# February 25 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[[spoken/730225le.jkt|Lecture [partially recorded] — February 25, 1973, Jakarta]]** [break] ...this is not a movement sentimental. No. It is scientific. That is why one should... [indistinct] ...Christian, anyone, because it is science. Automatic, "Two plus two equal to four." It is four for everyone. Not that because one is Muhammadan then it will be five, or because one is Christian it will be three. No. "Two plus two equal to four." Just like [indistinct] two. Similarly, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will be efficient for everyone if he studies impartially. Otherwise, how in the Western world the Americans—they are not foolish people, all these young men; they are qualified, educated—they're accepting this movement very seriously? I have got many branches almost in every city in America. Similarly, in Europe. Why not here? Simply I invite all the intelligent class of men to understand. Take one of our books. We have given not only one *Bhagavad-gītā...* [indistinct] means universe. Anyone can take part in the Kṛṣṇa [indistinct] illiterate, literate, rich, poor—anyone. But if anyone is proud of his education, let him come and study our books, understand this philosophy, and I'm sure he'll find satisfying. Don't take it as something sentimental, religious [indistinct]. No. It is a scientific, educational movement. Take it in that light, and you'll be profited. --- **[[spoken/730225r1.jkt|Room Conversation, Bhagavad-gītā 9.34 — February 25, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Devotee:Translation:** "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me. Offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." **Devotee:Purport:** "In this verse it is clearly indicated that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the only means of being delivered from the clutches of this contaminated material world. Sometimes unscrupulous commentators distort the meaning of what is clearly stated here: that all devotional service should be offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Unfortunately, unscrupulous commentators divert the mind of the reader to that which is not at all feasible. Such commentators do not know that there is no difference between Kṛṣṇa's mind and Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is not an ordinary human being. He's Absolute Truth. His body..." --- **[[spoken/740225bg.bom|Bg 7.11-12 — February 25, 1974, Bombay]]** **Translation:** "I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O Lord of the Bhāratas, Arjuna." --- **[[spoken/740225mw.bom|Morning Walk, partially recorded — February 25, 1974, Bombay]]** **Dr. Patel:** He comes from London, and he has received a telephone from him in London, when he was coming. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Then, after Dvārakā, they are expecting us in Hyderabad by about the twenty... [break] **Dr. Patel:** *Dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya* [[bg/4/8|[Bg. 4.8] ]]. He must again become. *Sambhavāmi yuge yuge.* We must see that He comes. We are all praying secretly that "Let God come now. Enough of this time!" --- **[[spoken/750225ar.mia|Arrival Lecture — February 25, 1975, Miami]]** **Prabhupāda:** So I am very glad to see this Miami temple. Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda has come here. It is great fortune for you. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared for delivering all kinds of fallen souls in this age. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura sings, *pāpī-tāpī yāta chilo, hari-nāme uddhārilo, tāra sākṣī jagāi* and *mādhāi.* So *brajendra-nandana yei, śacī-suta hoilo sei, balarāma hoilo nitāi.* The same Kṛṣṇa and same Balarāma... Kṛṣṇa has appeared as the son of Mother Śacī, and Balarāma has appeared as Nityānanda, and Their business is to deliver all fallen souls, especially in this age, Kali-yuga. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission was that He should be present by His name, by His form, by His pastime, in every town and village of the world. And you are fulfilling His mission. So undoubtedly, you will be blessed and you will get Kṛṣṇa's mercy through the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. To understand Kṛṣṇa is not so easy thing. Out of many thousands, millions people, one is anxious to make his life successful. Nobody is interested. Practically they do not know what is actually success of life. The modern civilization, everyone is thinking, "If I get a good wife and nice motorcar and a nice apartment, that is success." That is not success. That is temporary. Real success is to get out of the clutches of *māyā,* means this material conditional life which comprehends birth, death, old age and disease. We are passing through many varieties of life, and this human form of life is a good chance to get out of this chain of changing body one after another. --- **[[spoken/750225bg.mia|Bg 13.1-2 — February 25, 1975, Miami]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verses, etc.] "Arjuna said: O my dear Kṛṣṇa, I wish to know about prakṛti [nature], puruṣa [the enjoyer], and the field and the knower of the field, and of knowledge and the end of knowledge. The Blessed Lord then said: This body, O son of Kuntī, is called the field, and one who knows this body is called the knower of the field." --- **[[spoken/750225dp.car|Departure Lecture — February 25, 1975, Caracas]]** **Prabhupāda:** So I thank you very much for your kindly receiving me in this temple, and I was very happy. So my request is that you continue your devotional service very faithfully and rigidly, then in this life you will be able to see Kṛṣṇa face to face. That is a fact. So you follow the advice, as given by Rūpa Gosvāmī, *utsāhāt.* The first thing is enthusiasm, that "I must see Kṛṣṇa." You are seeing Kṛṣṇa. The Deity of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is not different. But even personally you can see. Simply we have to continue the enthusiasm. Enthusiasm means to take things very seriously, *utsāhād dhairyāt,* and patiently. Although we are determined to go back to home, back to Godhead, so we should patiently follow the rules and regulations. So these are the six principles: endeavor..., mean, enthusiasm, and firm determination, and patience, and executing the regulative principles, *tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt,* and *sato vṛtteḥ,* means behavior must be very honest, no duplicity, and... *Utsāhād dhairyāt niścayāt tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt,* and *sato vṛtteḥ,* dealing must be very honestly, no hypocrisy, *tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt, sādhu-saṅga,* and in the association of devotees. If you follow these six principles, namely enthusiasm, determination, patience, and executing the regulative principle and keep yourself honest and in the association of devotee, if you follow these six principle, then your success is sure. So these are the six principle, positive. *Ṣaḍbhir bhaktiḥ prasidhyati.* By following these six principle, success is assured. Similarly, there are opposite number. What is that? *Atyāhāraḥ,* eating too much. *Atyāhāraḥ* means eating too much or unnecessarily collecting too much. And *prayāsaḥ. Prayāsaḥ* means too much endeavoring for a thing, mean, unnecessarily taking some anxiety. Don't do that. *Atyāhāraḥ prayāsas prajalpaḥ,* and talking nonsense, gossiping some subject matter which has no concern with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We are accustomed to do that. We should avoid it. *Atyāhāraḥ prayāsaś ca prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ* *[*Upadeśāmṛta* 2]. Niyamāgrahaḥ* means the positive rules and regulation, simply make a show but not actually realize it. *Niyamāgrahaḥ, laulyam,* and to become very greedy, and *jana-saṅgaś ca,* and mixing with persons who are not devotee. These six things should be avoided, and the first things should be followed. Then your success in devotional service is sure.* [Hṛdayānanda begins to translate and pauses] *Prajalpaḥ,* unnecessary gossiping. Just like people are wasting time taking one newspaper and talking for hours. These things should be avoided. And to associate with nondevotees. And greediness. These things should be avoided. --- **[[spoken/760225mw.may|Morning Walk [partially recorded] — February 25, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** That is decision, that from this Western world, they haven't got to take anything. If they have got to take anything, it is from India. That they have decided. And that's a fact. **Dayānanda:** Actually, *Bhagavad-gītā* has already been translated into Russian. I have seen one copy. --- **[[spoken/760225sb.may|SB 7.9.18 — February 25, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Dayānanda:Translation:** "O my Lord Nṛsiṁha, in this way, just being engaged in Your transcendental loving service, I shall be able to associate with devotees who are liberated souls, *haṁsas,* and thus, being completely uncontaminated by the association of three modes of material nature, it will be possible for me to chant the glories of Your Lordship, who is so dear to me. I shall chant Your glories, fully following the footprints of Lord Brahmā and his disciplic succession. In this way it will be possible without any doubt that I shall cross over the ocean of nescience." **Prabhupāda:** > so 'haṁ priyasya suhṛdaḥ paradevatāyā > līlā-kathās tava nṛsiṁha viriñca-gītāḥ > añjas titarmy anugṛṇan guṇa-vipramukto > durgāṇi te pada-yugālaya-haṁsa-saṅgaḥ > [[sb/7/9/18|[SB. 7.9.18] ]] So in this verse two words are very important. One is *viriñca-gīta, Viriñca* means Lord Brahmā and the followers. Just like we, Gauḍīya-sampradāya, means we belong to the Brahma-sampradāya. Our *sampradāya* begins from Lord Brahmā. There are similarly other *sampradāyas,* just like Rudra-sampradāya, then Kumāra-sampradāya, and there is Lakṣmī-sampradāya, Rāmānuja-sampradāya. So there are four *sampradāyas:* Brahma-sampradāya, Rudra-sampradāya, Kumāra-sampradāya and Lakṣmī-sampradāya. And if we do not take either of these *sampradāyas* in disciplic succession, then our attempt to advance in spiritual life will be failure. *Sampradāya-vihīnā ye mantrās te viphalā matāḥ.* [*Padma Purāṇa*] [If one does not follow the four recognized disciplic successions, his *mantra* or initiation is useless.] --- **[[spoken/770225ed.may|Evening Darśana — February 25, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** And a small *mṛdaṅga* I gave to my youngest son—three rupees. [laughter] So it is long..., not long ago, say about forty years ago. So it was, smaller, three rupees, and bigger, ten to twelve rupees, like that. So what about your purchasing house? **Bali-mardana:** From outside it looks very good. From the inside, it needs a lot of work. That is... **Bali-mardana:** It is... And the..., three minutes from the center of the city, and right across the street... [break] --- **[[spoken/770225r1.may|Room Conversation — February 25, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** So I am requesting you that from India you take books and distribute, and in exchange, half the money you send us in powdered milk and *ghee.* **Bali-mardana:** Hmm. Yes, I am prepared to order all the hardbound books from India. I've already ordered forty thousand *Bhagavad-gītās* and some four or five thousand *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatams.* **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Well, there's no problem. In other words, as long as we can get the import license... We'll be able to get an import license. But right now he is... --- **[[spoken/770225r2.may|Room Conversation With Artists and About BTG — February 25, 1977, Māyāpur]]** *[Hari-śauri explaining to **Tamāl Kṛṣṇa* on how to record Prabhupāda]*Hari-śauri:** Now it's recording. This is automatic level control. When it's done it is automatic level. You have to adjust the level here. This is a volume contrast. **Hari-śauri:** I didn't. Yes, I always play on automatic. Now this is indicates which microphone is on. When it's up it's on this microphone. When it's down it's on the condensed microphone. I usually, I leave on this microphone. I hardly ever use the condensed microphone. **Hari-śauri:** Hmm. Hmm. Far out machine. This is the speaker, if you want to play anything back to Prabhupāda. Usually you leave the speaker switched off. When it's up, it's on. When it's down it's off. And that's about it really. If you want you just click it back again when he wants to start recording again. --- **[[spoken/770225sb.may|SB 7.9.5 — February 25, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "When Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva saw the small boy Prahlāda Mahārāja prostrated at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection toward His devotee. Raising Prahlāda, the Lord placed His lotus hand upon the boy's head because His hand is always ready to create fearlessness in all of His devotees." **Prabhupāda:** > sva-pāda-mūle patitaṁ tam arbhakaṁ > vilokya devaḥ kṛpayā pariplutaḥ > utthāpya tac-chīrṣṇy adadhāt karāmbujaṁ > kālāhi-vitrasta-dhiyāṁ kṛtābhayam > [[sb/7/9/5|[SB. 7.9.5] ]] So to become devotee or favorite to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very easy. It is not at all difficult. Here we see the example, Prahlāda Mahārāja, a five-year-old boy... --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670225_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/680225_karunamayi.md|Letter to Karunamayi, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680225_mario_windisch.md|Letter to Mario Windisch, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680225_pradyumna.md|Letter to Pradyumna, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680225_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690225_bhurijana.md|Letter to Bhurijana, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690225_indira.md|Letter to Indira, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690225_kancanbala.md|Letter to Kancanbala, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690225_nara-narayana.md|Letter to Nara-Narayana, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700225_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/720225_prajapati.md|Letter to Prajapati, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_bhurijana.md|Letter to Bhurijana, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_dina_dayala.md|Letter to Dina Dayala, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_nitai.md|Letter to Nitai, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760225_vicitravirya.md|Letter to Vicitravirya, 1976]]