Spoken January 24
Cc. Madhya 8.128
Prabhupāda: " kibā vipra, kibā nyāsī, śūdra kene naya yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei ‘guru’ haya []" This verse we were discussing last night, Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s statement that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not reserved for any particular person or nation or religion. [translated into Oriya throughout by Gaura-Govinda] The central point is that one must understand what is Kṛṣṇa. The other day somebody inquired, Hari-śauri:Gaura-Govinda:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Gaura-Govinda:Prabhupāda…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Gurukṛpa Mahārāja, what is the benefit of this modern education? Gurukṛpa: No benefit. It makes them an ass. Prabhupāda: Making them demons, that’s all. Gurukṛpa: They become puffed-up, thinking they know something. They don’t know anything. Prabhupāda: Not only that; modern educated youths, they are not inclined to come to the farm. So theySatsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:…
Room Conversation
[loud kīrtana in background] Prabhupāda: The small Deity? Gurukṛpa: Yes. Prabhupāda: He was carried with me. So he was taking care of the Deity, giving massage and cooking. Devānanda also doing that. The rascal gone, left, hippie, doing... Gurukṛpa: Yes, smoking gañja.Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Gurukṛpa:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Gurukṛpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śaur…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: That is the difference in... [break] Satsvarūpa: Then, in years to come---like five years, ten years, twenty years---how will we be able to keep up our relationship with the universities that we have now? Now they think highly of us, that we’ve published these books, and theyPrabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Ha…
Letters January 24
Madhusudana New York My dear Madhusudana, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter brought to me by Rayarama. Yes, 15 minutes is sufficient time for the offering to remain on the altar. You do not need to lay down Lord Jagannatha on a bed, by mantra you say my dear Lord please take rest. In temples, there are two sets of deities, the big set is always on the throne, and the smaller...
My dear Himavati, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 16, 1969, and I thank you very much for this. The deity clothing that you have sent are all very beautiful, and everything is fitting just rightly. Regarding your thoughts of separating from your husband, I do not think this is a very good plan. You should always live with your husband and help him with his...
Madhusudana My dear Madhusudana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 21, 1969, and I have carefully read the contents. Regarding your plan for marrying with Kancanbala, I do not think that there is any immediate emergency for finding some one to replace you on the
My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of 20, January, 1969, and I have noted the contents. You have written that you are unable to find a girl who is available for marriage, and so for the present, you have no choice but to hold off on your marriage plans. Anyway, I always recommend that one should try to remain brahmacari if possible, and if you think that...
Brahmananda Boston My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for a letter Dated 21 January, 1970 with enclosure of BTG and “Isopanisad.” Regarding BTG, I have already sent you my remarks in my last letter to you and it appears that it is not to the standard of Japanese printing. The cutting of the magazine is not uniform and the paper is lighter. Anyway, this is the...
Ekendra My dear Ekendra das Brahmacari, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your good handwriting letter, and I am so pleased to learn that you are joining the Sankirtana Party along with Birbhadra and Girish. I shall always pray to Krishna for your spiritual progress and good health hundreds of times, and you be happy under the protection of New Vrndavana.
Gaurasundara My dear Gaurasundara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated 22 January, 1970 along with check for on my maintenance account. I am so glad to learn that you have purchased the house with the help of Sriman Balabhadra Brahmacari. I remember the day when I forcibly pushed you towards Hawaii with a charge for organizing our Krishna Consciousness Movement...
Krsna dasa Hamburg My dear Krishna das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18 January, 1970, and thank you very much for your contribution of on my maintenance account. When you presented your scheme for preaching work in the whole of Germany giving an estimate of population of important cities, it gave me so much pleasure. Just on receiving your letter...
Umapati Paris My dear Woompati, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 January, 1970, and I have conveyed your good suggestion to Suridas and Jotilla to go to Hamburg. As Tamala is already informed of this fact, I am sure he will take this practical suggestion and do the needful.
Toronto Dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have recently received from Bahudak, president of our Vancouver temple within your jurisdiction as GBC of Canada. Bahudak’s description of his plans to move to a farm are not clear, nor have I received any letter from you in this regard, as he implies. What will be the program at this farm? How will people be attracted...
Sri Debasis Bagahi Sri Debasis Bagahi New Delhi Dear Sri Bagchi ji, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 26th December, 1976, which has only now just caught up with me as I was travelling. Please go on with your translation work. When I see the translation, then we shall consider the honorarium. I am presently in Mayapur and will be remaining here until...
Sri P. L. Khanna Sri P.L. Khanna Calcutta Dear Sri Khanna ji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17th January, 1976, and I have noted the contents. Regarding the person in question, I have no such news so far. Be assured, my devotees in foreign countries do not admit unauthorized persons without first getting my permission.
Prasadam Distributing International 4350 Von Karman---Penthouse Newport Beach, California U.S.A. Dear Alex, Bob, Drdhavrata, Gupta, Rsabhadeva and Stan, Please accept my blessings. I have received your invitation to the opening of Prasadam Distributing International Inc., and I found it nicely presented. Krsna will give you intelligence how to engage in honest, brilliant, glorious work on His behalf....
Swarupa Damodar Sriman Swarupa Damodar das Brahmachary c/o ISKCON/ Hare Krishna Land Juhu Beach, Bombay 400 054 Nayapalli P.O. Bhubaneswara 12 Dist. Puri, Orissa Dear Swarupa Damodar, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter of January 15, and have studied the contents. I was very much anxious to hear from you, and now I hear you have gone to Manipur. You can do good work there....