Spoken April 6
Pandal Lecture
Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] Ladies and gentlemen, we are very much thankful to you for your kindly participating in this great movement, Hare Kṛṣṇa. This Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is especially meant for this age because for self-realization, although there are many methods recommended in Vedic scriptures, in this age the greatest common factor for self-realization is simply chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: ...therefore they are coming to these things. Process of killing is different because in this age if you simply kill all the pāpīs, then there will be no more existence because everybody is pāpī. If you take sword and kill the pāpīs, then everybody will be finished. Of course, that will be done at the last stage of Kali-yuga. But here the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is killing the Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:…
Deity Installation, Wedding and Initiations
Prabhupāda: ...or one is situated in his external existence, if he happens to remember Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, puṇḍarīkākṣam, sa bahyābhyantara-śuciḥ [Garuḍa Purāṇa], he immediately becomes purified internally and externally. So you are getting initiation in this auspicious day when Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī, His eternal consort, is now being situated, er, established, installed, on this auspicious moment, and you will be initiated to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Devotee (1):Prabhupāda:Devotee (2):Prabhupāda:Do…
Lecture at Tarrawarra Abbey
[introducing; sounds of devotees setting up in background] Hanumān: " ...bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-svāmin iti nāmine" " om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ" " śrī-caitanya-mano-Prabhupāda:Hanumān:Prabhupāda:Hanumān:Guest (1):Hanumān:Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Prabhupāda:Guest (4):Prabhupāda:Guest (5):Prabhupāda:Guest (6):Prabhupāda:Guest (7):Prabh…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...by my sister. And you have seen in the Mullik Ṭhākura-bhati[?], Ratha-yātrā? Indian man (1): Yes. Prabhupāda: So after my festival of Ratha-yātrā the other boys in the Mulliks, they began. My ratha was, I think, this much high, very nicely made. Acyutānanda: When we had Ratha-yātrā in Calcutta we stopped in front of your house, and they had that Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Acyutānanda:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Indian man (1):Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhupāda:Girirāja:Prabhu…
Cc. Ādi 1.13
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " advaitaṁ hariṇādvaitād ācāryaṁ bhakti-śaṁsanāt bhaktāvatāram īśaṁ tam advaitācāryam āśraye []" [break] [00:34] “[Because He is nondifferent from Hari, the Supreme Lord, He is called Advaita, and] Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:
Lecture After Play
Prabhupāda: ...dramatical performance. It is very nice. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also introduced this dramatical play when He was gṛhastha at Navadvīpa, and all the devotees used to see. But they were played by all males. There was no such thing, female taking part. This female taking part was later on introduced by one dramatist, by Girish Chandra Ghosh, imitating the Western way of dramatical play. Otherwise, in our childhood, we never saw any dramatical play performed by wo…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...not within the Vedic culture. Vedic culture means this varṇāśrama-dharma: four varṇas, four āśrama. And those who are lower than the śūdras, they are not in the Vedic culture, they are called caṇḍālas. Amongst these caṇḍālas,Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Prabhupāda:Pañcadraviḍa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Jagadīśa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabh…
Meeting with Bankers
Prabhupāda: [Hindi conversation with Indians] “You pay.” Indian: Return with interest. Prabhupāda: Anyway, so he was the father of the Yakṣas, this Kuvera. So Dhruva Mahārāja was a great devotee. You have heard the name of Dhruva Mahārāja. He was insulted by his stepmother. When he was young, very young child, so his father had two wives. So the junior wife was very pet to the husband, and the senior wife was not so much pet. So, but both of them had two sons. So the juni…
Morning Walk [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: ...by enjoying this morning’s fresh air. Gurudāsa: Yes. Prabhupāda: And if you take bath in the Yamunā, you will get double energy. Gurudāsa: Hm. Prabhupāda: These are nature’s gifts. And then we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. It is no [indistinct]. To lead a spiritual life is very easy. [break] Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhupāda:Gurudāsa:Prabhu…
Conversation in Hindi
Devotee: [annoucing] It is [indistinct] in Vṛndāvana, during lunchtime [Hindi] Prabhupāda: Jesus Christ ... The 10 Commandments, the first is thou shall not kill [Hindi] ...thou shall not kill ... is that religion? Indian: Christian, second Musilman, third [indistinct]. Fourth Hindu Prabhupāda:Indian:Prabhupāda:
SB 7.9.51
[Poor recording] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: “The great saint Nārada Muni said: Being pacified in this way by the devotee Prahlāda Mahārāja with prayers offered from the transcendental platform, Lord Nṛsiṁha-deva gave up His anger. Being very kind to Prahlāda, who was lying prostrate, offering obeisances, the Lord spoke as follows.Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters April 6
Sriman Hayagriva Das Adhikary ISKCON Temple 318 East 20th Avenue Columbus, OH 43201 3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I have not heard from you since a few weeks. I heard that you were traveling with Kirtanananda Maharaj. So now whether you have come back to your headquarters? I have also not heard from Kirtanananda Maharaj.
Central Bank of India Bombay Dear Sirs: Please transfer from Central Bank of India, Gowalia Tank Branch Account of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Book Fund Account, (HSS Account #14538) the sum of Rs. 2756/76 to Central Bank of India, Head Office, in favor of International Society for Krishna Consciousness Building Fund (Current Account #9/381.)
Hansadutta Hamburg [To Hansadutta] YOUR MATERIAL LEGAL FORMULA WILL NOT HELP US ONLY OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE CAN HELP US I HAVE NO APPROVAL FOR ANY THESE PLANS STOP YOU REMAIN GERMANY DON’T LEAVE AGAIN STOP ATREYA RISHI HAS NO AUTHORITY FROM ME TO MANAGE ANYTHING REMOVE HIM ACKNOWLEDGE CABLE URGENT 26 RENNY STREET PADDINGTON SYDNEY
Los Angeles [To Karandhara] YOUR MATERIAL LEGAL FORMULA WILL NOT HELP US ONLY OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE CAN HELP US I HAVE NOT APPROVAL FOR ANY THESE PLANS STOP HAMSADUTA MUST RETURN GERMANY IMMEDIATELY DON’T LEAVE AGAIN STOP ATREYA RISHI HAS NO AUTHORITY FROM ME TO MANAGE ANYTHING REMOVE HIM ACKNOWLEDGE CABLE URGENT 26 RENNY STREET PADDINGTON SYDNEY
Bhagavan Paris Dear Bhagavan dasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 30/3/74 along with the French edition of Back to Godhead which is certainly a great pleasure for me. I can see by this publication and by your report that things are going on nicely in Europe. All your programs are approved by me; simply if you keep on with it, slowly but surely we will...
San Francisco Dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I am not exactly certain of your wheres now; I trust your arrangements for visa are going on and that you will soon be back in Australia. I am presently fixing a traveling schedule for visiting Paris, France in the second week of May. Then I will visit, Geneva, Rome, Stockholm, and three or four cities in Germany, each place for...
Vrindaban Dear Saurabha, Please accept my blessings. I have seen the letter of 4/4/74 you have written to Tamala Krsna Goswami. I am very very happy to learn the by Krsna’s and Baladeva.'s mercy a sweet water well has been found ten feet away from the front part of the land, on our side. This is Krsna
Mr. Vincent Karl Mr. Vincent Karl c/o SOL Press Box 239, Van Brunt Station Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 My dear Mr. Karl, Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 20th, 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. I wish to thank you very much for your reading our books so carefully and scrutinizingly. Any man who read these literatures will find a storehouse of transcendental...
Kapurji Kanpur, India My dear Kapurji, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your kind letter dated April 2, 1976 and I have noted the contents with care. Concerning the Chitra Studio, I very much appreciate your offering and I am sending Gopala Krishna das Adhikari along with one of our experienced photographers and filmmakers, Yadubara das Adhikari. They will surely arrive within...
Krishnakanti Los Angeles My dear Krishna Kanti das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 27, 1976 with enclosed cassette tape and I thank you very much. I very much liked the chanting on this tape. It is very excellent and should be popularized and it will be a great success. Introduce this into every home and that will help them, and if they read our books...
Los Angeles My dear Puru das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated February 7, 1976 addressed to Hrdayananda Maharaja. Concerning the use of sour cream in the temple, it should be stopped immediately. Nothing should be offered to the Deities which is purchased in the stores. Things produced by the karmis should not be offered to Radha-Krishna. Ice cream, if you can...
Mahant, Beni Madhav, Temple Lect. Dhana, Sagar, M.P. Hare Krishna Land Juhu Road, Juhu Bombay 500 054 Dear Shri Giriji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated. As I am planning to go out of Bombay in ten days time, I have sent a copy of your letter to my old friend and associate, Dr. G. Ghosh. Kindly see him. I have requested him to engage some lawyer...
Aksayananda Vrindaban My dear Aksayananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated 1-4-77 and I have noted the contents. I have received the advices from both the Punjab National Bank and Syndicate Bank. As you have requested for the time being Vishambarji may stay for helping with the Gurukula construction. I know he is very much expert.
Gyan Bhavan, 22, Minto Rd., Allahabad 211002 Hare Krsna Land Juhu Rd., Juhu Bombay 400 054 My dear Dr. Ghosh, Please accept my greetings and prayers for you and your family’s well being. As I think you know, Sri Acharya Omkar Giri, the Mahant of the Beni Madhav Temple, is keen on giving the temple to us so that we can improve everything. I have requested Sri Giriji to see you in connection...
My dear Gurukrpa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated 30 March, 1977. Yes, yesterday Bank of America has received your transfer of ,000. May you live long and serve Krsna. As you have suggested I am instructing Bharadraja to immediately make a new set of Panca-tattva Deities for our Hawaii temple.
Vrindaban My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter dated April 2, 1977. Yes, Dr. Omkar Sharma is the proper man. Regarding Dr. Brojendra Nandan Goswami he is a little flickering and can not be given such heavy responsibility. If he wants to serve there can be no conditions. He has to live under our conditions.