# February 26 *Lectures from this day: 11 recordings* --- **[[spoken/720226le.may|Lecture [Bengali] — February 26, 1972, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** I thank you for coming here and participating in our International Society for Krsna consciousness movement. "Namaskar". You have heard this and you will be happy to hear more about the topics of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He had some expectation, He had some desires. Supreme Lord's desire or expectations are all bound to be true. Those are never false. We may desire many things, but they may not be fulfilled. But the supreme Lord's desires or His pure devotee's desires are always sure to be true. Fulfilled. Those desires never remain unfulfilled. --- **[[spoken/730226bg.jkt|Bg 2.12 Hindi — February 26, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Prabhupāda:** > na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ > na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ > na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ > sarve vayam ataḥ param > [[bg/2/12|[Bg. 2.12] ]] --- **[[spoken/730226r1.jkt|Room Conversation, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.31-33 — February 26, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Prabhupāda:** > andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās > te 'pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ > na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ > durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ > [[sb/7/5/31|[SB. 7.5.31] ]] **Guest (1):** We are working for forefathers; I have been working also. We just follow the same tradition. --- **[[spoken/730226r2.jkt|Room Conversation Hindi and English — February 26, 1973, Jakarta]]** [Hindi conversation between guests and Śrīla Prabhupāda with occasional English words and phrases interspersed; other guests arrive] **Amogha:** Yes. This is Mr. Ivy Mastra, and he is in charge of the Hindu and Buddhist Department of the Department of Religion. And this is his next-in-command, director-general, Mr. G. Puja. He was educated in India also. **Amogha:** Actually, they have arranged, by giving a letter, that we can stay in the country. They simply say, "We do not object," and then the immigration gives us a good visa. They especially like your books. --- **[[spoken/740226bg.cal|Bg 15.1 — February 26, 1974, Calcutta]]** **Nitāi:** Translation: "The Blessed Lord said: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches downward, whose leaves are the Vedic hymns. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas." [[bg/15/1|[Bg. 15.1] ]] **Purport:** "After the discussion of the importance of *bhakti-yoga,* one may question, 'What about the *Vedas*?' It is explained in this chapter that the purpose of Vedic study is to understand Kṛṣṇa. Therefore one who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, who is engaged in devotional service, already knows the *Vedas.* "The entanglement of this material world is compared here to a banyan tree. For one who is engaged in fruitive activities, there is no end to the banyan tree. He wanders from one branch to another, to another, to another. The tree of this material world has no end. For one who is attached to this tree, there is no possibility of liberation. The Vedic hymns, meant for elevating oneself, are called the leaves of this tree. This tree's roots grow upward because they begin from where Brahmā is located, the topmost planet of this universe. If one can understand this indestructible tree of illusion, then one can get out of it. --- **[[spoken/750226bg.mia|Bg 13.3 — February 26, 1975, Miami]]** **Nitāi:** "O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. That is My opinion." So last night we discussed about the questions by Arjuna to Lord Kṛṣṇa. He had six questions. One question is: What is this nature, material nature, *prakṛti*? And another question is *puruṣaṁ,* the living being, or the human being. The human being, or the living being. Actually living being, but especially the humankind, they are trying to exploit this material nature. So what is this material nature, and what are these living beings who are trying to exploit? Two questions. The third: *kṣetram,* the field of activities. Take it as body or as your country or as your property. Whatever you... That is called *kṣetra.* And *kṣetra-jña* means the proprietor or the knower. Four questions. And the *jñānam* and *jñeyam:* knowledge and the subject matter of knowledge, what is the subject matter of knowledge? These six questions are put before Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of Arjuna. **The first answer was there, that Kṛṣṇa said, *idaṁ śarīraṁ kaunteya kṣetram ity abhidhīyate* [[bg/13/2|[Bg. 13.2] ]]. This body. It is very simple question and simple answer. One has to ponder over it, then things will be very clear. He said that *kṣetra* means "field of activities." *Kṣetra*... It is called *kṣetra.* Just like a plowman, it is called the..., what is called, plowman? The *kṛśan*? The agriculturalist who works in the field?**Devotee:** Farmer? --- **[[spoken/760226mw.may|Morning Walk — February 26, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...no more desire of material enjoyment, he is fit for *sannyāsa.* Anyone who sees, "Oh, this car is very nice. This beautiful wife is very..., very beautiful woman is very nice," he should not think of taking *sannyāsa. Viṣa-bhakṣaṇād apy asādhu* [[cc/madhya/11/8|[Cc. Madhya 11.8] ]]: "Such desires is most abominable, more than taking poison." To commit suicide by taking poison is most abominable thing, because he's going to be a ghost. He'll be punished to become a ghost, those who commit suicide. Or, if one is suddenly killed and he has so many desires, he becomes ghost. Therefore *viṣa-bhakṣaṇa,* taking poison, and die untimely, is most abominable. Or commit suicide. By the material law also, to attempt to commit suicide is criminal. You know that? **Prabhupāda:** Yes. It is criminal.* [Transl.What happened? Why are you not cleaning up as the platforms are being completed?] If you take *sannyāsa...* Just like there are so many *sannyāsīs,* for filling up the belly. Wherever you go they give some alms. But in..., outside India, who cares for the *sannyāsī*? Then why you should be eager to take *sannyāsa* and cheat yourself? You cannot cheat others, but you can cheat yourself. **Prabhupāda:** [laughs] So I do not know why our disciples are so anxious to take *sannyāsa,* at least those who are outside. Everyone comes: "Give me *sannyāsa."* What is the idea? --- **[[spoken/760226sb.may|SB 7.9.19 — February 26, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Dayānanda:Translation:** "My Lord Nṛsiṁha, the Supreme, persons who are neglected by You and not taken care of by You, such embodied souls cannot do anything better on account of bodily conception of life. And whatever remedial measures they take, they are certainly not permanent, although they may be beneficial temporarily. In this concern, there is the example of the father and mother who cannot give any protection to their children. The physician and medicine..." **Dayānanda:** "...which cannot give relief to the suffering patient, and the boat on the ocean which cannot give protection to the drowning man." --- **[[spoken/770226ed.may|Evening Darśana — February 26, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Indian man:**[Transl. *Yesterday only we returned from Mathura?]*Indian lady:*[Transl. *We once went to your London Āśrama.]*Prabhupāda:*[Transl. *Oh? Where? In Bury place?]*Indian lady:*[Transl. *In 70.]*Prabhupāda: Eh?Indian lady:*[Transl. *70. In 1970.]*Indian man:*[Transl. *In 1970 we all went there.]*Indian lady:*[Transl. *Yes. Dr...]*Indian man:* [Transl. *Bury place.]**Prabhupāda:** [Transl. *In 1969 I was there.]**Indian man:** [Transl. *...Āśrama was there.]**Prabhupāda:**[Transl. *Bury place.] **Indian lady:** [Transl. *Will you go there again?]**Prabhupāda:**[Transl. *They are inviting me to come.] **Prabhupāda: And the other thing is the owner of the body. So which is important, the body or the owner of the body?* [Transl. What do you say?] Which is important? **Indian man (1):** Actually, I have thought, I have returned many times, because I did not want any material gain, but was my firm faith, that what attracted me was the worth not of my personal ability but abilities of many other people. **Prabhupāda:** No, no. We have to understand the subject matter for which we are working. Personal benefit and extended personal benefit, there is no difference by quality. Generally they take it that "Why I am working for my family? If I work for my community, or if I work for my society..." Extended. So the quality does not change. --- **[[spoken/770226iv.may|Interview — February 26, 1977, Māyāpur]]** [First 28 minutes of audio is talk between 2 interviewers and Prabhupāda in Hindi, discussing, among other things, books produced in other languages. A few English words interjected.] **Prabhupāda:** [Transl. What He had said, people could not understand, therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu has appeared as a devotee in this world. The Supreme Personality of Godhead personally descended and preached *sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja*[[bg/18/66|[Bg. 18.66] ]] [Transl. He asserted, but people could not understand His favor. Therefore He again appeared as a devotee, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and taught how to learn devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. So we are trying to preach the teachings of Mahaprabhu. Actually we not manufacturing anything new. Whatever Lord Kṛṣṇa had personally tried to instruct when He descended in this world five thousand years ago, that same thing Caitanya Mahaprabhu tried to spread five hundred years ago. And actually He did it. --- **[[spoken/770226sb.may|SB 7.9.6 — February 26, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** You can divide the syllables: *sa tat-kara-sparśa-dhuta-akhila-aśubhaḥ.* You cannot pronounce combinedly, just divide. *Sa tat-kara-sparśa-dhuta-akhila-aśubhaḥ,* like that. Anyway, chant.* [Pradyumna continues chanting, devotees chant slowly] **Pradyumna:** *saḥ*—he [Prahlāda Mahārāja]; *tat-kara-sparśa*—because of being touched on the head by the lotus hand of Nṛsiṁhadeva; *dhuta*—being cleansed; *akhila*—all; *aśubhaḥ*—inauspiciousness or material desires; *sapadi*—immediately; *abhivyakta*—manifested; *para-ātma-darśanaḥ*—realization of the Supreme Soul [spiritual knowledge]; *tat-pāda-padmam*—Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva's lotus feet; *hṛdi*—within the core of the heart; *nirvṛtaḥ*—full of transcendental bliss; *dadhau*—captured; *hṛṣyat-tanuḥ*—having transcendental ecstatic bliss manifested in the body; *klinna-hṛt*—whose heart was softened due to transcendental ecstasy; *aśru-locanaḥ*—with tears in his eyes. **Translation:** "By the touch of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva's hand on Prahlāda Mahārāja's head, Prahlāda was completely freed of all material contaminations and desires, as if he had been thoroughly cleansed. Therefore he at once became transcendentally situated, and all the symptoms of ecstasy became manifest in his body. His heart filled with love, and his eyes with tears, and thus he was able to completely capture the lotus feet of the Lord within the core of his heart." --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680226_andrea_temple.md|Letter to Andrea Temple, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680226_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690226_pradyumna.md|Letter to Pradyumna, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700226_dinadayadri.md|Letter to Dinadayadri, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700226_gaurasundara.md|Letter to Gaurasundara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710226_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1975/750226_jayatirtha_ramesvara.md|Letter to Jayatirtha Ramesvara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760226_bhaja_hari_mukunda.md|Letter to Bhaja Hari Mukunda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760226_justice_a.c._sen.md|Letter to Justice A.C. Sen, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1977/770226_aksayananda.md|Letter to Aksayananda, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770226_jayananda.md|Letter to Jayananda, 1977]]