# April 18 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[spoken/730418sb.la|SB 1.8.26 — April 18, 1973, Los Angeles]]** [*prema-dhvāṇī* prayers] **Thank you very much. Hare** Kṛṣṇa.* [break]Pradyumna: *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Pradyumna:** *janma*—birth; *aiśvarya*—opulence; *śruta*—education; *śrībhiḥ*—by the possession of beauty; *edhamāna*—progressively increasing; *madaḥ*—intoxication; *pumān*—the human being; *na*—never; *eva*—ever; *arhati*—deserves; *abhidhātum*—address in feeling; *vai*—certainly; *tvām*—You; *akiñcana-gocaram*—one who is approached easily by the materially exhausted man. --- **[[spoken/740418mw.bom|Morning Walk — April 18, 1974, Bombay]]** [break] *...yuktena cetasā nānya-gāminā.* One has to practice. That means his determination is not yet fixed up. Because he is very rich, he is thinking that "This is all right." That is another defect of becoming very much rich. *Bhogaiśvarya prasaktānāṁ tayā upahṛta-cetasām* [[bg/2/44|[Bg. 2.44] ]]: "Those who are too much attached to this material enjoyment and..., by which his consciousness is bewildered..." All these defects are there because he is too much attached to material enjoyment. **Prabhupāda:** Give him lesson how to make *tilaka.* He has come to your shelter. You teach him. [break] Just like a diseased person, if he is a little careless, he is not very strict in following the..., it will take some time. It is exactly like that. He, because of his material opulences, he thinks that "Oh, where is the disease? This is all right. I am happy." That is the defect. We have to reduce. That is called *tapasya.* Not that "Because my tongue is asking me to eat something, therefore I must eat." Not that. That is the difference between ordinary man and *gosvāmī. Gosvāmī* means one who has conquered over the dictation of the senses. My sense dictates to do something, but when I am able to dictate the sense, "No, you cannot do it," that is called *gosvāmī.* **Dr. Patel:** African, after all. Americans must be first. [wind interference—indistinct] ...some politically conscious Africans. --- **[[spoken/740418pc.hyd|Press Conference — April 18, 1974, Hyderabad]]** Mahāṁsa*:* First His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda will speak something about our philosophy for a few minutes, and then you can ask questions. **Prabhupāda:** > yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā > sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ > harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā > mano-rathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ > [[sb/5/18/12|[SB. 5.18.12] ]] *Yasya*—anyone; *asti*—one, anyone who has; *bhagavati—*in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *akiñcanā-bhakti—*unalloyed devotion, faith; *sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ*—with all the good qualities of the demigods, he is bestowed upon. *Harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇāḥ:* if one is not a devotee of the Lord, he has no good qualification. He cannot possess any good qualification. Why? *Mano-rathena.* He is simply hovering on the mental plane. Therefore mind's business is to accept and reject. There cannot be any permanent thing. So one has to transcend above the plane of mind and fixed up in the spiritual platform. Then he can have all the good qualities. --- **[[spoken/740418sb.hyd|SB 1.2.6 — April 18, 1974, Hyderabad]]** **Pradyumna:*Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and** devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] **Translation:** "The supreme occupation, or dharma, for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted in order to completely satisfy the self." --- **[[spoken/750418sb.vrn|SB 1.7.6 — April 18, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. **O**ṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. But the mass of people do not know this, and therefore the learned Vyāsadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth." --- **[[spoken/770418r1.bom|Talk with Svarūpa Dāmodara — April 18, 1977, Bombay]]** **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** I came yesterday from Manipur, er, from Calcutta, came day before yesterday. I stayed one night in Calcutta. The temple is nice. They have a smaller number of devotees in Calcutta now, but it's very conducive, very cooperative, so the atmosphere was very nice. I gave a lecture. **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** Yes, today. They came yesterday. He's very learned, and he had a number of degrees. **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** Yes. So he's very old. He's about seventy-three years old. And he had a genuine desire to be engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So he'll be a devotee. So he invited us to come and speak to him today on... I'm going to speak on science and Kṛṣṇa consciousness today. --- **[[spoken/770418r2.bom|Morning Talk — April 18, 1977, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** But if he's not Kṛṣṇa conscious, he may rise up to that position by endeavor. Then he will fall down. And I have given this example, Nixon and Indira. This is factual. To come to take the post of prime minister, to become the president, is not easy job. *Āruhya kṛcchreṇa* [**SB* 10.2.32*], great hardship. Similarly, the Māyāvādīs, they also undergo severe austerities to become one with the Supreme, impersonalists. Any... I have given the... *Karmī, jñānī,* *yogī,* politicians, and everyone—everyone has got some aim. Many rich men, they commit suicide. So this is possi... This is the ultimate result of a nondevotee. He may rise up by endeavor to a certain position as he imagined, "This is the best position." Just like we are also trying to occupy the best position—to become associate of Kṛṣṇa, to live with devotees. We have got also some aim, and the nondevotees, they have also got aim. But the devotees will never fall down, while the nondevotee will fall down. And if devotee circumstantially, by chance, falls down—not like them—he'll be again picked up by Kṛṣṇa. This is the science, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A devotee's position is certain. Now, take for example my position. For ordinary *karmī* to purchase so many properties all over the world and so many other things, money and everything, if *karmī* had to do it, how much hardship he had to go. And actually they are doing. Is it possible for one's life to acquire so many? **Prabhupāda:** I have given this example, our court case, that the case would have been continued for years—but one day. Even though there was some difficulty, it is finished. So our enemies, they tried to block our march, but we shall kick on their head and progress our aims—if we stick to our principles. These things I have discussed this night. How do you think? **Prabhupāda:** This is fact. So always remain very, very faithful to Kṛṣṇa and *guru.* *Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja* [[cc/madhya/19/151|[Cc. Madhya 19.151] ]]. Remain... So don't care for anything, any, the deprogrammer, and what are others? Eh? What are others? --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/610418_mr._nakano.md|Letter to Mr. Nakano, 1961]] - [[../../letters/1967/670418_hayagriva_and_upendra.md|Letter to Hayagriva And Upendra, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/670418_sumati_morarjee.md|Letter to Sumati Morarjee, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_bahulasva.md|Letter to Bahulasva, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_bertl.md|Letter to Bertl, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_jayagovinda.md|Letter to Jayagovinda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700418_manager_of_bank_of_baroda.md|Letter to Manager Of Bank Of Baroda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/720418_ksirodakasayi.md|Letter to Ksirodakasayi, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730418_atreya_rsi.md|Letter to Atreya Rsi, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730418_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730418_doug_russell.md|Letter to Doug Russell, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730418_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1977/770418_nalinikanta.md|Letter to Nalinikanta, 1977]] - [[../../letters/1977/770418_ranadhira.md|Letter to Ranadhira, 1977]]