# April 21 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[spoken/720421r1.tok|Conversation with Dai Nippon Representative — April 21, 1972, Tokyo]]** **Prabhupāda:** It will be finished in about sixty volumes, like the one already you have got coming? **Prabhupāda:** Then third, fourth, fifth. And the Tenth Canto will be about... There are ninety chapters. **Prabhupāda:** Eight volumes in the Tenth Canto. Then Eleventh Canto, Twelfth Canto. So altogether it will be sixty volumes. One book, sixty volumes. Perhaps there is none in the world, one subject matter.* [Japanese exclamations] So that I wish to contribute to the world, with the cooperation of Dai Nippon. Yes. It will be record contribution to the world thought. --- **[[spoken/720421sb.tok|SB 2.9.1-7 — April 21, 1972, Tokyo]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Yarhi vāva...* [indistinct] Not only we living entities have assumed various forms, *bahu-rūpa,* but *māyā* is also *bahu-rūpa*. She is also before us, just like I was explaining this morning, *gṛha-kṣetra-suta-āpta-vitta* [[sb/5/5/8|[SB. 5.5.8] ]]. *Māyā* has taken the form of house, the form of land, form of children, form of friends, the relatives, form of money, riches. These are all *māyā*. But they are attracting us. Not only we have assumed different forms, but *māyā* has also assumed. Therefore it is said, *māyayā bahu-rūpayā.* *Māyā..., māyā* means this material energy. The material energy is called *mahat-tattva*. That is one. Then when the *māyā,* being agitated by the *guṇās,* that *mahat-tattva* divides into twenty-four. Burst. The material scientist confirms it that there was a chunk and it burst, like that. That chunk is *mahat-tattva,* burst into twenty-four—five gross matter, *bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ;* three subtle matter, mind, intelligence and ego; then five objective: just like *rūpa,* *rasa,* form, taste, smell; *rūpa, gandha,* touch; *śabda,* sound. These are five elements for our enjoyment. And we have got ten senses: *tvak* [indistinct]-*nāsikāḥ vāk karau caraṇau pāyur.* In this way ten senses; five sense objects, fifteen; eight gross and subtle elements, twenty-three; and... What is there else? Mind. Anyway, the *mahat-tattva* turns into twenty-four parts[?], including the *jīvātmā.* The *jīvātmā* is also twenty-six, and *paramātmā* twenty-six, or sometimes *jīvātmā* is twenty-four, *paramātmā* [indistinct]. --- **[[spoken/730421mw.la|Morning Walk — April 21, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** [introducing recording] 1973, Los Angeles. Prabhupada's morning walk. April 21, 1973, Los Angeles. Prabhupada's morning walk. **Prabhupāda:** They have discovered one watch machine. You have seen that? You can..., you can immediately know what is the time where all the important places. **Karandhara:** Yes. It has a dial on it. You turn the dial, and it tells you the time in different places... --- **[[spoken/730421sb.la|SB 1.8.29 — April 21, 1973, Los Angeles]]** [*prema-dhvāṇī* prayers] **[break] Hare** Kṛṣṇa**. Pradyumna: *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Pradyumna:** *na*—does not; *veda*—know; *kaścit*—anyone; *bhagavan*—O Lord; *cikīrṣitam*—pastimes; *tava*—Your; *īhamānasya*—like the worldly men; *nṛṇām*—of the people in general; *viḍambanam*—misleading; *na*—never; *yasya*—His; *kaścit*—anyone; *dayitaḥ*—object of specific favor; *asti*—there is; *karhicit*—anywhere; *dveṣyaḥ*—object of envy; *ca*—and; *yasmin*—unto Him; *viṣamā*—partiality; *matiḥ*—conception; *nṛṇām*—of the people. --- **[[spoken/740421sb.hyd|SB 1.2.7 — April 21, 1974, Hyderabad]]** **Translation:** "By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world." **Prabhupāda:** > vāsudeve bhagavati > bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ > janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ > jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam > [[sb/1/2/7|[SB. 1.2.7] ]] --- **[[spoken/760421bg.mel|Bg 9.3 — April 21, 1976, Melbourne]]** So *aśraddhadhānāḥ:* those who are faithless. So those who are faithless... Faithless means, anyone can understand, those who do not believe in the words of God. They are faithless. Just like a child, by nature, he has to believe his parents, his superiors, his teacher. But if he does not believe in the words of the superior, then where is the possibility of education? There is no possibility. This is the first qualification. If you go to a teacher to learn A-B-C-D, the teacher says, "My dear child, you begin from the left side, in this way." Then, if the student says, "Why shall I begin in this way? I shall begin this way," then he's faithless. He cannot make any progress. It is not possible. The first qualification is *śraddadhānāḥ,* faithful. If you go to a teacher you must be faithful; otherwise there is no need of going to a teacher. If you cannot believe in the words of somebody whom you are going to appoint as your teacher, if you have no faith in his words, then what is the use of going to such teacher? There is no use. Don't waste your time and don't waste his time. Therefore those who are going to learn to become a disciple or teacher, he must believe in the words of teacher. Or if you are doubtful, you should not go to a such teacher. This is first qualification. If you do not believe somebody, then you find out someone else upon whom you can put your faith: "Yes, here is the right man who can teach me." Otherwise there is no use of going to a teacher. This is the Vedic principle. The Vedic principle is... People are... Everyone is in ignorance, because the evolution is coming from the lower species of life. And in Western countries the Darwin's theory of evolution is very prominent, and they believe that man is coming from monkey. Of course, the Vedic *śāstra* also says the birth of human being are from three sources: one from the cow, the other from the lion, and the other from the monkey. The "monkey" word is there. Those who are coming in the *sattva-guṇa,* modes of goodness, their last birth is as cow. And those who are coming through the *rajo-guṇa,* their last birth is lion. And those who are coming through the *tamo-guṇa,* their last birth is monkey. Then there are... We have explained many times. The lower animals, less than the human being, they're eight million forms. --- **[[spoken/760421mw.mel|Morning Walk — April 21, 1976, Melbourne]]** **Prabhupāda:** They'll never accept it. But if they simply accept chanting, it will work. [tape of Prabhupāda chanting *Govindam* prayers in background] **Prabhupāda:** Hmm. If you make condition that you stop this, it will be failure. And it is not possible. **Gurukṛpā:** In the beginning you just asked everyone to chant, and naturally they wanted to do more after. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680421_boys_and_girls.md|Letter to Boys And Girls, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680421_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690421_govinda.md|Letter to Govinda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700421_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700421_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700421_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700421_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710421_bhagavan.md|Letter to Bhagavan, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710421_ksirodakasayi.md|Letter to Ksirodakasayi, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710421_ranadhira.md|Letter to Ranadhira, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710421_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720421_radha-damodara.md|Letter to Radha-Damodara, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730421_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730421_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740421_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740421_presidents_of_all_centers_in_europe_and_america.md|Letter to Presidents Of All Centers In Europe And America, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740421_unknown.md|Letter to Unknown, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740421_whom_it_may_concern.md|Letter to Whom It May Concern, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/760421_ambarisa.md|Letter to Ambarisa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760421_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760421_mrs._blasko.md|Letter to Mrs. Blasko, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760421_puranjana.md|Letter to Puranjana, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760421_vrindaban_chandra_de.md|Letter to Vrindaban Chandra De, 1976]]