# June 12 *Lectures from this day: 10 recordings* --- **[[spoken/680612sb.mon|SB 7.6.1 — June 12, 1968, Montreal]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ...sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ > śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca This verse we have been discussing in our last meeting. The purport is: "From very childhood, very childhood, the boys, the children, should be taught about this God consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness." The mistake of modern civilization is that we are, I mean to say, bringing up spoiled children. So when they are grown up, if they become hippies or Communists, it is not their fault; it is the fault of the guardians. It is the fault of the guardians. When the people become just something against the social convention, it is not the fault of the youngsters, but it is the fault of the education system, it is the fault of the parents, it is fault of the teachers. Because they are not teaching. --- **[[spoken/720612sb.la|SB 2.3.17 — June 12, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hara Hare.Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* **Prabhupāda:** Last verse? **No, you read first of all this, *āyur harati vai puṁsām.* All right. Read. **Pradyumna:** [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [**Prabhupāda** interrupts to correct pronunciation] --- **[[spoken/740612cr.par|Car Conversation — June 12, 1974, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** Yes. Rascals, they want to live in city and drink wine and eat meat. So there must be problems. This civilization is simply to create problem, *anartha. Anartha. Anartha* means unnecessarily problems. So these rascals, they do not know how to solve it. But the solution is this *bhakti-yoga.* That is stated in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:* These *anartha,* problem, they have created under the influence of *māyā.* So if you want to solve it, you take to *bhakti-yoga.* *Anarthopaśamam.* Directly it will be solved. Directly. *Anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam, lokasya ajānataḥ.* The rascals, they do not know. Therefore *vidvān,* Vyāsadeva, the most learned, *vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām,* he has done this *sātvata,* Vaiṣṇava literature, *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* That is the only solution. These rascals, they have created problems. Therefore we have started this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for their benefit. Let them cooperate, and we shall make solution of all problems—political, social, everything. Let them come and cooperate. [pause] They are not agreeable to close the slaughterhouse. Yesterday, you were not present when that mayor came? --- **[[spoken/740612mw.par|Morning Walk — June 12, 1974, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** Original beauty, just like animals. They remain naked. So the..., the original beauty is animal, because the animals, they do not dress. In the human society, they cover. Animals do not cover. Therefore original beauty is animal. **Satsvarūpa:** They say that this is, the body is made by God. Why cover it up? Nakedness is the work of God. **Prabhupāda:** Who has created death? Eh? Who has created death? Man creates everything, but who has created your death, Mr. Man? What is the answer? --- **[[spoken/740612r1.par|Room Conversation with Roger Maria — June 12, 1974, Paris]]** **Jyotirmayee:** ...in France amongst the Communist students, the Communist Indian students. And I said that he is also a literary critic. That means that he is writing a lot of articles in the newspaper and explaining many things on the literary circles in France. He also knows very much about Gandhi philosophy. He has been writing a lot about Gandhi's philosophy. So when he knew that you were with Gandhi, he became very interested. **Prabhupāda:** Hmm. So we are also communist. As you take the state as the center, we take Kṛṣṇa as the center. Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor. That is stated in the *Bhagavad-gītā.* **Prabhupāda:** The *Bhagavad-gītā* says, Kṛṣṇa, that "I am the enjoyer. I am the proprietor. I am the friend." *Bhoktāram...* [aside:] Read out this. --- **[[spoken/740612r2.par|Room Conversation with M. Lallier, noted French Poet — June 12, 1974, Paris]]** **Yogeśvara:** ...and Mr. Lallier has a reputation among young literary circles in France as being a very good poet. **Jyotirmayee:** And he also learned a lot in the philosophy. Before he came, he already knew a little *Bhagavad-gītā,* *Vedānta.* So he has a lot of questions. There's some points, he likes very much Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and some, he says that maybe in the *Vedānta* philosophy is different things. **M. Lallier:** She says that I knew that entire philosophy, but I knew it very badly, very... I'm not a great philosopher. No, not at all. --- **[[spoken/740612sb.par|SB 2.1.3 — June 12, 1974, Paris]]** "The lifetime of such envious householders is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members." **Prabhupāda:** So this is our civilization. At night also, we waste our time, and in daytime also, we waste our time. How? Now, *nidrayā hriyate naktam.* At night, we sleep. Everyone sleeps. The dogs sleeps, the cat sleeps. We may sleep in a very nice apartment, skyscraper building, and the dog may sleep on the street, but the pleasure of sleeping is the same. It does not mean that because you are sleeping in a very nice apartment, a skyscraper building, your sleep is better than the dog's sleeping. How it is sleep...? Sometimes you may dream something very ferocious, and the dog may sleep without any agitation, he sound..., sleeps sound. Sometimes you have to take tranquilizer pill for sleeping. So impartially studying, your sleep is not as nice as dog's sleep. Is it not? The dogs sleep without any anxiety, and I go to sleep with so many anxieties that the sleeping is disturbing unless I take one pill. At least, in America we have seen. In your country, in Paris, you do not? You sleep without pill? Is it? That's good credit. Anyway, every one of us, we sleep at night. And another our, means, advantage is that at night we enjoy sex life. Sleep or sex life. *Nidrayā hriyate naktaṁ vyavāyena. Vyavāyena* means sex. *Vyavāya.* In this way, this human form of life is very valuable. The more we are engaged in these animal propensities, more we waste our valuable life. That we should know. The more we decrease these animal propensities... The animal propensities means eating, sleeping, sex life and defense. So just see, the whole human civilization, how they are wasting their time in animal civilization. It is very serious thing, to be thought of by serious, thoughtful men, that "What we are doing as human being? Eating, sleeping and sex life and defending, that is done by cats and dogs. What extra things we are doing?" That is thoughtfulness. The extra thing is here, worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. This is wanted. This is extra thing. Therefore, those who are intelligent and fed up with this eating, sleeping, sex life and defense, they take Kṛṣṇa consciousness very seriously. They get something, "Yes, there is some..." --- **[[spoken/750612r1.hon|Room Conversation — June 12, 1975, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** You giving this theory that from the tree a man and a monkey came. So, where is that experiment? Where is that? **Siddha-svarūpa**: Sometimes it is seen that impersonalists, although they may be impersonalists, still they may not directly speak of themselves as being equal to Kṛṣṇa. They, it is sometimes found that impersonalists they don't, they will not directly speak of themselves as being equal to Kṛṣṇa. They will not even mention. They won't even mention. Govinda dāsī: Śrīla Prabhupāda? So, our relationship with you as spiritual master has existed eternally in the past, or will exist eternally? --- **[[spoken/760612iv.det|Interview with Jackie Vaughn, State Representative — June 12, 1976, Detroit]]** **[indistinct] Lekhaśravantī* [Walter Reuther's daughter]:* This is Jackie Vaughn. He's a member of the House of Representatives of Michigan. He's come to speak to you. **Prabhupāda:** Kṛṣṇa is black, and we worship Him. [laughter] You have seen our Deity? Yes. Kṛṣṇa is from your community. [Prabhupāda laughs] There is no question of black and white. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is above the skin—the soul which is there. Either he's black or white or yellow, it doesn't matter. *Dehino 'smin yathā dehe* [[bg/2/13|[Bg. 2.13] ]]. This is the first education, that do not take the body, but the living force within the body. That is important; we have to understand that. We are talking from that platform. Therefore sometimes it is little difficult, because people are very much absorbed with bodily concept of life. But our philosophy begins from that platform where there is no more bodily concept of life. Therefore it is little difficult. **Jackie Vaughn:** The last time I was here you were kind enough to address to the basic point—we're in the world, and yet how can we not be a part of the world. --- **[[spoken/760612sb.det|SB 6.1.46 — June 12, 1976, Detroit]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "O best of the demigods, we can see three different varieties of life, which are due to the contamination of the three modes of nature. The living entities are thus known as peaceful, restless and foolish; as happy, unhappy or in-between; or as religious, irreligious and semireligious. We can deduce that in the next life these three kinds of material nature will similarly act." **Prabhupāda:** > yatheha deva-pravarās > trai-vidhyam upalabhyate > bhuteṣu guṇa-vaicitryāt > tathānyatrānumīyate > [[sb/6/1/46|[SB. 6.1.46] ]] Just like, now this month of June, we have got a certain type of experience what are the natural changes, atmosphere, in this month of June. Similarly, when you are in month of December, you can foretell what will be the next month of June. It is not difficult, because you have got experience, the atmospheric changes and situations in this month of June. Just like in Bombay there is practical calculation that by the tenth of June, the rain, rainy season will begin. Actually so happens. In different places, different types of seasonal changes. So everything should be seen through the *śāstra. Śāstra-cakṣuṣāt.* This is Vedic process. In the *śāstra* it is said that *ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattva-sthāḥ* [[bg/14/18|[Bg. 14.18] ]]: elevation in this material world is when a person is in the *sattva-guṇa,* the modes of goodness. And middle, via media, is *rajo-guṇa. Madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ.* And *jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ:* those who are very, very low class, *jaghanya-vṛtti,* their behavior is very, very abominable, they go down, *adho gacchanti.* --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680612_mr._mittra_united_shipping_corporation.md|Letter to Mr. Mittra United Shipping Corporation, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680612_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680612_subala.md|Letter to Subala, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680612_whom_it_may_concern.md|Letter to Whom It May Concern, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/690612_r._chalson.md|Letter to R. Chalson, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690612_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690612_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690612_vibhavati.md|Letter to Vibhavati, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1971/710612_devotees.md|Letter to Devotees, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710612_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710612_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710612_yogesvara.md|Letter to Yogesvara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_acyutananda.md|Letter to Acyutananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_amarendra.md|Letter to Amarendra, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_caturbhuja.md|Letter to Caturbhuja, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_santi_sandy_van_horn_vinode_vani_debra_perry_giridhari_geoffrey_perry.md|Letter to Santi Sandy Van Horn Vinode Vani Debra Perry Giridhari Geoffrey Perry, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_tejiyasa.md|Letter to Tejiyasa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720612_tejiyasb.md|Letter to Tejiyasb, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730612_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730612_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750612_batu_gopala.md|Letter to Batu Gopala, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750612_jagannatha-suta.md|Letter to Jagannatha-Suta, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760612_lokanatha.md|Letter to Lokanatha, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760612_mahamsa.md|Letter to Mahamsa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760612_manager_central_bank_of_indiaa.md|Letter to Manager Central Bank Of Indiaa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760612_manager_central_bank_of_indiab.md|Letter to Manager Central Bank Of Indiab, 1976]]