May 10
Spoken May 10
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Param Brahman. Param means the chief, param. Kīrtanānanda: Param Brahman. Prabhupāda: Param Brahman. We are all Brahmans. Ahaṁ brahmāsmi. Every one of us, living entity, Brahman. But He is the chief Brahman. Just like you are all Americans, but your president is the chief American. Do you understand? So similarly, Kṛṣṇa is the chief Brahman. You are all Brahman, but He is the chief Brahman. Is it clear? ThatPradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prab…
SB 1.8.48
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] " aho me paśyatājñānaṁ hṛdi rūḍhaṁ durātmanaḥ pārakyasyaiva dehasyaPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:PrabhupādaSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: Worshiping the dead body. Amogha: There’s a pathway up here that goes off... Śrutakīrti: Śrīla Prabhupāda, do you want this hat? Do you want to put this hat on? Prabhupāda: Yes. Amogha: Śrīla Prabhupāda? Sometimes when we are speaking, people say, in the questions, they say, Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Gaṇeśa:Prabhupāda:Paramahaṁsa:Prabhupāda:Paramahaṁsa:Prabhupāda:Paramahaṁsa:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Parama…
Room Conversation with Carol Cameron
Jayadharma: They look at India they see that the caste system apparently is not working. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Amogha: Shall I answer? Prabhupāda: Mm. Amogha: Well at present, the caste system in India isn’t actually representative of the original varṇāśrama dharmaPrabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Jayadharma:Prabhupāda:Jayadharma:Prabhupāda:Jayadharma:Prabhupāda:Jayadharma:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Prabhupāda:Amogha:Carol Cameron:Prabhupāda:Carol Cameron…
Letters May 10
Agent The Bank of Baroda Limited Foreign Department Mohan Mansion Chandni Chowk Post Box No. 1409 Delhi, India. Dear Sir, I beg to thank you very much for your letter No. FEX.19/994 of the 27th April 1967 addressed to me San Francisco. Since then I have come to my New York H.Q. and the letter redirected here today.
Juno Beach, Florida My dear Dayananda, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your check which I beg to acknowledge receipt herewith. I am so pleased to learn that you are constantly trying to follow my instructions. Of course, I have no particular instructions, save and except the instruction which I have also heard from my Spiritual Master. So all instructions in the disciplic succession...
Sydney My dear Bali Mardan and Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated by Post 5th May, 1970. So it is very encouraging that people are coming to the extent of 40 heads, and they are trying to understand the importance of this great movement, and any sane man will be able to understand that. But I do not know why our students who are supposed to be the leaders...
My dear Cyavana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 1, 1972, along with plans. The plans are very nice. I have sent already one photo to Giriraja of our skyscraper in Los Angeles, so I want that this square building, whether as one bigger building or two square towers as you have proposed, that this type of square building be added to Govindaji
Niranjana Varanasi My dear Niranjana, Please accept my blessings. In your last letter you informed me that Dr. Rao (Ramananda das) had come to see you in Varanasi, but he could not find you at that time. Will you immediately open correspondence with him? His address is as follows: Dr. Ravindra Pratap Rao, Reader in Chemistry, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U. P., India. Just now I have received...
Nityananda New Orleans My dear Nityananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated April 29, 1972 and I have noted the contents. Upon your recommendation, I have agreed to accept Axel and John as my duly initiated disciples, and also to give second initiation to Subrata. I am sending a separate letter for them. So far going to Dallas for the fire yajna, better you should...
Rupa Manohara (Michael McCloughlin), Vipina Purandara (Paul League), Brajera Pakhala (Richard Roland), Gopavrndapala (Eddie Dougherty), Kadambakanana (David Hardin) Los Angeles My dear sons, Please accept my blessings. Upon the recommendation of Karandhara, I have gladly consented to accept all of you as my duly initiated disciples. Your beads have been duly chanted by me and they are sent under...
Ho Hon Pei My dear Ho Hon Pei, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 3, 1973 and have noted the contents. Thank you very much for your kind appreciation of our Krsna Consciousness Movement. You are having some doubts whether or not the mass of people will be able to appreciate Krsna Consciousness. Yes, it is a fact that most people cannot approach Krsna...
Evanston, Illinois My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 26, 1974 and noted the contents. I can appreciate that you are traveling widely in your recently expanded zone and you plan to first become acquainted with the temple presidents by traveling is good. As far as you leaving Uttama Sloka in charge of Toronto and sending Sripati to...
Karandhara Encino, California My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 1, 1974. I am glad to hear that you are agreeable to and making plans to come and join with me. Everyone has some potency. You have special potency. Do not waste it in the service of maya, but use it in the service of Krsna. Although there is inconvenience, we must endure it...
Aksayananda, Dhananjaya Vrndavana My dear Aksayananda Swami and Dhananjaya, Please accept my blessings. Kindly send me report of Vrndavana, how things are going on there, to our Honolulu address: 51 Coelho Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The proposal for selling rooms should be dropped for the time being unless you take instruction from Giriraja how to take contributions from the prospective clients....
Bombay My dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I am very much anxious to receive report of the Bombay activities, construction and everything. Please send full report to my Hawaii address: 51 Coelho Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. We have got many enemies, especially our tenants. Therefore, things should be very carefully done. Whether the tenants union is legally alright and whether by their...
Hyderabad My dear Mahamsa Swami, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your telegram which read as follows: MISSED YOUR GRACE BY HOURS AGREEMENT DRAFT FOR FARM LAND SENT TO YOU PLEASE SANCTION RS 30,000 URGENT TRANSFER TO PREPARE FOR UTILIZING THIS MONSOON -MAHAMSA SWAMI. But, I have not received the draft copy as informed by you. Regarding the money, rs. 30,000, of course, if need be,...
Prof. O.P. Goel Prof. O.P. Goel 7, Krishna Kunj Plot 143, Tulsipipe Road Matunga, Bombay-26, India My dear Sriman O.P. Goelji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 1st, 1975. Please excuse me for my late reply, as I was very very busy in Vrindavan for the opening ceremony of our Krishna Balarama Temple. As I was scheduled to come to Bombay after...
Goswami Raheswaranand c/o H.K. Ajudia, B.A.L.L.B. ADVOCATE Station Road, Jam-Jodhpur 360530 India My dear Radheswaranand Goswami, Please accept my humble dandavats. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23-3-75. I expected you at our opening ceremony of the Krishna Balarama Temple in Vrndavana. The Governor of U.P. came and the festival continued for 7 days. Then I went to Kuruksetra,...