# May 1 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1969/690501le.bos.md|Lecture [partially recorded] — May 1, 1969, Boston]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[../../spoken/1969/690501na.bos.md|Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī — May 1, 1969, Boston]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/720501le.tok|Lecture — May 1, 1972, Tokyo]]** **Prabhupāda:** So... [break] This material existence, which we are now passing through, is not our actual existence. There is a Bengali Vaiṣṇava poet, he says... Generally, the question is raised, "How the living entities became fallen in this material world?" The Māyāvādī philosophy, they say that we are the same with God, but we are now covered by *māyā,* and as soon as we are free from this *māyā's* covering, we become again one with the Supreme. This is Māyāvāda philosophy. Practically the Vaiṣṇava philosophy also the same, but only difference is that the *jīvātmā,* he is eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. Actually, if we scrutinizingly study, our constitutional position is to render service. Any one of us who are sitting here, everyone is servant. Nobody can say that "I am master." We are thinking like master, but actually we are all servants—anyone. Either you are servant of your family or you are servant of your country or you are servant of your senses... Everyone, at the present moment, we are servant of the senses, servant of this body. And gradually our illusion expands. *Ataḥ gṛha-kṣetra-sutāpta-vittair janasya moho 'yam ahaṁ mameti* [[sb/5/5/8|[SB. 5.5.8] ]]. This material world, it is explained by Vaiṣṇava philosopher: *Māyā* is nothing but an illusion which is covering my Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is called *māyā.* I am... Kṛṣṇa says that *mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ* [[bg/15/7|[Bg. 15.7] ]]: "All these living entities, they are My parts and parcel, *sanātana,* not that they have now become servant of Me by material contact, but they are eternally servant." Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, *jīvera svarūpa haya nitya kṛṣṇa dāsa* [[cc/madhya/20/108-109|[Cc. Madhya 20.108-109] ]]: "The real identity of the living entity is that he is eternal servant of God, or Kṛṣṇa." When we speak of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa means God. *Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* [[sb/1/3/28|[SB. 1.3.28] ]]. --- **[[spoken/720501sb.tok|SB 2.9.2-3 — May 1, 1972, Tokyo]]** ...his association, or its association with the different types of..., modes of material nature, *sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa.* So you mix it, then that it becomes eighty-one. Three multiplied by three, nine, and again, nine multiplied by nine, it becomes eighty-one. So there are 8,400,000 forms on account of this mixture. That's all. So the mixture is possible, and according to the mixture, they have got different consciousness. According to the body, they have got different consciousness. A man, highly intellectual *brāhmaṇa,* he is, "Oh, I am greater than everyone. I am so wise. I am so pure. I am *brāhmaṇa.*" So he has got a different conception. And similarly, the hog, because he has got a different form, it has that "Oh, stool is so nice. Let me eat it." It is very [easy] to understand. According to the association with the modes of material nature, we are getting different types of body. And according to different types of body, we are developing different types of consciousness. Is it very difficult to understand? But when we transcend this bodily concept of life, then we come to the one standard consciousness. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Try to understand. If there is any difficulty, ask. It is very important. Why there are different consciousness? Everyone could take up this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But they cannot take it, because they have got bodily concept of life. And body means association with the modes of material nature in a different way. Try to understand. Is there any question on this point? Say it clearly. If you have understood, explain. It is very important point. --- **[[spoken/730501in.la|Initiations — May 1, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** All right. So, you are Brahmānanda Purī. You know the rules and regulation? What is that? **Prabhupāda:** Your name is Gaṅga dāsa. Take it. Come on. [devotees chant *japa*] Come on. Be prepared with this neck beads on. So, you know the rules and regulation? --- **[[spoken/730501mw.la|Morning Walk — May 1, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Svarūpa Dāmodara:Prabhupāda's morning walk. May 1, 1973, Los Angeles.**Svarūpa Dāmodara: When I drove, so the stars were very shining in the sky very clear. [break] **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** There is a compound that is called silicon carbide. That is, I think, it is very hard, as hard as diamond. They make silicon carbide. I'm not sure, but silicon carbide or tungsten carbide. They are used for cutting diamond. They are harder than diamond. It's very strong, very hard. They combine this with carbon. It requires tremendous amounts of force to do this—high temperature, high pressure. **Prabhupāda:** No, even for man. The cantaloupe, watermelon, they are produced in sand in large quantity. *Kharmuja.* --- **[[spoken/730501sb.la|SB 1.8.39 — May 1, 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:** *na*—not; *iyam*—this land of our kingdom; *śobhiṣyate*—will appear as beautiful; *tatra*—then; *yathā*—as it is now; *idānīm*—now; *gadādhara*—O Kṛṣṇa; *tvat*—Your; *padaiḥ*—by the feet; *aṅkitā*—marked; *bhāti*—is dazzling; *sva-lakṣaṇa*—Your own marks; *vilakṣitaiḥ*—by the impressions. --- **[[spoken/740501mw.bom|Morning Walk — May 1, 1974, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** For this purpose, arrange meeting in the school, colleges, societies, big, big halls. Because they may not come. They are not attracted to the temple meetings. They think, "This temple is temple, some priestly class." They want philosophy, logic, science. So they have to be convinced. Not sentiments. So those who are advanced, they are not in favor of religious sentiments, because they have got experience, "Now, some sentiments..." But they do not understand what is this sentiment. Therefore they have to be understood through logic, philosophy, science. [*japa*] [break] **Girirāja:** Well, it's on Marine Drive. Somebody just became a Life Member, but he is inviting six hundred guests on the terrace of the building. **Prabhupāda:** Very good. This kind of meeting should be arranged. [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. [break] It is also our business to kill all undesirable so-called *svāmīs,* *yogīs,* *avatāras.* [aside:] Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Jaya.* [break] What is that? Kṛṣṇa... --- **[[spoken/760501r1.fij|Room Conversation — May 1, 1976, Fiji]]** **Gurukṛpā:** "The living entities in this conditional world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." **Prabhupāda:** So with this instrument he's manipulating this machine, as exactly the pilot, with so many electronics, machine, he's working the flying of the plane. Where is the difficulty to understand? And this is..., body is a machine. *Bhrāmayan sarva-bhū...* [[bg/18/61|[Bg. 18.61] ]]. Bhrāmayan,* wandering. The aeroplane is wandering. This machine is wandering. It is also going, *ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ,* sometimes up, sometimes down. Huh? Find out this. [discussion as devotees look for verse] Same aeroplane, going up and down. Two wings, this hand, like this. **Gurukṛpā:** > ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthā > madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ > jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā > adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ > [[bg/14/18|[Bg. 14.18] ]] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/490500_sir.md|Letter to Sir, 1949]] - [[../../letters/1967/670501_janardana.md|Letter to Janardana, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1969/690501_dayananda.md|Letter to Dayananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700501_kenneth.md|Letter to Kenneth, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700501_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700501_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710501_laksmimoni.md|Letter to Laksmimoni, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710501_lance_nally.md|Letter to Lance Nally, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/730501_amogha.md|Letter to Amogha, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730501_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_acarya_prabhakar_mishra.md|Letter to Acarya Prabhakar Mishra, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_evening_news_of_india.md|Letter to Evening News Of India, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_jayatirtha.md|Letter to Jayatirtha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_mahatma.md|Letter to Mahatma, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_markandeya_rsi.md|Letter to Markandeya Rsi, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740501_trivikrama.md|Letter to Trivikrama, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1977/770501_hari-sauri.md|Letter to Hari-Sauri, 1977]]