# July 1 *Lectures from this day: 20 recordings* --- **[[spoken/680701sb.mon|SB 7.9.8 — July 1, 1968, Montreal]]** **Prabhupāda:** > brahmādayaḥ sura-gaṇā-munayo 'tha siddhāḥ > sattvaikatāna-gatayo vacasāṁ pravāhaiḥ > nārādhituṁ puru-guṇair adhunāpi pipruḥ > kiṁ toṣṭum arhati sa me harir ugra-jāteḥ > [[sb/7/9/8|[SB. 7.9.8] ]] Today I shall recite before you the prayers offered by Prahlāda Mahārāja to Nṛsiṁhadeva. This Prahlāda Mahārāja was tortured by his father on account of his becoming a Kṛṣṇa conscious boy. The only fault was that... The Prahlāda Mahārāja was a boy, five years old, youngest son of his father, very affectionate son. But one day the father took the little boy on his lap and asked the boy, "My dear child, what you have learned the best from your teachers? Will you kindly explain?" --- **[[spoken/700701sb.la|SB 2.1.1 — July 1, 1970, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we have got new book, *The First Step in God-Realization.* Yes. Hare Kṛṣṇa. **Prabhupāda:** So these *Bhāgavata* verses, if it is chanted with little tune, then it is very nice. The tune should be like this: [repeats verse with tune] --- **[[../../spoken/1971/710701le.la.md|Ratha-yātrā — July 1, 1971, Los Angeles]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/720701ad.sd|Hare Krishna Festival Address — July 1, 1972, San Diego]]** **Prabhupāda:** Where is my kartel? [sings *Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava*] Is it working? [*prema-dhvani*] Thank you very much. **Devotees:** All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupā**d**a. [devotees offer obeisances] **Prabhupāda:** Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here and participating in this great movement known as Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. This Hare Kṛṣṇa movement was started five hundred years ago by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a, a place which is now known as Nadia. It is a district in West Bengal, about sixty miles north of Calcutta. --- **[[spoken/720701mw.sd|Morning Walk — July 1, 1972, San Diego]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Yānti bhūtāni bhūtejyā:* "The worshiper of this *bhūta* goes to the *bhūta.*" *Mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām* *[[bg/9/25|[Bg. 9.25] ]]:* "And those who are worshiper of Me, they come to Me." **Prabhupāda:** A good reason. If you worship Kṛṣṇa, go to Kṛṣṇa. If you worship the dog, you go to dog. **Prabhupāda:** Yes. [chuckles] That is their nonsense. Kṛṣṇa says different thing, but they have manufactured their own way. Is that a temple? --- **[[spoken/720701r1.sd|Room Conversation — July 1, 1972, San Diego]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...so decomposes. So the outer skin has become dry. Nobody cares for it. It is lying down, the outer cover of the squash, and one dried bamboo. You have seen? You know bamboo? Part cut, it is also lying somewhere. And a piece of wear. **Prabhupāda:** Wire, that is also lying somewhere. Nobody cares. But one gentleman, he collected all these three things and prepared a string instrument. He joined the bamboo with the dry cover of squash and fitted the string, and it began to *ting, ting, ting.* It is called *ekatārā*. There is instrument, in India it is called *ekatārā.* The example is that so many things individually lying useless, but if somebody knows how to combine them, it becomes an instrument, very sweet, very sweet to hear. Similarly, in this world, so many things are lying dead and frustrated[?].. But if they are combined together by an expert, it becomes useful. So although this world is dead body, when there is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it becomes enlivened. That is our movement. We are trying to inject Kṛṣṇa consciousness in everything dead within this world. [Prabhupāda drinks] Now just see all these ingredients—strawberry and..., what is that? --- **[[spoken/740701in.mel|Initiation Ceremony — July 1, 1974, Melbourne]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...*puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ* [*Garuḍa Purāṇa*]: "I offer my respectful obeisances whose name, holy name, by remembering, by chanting, one becomes purified in either condition, purified or impurified," *apavitraḥ, pavitraḥ; sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā*, "in all circumstances." So, so long we are in this material encagement we are supposed to be impurified. Because we are not purified, therefore we have to accept birth, death, old age and disease. Just like diseased condition is impurified. It requires to be purified by medical treatment to get out of the disease. So we living entities, we are part and parcel of God. Our original position is purified, but at the present moment we are contaminated. So by chanting the holy name of the Lord we become purified. The holy name of the Lord and the Lord, identical. By association with the Supreme Lord directly, by chanting the holy name, we become purified. *Oṁ apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā, yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣam* [Garuḍa Purāṇa]. Kṛṣṇa, His name is Puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ*. Puṇḍarīka* means lotus flower; *akṣam* means eyes—whose eyes are just like the lotus flower. Lord Visnu, or Kṛṣṇa, is identified with lotus flower in so many places. His navel is like lotus flower, His eyes are like lotus flower, His feet, lotus feet. So lotus is the comparison of the beauty of different limbs or parts of the body, transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa. So those who are going to be initiated, they should understand that chanting of the holy name means directly associating with the Supreme Lord. So as I have given several times the example of the iron rod and the fire—if you touch the iron rod with the fire, it becomes warmer, warmer and then red hot—similarly, when you chant offenselessly the holy name of the Lord, gradually you become purified, and when we chant holy name without any offense, then we immediately live at the shelter of Lord Kṛṣṇa. When we are almost free from contamination, then we become liberated, and when we chant purely the holy name, we are situated on the lotus feet of the Lord. And the more we go on chanting, we enjoy loving exchange affair between the Lord and ourself. --- **[[spoken/740701le.mel|La Trobe University Lecture — July 1, 1974, Melbourne]]** **Madhudviṣa:** This afternoon His Divine Grace will be speaking from the *Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.* Some of you university students are familiar with the book the *Bhagavad-gītā.* The *Bhagavad-gītā* translated means "The Song of God." *Bhagavad-gītā* is spoken five thousand years ago, and the peculiarity about this presentation of the *Bhagavad-gītā* is that it is the *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is, not the *Bhagavad-gītā* as we think it was, but the *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is, as it was spoken by Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna five thousand years ago. Our spiritual master is sitting before you. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Gosvāmī Mahārāja Śrīla Prabhupāda is in a direct disciplic succession from Kṛṣṇa. Five thousand years of masters and disciples have passed this knowledge of the *Bhagavad-gītā* down purely. So therefore, when our spiritual master speaks on the *Bhagavad-gītā,* he does not speak on the *Bhagavad-gītā* as he thinks it is. He speaks on the *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is. So without any more verbiage, I'll present our spiritual master. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your joining us in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Kṛṣṇa..., when I utter the word *Kṛṣṇa,* it means God. It is Sanskrit word, Kṛṣṇa. Those who are Sanskrit student, you know *kṛṣ-dhātu,* "attraction," "one who attracts." God is the Supreme Being, full with six kinds of opulences; therefore He attracts everyone. This is the definition of the word *Kṛṣṇa.* This *Bhagavad-gītā* is spoken by Kṛṣṇa, the perfect person. We receive knowledge from the perfect person. When we receive knowledge from imperfect person, the knowledge is not complete. At the present age, mostly the scientists, they cannot give us perfect knowledge, because there are so many "if's." They say, "It may be," "Perhaps," like that. But this is not perfect knowledge. The perfect knowledge means there is no "if," there is no "perhaps," there is no doubt. So we are receiving knowledge from Kṛṣṇa, the supreme perfect being. He says that *dehino 'smin yathā dehe* [[bg/2/13|[Bg. 2.13] ]]. --- **[[spoken/740701r1.mel|Room Conversation with Bhūrijana and Other Devotees — July 1, 1974, Melbourne]]** **Prabhupāda:** That is sense. [laughs] Otherwise nonsense, that's all. It is up to us to take up the sense or nonsense. The direction is there. What Arjuna said? **Satsvarūpa:** > arjuna uvāca > naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā > tvat-prasādān mayācyuta > sthito 'smi gata-sandehaḥ > kariṣye vacanaṁ tava > [[bg/18/73|[Bg. 18.73] ]] "Arjuna said, My dear Kṛṣṇa, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy, and I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions." --- **[[spoken/750701mw.den|Morning Walk — July 1, 1975, Denver]]** **Brahmānanda:** One friend of the temple, one man, he has purchased it at a very high price, and he has lent it for your stay. These glasses are bulletproof. [break] This is a Lincoln Continental, Ford company. **Brahmānanda:** He has in Florida, Key Biscayne. He had two homes, one in Florida, one in California. But now he's staying in Florida. Recently he went to New York and testified before a committee. It's the first time that he has spoken publicly since his... **Prabhupāda:** But I heard that he made a condition that he will no more be bothered. On this condition, he agreed to resign. [break] ...India the trouble is dissention between Indira Gandhi and Jaya Prakash Narayana. So that Jaya Prakash Narayana is fasting, I have heard. --- **[[spoken/750701sb.den|SB 6.1.18 — July 1, 1975, Denver]]** **Prabhupāda:** [l**eads *prema-dhvani*] *Oṁ viṣṇu-pāda paramahaṁsa parivrājakācārya aṣṭottara-śata śrī śrīmad bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatī gosvāmī prabhupāda ki jaya. ananta-koṭi vaiṣṇava-vṛnda ki jaya. nāmācārya śrīla haridāsa ṭhākura kī jaya. premse kaho śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda kī jaya. Śrī śrī rādhā-kṛṣṇa gopa-gopīnātha śyāma-kuṇḍa rādhā-kuṇḍa giri-govardhana kī jaya. vṛndāvana-dhāma kī jaya. navadvīpa-dhāma kī jaya. samavetā-bhakta-vṛndā kī jaya.* **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya*. *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya*. *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya*. [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, *Sixth Canto, First Chapter, verse number 18. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "Those persons who are performing many processes of atonement cannot become purified by such atonement due to their being nondevotees, just as a pot containing liquor cannot be purified even if it is washed by all the rivers combined together." --- **[[spoken/760701bj.nv|Bhavan’s Journal, Answers to a Questionnaire 3 — July 1, 1976, New Vrindavan]]** --- **[[spoken/760701r1.nv|Room Conversation — July 1, 1976, New Vrindavan]]** --- **[[spoken/760701sb.nv|SB 7.6.17-18 — July 1, 1976, New Vrindavan]]** --- **[[spoken/770701r1.vrn|Room Conversation with Devotees — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...allowing permanent residence to some foreigners that will help us. That will help us. But if they do not do anything, then what is the use of them? What we can expect from them, profit? What we expect? Our real problem is here, that every time our men has to go out, they kicked out, trained-up men... So if we can at least, as he has asked, submit the names, let us test what they will do. Otherwise, what help you expect from them? **Prabhupāda:** What help you expect from them? For money's concern, we are selling our books, publication, everything. We are also contributing. We cannot expect any money from government. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Simply some allowing our men to be there, like that. Simply allowing our men to remain in the country. --- **[[spoken/770701r2.vrn|Room Conversation with Alice Coltrane — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Alice Coltrane:** I'm going into Delhi today, and bring... We have to go back to the States [indistinct]. **Prabhupāda:** So if you want to do something, take this idea and introduce. Then it will be successful. **Prabhupāda:** Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and everything will be clear. *Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam* [[cc/antya/20/12|[Cc. Antya 20.12] ]]. The more you chant, the spiritual life will be revealed. So it is very easy: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma... As much as possible, you chant. Then everything will be revealed, and you'll be able to do something. I started this movement simply by chanting. --- **[[spoken/770701r3.vrn|Room Conversation — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** Yaśodāmāyi was always thinking of Him, "Here is my son. How to give protection? How to give Him food? How to..." She did not that He is God, but she knew... *Gopī* knows... He did not know what is Kṛṣṇa. They know "There is God." That's all. That God is in front of them, that they did not know. They thought, "Our beloved child, beloved friend, dear master..." That's all, absorbed in Kṛṣṇa. That is the..., their purpose. **Prabhupāda:** ...saw the universes, universe, within the mouth of Kṛṣṇa. So he... She was desiring so many things. Then, when there was no solution, "Oh... He's my child." That's all. She forgot everything, that, what his desire was, what she desired[?], whether it is magic or this or this or that: "Don't mind. There is my child. That's all." **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** This is his wife. So they were friends. She was this woman's friend before this woman knew about Kṛṣṇa. So she's trying to encourage her. --- **[[spoken/770701r4.vrn|Conversation — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Mr. Myer:** It's a beautiful temple. I've also been attending the various classes, reading some of the books, and I think it's something we need in this country very badly. **Mr. Myer:** In fact, we need in this country very much, in every city, in every town. In fact or twenty years I was searching for something like this, and I think something exactly what I have dreamt of. And I think there are some very few problems that might come up, because most of the people are *sannyāsīs.* They are doing lot of preaching work. They are necessarily bothered with lot of administrative work. And if their administrative work is done by some other people, then they can concentrate more on preaching, which is very necessary. **Prabhupāda:** Yes, *sannyāsī, brahmacārī,* means preaching. They are not meant for material management. They have dedicated their life for spiritual—although this material service is also spiritual—but they are not doing much other stuff. You cannot expect a very expertly at management and... But they act. Simply ask them to do the needful. --- **[[spoken/770701r5.vrn|Conversation about Old Days in Calcutta — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** Then we began to... I used to call his wife *didi,* as my sister, eldest sister. That man was old. At that time he was at least seventy years old. And his wife died, so he had no children, so he married again. Old husband, young wife, but the relationship was so nice, great devotee, and wife devoted. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** What... I mean, what is the reason behind that? Isn't that very old to get married? **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Seems like someone should simply cultivate spiritual life at that age instead of... --- **[[spoken/770701r6.vrn|Conversation — July 1, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** Nobody. All these *sannyāsīs,* they leave. They do not give. They cannot give. They have no knowledge. Here the blind man, Gaṅgeśvaramaṇi? *T*hey keep them in darkness by some hobby and beggar, this, that, that... Actually they cannot do anything. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** I was just appreciating how in every way you have provided for your disciples, in every aspect. You've created this movement, so we have beautiful temples. You've given us this wonderful philosophy in books. In every way you've provided. You've given us these places, Vṛndāvana temple and Māyāpur temple. It's actually a fact that we can... You know, it's like a very loving father who provides everything for his children. I mean, I was just comparing that to this boy who had nothing. His *guru* expired, and he had nothing. He was bereft. But we'll always be very much provided for and cared for. **Prabhupāda:** So with that feeling I want to produce them also, my followers. Everyone should be like that. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670701_sripad_narayana_maharaja.md|Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1969/690701_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690701_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690701_manager_of_the_punjab_national_bank.md|Letter to Manager Of The Punjab National Bank, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690701_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_citsukhananda.md|Letter to Citsukhananda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_damodaraa.md|Letter to Damodaraa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_damodarab.md|Letter to Damodarab, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_jagannatham_prabhu.md|Letter to Jagannatham Prabhu, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_shyama_dasi.md|Letter to Shyama Dasi, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700701_tulsi.md|Letter to Tulsi, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710701_bhavananda.md|Letter to Bhavananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710701_cidananda.md|Letter to Cidananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710701_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710701_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720701_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720701_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/740701_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_acarya_prabhakar_mishra.md|Letter to Acarya Prabhakar Mishra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_bhagavata.md|Letter to Bhagavata, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_indira_gandhi.md|Letter to Indira Gandhi, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_jai_prakash_narayan.md|Letter to Jai Prakash Narayan, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_mr._morris_lapidus.md|Letter to Mr. Morris Lapidus, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750701_sat_krita.md|Letter to Sat Krita, 1975]]