# April 1 *Lectures from this day: 12 recordings* --- **[[spoken/660401bg.ny|Bg 2.48-49 — April 1, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** [leads *kīrtana*] [*prema-dhvani*]. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Now, spiritual consciousness, and to continue it. Simple theoretical knowledge that "I am consciousness; I am not this body," anything simple theoretical knowledge cannot help us. Unless... Just like a person, he studied medical science or law, anything, any technical science; he gets all theoretical knowledge. But if he does not practice, then that knowledge will gradually subside. You see? Similarly, that "I am not this body, but I am that pure consciousness," that is already analyzed in various ways. --- **[[../../spoken/1969/690401rc.sf.md|Conversation Including Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.1-34 Recitation & Explanation — April 1, 1969, San Francisco]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/710401bg.bom|Bg 7.7 — April 1, 1971, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** [*prema-dhvani*] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [break] > [om ajñāna-timirāndhasya] jñānāñjana-śalākayā > cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ --- **[[spoken/720401r1.syd|Conversation with Author — April 1, 1972, Sydney]]** **Author:** So you say that you encourage anybody who disagrees with aspects of your philosophy to argue with you. **Prabhupāda:** No. We invite everyone, "Please come and take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness." So if one disagrees, why he will come? **Author:** But don't you suggest that if somebody feels that they can find fault in your philosophy... --- **[[spoken/740401bg.bom|Bg 4.12, Appearance Day of Lord Rāmacandra — April 1, 1974, Bombay]]** *Rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan* [Bs. 5.39]. Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha, Vāmana, Paraśurāma, Balarāma, Buddha—there are innumerable incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, *rāmādi,* of whom Lord Rāmacandra is the chief. So *rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan*]. Kṛṣṇa simultaneously existing with His innumerable incarnation like Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha, *ity ādi. Rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarot.* So Kṛṣṇa accepted so many innumerable incarnations, but the Supreme Personality, *parama-puruṣa,* is Kṛṣṇa. *Rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu, kṛṣṇaḥ svayam, kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat [**Bs* 5.39]. In spite of His coming in different multi-incarnations, He personally also descends. *Kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo*, the Supreme Personality. *Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.* This is the prayer offered by Lord Brahmā. --- **[[spoken/740401cs.bom|Śrī Rāma-navamī, Cornerstone Laying — April 1, 1974, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...Rāma-navamī, the birthday of Lord Rāmacandra, Bhagavān. In the *Brahma-saṁhitā* it is mentioned, Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, is the *ādi-puruṣa,* original Personality of Godhead. In the *Bhagavad-gītā* Kṛṣṇa says, *mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat* [[bg/7/7|[Bg. 7.7] ]]. *Ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ* [[bg/10/8|[Bg. 10.8] ]]. In other *śāstras* also, like *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* it is said, *kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.* There are many expansions of Kṛṣṇa, but the original person, *kṛṣṇas tu..., ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* [[sb/1/3/28|[SB. 1.3.28] ]]. So He is existing with His expansions. Lord Rāmacandra is also one of the expansions. *Rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan [**Bs* 5.39]. --- **[[spoken/740401mw.bom|Morning Walk — April 1, 1974, Bombay]]** **Chandobhai:** Yes, answers. *Akṣaraṁ brahma paramaṁ svabhāvo 'dhyātmam ucyate [[bg/8/3|[Bg. 8.3] ]]. **Prabhupāda:** *Akṣara?* First of all try to understand. *Akṣara... Akṣara* means "that does not fall down." That is *akṣara. Akṣara* and *kṣara.* The spiritual world is *akṣara,* and this material world is *kṣara.* So the living entities or God in the spiritual world, they are all *akṣara.* And in the material world we are all *kṣara.* Therefore *akṣaram paramaṁ brahma.* The Supreme... --- **[[spoken/750401cc.may|Cc. Ādi 1.8 — April 1, 1975, Māyāpur]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "I surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, who is known as Saṅkarṣaṇa in the midst of the catur-vyūha consisting of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṇṭha-loka, far beyond the material creation." --- **[[spoken/750401mw.may|Morning Walk — April 1, 1975, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** [Bengali] *Cat-patha[*?]. Just like when you take a fish from the water and put it in the land. **Prabhupāda:** Yes. All politicians, political party, nobody is in peace, simply throbbing—making this party, making that party, combining this party, and the anti-government troops, and this, that, so many... There is no other business. **Prabhupāda:** No solution. Big, big leaders. *Nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam* [[bg/7/13|[Bg. 7.13] ]]. Mūḍhāḥ.* "All these rascals, they do not know the background is 'I am.' Solution should come from Me," Kṛṣṇa says. *Tribhir guṇa-māyāir bhāvair mohita.* But they'll not take this solution. They'll make simply, start a plan. [break] ...less you come to this point, *mām ebhyaḥ,* there is no solution. Now, at least for me, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is no more theoretical. It is practical. I can solve all problems. --- **[[spoken/750401r1.may|Conversation with Devotees on Theology — April 1, 1975, Māyāpur]]** **Prabhupāda:** Is it possible for a man or for anyone that he can..., he should be according to the life of his different friends or servants or sons? That is theology. Next time when I go to your country, why not hold a meeting of all the theologicians to discuss publicly what should be the nature of God? What do they describe, the nature of God? **Prajāpati:** They describe the nature of God simply in terms of how religious men have understood themselves. They talk about God is simply men understanding men. **Prabhupāda:** That is speculation. If you want to study me, so you can do so either by approaching me or through one of my confidential servant. How one can understand me from outside by speculating? Why do they come to see me? Let them remain far away and speculate. But that is not possible in ordinary common sense also. So how they speculate about God? If you cannot understand even a common man, maybe very big in the society... You cannot understand a common by, by hearsay, by speculation... --- **[[spoken/760401sb.vrn|SB 7.9.46 — April 1, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** 760401SB-Vrindavan* [31:20 Minutes] Anantarām Śāstrījī**: [chants slokas] > vṛndāvane ramaṇe-reti-prasiddha-bhūmau > atraiva kṛṣṇa-balarāma supāda-mūle > jñānaṁ paraṁ parama-puruṣa bhakti yuktam > dātre sadaiva prabhupāda namo namas te *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*7.9.46. [Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] > mauna-vrata-śruta-tapo-'dhyayana-sva-dharma- > vyākhyā-raho-japa-samādhaya āpavargyāḥ > prāyaḥ paraṁ puruṣa te tv ajitendriyāṇāṁ > vārtā bhavanty uta na vātra tu dāmbhikānām > [SB7.9.46] **Translation:** "O the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are ten kinds of prescribed methods on the path of liberation, such as to remain silent and not speak with anyone else, amassing all kinds of Vedic knowledge, undergoing austerities, studying the Vedas and other Vedic literatures, explaining the process of *varṇāśrama-dharma*, staying in a solitary place while undergoing austerities, and silently chanting various mantras. All these different methods for liberation may be a professional practice and means of livelihood for persons who have not conquered over the senses, but because they are falsely proud, such procedures may not be successful."Prabhupāda: > mauna-vrata-śruta-tapo-'dhyayana-sva-dharma- > vyākhyā-raho-japa-samādhaya āpavargyāḥ > prāyaḥ paraṁ puruṣa te tv ajitendriyāṇāṁ > vārtā bhavanty uta na vātra tu dāmbhikānām > [SB7.9.46] --- **[[spoken/770401le.bom|Lecture — April 1, 1977, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...and shall remain up to eight. So our *darśana* and talks, if there is any, generally, every day it will be done. And on Sunday you can fix up some time. I will speak in the evening. And then Kṛṣṇa's desire, as He likes. For the time being, this arrangement. So what is that verse? *Divya-jñāna hṛde prakāśita.* Just recite that. [Devotees repeat] Before that. **Devotees:*Prema-bhakti yāhā hoite, avidyā vināśa yāte. divya-jñāna hṛde prakāśita.* [*Prem-bhakti-candrika* by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura Song 1] **Prabhupāda:** So the necessity is *prema-bhakti. Prema-bhakti yāhā haite, avidyā vināśa yāte, divya-jñāna.* So what is that *divya-jñāna*? *Divya* means transcendental, not material. *Tapo divyam* [[sb/5/5/1|[SB. 5.5.1] ]]. Divyam* means we are combination of matter and spirit. That spirit is *divya,* transcendental. *Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parā* [[bg/7/5|[Bg. 7.5] ]]. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/610401_mr._toshihiro_nakano.md|Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano, 1961]] - [[../../letters/1969/690401_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_arundhati.md|Letter to Arundhati, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_himavati.md|Letter to Himavati, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_lilavati.md|Letter to Lilavati, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700401_pradyumna.md|Letter to Pradyumna, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710401_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710401_kanya_kumari.md|Letter to Kanya Kumari, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710401_krsna_dasa.md|Letter to Krsna Dasa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710401_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710401_rameswar_dayalaji_birla.md|Letter to Rameswar Dayalaji Birla, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1974/740401_bhavatarini.md|Letter to Bhavatarini, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740401_resolution.md|Letter to Resolution, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740401_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750401_manasvi.md|Letter to Manasvi, 1975]]