# April 17 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[[spoken/690417le.ny|Lecture — April 17, 1969, New York]]** *Govindam ādi-puruṣa* is known as Hari. Hari means "who takes away all your miseries." That is Hari. *Harā. Harā* means taking away. *Harate.* So just like thief also takes away, but he takes away the valuable things, material consideration, sometimes Kṛṣṇa also takes away your material valuables just to show you special favor. *Yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ* [[sb/10/88/8|[SB. 10.88.8] ]].* Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja inquired from Kṛṣṇa that "We are supposed to be very pious. My brothers are great warriors, my wife is exactly the goddess of fortune, and above all, You are our personal friend. So how is this that we have lost everything? [chuckling] We have lost our kingdom, we have lost our wife, we have lost our honor—everything." So in reply to this, Kṛṣṇa said, *yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ:* "My first favor is that I take away all riches of My devotee." --- **[[spoken/720417le.auc|Lecture at Auckland University — April 17, 1972, Auckland]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...known as *saṅkīrtana,* Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement. The chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, you have already heard. Superficially it may appear the repetition of the same word, but every *mantra* with effect is chanted like that. It requires little practice. So the effect of this *mantra* is stated by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu: *ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam* [[cc/antya/20/12|[Cc. Antya 20.12] ]]. It will cleanse your heart. If you go on chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra,* then gradually the dirty things which are accumulated within our hearts, that will be cleansed. This is the problem. The dirtiest thing now within our heart is the bodily concept of life. Actually, this is the misconception of whole situation of the modern world. If anyone is in bodily concept of life, that "I am this body," then the basic principle of our life becomes on the false platform, because I am not this body. This is the dirtiest thing within our heart. If you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra,* then gradually, by this *bhakti-yoga* process, we shall understand that "I am not this body, but I am a spirit soul," *ahaṁ brahmāsmi.* --- **[[spoken/720417r1.auc|Room Conversation — April 17, 1972, Auckland]]** Śyāmasundara: [introducing recording] Lecture in Prabhupāda's room. Confidential talks with his devotees on the evening of April 17th, 1972, in Auckland, New Zealand. **Prabhupāda:** ...[indistinct] just find out [indistinct] talks [indistinct] if you want to [indistinct]. **Hanumān:** They will travel back and forth. They will travel back and..., they will stand. Now they are building huge spaceships, will be like a city, and they will install a city there, of spaceships, so many big, like a city, and that there will be..., there will be little spaceship going back and forth. --- **[[spoken/730417sb.la|SB 1.8.25 — April 17, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Pradyumna:** *vipadaḥ*—calamities; *santu*—let there be; *tāḥ*—all; *śaśvat*—again and again; *tatra*—there; *tatra*—and there; *jagat-guro*—O Lord of the universe; *bhavataḥ*—Your; *darśanam*—meeting; *yat*—that which; *syāt*—is; *apunaḥ*—not again; *bhava-darśanam*—seeing repetition of birth and death. --- **[[spoken/740417bg.bom|Bg 4.28 — April 17, 1974, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:*Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and** devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] **Translation:** "There are those who, enlightened by sacrificing their material possessions in severe austerities, take strict vows and practice the yoga of eightfold mysticism, and others study the Vedas for the advancement of transcendental knowledge." --- **[[spoken/740417mw.bom|Morning Walk — April 17, 1974, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...feverish. But these people, they take *bhakti* as a means of liberation. That is their mistake. **Prabhupāda:** Yes. [break] ...being done in America because it is not to be done here. Here religion has become fanaticism and political degradation. It is not possible. Now see in our political paper how they are seriously doing and people taking seriously. Whatever program I give them, they are systematically do it. Here there is no assistance. [break] ...cry, "Oh, we are in..., put in this condition, put in this..." Complain. But what is the remedy, we do not take. That is India's position. Mr. Kanungo, he's the son of late governor of Gujarat. He came to offer me a land in Bhuvaneśvara. So he said... He's the manager of the coal organization. --- **[[spoken/750417bg.vrn|Bg 9.1 — April 17, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** *Śrī-bhagavān uvāca.* Now we will explain. So *śrī-bhagavān uvāca.* Bhagavān, this word, I have explained many times. Bhagavān means the supreme authority. So far authoritative power is concerned, that is analyzed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Cent per cent power, or cent per cent qualification, is in Kṛṣṇa. *Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* [[sb/1/3/28|[SB. 1.3.28] ]]. There is... This is called *saviśeṣa,* personal analysis, not that... Even somebody is sometimes addressed as Bhagavān, that does not mean he is also equal to the Supreme Person. Just like sometimes Nārada Muni is also addressed as Bhagavān. Lord Śiva is also addressed as Bhagavān. Not only *viṣṇu-tattva,* but also others, sometimes they are addressed as Bhagavān. But in order to particularly point out Kṛṣṇa, it has been said in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* [[sb/1/3/28|[SB. 1.3.28] ]]. --- **[[spoken/750417mw.vrn|Morning Walk — April 17, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...there is no possiblity. Tell them, this United Nation Organization, that "You are all bogus. You cannot do it. Come to this platform, and you'll be able." They have proved themselves bogus for the last twenty-five years, I think. They started in 1947? Huh? [break] ...that this movement is very good. He goes step forward, simply by saying this, that "These people are doing very nice." *Ajñāta sukṛti. Kṛta-puṇya-puñja.* So, both say... [Hindi] [end] --- **[[spoken/760417mw.bom|Morning Walk — April 17, 1976, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...is real scientist. Those who change every year theory, I don't like that scientist. Do you like that scientist? **Prabhupāda:** Yes. You cannot change your position. That is science. Kṛṣṇa has said that *mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat* [[bg/7/7|[Bg. 7.7] ]]. So nobody has become greater than Kṛṣṇa up till now. That is science. Can anyone challenge Kṛṣṇa? No. And He has said, *mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat.* So that is scientist. **Dr. Patel:** *Māyā,* we are trying to unearth the secret of Kṛṣṇa's *māyā.* Those two scientists must come forward, eh? Now he is going to throw a bombshell. --- **[[spoken/760417r1.bom|Room Conversation — April 17, 1976, Bombay]]** Indian man: ...and reached the peace of mind which I was not able to get, whole of my life, I was able to achieve by staying in your temple myself. You know for example I am in my own... [break] **Prabhupāda:** As soon as you speak plain truth they will go away. [laughter] If you go on flattering, then they will stay. What is that? If you make Transcendental Meditation you will increase your sex power and.. **Prabhupāda:** Yes. Less blood-pressure. The difficulty is that we want to be cheated, and there are so many cheaters. There are cheaters; if they find, "Here is a man he can be easily cheated," he takes advantage. But mostly they want to be cheated. As soon as you say that "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa," he will not take it very nice. "Why shall I surrender?" Is it not? What do you think? "This is too much." That means he wants to be cheated, and if somebody comes, "Why shall you surrender to Kṛṣṇa? You are independent. Why you are taking... Why you are becoming dependent on God? You are working hard. Why you are giving credit to God." Yes. Big, big *sannyāsī* has said like this. --- **[[spoken/760417sb.bom|SB 7.12.6 — April 17, 1976, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [chants verse word by word; devotees respond. Begins to chant line-by-line; devotees chant reponsively, not letting Pradyumna finish line] **Translation:** "The *brahmacārī* should be quite well behaved and gentle in nature. He should not eat or collect more than necessary. He must always be active and expert, fully believing in the instructions of the spiritual master and the *śāstra.* In this way, fully controlled over the senses, behaved with women as much as necessary, as well as persons who are controlled by women, should be associated with only as much as necessary." --- **[[spoken/770417r1.bom|Room Conversation Meeting with Dr. Sharma (from Russia) — April 17, 1977, Bombay]]** **Indian man (2):** He and his wife, both are doctors. They were in U.M., University in Moscow. They got their medical post there. Now he has come back to India for some research work. And my sister, his wife, is still in London. He will be going back in June, and we have requested him to come back to India and have..., serve here. He has a desire to come back. **Prabhupāda:** Ah, must speak. I have been also in Moscow. In Moscow, I went there. I was walking in that Red Square. Lenin's tomb is there. I was putting on the National Hotel. **Dr. Sharma:** National Hotel. That is quite opposite. My brother requested me to see you personally, Mr. K. Gopalan from Hyderabad, the Joint Commissioner for Endowments. --- **[[spoken/770417r2.bom|Conversation with Yadubara (after seeing film) — April 17, 1977, Bombay]]** **Yadubara:** I was surprised, but the *karmīs,* their attention is held throughout the film. They seem to enjoy it very much. And several people have said that "It is very clear now that we're not the body." **Prabhupāda:** It will be a great service if you can educate. [indistinct] *Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke* [[sb/10/84/13|[SB. 10.84.13] ]]. To keep them as animal is a great sin. Our Svarūpa Dāmodara has got this film? **Yadubara:** In Māyāpur last year you asked me to make that one point, that we're not the body. So we tried to do that only. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1970/700417_balmukundji.md|Letter to Balmukundji, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700417_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700417_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700417_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710417_advaita.md|Letter to Advaita, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710417_ksirodakasayi.md|Letter to Ksirodakasayi, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710417_tamal_krishna.md|Letter to Tamal Krishna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/730417_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730417_sarva_suhrit.md|Letter to Sarva Suhrit, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740417_embar_sampath_kumarachar.md|Letter to Embar Sampath Kumarachar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_amogha.md|Letter to Amogha, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_dvarakesa.md|Letter to Dvarakesa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_jitasvara.md|Letter to Jitasvara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_lilavati.md|Letter to Lilavati, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_narinder_natha_bagai.md|Letter to Narinder Natha Bagai, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750417_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1977/770417_radha-sarana.md|Letter to Radha-Sarana, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770417_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770417_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770417_sushil_kumar_arora.md|Letter to Sushil Kumar Arora, 1977]]