# February 27 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[[spoken/720227le.may|1972: Lecture [Bengali] Intro by Purī Mahārāja]]** --- **[[spoken/720227ta.may|Talk with Bob Cohen — February 27, 1972, Māyāpur]]** **Śyāmasundara:** [introducing tape] Conversations with Bob a Peace Corps worker from..., American Peace Corps worker in Māyāpur, February 27, 1972. Bob's first question is, "What is a scientist?" [break] **Prabhupāda:** No, he's supposed to know. We approach to a scientist because he's supposed to know the things right. **Prabhupāda:** Yes, yes. Ask them to make it softer. So scientist means one who knows things as they are. That is scientist. So Kṛṣṇa means all-attractive. [speaks to someone in Bengali] --- **[[spoken/730227r1.jkt|Room Conversation with Indonesian Scholar — February 27, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Scholar:** About that *yoga* has been taught by Vivasvān, and Vivasvān taught to Manu, and Manu taught to Ikṣvāku. **Scholar:** He said that Vivasvān's just the personification of Sūrya, the sun-god. He is the first man created by Brahman, and he learns *yoga* from Brahman itself. And then we... Vivasvān taught *yoga* to Manu, who is the creator of the law, and of institutions. Just explaining only the..., who is Ikṣvāku, who is Vivasvān, and so on. There's no philosophical explanation here. Just word-by-word explanations. Because of course, if you compare with... --- **[[spoken/730227r2.jkt|Room Conversation — February 27, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Amogha:** "But he who discards scriptural injunctions, and acts according to his own whims, attains neither perfection nor happiness nor the supreme destination." **Prabhupāda:** That's it. [Hindi] ...bogus, bogus. This is statement of Kṛṣṇa. Can you give us the statement of Kṛṣṇa? And accept some foolish statement. So Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He's also giving reference to the *śāstra, yaḥ śāstra.* He can say anything, everything, He's God Himself; but still He gives reference to the *śāstra.* So anyone who's speaking against the injunction of the *śāstra,* he's a bogus. There is another verse, find out: *tasmād śāstra pramāṇaṁ te. Tasmād,* *t-a-s-m-a-d.* **Prabhupāda:** [indistinct] In the same Sixteenth Chapter, you will find this verse, *tasmād.* After that. --- **[[spoken/730227r3.jkt|Room Conversation — February 27, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...for propagating our mission because the state is inclined to take the teachings of *Bhagavad-gītā.* They have found that this is the wisest group of [indistinct]. Take advantage of this opportunity and propagate in schools, colleges, for teaching and introducing our books. [indistinct] They have already translated *Bhagavad-gītā.* They have got very good results... **Amogha:** Translations. Three editions by different authors in Indonesian language. The most recent... I will try to contact the author today, the man who translated it. I'll try to find him. **Devotee (2):** So we must encourage them to translate Prabhupāda's *Bhagavad-gītā,* because they're inclined. They like... They want subject matters. So why not translate Prabhupāda's books and let the government distribute them and introduce them? --- **[[spoken/730227sb.jkt|SB 1.1.23 — February 27, 1973, Jakarta]]** **Prabhupāda:** If there are people who cannot understand Hindi, so what is the decision? [indistinct]. Hindi or English? **Prabhupāda:** > brūhi yogeśvare kṛṣṇe > brahmaṇye dharma-varmaṇi > svāṁ kāṣṭhām adhunopete > dharmaḥ kaṁ śaraṇaṁ gataḥ > [[sb/1/1/23|[SB. 1.1.23] ]] This is a question made by the great saintly persons who assembled in Naimiṣāraṇya to hear about *bhāgavata-dharma.* Real *dharma,* as I have already explained yesterday... *Dharma* means *bhāgavata-dharma. Bhāgavata-dharma* is not a faith. It is a fact, characteristic of the human being. *Bhāgavata* means in relationship with God, Bhagavān*, bhāgavata-tattva.* This word... From *bhāgavata-tattva* there is *bhāgavata.* The root is the *bhaga,* and from that root this word is derived, *bhāgavata.* It is pertaining to the Personality of Godhead and His devotees. *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is the book of knowledge which is dealing with the Supreme Personality of Godhead with His different devotees. That is called *Bhāgavata.* --- **[[spoken/740227sb.cal|SB 1.2.6 — February 27, 1974, Calcutta]]** **Translation:** "The supreme occupation, or dharma, for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted in order to completely satisfy the self." **Prabhupāda:** > sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo > yato bhaktir adhokṣaje > ahaituky apratihatā > yayātmā suprasīdati > [SB1.2.6] --- **[[spoken/750227bg.mia|Bg 13.4 — February 27, 1975, Miami]]** --- title: Bhagavad-gītā Lecture — February 27, 1975, Miami date: 1975-02-27 permalink: spoken/750227bg.mia description: "Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. \"Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is constituted, what its changes ar..." --- **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] --- **[[spoken/760227mw.may|Morning Walk — February 27, 1976, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** That's all right. If the people become thieves and rogues, then how the economic development will be possible? **Prabhupāda:** At least they should be, apart from religion, they should be educated to become truthful, to become merciful, to..., like these ordinary things. They should be educated. **Prabhupāda:** So where is the...? What is the meaning of secular? Does it mean... Secularism means roguism? [break] --- **[[spoken/760227sb.may|SB 7.9.20 — February 27, 1976, Māyāpur]]** Anantarām Śāstrījī*:* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *[chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond]* **Translation:** "My dear Lord, everyone within this material world under the modes of material nature, being influenced by the mode of goodness, the mode of passion, the mode of ignorance, all of them being influenced by the particular mode of nature and working, all of them, including the greatest personality, Lord Brahmā, down to the smallest ant—everyone is working under such influence. Therefore everyone within this material world is influenced by Your energy, under the cause of which they are working, the place where they are working, the time when they are working, the matter for which they are working, the ultimate goal of life as they have considered as final, and the process and ways of activity—all of them are nothing but different manifestation of Your energy. And as the energy and energetic being identical, all such activities are Your different forms of energy only." --- **[[spoken/770227r1.may|Room Conversation — February 27, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...*aniya mahat-pado smariya gurave namaḥ.* In a short time he has learned very nicely. **Rādhā-vallabha:** Anyway, he made one arrangement with another devotee to marry this devotee's daughter. --- **[[spoken/770227r2.may|Room Conversation — February 27, 1977, Māyāpur]]** [break] Utilize it very nicely. Kṛṣṇa will be very, very pleased. This is our real business. Every..., every work is nice. Still, one should work... That is to be designated by the spiritual... "This man..." Knows how to engage this man. **Harikeśa:** I was going to bring with me the new Hungarian book, but the person who was bringing it from the printer, the car broke down before the airplane could... The car broke down. It was printed. **Harikeśa:** It could not reach me at the airplane. So, I think, when Bhagavān comes he will bring the book. --- **[[spoken/770227sb.may|SB 7.9.7 — February 27, 1977, Māyāpur]]** **Pradyumna:**[leads chanting, etc.] Translation: "Prahlāda Mahārāja fixed his mind and sight upon Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva with full attention in complete trance. With a fixed mind, he began to offer prayers in love with a faltering voice." **Prabhupāda:** > astauṣīd dharim ekāgra- > manasā susamāhitaḥ > prema-gadgadayā vācā > tan-nyasta-hṛdayekṣanaḥ > [[sb/7/9/7|[SB. 7.9.7] ]] So this is the process. This process you cannot expect immediately, but if you practice general process, very easily done, as it is recommended in the *Bhagavad-gītā, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru* [[bg/18/65|[Bg. 18.65] ]]. You cannot get the position of Prahlāda Mahārāja immediately. That is not possible. The process is, first of all, *sādhana-bhakti.* [regulative devotional service] This Prahlāda Mahārāja's position is different. He is *mahā-bhāgavata.* In many places we have seen already, he is *nitya-siddha.* There are two kinds of devotees..., three: *nitya-siddha, sādhana-siddha, kṛpa-siddha.* These things are described in *The Nectar of Devotion. Nitya-siddha* means they are eternally associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are called *nitya-siddha.* And *sādhana-siddha* means one is fallen in this material world, but by practice of devotional service according to the rules and regulation, injunction of the *śāstra,* direction of *guru,* in this way, one can reach also the same position as the *nitya-siddha.* This is *sādhana-siddha.* And there is another. That is *kṛpa-siddha. Kṛpa-siddha* means... Just like Nityānanda Prabhu, He wanted that these Jagāi-Mādhāi must be delivered. There was no *sādhana.* They never followed any rules and regulation. They were thieves and rogues, very fallen condition. But Nityānanda Prabhu wanted to show an example that "I shall deliver these two brothers. Never mind they are so fallen." That is called *kṛpa-siddha.* So we should always remember there are three categories: *nitya-siddha, sādhana-siddha* and *kṛpa-siddha.* But when they become *siddha,* perfect, by any process, they are on the same level. There is no distinction. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/690227_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690227_uddhava.md|Letter to Uddhava, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700227_aranya_maharaja.md|Letter to Aranya Maharaja, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700227_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/720227_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720227_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720227_mohanananda.md|Letter to Mohanananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720227_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1975/750227_mr._t.s._orr.md|Letter to Mr. T.S. Orr, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760227_mahamsa.md|Letter to Mahamsa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1977/770227_amogha.md|Letter to Amogha, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770227_turyadas.md|Letter to Turyadas, 1977]]