Spoken May 24
SB 1.5.8-9
Prabhupāda: ...you have no tilaka. Devotee: Oh. Sorry, Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: " om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave-namaḥ" [I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.] " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam[When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has est…
SB 2.3.2-7
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.2–7 Prabhupāda: Translation? Pradyumna: Read all up to where we are? Prabhupāda: Hmm? Pradyumna: “One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahmā or Bṛhaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajāpatis. One who desires good fortune should worship Durgādevī,…
SB 1.10.20
Devotee: Chapter Ten, page 531. " anyonyam āsīt sañjalpa uttama..." Prabhupāda: Wait. Which one? Dhanañjaya: It’s Chapter Eleven, not Chapter Ten. Chapter Eleven. Prabhupāda: No, no. Why do you dictate? He is reading something, but you change it. What is that? Devotee: Page 531, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Text number 20, Chapter Ten. [break]Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Morning Walk
Dhanañjaya: In fact, the word “London” is coming from the Latin word londonium. Londonium was a small fishing port that the Romans founded on the Thames. Prabhupāda: Oh. You are not sufficiently covered. Yogeśvara: I’m all right. Prabhupāda: No, you are not all right. [pause] [break] Indian civilization is that they constructed big, big buildings, but for God, temple. And for the people, they were satisfied in small villages. So far the temples are concerned, South Indian temple, wonderful te…
Room Conversation with Catholic Cardinal
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Yogeśvara: That dharma by which the soul becomes fully satisfied, ... Prabhupāda: Hmm! Yogeśvara: ...can it be found anywhere else aside from Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Prabhupāda: I don’t think. Yogeśvara: In other words... Prabhupāda: Because they are all Dhanañjaya:Cardinal Pignedoli:Dhanañjaya:Cardinal Pignedoli:Dhanañjaya:Bhagavān:Cardinal Pignedoli:Bhagavān:Cardinal Pignedoli:Prabhupāda:Cardinal Pignedoli:Monsignor Verrozano:Cardin…
Room Conversation with Richard Webster
Dhanañjaya: Societa Filosofica Italiana. A philosophical society. Prabhupāda: Historic. Dhanañjaya: Not historical, more philosophical. And he writes many papers for the Catholic Church, for the Vatican. Prabhupāda: I was also student of philosophy in 1916–20 under professor Dr. W. S. Urquhart in Calcutta, Scottish ChurchesRichard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard Webster:Prabhupāda:Richard We…
Bg 7.1 Lecture
Prabhupāda: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees chant responsively] Hmm. Ladies and gentlemen, I am just going to speak before you knowledge of the Absolute. It is from the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā. This human form of life is obtained after many, many millions of years by evolutionary process: aquatics, then insects, reptiles, birds, beasts, uncivilized men, and then civilized form of human being. They are called the Āryans. So the human being, civilized human being, is the t…
Room Conversation
Devotee: She has come to an impasse in her family life. She doesn’t know what to do. So the situation, I think you are familiar with, that Gaurasundara has been living with this other girl for three years, and Govinda dāsī is under the impression that you’ve sanctioned that Gaurasundara can have two wives.Prabhupāda:Govinda dāsī:Devotee:Govinda dāsī:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Govinda dāsī:Prabhupāda:Govinda dāsī:Prabhupāda:Govinda dāsī:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:…
SB 6.1.24
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.24 Prabhupāda: [leads devotees in chanting] " tasya pravayasaḥ putrā daśa teṣāṁ tu yo ‘vamaḥ bālo nārāyaṇo nāmnā pitroś ca dayito bhṛśam []" [01:29] So he was engaged in maintaining the family. Everyone is engaged like that. Cats and dogs also do that. It is not very extraordinary thing. Sometimes they say, Devotees:
Short Discussions
Short Discussions
Prabhupāda: ...London. Guru Mahārāja sending him regularly seven hundred rupees per month. In those days seven hundred means at least... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Twenty times? Prabhupāda: That was in 1936. Rice has increased after 1940. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: At least it was twenty thousand rupeesPrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:P…
Short Discussions
Jayapatākā: Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda, everything is all right. Except that your health is not all right. But preaching is going on. Very receptive field in Bangladesh. Prabhupāda: Hmm? Jayapatākā: There has been no sādhus there for many years, and the people there are very eager to hear Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Wherever I went, thousands of people gathered. One time ten thousand people gathered. It was the biggest function held in the history of the town, either Hindu or Muha…
Short Discussions
[soft kīrtana in room continuously] Prabhupāda: This spread, they... First of all they wanted to give us a cheap rate, eh? And now they are doing: “We shall be taking your leader[?].” That is not cheap rate. [pause] [break] Jayapatākā: ...then there will be no permission.Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Jayapatākā:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Jayapatākā:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Bhavānanda:Jayapatākā:Bhavānanda:Jayapatākā:Bhavānanda:Jayapatākā:Tamā…
Letters May 24
Mukunda San Francisco My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. Since I wrote you last an important negotiation is going on in respect of purchasing a very nice house for the ISKCON H.Q. in New York. So I may not start in the beginning of the Second week of June 1967; but I am sure to reach there by the end of Second week of June 1967. I hope this will not cause any inconvenience.
“Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayatho” A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 26 Second Avenue Apt. # BIR New York, N.Y. 1003 USA D/ May 24, 1967. Sripad Narayana Maharaja, Accept my dandavats. I received your letter dated 19.5.67 and became very happy to read it. I always consider you as my son! But I was very hurt to read a part of your letter which had in it some harsh words. But now I have forgiven you just...
My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your air mail special delivery letter. Thank you very much for the same. I heard that you are not working there in the U.S. Mail dept. And here we want some assistants for the Press Department. But later on it is understood that you are going to work from the 1st June 1967.
Bombay My dear Giriraja, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated May 9, 1972 and I have noted the contents carefully. Actually it is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them. So if you find some criticism, kindly accept it in that spirit. I am only interested in that you along...
Manager, Central Bank of India The Manager, Central Bank of India, Camac Street Branch, 10 Camac Street, Calcutta 17, India 51 Coelho Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, U.S.A. per registered post Attn: Mr. Dutta Dear Sir: Herewith please find a copy of advice to the Liberty Bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, to transfer U.S.