# February 4 *Lectures from this day: 6 recordings* --- **[[spoken/750204bg.hon|Bg 16.8 — February 4, 1975, Honolulu]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "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] ]] --- **[[spoken/750204mw.hon|Morning Walk — February 4, 1975, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** No, I liked it. Although I was sick, still, I liked it. Day and night, for thirty-five days. **Prabhupāda:** The sea journey is very good, provided there is no sea-sickness. Otherwise very bad. [*japa*] [break] ...all of our books in different languages. At least all the European languages. America is one language. --- **[[spoken/760204mw.may|Morning Walk — February 4, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...Then, in the morning, it rises reddish. So why it does not look reddish always if it is fixed? Huh? **Harikeśa:** Well, the material scientists say it's because of the atmospheric condition. It refracts the light in such a way that it becomes reddish. That's what they say. Because it's thicker atmosphere. You have to look through more atmos... **Harikeśa:** Because the earth also moves like this. It's going around the sun, and then every day it rotates once. --- **[[spoken/770204ar.cal|Arrival Lecture — February 4, 1977, Calcutta]]** **Prabhupāda:** > śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā- > śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau > yuktasya bhaktaṁś ca niyuñjato 'pi > vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam > [Śrī Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka, 3] **Prabhupāda:** Very good. So this is the injunction of the *śāstra, śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā.* They... **Prabhupāda:** Yes. [Transl. Stand there. Not before the Deity.] So this is the duty of all disciples under the guidance of the spiritual master*—*to decorate. *Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṅgāra. Śṛṅgāra* means decoration. Amongst the various paraphernalia of worshiping the Lord, the *śṛṅgāra* is very essential, *śṛṅgāra* and *tan-mandira-mārjanādi,* and cleansing the temple. The more you cleanse the temple, the more you decorate the Deity, more your heart becomes cleansed and you become spiritually decorated. --- **[[spoken/770204r1.cal|Room Conversation — February 4, 1977, Calcutta]]** **Prabhupāda:** So to approach a puffed-up man, falsely puffed-up man... Just like sometimes father begs from the son, "Oh, my dear child, oh, you are very... Give me this hundred rupees' note. You'll spoil it." But the child does not know that father is not beggar. The child thinks, "My father is begging. All right. Take it." This is childish. We are not begging. It is a means to approach the rascal puffed-up men. We are not begging. And where is the begging? If I sell one book, is that begging? **Prabhupāda:** Call them. Because people are falsely proud, therefore we approach them in a humble way. That also, we do not beg. We give something and take something, exchange, and give something which is appreciated by the greatest learned circle. And you are saying we are begging? **Prabhupāda:** Yes, mostly we do. Don't say about that flower. That may be. That is also not restricted. We can beg. In India still, high scholarly *sannyāsīs,* they beg. That is allowed. *Bhikṣu.* They like. *Tridaṇḍī-bhikṣu.* So begging in Vedic culture is neither illegal nor shameful—by the proper person. Begging is allowed to the *brahmacārīs,* to the *sannyāsīs.* And they like openly. *Tridaṇḍī-bhikṣu. Bhikṣu* means beggar. --- **[[spoken/770204r2.cal|Conversation [partially recorded] — February 4, 1977, Calcutta]]** --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/550204_registrar_of_joint_stock_companies.md|Letter to Registrar Of Joint Stock Companies, 1955]] - [[../../letters/1966/660204_tirtha_maharaja.md|Letter to Tirtha Maharaja, 1966]] - [[../../letters/1968/680204_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680204_labangalatika.md|Letter to Labangalatika, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680204_william_odell.md|Letter to William Odell, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690204_aniruddha.md|Letter to Aniruddha, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700204_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700204_hanuman_prasad_poddar.md|Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710204_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710204_murari.md|Letter to Murari, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710204_nayanabhirama.md|Letter to Nayanabhirama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_atreya_rsi.md|Letter to Atreya Rsi, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_madhucara.md|Letter to Madhucara, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_sankarsana.md|Letter to Sankarsana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_sri_galim.md|Letter to Sri Galim, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720204_vaikunthanatha_patita_pavana.md|Letter to Vaikunthanatha Patita Pavana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1975/750204_dr._channa_reddy.md|Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750204_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760204_aditya.md|Letter to Aditya, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760204_danavir.md|Letter to Danavir, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760204_sravanananda_bhavabhuti.md|Letter to Sravanananda Bhavabhuti, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760204_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1977/770204_kashinath_mullick.md|Letter to Kashinath Mullick, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770204_mark_anson.md|Letter to Mark Anson, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770204_tusta_krsna_swami.md|Letter to Tusta Krsna Swami, 1977]]