# July 23 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/710723in.ny|Initiations — July 23, 1971, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** Brahma-vita. Brahma-vita, "whose profession is to realize Brahman." [indistinct] That's all right. [*japa*] Hmm. **Prabhupāda:** Pāyasvinī dāsa [sic]. Pāyasvinī means the *surabhī* cow, who delivers milk as much as you like. [devotees laugh] *Surabhīr abhipālayantam. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam* [Bs. 5.29]. Come on. **Prabhupāda:** Bhārgava. Bhārgava means the descendant of Bṛghu. Bṛghu is one of the great sages, seven sages, in..., rotating around the polestar, seven sages. And Bṛghu Muni is one of them. Bhārgava. In India there is still a *brāhmaṇa's* family they are called Bhārgava. Come on, next. --- **[[spoken/730723ap.lon|Presentation Excerpt — July 23, 1973, London]]** Guild member: ...here are made of a very inferior metal, in fact in lead. But we couldn't think anything better than having this badge made for you in solid gold, twenty-four carat. And hereby we present it on behalf of the members of the Guild to you, our most beloved leader. --- **[[spoken/730723bg.lon|Bg 1.30 — July 23, 1973, London]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *na—*nor; *ca—*also; *śaknomi—*am I able; *avasthātum—*to stay; *bhramati—*forgetting; *iva—*as; *ca—*and; *me—*my; *manaḥ—*mind; *nimittāni—*causes; *ca—*also; *paśyāmi—*I foresee; *viparītāni—*just the opposite; *keśava*—O killer of the demon Keśī (Kṛṣṇa). --- **[[spoken/730723r1.lon|Room Conversation with Lord Fenner Brockway — July 23, 1973, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** Yes. We had very good professors. W. S. Urquhart, Dr. W. S. Urquhart, he was a Scotsman. **Prabhupāda:** Yes, in Calcutta. And Lord Ronaldshay, Zetland, Marquis of Zetland. He was governor of Bengal. So he's also a Scotsman. **Prabhupāda:** So he came to our college in our..., when we were young men, second-year student. All our professors, mostly they were Scotsmen, and there was one English professor, Mr. Warren. All other professors, they were Scotsmen—Mr. Keye, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Scrimgeour, in this way. --- **[[spoken/730723r2.lon|Room Conversation with Mr. & Mrs James Williams — July 23, 1973, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** No, apart from religion, this is science. When you speak that there is soul and the soul transmigrates from one body to another, it has nothing to do with religion. It is a fact; it is a science. But people do not know it. Mr. Minney: Yes, that is so true. Last year when we were in Russia we went to many monasteries, and the monasteries are attended by a large number of people. Mr. Minney: And I was there before, in 1956. There were..., one church, thirteen people went into the church on a Sunday. --- **[[spoken/730723sb.lon|SB 1.2.6 — July 23, 1973, London]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Prabhupāda:** This is a speech of Sūta Gosvāmī in Naimiṣāraṇya. Formerly, great sages used to assemble in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya. Those who are Indians, they will know Naimiṣāraṇya. There is a station, Nimsara, still. And it is near Lucknow. Still it is very nice place. So there was a great meeting of saintly persons. As nowadays ordinary persons meet together to find out the ways and means for people's prosperity, formerly the great saintly persons, sages, *brāhmaṇas,* they used to meet, and they used to give formula to the people, to the king, that "You follow this. You will be happy." This was the system, *brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra.* --- **[[spoken/750723sb.la|SB 6.1.42 — July 23, 1975, Los Angeles]]** Kṛṣṇa-kānti**: [introducing recording; testing microphone Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Testing. 1 2 3. Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa. Testing. This is Prabhupāda's microphone. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa.] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* class, Sixth Canto, First Chapter, text forty-two, recorded June 23rd, 1975. **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] --- **[[spoken/760723cc.lon|Cc. Madhya 20.113 — July 23, 1976, London]]** **Pradyumna:*Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] [chants verse, etc.] **Translation:** "All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire—namely heat and light—these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth." [break] --- **[[spoken/760723iv.lon|Interview with Colin Cross Religion Editor of The Observer — July 23, 1976, London]]** **Mukunda:** Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is Mr. Colin Cross, who is the religious correspondent for *The Observer.* This is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. And this is Tony McGraw, who is a photographer. **Jayatīrtha:** You sure you're comfortable this way? We can have them bring a chair. There's no problem. **Colin Cross:** Yes, I know a little about you, but it's only in the last hour that I've really begun to learn. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/690723_madana_mohana.md|Letter to Madana Mohana, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690723_manager_of_the_punjab_national_bank.md|Letter to Manager Of The Punjab National Bank, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/690723_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1971/710723_babhru.md|Letter to Babhru, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710723_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710723_vrndavana_candra.md|Letter to Vrndavana Candra, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720723_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720723_jayadeva.md|Letter to Jayadeva, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720723_sankarsana.md|Letter to Sankarsana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730723_damodara.md|Letter to Damodara, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730723_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730723_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730723_kurusrestha.md|Letter to Kurusrestha, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730723_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750723_abhinanda_gopesvara.md|Letter to Abhinanda Gopesvara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750723_bank_of_america.md|Letter to Bank Of America, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750723_cyavana.md|Letter to Cyavana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750723_dhananjaya.md|Letter to Dhananjaya, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750723_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1975]]