April 9

Spoken April 9
Śrīla Prabhupāda and Disciples Speak
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So today you speak something, I shall hear. Yes. Any of you can speak something from Śikṣāṣṭaka? Yes? Stand up. Viṣṇujana: “Glory to Śrī Kṛṣṇa saṅkīrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. And thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. Such Prabhupāda:Ṛṣi Kumāra:Prabhupāda:
SB 7.6.1
Prabhupāda: [chants maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] Boys and girls, today I shall explain to you the importance of Kṛṣṇa consciousness as it was conceived by one of the greatest devotees in this disciplic succession. You know we are under disciplic succession. We do not manufacture anything by mental concoction. We do not approve that method. We receive knowledge from the authorities and out of such many Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devo…
SB 1.8.18-19
Prabhupāda: " om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ" [I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.] " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam" [When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the des…
Initiations and Wedding
Prabhupāda: So being afraid, he wanted to be saved by his youngest son. Naturally we, anyone we love... But because the youngest son had the name Nārāyaṇa, the original Nārāyaṇa took notice of him, and he was saved, and he was immediately taken to the kingdom of God because he chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa. So those who are always chanting the holy name of God, they are in safety position. Safety position means next life, he is going back to home, back to Godhead.Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Ś…
Bg 4.20 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 4.20 Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] " tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ‘pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ [Bg. 4.20]" [break] [02:06] Translation: “Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:
Cc. Ādi 1.16
Santoṣa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " dīvyad-vṛndāraṇya-kalpa-drumādhah- śrīmad-ratnāgāra-siṁhāsana-sthauPrabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
[bad recording] Prabhupāda: “...think that I am going to die very soon.” You know that Romaharṣaṇa? Satsvarūpa: Romaharṣaṇa? Prabhupāda: Eh? Romaharṣaṇa? Satsvarūpa: Who Balarāma killed? Prabhupāda: No, another. Lomarṣa, Lomarṣa Muni. He would die when all the hairs on the body will fall down. And each hair will fall down after the death of one Brahmā. So he was chanting on the sea, and Nārada Muni was passing: Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:…
Lecture [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: " oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ" " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam"
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...consciousness, there is one very nice cause. The cause is, the Western people, they have no attachment for wife. Is it not a fact? Pṛthu-putra: Yes. Prabhupāda: They do not care for the wife. Pṛthu-putra: They do not care for family attachment in general. Akṣayānanda: That vairāgyaPrabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Akṣayānanda:Prabhupāda:Pṛthu-putra:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Devotee (1):Akṣayānanda:…
SB 7.9.54
Śāstrījī: [chant mantras] Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.54 [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] " prīṇanti hy atha māṁ dhīrāḥPuṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Letters April 9
My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 29, 1968, and am very much appreciating it. Please do all your nice proposals, do it economically and save everything for Krishna. Yes, it is very good idea to build a nice Temple for Krishna, apply all energy for Krishna. How one is successful in his work is tested by whether or not Krishna is satisfied. The...
My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your letter dated 4/6/68, and have noted the contents. So far your being given work, there is no need for you to feel concern; you are already helping on Srimad-Bhagavatam, and permanently you can do so. So you are certainly included as worker and editor for
Karandhara Los Angeles My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 23d February, 1971 and 12th March 1971 respectively as well as the memo to all Canadian and USA centers dated 25th March, 1971. Your very sincere attitude for serving your Spiritual Master, as indicated in your letters, is the only way for making advancement is spiritual life....
My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 22nd March, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. You say that Bhagavatam printing is going on, but what Bhagavad-gita As It Is? Some San Francisco Indian friends promised to pay
Bhopal, India My dear Tamala Krishna Goswami: Please accept my blessings. I am now here in New York temple where things are going on very nicely, but I am anxious to have from you the report of the Bhopal activities. Please write to me here at your earliest.
Indupati Indupati Brahmacari Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Math Mathura Rd. Vrndavana---281 121 My dear Sripada Brahmacariji, Please accept my humble obeisances. I am in due receipt of your letter (in Bengali) dated 29-3-75. I am advising my men in Vrndavana to begin the function from the 16th of April as desired by you. Thanking you for your suggestion.
Yasomatinandana Vrndavana Dear Yasomatinandana, Pranava and Pradyumna, Please accept my blessings. Our deity installation ceremony is to be held on the 20th and the function was to begin three days before, namely, the 17th of April. So, instead of the 17th, you can make it the 16th. That will satisfy everyone. Srimad Bhimasena Vedacarya may be informed in this way and do the needful. Please let...

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