# May 15 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/700515ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Mantra 10 — May 15, 1970, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** > oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ > pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate > pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya > pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate > [Īśo Invocation] --- **[[spoken/730515in.la|Initiation Ceremony — May 15, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** All right. [devotees chant *japa*] All water finished? Then again. [leads chanting of *mantra* again] --- **[[spoken/730515mw.la|Morning Walk at Cheviot Hills Golf Course — May 15, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Kṛṣṇa-kānti:** [introducing recording] [Prabhup] ...**āda's morning walk, recorded May 15th, 1973, at Cheviot Hills Park, in Los Angeles.Prabhupāda:** ...difficulty for the scientist to understand God? What is their difficulty? We understand God very easily. Svarūpa Dāmodara: They find it very hard to see the spirit, the soul in... It is very doubtful, they say. Svarūpa Dāmodara: No, once they see the spirit soul, they can detect somehow, then they are definitely convinced. --- **[[spoken/730515sb.la|SB 1.9.1 — May 15, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *sūtaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said; *iti*—thus; *bhītaḥ*—being afraid of; *prajā-drohāt*—because of killing the subjects; *sarva*—all; *dharma*—acts of religion; *vivitsayā*—for understanding; *tataḥ*—thereafter; *vinaśanam*—the place where the fight was held; *prāgāt*—they all went; *yatra*—where; *deva-vrataḥ*—Bhīṣmadeva; *apatat*—lay down for passing away. --- **[[spoken/750515mw.per|Morning Walk — May 15, 1975, Perth]]** **Śrutakīrti:** That would mean leaving the city. That would mean they had to leave the city. They don't want to leave the city. **Jayadharma:** Śrīla Prabhupāda, we received news yesterday that one man in northern New South Wales is willing to sell us a farm, a great big farm up there in the sub-tropics. Would this be a good place for engaging boys like the Indian, the Indian boy that came yesterday? **Prabhupāda:** Yes. Our next program is to organize farming. Let anyone come. We shall give him free food and employment: "Come on." Not that "I want to work as a clerk in the city." You produce your own food. I give you ingredients. I give you land. And work for five, six hours, and take your food and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. --- **[[spoken/760515mw.hon|Morning Walk — May 15, 1976, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Na jāyate na mriyate vā* [[bg/2/20|[Bg. 2.20] ]]. That is the distinction between matter and soul. **Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:** They counter that if God is all-powerful, He can do anything. So why not He can create a soul, and that soul can then be eternal from that point? **Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:** The Christian may argue that God is all-powerful, so God has created the soul, and from that point the soul is eternal. --- **[[spoken/760515r1.hon|Room Conversation — May 15, 1976, Honolulu]]** --- **[[spoken/760515sb.hon|SB 6.1.15 — May 15, 1976, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Canto Six, Chapter One, verse number fifteen. *So karma, jñāna, yoga, then bhakti. So karmaṇā, karma nirhāro na hy ātyantika iṣyate.* [[sb/6/1/11|[SB. 6.1.11] ]] We have discussed this. By karma you cannot nullify something... * --- **[[spoken/770515ed.hri|Evening Darśana — May 15, 1977, Rishikesh]]** --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/690515_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690515_dinesh.md|Letter to Dinesh, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690515_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690515_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690515_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700515_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/720515_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720515_ranadhira.md|Letter to Ranadhira, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730515_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740515_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740515_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750515_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760515_sevananda.md|Letter to Sevananda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760515_trivikrama.md|Letter to Trivikrama, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760515_yamuna_dinatarini.md|Letter to Yamuna Dinatarini, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760515_yasomatisuta.md|Letter to Yasomatisuta, 1976]]