# April 24 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[spoken/720424sb.tok|SB 2.9.1-4 — April 24, 1972, Tokyo]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...*gata-sammohas tyaktvodāste tadobhayam.* So chant this verse, beginning from... Practice. --- **[[spoken/730424sb.la|SB 1.8.32 — April 24, 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] **Prabhupāda:** Go on. [chanting continues] Ladies now. [ladies chant] That's all. Now, word meaning. --- **[[spoken/740424mw.hyd|Morning Walk — April 24, 1974, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...drawing the attention of the papers. And now so many papers, they have published his statement. There are four, five, ten candidates, but about our... What is his name? **Prabhupāda:** ...that these rascal leaders, they cannot give us any comfort. All over the world. Here in Gujarat, the students have insulted the leader, you know? Ah, so horribly. They have dragged the prime minister, chief minister, dragged him and set up and put him seated on a ass's back. In this way he was insulted. **Prabhupāda:** The next province. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] ...speaking all the words that he has learned from me. Very good. Very nicely he's presenting. --- **[[spoken/740424sb.hyd|SB 1.2.10 — April 24, 1974, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** So, "All glories to the assembled devotees" means including the children also. Kṛṣṇa conscious movement is so nice that even children—without any knowledge of *Vedānta* and big, big philosophy—simply by attending the performance of devotional service, even a child's life can be glorious without any education. That is, we are explaining in this statement of Sūta Gosvāmī: *ahaituky apratihatā* [[sb/1/2/6|[SB. 1.2.6] ]]. *Apratihatā* means you cannot check anyone. It doesn't matter what he is. He may be a grown-up man or a small child; he may be educated, not educated; civilized or uncivilized. Even man or animal, everyone can take part in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, *bhakti-yoga*. This word is very important, that *ahaituky apratihatā. Apratihatā* means "without any obstacle." Because this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is meant for the soul, not for the body. So far body is concerned, there is..., according to our past *karma* it is destined. Prahlāda Mahārāja says that here in this material world, we are after sense pleasure, everyone: birds, beasts, animals, aquatics, human beings—even the demigods. Anyone who is within this material world, he is concerned with the gratification of the senses in different degree; but, in any means, sense gratification. Therefore, we are given, by the laws of nature... Not..., nature is not independent, but is superior order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. --- **[[spoken/750424sb.vrn|SB 1.7.7 — April 24, 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 feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness." **Prabhupāda:** > yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyāṁ > kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe > bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ > śoka-moha-bhayāpahā > [[sb/1/7/7|[SB. 1.7.7] ]] --- **[[spoken/760424bg.mel|Bg 9.5 — April 24, 1976, Melbourne]]** So last verse we have discussed, Kṛṣṇa said... When we speak "Kṛṣṇa," you should understand "Kṛṣṇa" means God, the Supreme Being. *Kṛṣṇa,* the etymological meaning is "the all-attractive." Without being all-attractive there is no meaning of God. It is not that God is attractive only to certain class of men. No. God is attractive for all classes of men, unless he is animal. Animal does not know what is God and what is the attraction of God. He does not know. But human being, in the human society, at least in the civilized human society, there is a certain idea of God. Either you follow Christianity or Vedic principle or Muhammadan religion or even Buddha religion, there is conception of God. There is an attempt to understand God. That is human society. Therefore, according to the capability or country and the people, the conception of God may be a little different from one another. But the attraction for God is there. There is no doubt about it. So God appears in three fundamental features: *brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate.* --- **[[spoken/760424mw.mel|Morning Walk — April 24, 1976, Melbourne]]** **Prabhupāda:** But actually we are doing that. Still they do not believe? **What kind of *mūḍha?* Eh? So many of our devotees, they do not work. How they are living? **Gurukṛpā:** They're envious, that we can do it and they can't. If you surrender to Kṛṣṇa, then it could be done. If you want to struggle yourself, then you have to struggle. That one lady was... They were criticizing how we have such big building and everything, and then you invited her to come and stay with us and she wouldn't do it. **Prabhupāda:** The stool, you take them and keep it apart, they will go again to the stool. Nature's way, they must suffer. So-called philanthropic activities, welfare activities—useless. You cannot do any welfare activity; you must suffer. Only way you can do them some good: inducing them chanting. That's all. Otherwise no possibility. --- **[[spoken/770424me.bom|Second Meeting with Mr. Dwivedi — April 24, 1977, Bombay]]** **Mr. Dwivedi:** And he's his brother-in-law. I came with one request and also a suggestion, if that is appealable to Your Holiness. When I had been there in the night at home I has pondered a little, and I thought I am on very good terms with Mr. Jatti; easily approachable for me. Even in spite of the ministerial crisis on the 22nd, he met me. On the 2lst evening I went to Vṛndāvana. So I saw the, our Mr. President, Akṣaya[nanda] Mahārāja. He wanted me to stay. I said, "No, I am going away. I'm going with Mr. Jatti for tomorrow." And I think if he is just a little free from government engagements, he would like to preside or inaugurate this function, and I would call it by the inauguration of the Krishna Consciousness Society branch in the state of Madhya Pradesh and at this place. And therefore, as soon as I'll get permission from Your Holiness, I shall try to contact him tonight on telephone. **Prabhupāda:** It is... I think it is a good proposal. If President comes, it must be acceptable. A very good chance. **Prabhupāda:** Oh, yes. I... For mine, that... You told that "You gain your weight, increase your weight." That induced me. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1970/700424_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710424_jaya_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jaya Jagadisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710424_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710424_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710424_shekhar_prasad_shrestha.md|Letter to Shekhar Prasad Shrestha, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720424_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720424_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/740424_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740424_mahadeva.md|Letter to Mahadeva, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740424_manager_of_punjab_national_bank.md|Letter to Manager Of Punjab National Bank, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740424_tejiyas.md|Letter to Tejiyas, 1974]]