# January 28 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[spoken/730128nd.cal|The Nectar of Devotion — January 28, 1973, Calcutta]]** **Mādhavānanda:** [reading] "It is confirmed in the *Bhagavad-gītā* that after many, many births, when one becomes actually wise, he surrenders unto Vāsudeva, knowing perfectly well that Kṛṣṇa* [Vāsudeva] is the origin and cause of all causes. Therefore he sticks to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and gradually develops love for Him. Although such a wise man is very dear to Kṛṣṇa, the others are also accepted as very magnanimous because even though they are distressed or in need of money, they have come to Kṛṣṇa for satisfaction. Thus they are accepted as liberal, broad-minded *mahātmās.* "Without being elevated to the position of *jñānī,* or wise man, no one can stick to the principle of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Others, who are less intelli..." **Prabhupāda:** This *tulasī,* big plant, while passing it should not touch your cloth. It is not ordinary plant. Very careful. Or it should not be kept there. Be careful. --- **[[spoken/740128in.hon|Initiation Lecture — January 28, 1974, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** You told, not, "it will be finished. There is time." All right, chant *mantra*. Chant *mantra*. You chant. Finish, finish. Please chant. Give me some. How many there are? **Prabhupāda:** No, no. Before. Everyone should have. Go on with it. [devotees chant *japa*] So, you know the rules and regulation? **Donnie:** Follow the four regulative principles, which are no meat-eating, no illicit sex, no intoxication and no gambling, and chant at least sixteen rounds a day. --- **[[spoken/740128sb.hon|SB 1.16.35 — January 28, 1974, Honolulu]]** **Pradyumna:** [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] > kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya > premāvaloka-rucira-smita-valgu-jalpaiḥ > sthairyaṁ samānam aharan madhu-māninīnāṁ > romotsavo mama yad-aṅghri-viṭaṅkitāyāḥ > [[sb/1/16/35|[SB. 1.16.35] ]] **Translation:** "Who can, therefore, tolerate the pangs of separation from that Supreme Personality of Godhead? He could conquer the gravity and passionate wrath of His sweethearts like Satyabhāmā and others by His sweet smile of love, pleasing glance and hearty appeals. When He traversed my [the earth's] surface, I would be immersed in the dust of His lotus feet and thus would be sumptuously covered with grass, which appeared like hairs standing on me out of pleasure." **Prabhupāda:** *Kā vā saheta virahaṁ puruṣottamasya.* *Puruṣottama. Puruṣa* and *prakṛti,* there are two words. *Prakṛti* means "enjoyed" or "the energy," and *puruṣa* means "the enjoyer" and..., or "the powerful." So we are *prakṛti.* We living entities, we are *prakṛti.* That is stated in the *Bhagavad-gītā:* *prakṛteḥ hi me parām vidhi, apareyam itas tu prakṛti me...* --- **[[spoken/750128bg.tok|Bg 16.8 — January 28, 1975, Tokyo]]** "They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust." **Prabhupāda:** > asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te > jagad āhur anīśvaram > aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ > kim anyat kāma-haitukam > [[bg/16/8|[Bg. 16.8] ]] This is the atheistic theory, *asatyam.* They say that this material world is false. *Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā. Jagat, jagat* means this cosmic manifestation which is *gacchati,* going. In the material world, everything is going. Just like in your city you see the cars, motorcars, they are going here and there, *gacchati,* very busy. Every man is going here and there. Similarly, the whole planetary system also, beginning from its birth up to the annihilation, it is going, moving, orbit. It is going. Everything is going, moving. Even the sun, it has got its orbit. *Yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāṁ rājā samasta..., aśeṣa-tejāḥ, yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakraḥ *[Bs. 5.52]. The... Just like the earth has its orbit—it is rotating—similarly, every planet is rotating. The sun is also rotating. And so far I calculate, it is sixteen thousand miles per minute, or second. I calculated once. The sun is rotating sixteen thousand miles either per minute or per second. I forget now. --- **[[spoken/770128mw.bhu|Morning Walk — January 28, 1977, Bhubaneswar]]** --- **[[spoken/770128r1.bhu|Room Conversation — January 28, 1977, Bhubaneswar]]** --- **[[spoken/770128r2.bhu|Room Conversation — January 28, 1977, Bhubaneswar]]** --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/690128_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690128_krsna_dasa.md|Letter to Krsna Dasa, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690128_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690128_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700128_bhagavan.md|Letter to Bhagavan, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710128_edith.md|Letter to Edith, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710128_upendra.md|Letter to Upendra, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_hillel_ben-ami.md|Letter to Hillel Ben-Ami, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_hladini.md|Letter to Hladini, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_krsnanandini.md|Letter to Krsnanandini, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_nayanabhirama.md|Letter to Nayanabhirama, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_palika.md|Letter to Palika, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730128_thakura_haridasa.md|Letter to Thakura Haridasa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740128_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1977/770128_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1977]]