# July 8 *Lectures from this day: 12 recordings* --- **[[spoken/710708ip.la|Śrī Īśopaniṣad Lecture [partially recorded] — July 8, 1971, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** [sings along with *Govindam* prayers, then recites *Śrī Īśopaniṣad* verses 1-12 with devotees] --- **[[spoken/740708ar.la|Arrival Address — July 8, 1974, Los Angeles]]** This is the process, Vedic process, to receive the transcendental knowledge through the *paramparā* system, and the reception or honor given to the spiritual master, it goes to Kṛṣṇa. Spiritual master is the official collector. Just like in government there is collector. He receives the money, taxes, from the citizens, not for his personal use but for the government. Similarly, this is the Vedic system, to receive knowledge through the transparent medium, *guru,* and to receive... *Guru* means the honor goes to Kṛṣṇa. So this is necessary. This is not an artificial thing, but spiritually it is necessary. Therefore we hold Vyāsa-pūjā day. So I am very glad to see that you are maintaining the temple standard as good as I saw when I left. That is my satisfaction. And keep this, I mean to say, situation, atmosphere, always, and follow the regulative principles, chant sixteen rounds, you'll remain always happy. Because although we are in Los Angeles, we have nothing to do with the material atmosphere of Los Angeles. Therefore a devotee who lives with Kṛṣṇa or in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not live in the material world. He always live in the spiritual world. That is confirmed in the *Bhagavad-gītā. Māṁ cāvyabhicāriṇi-bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate:* "Anyone who is engaged in *bhakti-yoga* with Kṛṣṇa," *sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate* [[bg/14/26|[Bg. 14.26] ]], "such person is always above these material modes of nature." --- **[[spoken/740708r1.la|Room Conversation — July 8, 1974, Los Angeles]]** **Gurukṛpā:** He could have, but he couldn't, because it was in yen; he couldn't trade it in. But I had American money hidden for... Because we are foreigners, we must keep some American money, and he knew where it was, and he took \$4000 of that. Plus I don't know how much more he took—at least \$6000 though—and he left his tridaṇḍi. He was supposed to go to Korea and file for missionary visas, and I looked in his drawer in his files, and he had not gone. But he had been away, and he came back and said that he went. So I took over all the money and everything, took over all the accounts, but I did not trust him because he was not chanting properly, and he was not Kṛṣṇa conscious. And then he snuck away. **Gurukṛpā:** I don't know. He is a criminal. He has taken so much money. He has not left any message. --- **[[spoken/750708mw.chi|Morning Walk — July 8, 1975, Chicago]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...but to engage them in Kṛṣṇa's service. Our knowledge in spiritual life and your help, material opulence, combined together, there will be great change in the whole world. Cooperate with us. There is no loss on your part, but there is great benefit to the whole world. Try to convince them. Although they are not very big authority, but still, through them, you can approach bigger authorities. [break] ...big churches, no use, no utility. [laughs] [break] ...speak, *andha-khañja-nyāya* [*Cc Ādi* 5.176]*. Andha-khañja-nyāya,* you know that, the lame man and the blind man? **Prabhupāda:** So America is blind, and we are lame. So let us get on the shoulder of the American blind and give him direction, and both will be benefited. The whole world will be benefited. The America, blind, he cannot see where he is going. [chuckles] And for want of money we cannot make progress. So let the Americans take on the shoulder this lame man, and I will give direction, "Go this way. Go this way." Everything will be done. *Andha-khañja-nyāya.* [break] ...nice building, churches, there is no use. Take our direction. Everything will be all right. --- **[[spoken/750708sb.chi|SB 6.1.24 — July 8, 1975, Chicago]]** **Prabhupāda:** [interrupting to correct synonym] You can [indistinct], "was very old." *Pravayasaḥ.* "Ajāmila had ten sons. The youngest son, named Nārāyaṇa, was a child begotten while Ajāmila was very old. Because he was the youngest son, he was naturally very dear to his father and mother." **Prabhupāda:** > tasya pravayasaḥ putrā > daśa teṣāṁ tu yo avamaḥ > bālo nārāyaṇo nāmnā > pitroś ca dayito bhṛśam > [[sb/6/1/24|[SB. 6.1.24] ]] --- **[[spoken/760708cc.wdc|Cc. Madhya 20.103 — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]** --- **[[spoken/760708ed.wdc|Evening Darśana — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]** --- **[[spoken/760708iv.wdc|Interview and Conversation — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]** --- **[[spoken/760708r1.wdc|Room Conversation with Dr. Sharma — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]** --- **[[spoken/760708r2.wdc|Room Conversation with Scientists — July 8, 1976, Washington, D.C.]]** --- **[[spoken/770708r1.vrn|Room Conversation during Lunchtime — July 8, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** So there was a newspaper clipping about Māyāpur published in the *Hindustan Times.* This newspaper clipping... **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Ah. It says... The heading is "Eleven Krishna Devotees Held for Firing." "Five Indian and six foreign Vaiṣṇava devotees were arrested from Māyāpur *maṭha* of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in Nabadwip last night when shots fired from inside the celebrated temple injured fifteen persons, most of them milkmen. A double-barreled gun was seized from the *maṭha,* it is reported. Police pickets have been posted since there is considerable tension in the nearby villages. Among those arrested is Swami Bhavānanda, an American in charge of the *maṭha.* Some time ago he was forced to leave the country after the expiry of his visa, but he returned later. The incident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Friday. Some boys were grazing their cattle on the fields outside the *maṭha* when some cows strayed into its compound. The cattle were beaten up by the inmates and driven out." It doesn't sound like our devotees. Beat up cows? "Angry milkmen from a nearby village crowded outside the *maṭha.* Shots were then fired from inside the *maṭha,* it is reported, injuring fifteen persons, two of them seriously. The police arrived on the scene within an hour. Among the six foreigners arrested are a Romanian, an Italian, and some Americans. The founder of the *maṭha,* Prabhupāda A. C. Bhaktivedanta, was not present." This is called slanted reporting. I mean, first of all, our devotees don't beat up the cows. We worship the cow. We don't beat cows. I can't take this as very factual account. So many statements here say, "It was reported," "It was reported." This is from a... It was published in Delhi, but it's datelined Calcutta, and the event happened in Māyāpur. So by the time it got to Delhi it seems to have taken a strange shape. I thought you'd want to... **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Yeah. Well, that's what Gopāla Kṛṣṇa said over the telephone. I mean it's hard to... We don't know if this is correct or we don't know... After all, Gopāla was speaking to Māyāpur over the telephone, so he only may have gotten some mistaken information. --- **[[spoken/770708r2.vrn|Room Conversation about Māyāpur Attack Talk with Vrindavan De — July 8, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Finished. I remember we were walking with you. So it was near the... You know, near Bury Place there's a little park. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Yeah. There was one building that they were constructing, and before finishing the building they were living in it, and you said, "This means this British Empire is finished. They cannot even afford to finish the building before living in it. This is a sign that they are not opulent at all." I remember you said that. They're not very opulent, the British. **Prabhupāda:** No. Their opulence finished. Actually, they're poor country. Simply by exploiting other countries they became rich. Otherwise they are... Naturally they are poor. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670708_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1969/690708_bhurijana.md|Letter to Bhurijana, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690708_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690708_mr._nair.md|Letter to Mr. Nair, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690708_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690708_subala.md|Letter to Subala, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/700708_manager_of_security_pacific_banka.md|Letter to Manager Of Security Pacific Banka, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700708_manager_of_security_pacific_bankb.md|Letter to Manager Of Security Pacific Bankb, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700708_manager_of_security_pacific_bankc.md|Letter to Manager Of Security Pacific Bankc, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700708_sridama.md|Letter to Sridama, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_batu_gopala.md|Letter to Batu Gopala, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_kaliya_krsna.md|Letter to Kaliya Krsna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_laksmi_narayana.md|Letter to Laksmi Narayana, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710708_sukhasagari.md|Letter to Sukhasagari, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720708_bhagavatananda.md|Letter to Bhagavatananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720708_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720708_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/740708_bhakta_dasa.md|Letter to Bhakta Dasa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750708_gurukrpa.md|Letter to Gurukrpa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750708_hasyakari.md|Letter to Hasyakari, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750708_ramacandra.md|Letter to Ramacandra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750708_yasomatinandana.md|Letter to Yasomatinandana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760708_balavanta.md|Letter to Balavanta, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760708_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760708_nitai.md|Letter to Nitai, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760708_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760708_yasodalala.md|Letter to Yasodalala, 1976]]