.2.12-14 — January 17, 1971, Allahabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** There are so many persons following their own principles of religious, ritualistic performances, but... [break] ...by remaining in the same standard. They are not improving. Spiritual life, or religious life, means that one should make advance towards back to home, back to Godhead, not that religious life should be followed to make some material improvement. That is not religious life. *Dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa* *[SB 4.8.41, Cc. Ādi 1.90] *These are the principles for elevating a living entity to the highest platform. But they have taken it, generally... They perform religious ritualistic performances for getting some more money, *artha.* Of course, we require some money for our maintenance; that is necessary. But if we simply perform ritualistic performances to acquire money only, that is misguided. --- **[[spoken/720117le.jai|Lecture [Hindi] — January 17, 1972, Jaipur]]** --- **[[spoken/740117sb.hon|SB 1.16.21 — January 17, 1974, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** [interrupts the synonyms] Hmm? *Puruṣādaiḥ—*by men? *Puruṣādaiḥ, puruṣādaiḥ* means *rākṣasa,* the cannibals. So there has been... "Cannibals" it should be. You can have a notebook. Whenever there is some discrepancy, you note in the next. *Puruṣādaiḥ* means "by the cannibals, *rākṣasas.*" **Translation:** "Are you feeling compunction for the unhappy women and children who are left forlorn by unscrupulous persons? Or are you unhappy because the goddess of learning is being handled by brāhmaṇas addicted to acts against the principles of religion? Or are you sorry to see that the brāhmaṇas have taken shelter of administrative families that do not respect brahminical culture?" --- **[[spoken/750117sb.bom|SB 3.26.42 — January 17, 1975, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** "Although originally one, taste becomes manifold as astringent, sweet, bitter, pungent, sour and salty due to contact with other substances." **Prabhupāda:** > kaṣāyo madhuras tiktaḥ > kaṭv amla iti naikadhā > bhautikānāṁ vikāreṇa > rasa eko vibhidyate > [[sb/3/26/42|[SB. 3.26.42] ]] *Rasa,* taste, is one, but it becomes varieties by different combination of *bhautikānām,* material elements. This is chemistry. Chemistry means mixing of different chemicals and produced another element. Just like soap. Soap is mixture of fat and soda. So fat, oil, is something else, and soda is another thing, but if you carefully mix them together, it becomes soap. So the whole world is the mixture of these five elements: *kṣitir āp...* Fire, water... *Tejo-vāri-mṛd-vinimayam*. The Sanskrit word is *tejo-vāri-mṛd-vinimayaḥ. Mṛd* means this earth, and *teja* means fire, and *vāri* means water. You take earth mixed with water and put it into the fire; it becomes brick. Then you take another mixture; that becomes cement. And take the help of cement and take the help of brick; then construct a house. --- **[[spoken/760117mw.may|Morning Walk. Tour of Māyāpur Grounds — January 17, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Jayapatākā:** The devotees like when the loudspeakers are playing Hare Kṛṣṇa 'cause then they work and hear *kīrtan*. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** ...can hear any temple bells from the other temples during the *ārati.* I don't hear them having *ārati.* Do they? Maybe they don't have enough men there to ring the bells. **Bhavānanda:** Yes. [break] ...went to Krishnanagar yesterday, and he's found bricks, so we can begin... --- **[[spoken/760117r1.may|Room Conversation — January 17, 1976, Māyāpur]]** --- title: Lecture — January 17, 1976, Mayapur date: 1976-01-17 permalink: spoken/760117r1.may description: "\"...Sanat Kumāras were going to Vaikuṇṭha to visit Lord Viṣṇu. They were stopped at the door by the doorkeepers, Jaya and Vijaya. But specifically, the Supreme Lord cannot be seen by ordinary eyes. Bu..." --- **Devotee (1):** "...Sanat Kumāras were going to Vaikuṇṭha to visit Lord Viṣṇu. They were stopped at the door by the doorkeepers, Jaya and Vijaya. But specifically, the Supreme Lord cannot be seen by ordinary eyes. But He can now become visible to the eyesight of the Kumāras. Another significant word is *samādhi-vākyam*. Meditators who are very fortunate see the Viṣṇu form of the Lord within their hearts by following the *yoga* process. But to see Him eye to eye is a different matter. It is only possible for pure devotees. The Kumāras therefore, before seeing the Lord..." [break] **Prabhupāda:** So then the chance is lost. Repeatedly Kṛṣṇa is saying, "You give up all this habit. Just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. *Sarva-dharmān...*" Nobody will hear. "Why shall I not?" There is a Bengali song, *cokhe* *yadi lāge bhāla kena dekhbo nā:* "If it is gratifying to my eyes, why shall I not see a beautiful woman? Why you are forbidding me?" *Cokhe* *yadi lāge bhāla:* "It is pleasing to my eyes. Why you are forbidding me?" This is going on. *Cokhe yadi lāge bhālo.* If there is little happiness, don't mind it is flickering; it will go on. The Carvaka Muni: *ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā ghṛtaṁ pibet:* "Some way or other prepare foodstuff with *ghee*." "I have no money." *Ṛṇaṁ kṛtvā:* "Just take. Beg, borrow, steal, bring *ghee* and prepare nice foodstuff and eat, and enjoy life." This is the material world. But *śāstra* says, "No, no, no. Don't do this. This is the hog's business. *Tapo.* * [[sb/5/5/1|[SB. 5.5.1] ]] Just try to go, follow austerity." Even those who are so-called advanced in knowledge—*karmī, jñānī, yogī*—they are also after sense gratification. *Karmī* is openly after sense gratification, and *jñānī* is subtly: "No, no. This kind of..." *Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā.* "Now I shall enjoy Brahman. I shall become God." This is another side, the same sense enjoyment. Because I have failed becoming a minister or becoming a king, becoming a leader, becoming... I have failed; now I shall become God. Same sense grati... They cannot understand that this is also sense gratification. "I am not..., no more satisfied by becoming a little minister and king and... No. I shall become God. Why shall I... By becoming king or minister I beg to the goddess of fortune, 'Mother, give me a little money.' Why shall I beg? I shall enjoy her. I become Nārāyaṇa." Same disease. A *yogī* also, after mystic power they want to show magic: "I shall make like this, and gold will be there. People will worship me as I am God." Do that. People do that. If you play something wonderful they will accept you: "Oh, you are God." But he does not know that he cannot become God. That is not possible. Although he gets little fractional authority to puzzle others that he has become God... Because people are fools, if he can produce little gold like this, they will be immediately amazed: "Oh, how powerful he is." They have no capacity to understand. If God is meant for making gold, why not worship the God who has made already millions of gold mines? Unlimited. There is no limit. Why this paltry god? They have no such knowledge. They are amazed. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680117_s.s.m._dave.md|Letter to S.S.M. Dave, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680117_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/700117_mr._kugimoto.md|Letter to Mr. Kugimoto, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710117_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720117_abhirama.md|Letter to Abhirama, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720117_annuttama_das_brahmachary.md|Letter to Annuttama Das Brahmachary, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720117_jayapataka_bhavananda.md|Letter to Jayapataka Bhavananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720117_ranadhira.md|Letter to Ranadhira, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/740117_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740117_sripada_radhika_bhava.md|Letter to Sripada Radhika Bhava, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750117_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750117_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750117_prajapati.md|Letter to Prajapati, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750117_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1975]]