# March 23 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1967/670323sb.sf.md|Jagannātha Deities Installation, SB 1.2.13-14 — March 23, 1967, San Francisco]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[../../spoken/1968/680323me.sf.md|Morning Walk at Stow Lake — March 23, 1968, San Francisco]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/690323le.haw|Lecture — March 23, 1969, Hawaii]]** [*kīrtana*] [*prema-dhvani*] All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Thank you very much. [break] Yes. We are preaching the original practice. Practice means which is practically done. And sometimes things are impractical when they are unnatural, and natural things can be practiced very easily. So our preaching is to reinstate the living soul to his original condition. The original condition of living being is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As such, the part and parcel is meant for rendering service to the whole. Just like this finger is part and parcel of my body. The finger is expected to give service to the whole body. When I am feeling itching, my finger is helping it. When I want to pick up something, my finger is helping. Similarly, any part of my body... When I want to go out, my leg is walking. When I want..., I want to see something, my eyes are helping. So in this way you can understand what we mean by part and parcel. --- **[[spoken/740323bg.bom|Bg 4.3 — March 23, 1974, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **Translation:** "That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend. Therefore you can understand the transcendental mystery of this science." --- **[[spoken/740323mw.bom|Morning Walk — March 23, 1974, Bombay]]** **Dr. Patel:** Now, sometimes even they were liked, the *daityas.* When they have the *samudra-mathana,* even the *devas* went to the *daityas* to help them. So it is... I mean, that is not so. We have to take the help of *daityas* for a good work. But they are frustrating us. How is the argument? All right? **Dr. Patel:** We are like that. These rascals, you see, they have got no sense of proportion. There are two dozen mosques come up in this area without any reason in any way. And they are upset when there is construction of a Hindu temple. They are majority. So they are *daityas.* [break] **Dr. Patel:** What do... They are getting qualified every day by *madirā*. And what other things which I don't want to talk to you. [laughs] --- **[[spoken/750323ar.may|Arrival Talk in Room — March 23, 1975, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...offering his blessings upon you. You are fulfilling his mission. He wanted that European, American should come here. It is all Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura's blessing. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So there is no scarcity of space for keeping all the devotees? **Prabhupāda:** Therefore I said, [laughter] "You must complete, and whatever amount required, I shall pay." That I could analyze. **Jayapatākā:** ...you Śrīla Prabhupāda. Only by your mercy you have brought us to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. --- **[[spoken/750323sb.cal|SB 1.2.8 [Hindi] — March 23, 1975, Calcutta]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "Duties or dharma executed by men are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Supreme Lord." --- **[[spoken/760323sb.cal|SB 7.9.43 — March 23, 1976, Calcutta]]** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*7.9.43* [chants *mantras;* chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] > naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaraṇyās > tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ > śoce tato vimukha-cetasa indriyārtha- > māyā-sukhāya bharam udvahato vimūḍhān > [[sb/7/9/43|[SB. 7.9.43] ]] **Translation:** "O the best of great personalities, I am not at all afraid of this material existence because wherever I stay, I am fully absorbed in the thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who are making big, big plans for material happiness, who maintain family, society and so-called love to country. I am simply concerned for them." --- **[[spoken/770323sb.bom|SB 2.3.18-19 — March 23, 1977, Bombay]]** **770323SB-Bombay [46:26 Minutes] Prabhupāda:** ...Bhavānanda Swami, to recite two or three verses from *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* which is the theme of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Read it. The verse begins with *taravaḥ kiṁ na jīvanti.* Read that verse. **Bhavānanda:** > taravaḥ kiṁ na jīvanti > bhastrāḥ kiṁ na śvasanty uta > na khādanti na mehanti > kiṁ grāme paśavo 'pare > [[sb/2/3/18|[SB. 2.3.18] ]] Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda: "The materialistic man of the modern age will argue that life, or part of it, is never meant for discussion of theosophical or theological arguments. Life is meant for the maximum duration of existence for eating, drinking, sexual intercourse, making merry and enjoying life. The modern man wants to live forever by the advancement of material science, and there are many foolish theories for prolonging life to the maximum duration. But the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* affirms that life is not meant for so-called economic development or advancement of materialistic science for the hedonistic philosophy of eating, mating, drinking and merrymaking. Life is solely meant for *tapasya,* for purifying existence so that one may enter into eternal life just after the end of the human form of life. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680323_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680323_pradyumna.md|Letter to Pradyumna, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680323_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680323_united_shipping_corporation.md|Letter to United Shipping Corporation, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_brahmanandaa.md|Letter to Brahmanandaa, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_brahmanandab.md|Letter to Brahmanandab, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_dayala_nitai.md|Letter to Dayala Nitai, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_dayananda.md|Letter to Dayananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_himavati.md|Letter to Himavati, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690323_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1971/710323_candanacarya.md|Letter to Candanacarya, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710323_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710323_jananivasa.md|Letter to Jananivasa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720323_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730323_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730323_pusta_krsna.md|Letter to Pusta Krsna, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730323_satyabhama.md|Letter to Satyabhama, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730323_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_batu_gopala.md|Letter to Batu Gopala, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_bhakti.md|Letter to Bhakti, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_damodara.md|Letter to Damodara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_govinda.md|Letter to Govinda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740323_murti.md|Letter to Murti, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/760323_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1976]]