# May 10 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1969/690510rc.col.md|Room Conversation — May 10, 1969, Columbus]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/700510ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 7 — May 10, 1970, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** > oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ > pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate > pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya > pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate > [Īśo Invocation] --- **[[spoken/720510le.hon|Lecture — May 10, 1972, Honolulu]]** **Devotees:** All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] **Prabhupāda:** > ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ > śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam > ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ > ... paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam > [[cc/antya/20/12|[Cc. Antya 20.12] ]] Hmm. [indistinct] All glories to the *śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam*. This chanting, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare—sixteen words, thirty-two letters, each word two letters: Hare, Kṛṣṇa, Hare, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Hare, Hare, Hare, Rāma, Hare, Rāma, Rāma, Rāma, Hare, Hare. --- **[[spoken/730510sb.la|SB 1.8.48 — May 10, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *aho*—O; *me*—my; *paśyata*—just see; *ajñānam*—ignorance; *hṛdi*—in the heart; *rūḍham*—situated in; *durātmanaḥ*—of the sinful; *pārakyasya*—meant for others; *eva*—certainly; *dehasya*—of the body; *bahvyaḥ*—many, many; *me*—by me; *akṣauhiṇīḥ*—combination of military phalanxes; *hatāḥ*—killed. --- **[[spoken/750510mw.per|Morning Walk — May 10, 1975, Perth]]** **Amogha:** Śrīla Prabhupāda? Sometimes when we are speaking, people say, in the questions, they say, "Why do you say this is a science? It seems that this must be belief, because science..." **Prabhupāda:** The science is... Your so-called science is also belief. You believe in one way, we believe in another way. And if you call it science, then it is also science. If you call your belief as science, then why shall I not call my belief as science? Your is also belief. You have never gone to the moon, and you are talking of so many things about moon. That is your belief. **Prabhupāda:** We can also prove. You cannot prove. Just like you say the life is made of chemicals. You prove. Take chemicals and make a life, then it is proof. Otherwise it is a humbug. Why do you say like that, that life is made of chemicals? You cannot prove it. --- **[[spoken/750510r1.per|Room Conversation with Carol Cameron — May 10, 1975, Perth]]** **Amogha:** Well at present, the caste system in India isn't actually representative of the original *varṇāśrama dharma* system. The original system was a cooperation, organized cooperation between four kinds of men which are naturally there in society. Just like now we can see there are some people working as laborers, some people working as merchants, and some people politicians and lawyers, some are teachers. Originally they were organized so that the higher, the priests, or priestly order, were benefiting everyone by their teaching. And so that they could fully concentrate on that, they were not engaged in working for food and money. But what happened in this age was that the higher caste became fallen, and they misused their high position, and instead of helping everyone by their teaching, they misused the position, or exploited the position, simply for selfish ends, and there became a conflict which was called the caste... **Amogha:** Vested interest. Yes. So then there was conflict between the lower and the higher, and it broke down. So what we're teaching is not actually the caste system as it is now or it was recently, but... **Prabhupāda:** You have also caste system in the Western countries. You are not without caste system. There is a priestly class. So there are politicians, there are industrialists, merchants, and ordinary laborer. Where is...? How you can say there is no caste system in the Western countries? --- **[[spoken/760510sb.hon|SB 6.1.9 — May 10, 1976, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Sixth Canto, Chapter One, text number nine. [leads devotees in chanting] *Śrī-rājovāca,* the king, Parīkṣit Mahārāja, said. Parīkṣit Mahārāja is the disciple and Śukadeva Gosvāmī is the spiritual master. So the spiritual master is speaking and the disciple is hearing, but in the meantime making some question. That is the way of understanding. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670510_bank_of_baroda_delhi.md|Letter to Bank Of Baroda Delhi, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/670510_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/680510_dayananda.md|Letter to Dayananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/700510_bali-mardana_upendra.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana Upendra, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/720510_anandavardhana_jogindra_vandana.md|Letter to Anandavardhana Jogindra Vandana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720510_cyavana.md|Letter to Cyavana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720510_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720510_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720510_rupa_manohara_vipina_purandara_brajera_pakhala_gopavrndapala_kadambakanana.md|Letter to Rupa Manohara Vipina Purandara Brajera Pakhala Gopavrndapala Kadambakanana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730510_ho_hon_pei.md|Letter to Ho Hon Pei, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730510_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740510_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740510_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_aksayananda_dhananjaya.md|Letter to Aksayananda Dhananjaya, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_mahamsa.md|Letter to Mahamsa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_pranava.md|Letter to Pranava, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_prof._o.p._goel.md|Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750510_radheswaranand_goswami.md|Letter to Radheswaranand Goswami, 1975]]