Spoken May 25
Bg 3.16-17 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṁ pārtha sa jīvati [Bg. 3.16]" Lord Kṛṣṇa, now He has described a circle of activity ending in yajña, sacrifice. Yajña... Yajña, the proper word yajña,[My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service.]
Conversation with the GBC
Prabhupāda: So, fix up the zone. Śyāmasundara: Well, we pretty much fixed it up, except... Prabhupāda: So write, write. Take, take some paper. Here is paper. Here. Śyāmasundara: I think that, with the Southeast Asia... Prabhupāda: Take this, take this map, and first of all find out the zone, what will be the zone.Bali-mardana:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:…
SB 2.3.8 and Initiations
Prabhupāda: [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] Hmm. So, where is Pradyumna? Devotee: He’s typing. Prabhupāda: Why? One śloka. Yes, you can... Anyone can chant. [japa] [pause] One verse. Pradyumna: [leads chanting] " dharmārtha uttama-ślokaṁ tantuḥ tanvan pitṝn yajetPrabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:D…
Bg 4.10, Public Lecture
Nitāi: ... vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ bahavo jñāna-tapasā pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ [Bg. 4.10]" [break] [lecture translated into Italian throughout] [01:12]Prabhupāda:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Dhanañjaya:Question [translated]:Prabhupāda:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Question [translated]:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Question [translated]:Dhanañjaya:Prabhupāda:Question [translated]:Dha…
Morning Walk at Villa Borghese
Prabhupāda: Yajña means to satisfy the Supreme Lord. That is yajña. So in the Kali-yuga the yajña is made very easy: chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. So anywhere you go, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and see that there will be clouds, there will be rainfall, and just work little, you get your food grains, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Italian devotee:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Yogeśvara:Prabhupāda:Devotee lady:Prabhupāda…
Arrival
Prabhupāda: ...that this village we are maintaining, this Gaura-Nityānanda temple, that was the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma... [Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya 4.126]. No big plant? You are not growing? Devotee: We have one, Śrīla Prabhupāda.Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:
Radio Interview
Śrutakīrti: [introducing recording] The following is an interview which took place on May 25, 1975, in Lautoka, Fiji, which was later broadcast on a local radio station. Interviewer: Why did you choose to go to America and propagate the teachings of Lord Kṛṣṇa in a Western country?Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:Interviewer:Prabhupāda:
Lecture after Prahlāda-caritra Play
Prabhupāda: So this Prahlāda-caritra play, drama, is very instructive. Although it is not played on a very nice stage, theatrical, but the feeling expressed by the devotees in playing this Prahlāda-caritra has become very successful. We want to understand the feeling. Externally, we may not be very much equipped. Kṛṣṇa takes the feeling. Devotees:
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: ...of the mind of God. And it is delivered. False mind is delivered. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: You made the statement in your purport that the moon is giving life to the vegetation on this planet. So how it can be a desert? Prabhupāda: That I have just said. They cannot talk moon. That means they did not go. That is now clear. [break] Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:P…
SB 6.1.25
Prabhupāda: Twenty-seven? Hari-śauri: Twenty-five. Devotee: Sa baddha. Prabhupāda: Twenty-five. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevaya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevaya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevaya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto Six, Chapter One, verse number twenty-five. [leads devotees in chanting]Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Short Discussions
Indian man (1): [Hindi] Indian man (2): [Hindi] [Hindi conversation] Prabhupāda: [Hindi] Then why we have to make another tank? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They said that the... If we want water in that bathroom, then we have to have our own water hookup there. Prabhupāda: Who said? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: The electric man who came there, the man from the electricity department. Their point was that therePrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian man (1):Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian man (1):Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Indian man (1):Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Ind…
Short Discussions
Bhavānanda: ...never leave the boundaries of our land and never go down the road to his place, but I... Prabhupāda: No, they admit. He is Mādhava Mahārāja’s man. Bhavānanda: Fifteen, twenty men maybe, at the most. And when you go by there, it’s like ghost town. [Prabhupāda chuckles] Now no action. You donPrabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Jayapatākā:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa…
Letters May 25
My dear Vrndavanesvari, Please accept my blessings, and offer the same to your nice boy. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 14, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. I understand from your letter that our revered Godbrother, Srimad Sadanandaji, is again sick and going to be shifted to some other place for medical treatment. He is very sickly from the very beginning since I saw him...
Australia My dear Bali-mardana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 14th May, 1970, and noted the contents. I am very glad to learn that you have decided to live in Sydney. Sydney is your jurisdiction, so you cannot leave this place unless there is very urgent engagement in other place. You have got to organize this center very nicely and Krsna has sent...
My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15th May, 1970. I know you are sincere servant of Krsna, so sometimes we may do something which is not very congenial, but Krsna is so kind that one who is engaged in His transcendental loving service is corrected immediately from within as Krsna is sitting within everyone
Chief Controller Imports and Exports Udyag Bhavan New Delhi Dear Sir; Please accept our prayers for your well being. Our society wishes to thank you for your kind cooperation in the past, regarding CCP application and import of books. As before, we wish to reiterate that the religious books received from either Japan or our New York Press, are gifts, and there is no intention to sell these books...
Tokyo My dear Sudama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 7th May, 1971 and have noted the contents carefully. So even though you are there by yourself, I can understand that things are going on nicely. And the Japanese boys and girls are taking a more responsible role in order to help you out. That is very encouraging. And soon Bhanu and Kartikeya Maharaja will be...
Brooklyn My dear Indra pramada das, Please accept my blessings. I have just received a copy of Back to Godhead number 62 and I wish to express to you how pleased I am with the layout and design of the magazine. I have been especially admiring the pictures in the story of our Los Angeles center, and the way the pictures are placed and the use of the color throughout the magazine is very pleasing to...
Brooklyn My dear Muralidhara, Jadurani and artists of the art department, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 22, hand delivered to me by Atreya Rsi prabhu. As far as your questions which information you urgently need for completion of the paintings, the answers are as follows.