# May 28 ## Spoken on May 28 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[1972: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.3.10](spoken/1972/720528sb.la)** > So therefore they are called *sarva-kāmaḥ.* There is no end. He does not know... He's going to die, and he thinks that doctor can prolong his life. Is it possible to prolong life? Not for a second even. When you are destined to die, you must die. *Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham*. This death is Kṛṣṇa. You cannot defy Kṛṣṇa; that is not possible. Kṛṣṇa says, *mṛtyur aham, sarva-haraś ca.* > But that kind of *yogī* also very rare to be found, and now, in your country, *yogī* means who can show some gymnastic, that's all. So they are also working hard, because they have got *kāma.* The *yogī*, he wants to be very popular by showing magic. Because general people, they cannot walk on the water. But if somebody can walk on the water, oh, millions of people immediately go to the Pacific Ocean to see. So therefore they want *siddhi.* Actually, there are *yogīs* in Siddhaloka, without any flying machine they can go from one planet to another. Durvāsā Muni, he went. Within a year, he came back. He went to Vaikuṇṭha planet, *yogī*, great *yogī*. --- **[1974: Morning Walk](spoken/1974/740528mw.rom)** > So this is civilization. What is the use of sex life? It is simply entanglement. Therefore, at the last stage, one is supposed to become *sannyāsī.* What is *sannyāsī? Vānaprastha, sannyāsī, brahmacārī—*no sex life. Out of the three..., four different status of life, the *brahmacārī* has no sex life, the *vānaprastha* has no sex life, the *sannyāsī* has no sex life. Only the *gṛhastha.* That means it is prohibitory. It is allowed—it is a simply concession to the person who cannot remain without sex life. It is simply a concession. Otherwise, according to Vedic civilization, there is no need of sex life. Because it is entanglement, simply entanglement. *Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tucchaṁ kaṇḍūyanena karayor iva duḥkha-duḥkham*. > This sense can come in human form of life, that "I have suffered so much. I have coming through so many species of life. Now I have got sense." So the reply is there that *mām upetya kaunteya duḥkhālayam aśāśvataṁ nāpnuvanti* : "Anyone who comes to Me, he does not come again to this miserable condition of material existence." We should take advantage of these things. That is human civilization. What is this human civilization? Jumping like dog, in a motorcar, that's all. This is not civilization. This is dog civilization, that's all. And actually what the benefit they have derived? They are not satisfied. One man has got this car, and next year another car, another car. And the car manufacturer also giving fashion: "This is 1974 edition, this is 1975 edition." And they are earning money with hard labor. "All right, get a motorcar." And again, next year change. What is this civilization? No satisfaction. They do not know where is the point of satisfaction. It is dog civilization. --- **[1974: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.4](spoken/1974/740528sb.rom)** > So similarly, when I shall give up this body, I must have another body. And Kṛṣṇa says, *tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ*. This is called *saṁsāra.* The *saṁsāra* means repetition of different bodies. That is called *saṁsāra.* Here, *saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayā.* Therefore this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to be compassionate to these rascals who are in the cycle of changing body after body. It is a great movement. Everyone, all over the world, they are thinking there is no life after death. But that is not the fact. The fact is as you have changed so many bodies in this life, you have to change this body; you have to accept another body. It is a great dangerous position. That they do not think. If I accept another body of a tree, then I will have to stand in one place for thousands of years. This is the science. Now I cannot stay for five minutes in the *Bhagavad-gītā* class, but if I am given the body by nature... *Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni.* You are under the grip of nature. You cannot say... You cannot stop your death. When nature asks you, "Now you must die," your science cannot stop this. So you are under the grip of the nature. *Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ.* So if the nature gives you, now you take this body of banyan tree and stand here for five thousand years. How can you stop it? Will your scientific knowledge can stop it? Is it possible? Then what is your science? If you are under the grip of the material nature, > So the real business is *saṁsāriṇām, saṁsāriṇām, adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatām.* One should come to senses, that "I am eternal. I hear from Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that *na hanyate śarīre, na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre*, I am not finished after my body's finished. Then, if I am not finished, where do I go? Where I remain?" This is intelligence. But they have no information that the eternal soul, *na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre*. They are thinking, "All of a sudden my this body has developed, and we have got good senses. Let us enjoy the senses. There is no life. It is finished." Big, big professor in Russia, that Professor Kotovsky, he told me, "Swāmījī, after finishing this body, there is anything... Everything is finished." That is the basic principle of modern civilization, that "There is no life after death, and whatever senses we have got, let us enjoy it." Then *bhasmī-bhūtasya dehasya*... --- **[1975: Morning Walk on Waikiki Beach](spoken/1975/750528mw.hon)** >difficulty is that these foolish man, they cannot understand that God is a person. Therefore they are puzzled. That is the difficulty. *Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate*. The Absolute Truth is manifested in three features: impersonal Brahman, Paramātmā..., localized Paramātmā, and Personality of Godhead—that they cannot understand. They take that impersonal Brahman as important. --- **[1976: Morning Walk](spoken/1976/760528mw.hon)** > We are living entities. We require engagement, necessities. So give up necessities means these rascal necessities and hankering for. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He's *sannyāsī.* He has no necessity. Why He's crying for Govinda? He has given up the whole world, *sannyāsī.* And why He's crying for Govinda? That is real necessity. *Govinda-viraheṇa me.* Govinda necessity. Govinda necessity is Govinda is not alone. There again life, again Vṛndāvana, again *gopīs,* again dancing, again eating, again everything. That necessity. > Śukadeva*:* Those persons who are atheistic, they say that God is created out of a necessity, that people have a necessity to have their father image, so therefore they create religion. This is their basic philosophy, that man creates his own religion. He creates it out of necessity. He needs a father image, so therefore he creates the idea of God. --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.28–29](spoken/1976/760528sb.hon)** > The description of the Yamadūtas is there, that twisted face and very ugly-looking, very fierceful, and with ropes in the hand. So naturally he was very afraid. And he was attached to his son, so naturally he wanted to call somebody to save him, so he called his affectionate son, whose name was Nārāyaṇa. This is the opportunity. Kṛṣṇa is so kind upon His devotee. This Ajāmila was in the beginning a devotee. Later on he fell down. But Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa, is so kind that He gave him the dictation that "You keep your son's name as Nārāyaṇa," so that he'll be able to call the holy name Nārāyaṇa by calling his son. He was very much attached to the youngest son, whose name was Nārāyaṇa. So, unconsciously he was chanting the holy name of Nārāyaṇa, although he never meant that he's calling real Nārāyaṇa. He's asking his son, Nārāyaṇa, "My dear son, Nārāyaṇa, please come here, take your food, sit down here, play here, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa." This was practice. This opportunity was given to Ajāmila that, although he fell down from his standard of devotional service, but he got the opportunity of chanting "Nārāyaṇa." *Ante nārāyaṇa smṛtiḥ*. And when we are afraid of something, so we chant, we call somebody who is very dear. This is very psychological. > So when he was too much afraid of this Yamadūta, unconsciously he chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa. So somehow or other he remembered Nārāyaṇa. Some commentator says that when he chanted "Nārāyaṇa," then all his reaction of sinful life immediately disappeared and he remembered real Nārāyaṇa. Because he, in his boyhood, was trained up as a Vaiṣṇava by his father, so some... There is big comments on this incidence. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has written of three, four pages about this. So his opinion is that as soon as he chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa, immediately he remembered real Nārāyaṇa. That this child Nārāyaṇa..., "I'm calling my child, how he'll be able to save me from the hands of this Yamadūta?" He remembered the "Nārāyaṇa, if He kindly helps me, then I can be saved." Immediately there was response. Immediately there is response. *Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajanty ante kalevaram*.* In the *Bhagavad-gītā* it is said that at the time of death, whatever your mental condition is, that will act. --- **[1977: Room Conversation [Partially Recorded](spoken/1977/770528r1.vrn)** > Oh! [break] *Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati* [[bg/9/31|[Bg. 9.31] ]]. Anyone who has given sincere service to Kṛṣṇa for any one day, he cannot go away. He has Kṛṣṇa's protection. This life, that life. What is that verse you were reading? *Tyaktvā sva-dharmaṁ caraṇāmbujaṁ harer patet tato yadi bhajann apakvaḥ* [[sb/1/5/17|[SB. 1.5.17] ]]. --- **[1977: Śrīla Prabhupāda Vigil](spoken/1977/770528vg.vrn)** > By passing wind if there is somebody will benefit, they'll not pass. Such a low-grade man. Therefore they are ruined, those men. There is not a single upright. You cannot expect that they will willfully, willingly... --- ## Letters on May 28 *Letters from this day: 28* --- **[1966: Letter to Indian Embassy In America](letters/1966/660528_indian_embassy_in_america)** > I beg to inform you that I have been instructed by the Controller of Exchange Reserve Bank of India Delhi to forward my letter to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs Government of India New Delhi for release of Indian Exchange. --- **[1966: Letter to Ministry Of Finance India](letters/1966/660528_ministry_of_finance_india)** > Re: Release of Exchange for erecting a cultural Institution of Radha Krishna Temple in New York for preaching the cult of Krishna philosophy as revealed in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Srimad Bhagavad-gita. --- **[1968: Letter to Hansadutta](letters/1968/680528_hansadutta)** > As you are married, there is no need of separation as you are practicing artificially. --- **[1968: Letter to Harer Nama](letters/1968/680528_harer_nama)** > Actually this Krishna Consciousness movement is the greatest need of the present day situation of the world. It is authorized approved and very old, and practical. It can be accepted by any person in any part of the world; that is already tested. --- **[1968: Letter to Malati](letters/1968/680528_malati)** > Don't wait for next life for finishing up the business of Krishna Consciousness; try to finish up this business in this life. --- **[1968: Letter to Subala](letters/1968/680528_subala)** > I am sure Krishna will help you more and more because you are sincere servant of Krishna. --- **[1968: Letter to Uddhava](letters/1968/680528_uddhava)** > Sambhu is the principle by which the Lord impregnates the material Nature with the seeds of living entities. --- **[1969: Letter to Sripati](letters/1969/690528_sripati)** > Your spiritual name, Sripati Das*, means the servant of Lord Narayana, or Krishna. --- **[1970: Letter to Advaita](letters/1970/700528_advaita)** > Regarding the printing of the *Nectar of Devotion,* when Brahmananda was here, he informed me that the printing and bookbinding, everything, would be finished within two weeks, but in the meantime I... --- **[1970: Letter to Manager Of Security Pacific Bank](letters/1970/700528_manager_of_security_pacific_bank)** > Please transfer $2465.72 (Two thousand, four hundred, and sixty-five dollars, and seventy-two cents) to the First National Bank of Boston, Brighton Avenue Branch, in favor of account No. 516-5642, ISKCON Press, and charge the same to my account as above mentioned. --- **[1970: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1970/700528_satsvarupa)** > Actually it is very, very nice to our purpose, and if we can maintain the standard of the Temple atmosphere certainly anyone who will come here will be influenced by the spiritual effect. --- **[1971: Letter to Govinda](letters/1971/710528_govinda)** > So far you and your good husband's service is concerned, I am so much proud of you both. So far your health is concerned, your constitution is made like that but don't worry about it. --- **[1971: Letter to Manjari](letters/1971/710528_manjari)** > I am so glad to accept you as my duly initiated disciple and have given you the spiritual name Manjari Devi Dasi. --- **[1972: Letter to Balavanta](letters/1972/720528_balavanta)** > Yes, that is a good policy, that you shall run for public office of state representative for Georgia state. --- **[1972: Letter to Bhagavan](letters/1972/720528_bhagavan)** > Now you can hold a fire yajna and give sacred thread to Parivrajakacarya, Santosa, and Indradyumna. --- **[1972: Letter to Bhavananda](letters/1972/720528_bhavananda)** > Upon your recommendation I am enclosing herewith one thread and two copies of Gayatri Mantra to be given to Purnamprajna das and his wife Narayani dasi. --- **[1972: Letter to Gargamuni](letters/1972/720528_gargamuni)** > So far your travelling party is concerned it will only work if Indians go out with you. --- **[1972: Letter to Giriraja](letters/1972/720528_giriraja)** > I am glad to hear your explanation how the men are being engaged there in Bombay. --- **[1972: Letter to Jayadvaita](letters/1972/720528_jayadvaita)** > It is very nice. So I shall be looking forward to seeing the entire manuscript and book sometime around first July, 1972. --- **[1972: Letter to Jyotirmayi](letters/1972/720528_jyotirmayi)** > I am very glad to hear that you are assisting your good husband in the translating of our French literatures. --- **[1972: Letter to Maitreya Mahasakti Arijit Mitravinda Nandita Gokula](letters/1972/720528_maitreya_mahasakti_arijit_mitravinda_nandita_gokula)** > Upon the recommendation of Tulasi dasa I am very glad to consent to accept all of you as my duly initiated disciples. --- **[1974: Letter to Madhudvisa](letters/1974/740528_madhudvisa)** > I have heard that you are very keen to make the Melbourne Rathayatra very wonderful and you have requested extra instructions. --- **[1974: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1974/740528_rupanuga)** > I am not interested to spend money for your political party neither engage our men to divert attention from spiritual progress for political propaganda. So studying your letter thoroughly I have come to the conclusion you may stop the political program. It will not benefit our real spiritual position. --- **[1975: Letter to Anangamanjari](letters/1975/750528_anangamanjari)** > Nothing should be offered to Krishna unless it is prepared by the devotees themselves. --- **[1975: Letter to Giriraja](letters/1975/750528_giriraja)** > So far the managing committee is concerned, when I shall return to Bombay, I shall personally form it. --- **[1975: Letter to Gopijanavallabha](letters/1975/750528_gopijanavallabha)** > By Krishna's grace, things may work out so that we can get that building. If this building in New York is the best one available, then we must get it. --- **[1975: Letter to Hrdayananda](letters/1975/750528_hrdayananda)** > Regarding your spanish literature, I am very happy to hear that they are selling nicely. Let me know what is the most suitable season for going to Brazil and I may go there. --- **[1975: Letter to Kirtiraja](letters/1975/750528_kirtiraja)** > They are very encouraging to me. As much as possible, we want our books to be accepted by all learned circles of men. ---