# July 25 *Lectures from this day: 11 recordings* --- **[[spoken/660725bg.ny|Bg 4.9-11 — July 25, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ye yathā māṁ prapadyante > tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham > mama vartmānuvartante > manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ > [[bg/4/11|[Bg. 4.11] ]] This *śloka,* this verse, we discussed last Friday evening, and I tried to explain the supreme leadership of the Supreme Lord. By nature we are destined to follow a leadership. Nobody is independent. Even in the animal society, the animals, they have also got a group, and there is leader of the group. Perhaps you know it. So in every group... We are trying to make some group according to the similarity of thoughts and propensities. There are association, you know, various association: mercantile association, bankers' association, lawyers' association, and there is a leader. That is the nature's way. Now, the supreme leader is Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That we do not know. Supreme leader, the leadership is accepted, but we do not know that the supreme leader is the Supreme Lord, or Kṛṣṇa. So that is informed in the Vedic literature, and in the *Bhagavad-gītā* also, the same thing is confirmed, that *ye yathā māṁ prapadyante:* "Now, everyone is under My leadership. Everyone. There is no exception." Especially He mentions the *manuṣya. Manuṣya* means the human being. --- **[[spoken/710725in.ny|Initiations — July 25, 1971, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** Jīmūta-*bhāva*. Jīmūta. A great king, devotee. Come on. Next? *Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam* [*Cc Ādi* 7.76]. You know the rules and regulation? Rules and regulation? **Prabhupāda:** Pañcaratna dāsa. Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Pañca* means five; *ratna* means jewels. Hare Kṛṣṇa. [*japa*] You know the rules? **Prabhupāda:** Navaratna. Navaratha. Nine chariots. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Come on. "One who has got nine chariots." [*japa*] --- **[[spoken/710725sb.ny|SB 6.1.11 — July 25, 1971, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > karmaṇā karma-nirhāro > na hy ātyantika iṣyate > avidvad-adhikāritvāt > prāyaścittaṁ vimarśanam > [[sb/6/1/11|[SB. 6.1.11] ]] The answer, Parīkṣit Mahārāja's question to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, that this atonement, once committing some sinful activity, and counteracting it by so-called atonement, confession, has no meaning. If one is suffering from certain type of disease, goes to a doctor, physician, he gives some medicine, it is cured for the time being, and again if he's attacked with such disease and goes to the doctor, again he gives medicine, then what is the use of this business—again and again? That is the question, very intelligent question: How to cure the disease completely? So this was the question of King Parīkṣit. The answer is given by Śukadeva Gosvāmī that *karmaṇā karma-nirhāro na hy ātyantika iṣyate. Karma,* fruitive activities, counteracting it by another activity, that is not final decision. Just like people in modern age, they are trying to have some peaceful situation in the world by the intervention of the United Nation, but they cannot stop it. --- **[[spoken/720725r1.par|Room Conversation — July 25, 1972, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...by the size of the ocean they will be finished. But in the spiritual world the *ānanda,* the ocean of bliss, it increases. *Ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ* [[cc/antya/20/12|[Cc. Antya 20.12] ]]. *Vardhanaṁ* means it increases. So [indistinct] in the blissful [indistinct] the more [indistinct] you will never be feeling tired. That is the difference between material pleasure and [indistinct]. So I am very glad, when I installed this Deity, that place was not to my satisfaction, and it remained not very good. [indistinct] I was little [indistinct] that "These boys and girls [indistinct] serve You, You kindly dictate..." [indistinct] So Kṛṣṇa will help you, *buddhi-yogaṁ.* The Australia is one of their colony, but there is no satisfaction. We have seen—we got our temple in London—not that people are very happy. Even in London we have seen that Bedford Park, I was going every day for morning walk, but there also men were sleeping on the bench, without sufficient cover. So I used to show my students, "Why this man belong to British nation, who has got the British Empire background, why he is unhappy?" **Prabhupāda:** So we should deeply study this fact, that people are struggling very hard, expanding themselves for achieving riches and wealth, but they're not satisfied. That's a fact. Even British Empire could not satisfy them—more extension, more extension, more extension. There was Roman Empire, there was Mogul Empire. But this desire for sense gratification is so strong that if you go on pouring butter on fire it will never be satisfied; it will blaze more and more. [break] If one takes the lotus feet of Gaurāṅga as the ut... [break] [indistinct] ...he immediately understands the essence of devotional service. We therefore first of all offer our prayers to *śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda*. --- **[[spoken/730725bg.lon|Bg 1.32-35 — July 25, 1973, London]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* --- **[[spoken/740725dp.ny|Departure Address — July 25, 1974, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Karma karoti sa sannyāsī* [[bg/6/1|[Bg. 6.1] ]]. The definition of *sannyāsī* is given in the *Bhagavad-gītā*. *Karmī. Karmī* means he works, and he wants to enjoy the fruit. That is *karmī.* But Bhagavān, Kṛṣṇa, said, *anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ* [[bg/6/1|[Bg. 6.1] ]]: one who does not take the result of *karma...* Suppose you are a businessman. So you are working very hard, earning \$50,000. If you don't take that, then you are *sannyāsī. Anāśritaḥ karma-phalaṁ, kāryaṁ:* it is my duty. So if he does not take the result of *karma,* who will take? Kṛṣṇa said, *kuruṣva tat mad-arpaṇa:* "Give Me." [laughter] *Kuruṣva tat mad-arpaṇam. Yat karoṣi, yaj juhoṣi, yad aśnāsi, yat tapasyasi kuruṣva* [[bg/9/27|[Bg. 9.27] ]]. This is life. You read Eighteenth Chapter, very nice verse. To give up the *karma phalaṁ,* the result of your work, to Kṛṣṇa—that is real *sannyāsa;* that is real renunciation. [aside to devotee:] So you try to impress on that way. You have got [indistinct] at Los Angeles, and uncover [indistinct] you can see? Send directly to Bali-mardana. **Prabhupāda:** Whatever detail can be sent. Just like we are traveling, we require thousands and thousands of dollars. Why shall I neglect? You cannot... If I do not want to spend money for airplane, how could I come to your country? So money is required. Money is not bad. Money, if it is spent for Kṛṣṇa, then it is Lakṣmī, real Lakṣmī, as *lakṣmī sahasra-śata sambrahma-sev...* [Bs. 5.29]. Laksmi's business is to stay engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. So all the money of the world, it should be engaged for Kṛṣṇa's service. Kṛṣṇa said, *yat karoṣi:* "Never mind whatever you are doing; you give Me the result." Is it not? *Bhagavad-gītā*, you have read it? --- **[[spoken/750725mw.la|Morning Walk — July 25, 1975, Los Angeles]]** **Rādhā-vallabha:** Well, it seems that they're complaining that people are depending on faith for their knowledge. So their claim is that "We do not depend on this faith. We simply take a group of facts, and from these facts, this strong body of facts, we develop a theory which will explain them." **Rādhā-vallabha:** These facts, these theories, are tested. By presenting more and more facts in the light of this theory, either the theory collapses under the new facts or it becomes strengthened. So by this method... **Rādhā-vallabha:** Well, for example, you may see that living beings are reproducing geometrically. One couple produces two children; those children each produce two children; so in that way it appears that the animal population should be increasing geometrically. And we can see that... --- **[[spoken/750725sb.la|SB 6.1.44 — July 25, 1975, Los Angeles]]** **Nitāi:** "O inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha, you are all sinless, but those within this material world, they are all karmīs acting piously or impiously. Both kinds of activities are possible for them because they are contaminated by the three modes of nature and must act accordingly. One who has accepted a material body cannot remain inactive, and it is inevitable for one acting under the modes of nature to be sinful. Therefore all the living entities within this material world are punishable." **Prabhupāda:** > sambhavanti hi bhadrāṇi > viparītāni cānaghāḥ > kāriṇāṁ guṇa-saṅgo 'sti > dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt > [[sb/6/1/44|[SB. 6.1.44] ]] So *dehavān* we have explained several times. *Deha* means the body, and *vān* means one who possesses. *Asty arthe vatup.* This *vat-pratyaya* is affixed when there is the meaning of possessing. Therefore *Bhagavān.* *Bhaga* means opulence, and *vān* means one who possesses. That is Bhagavān. So same thing, in the same process: *dehavān.* So *dehavān,* every one of us, *dehavān.* The dog is also *dehavān;* he has got body. I am also *dehavān,* every one of us. --- **[[spoken/760725l1.lon|Conversation and Lecture at the House of Kṣīrodakaśāyī dāsa — July 25, 1976, London]]** **Jayatīrtha:** ...was sitting previously, which was being worshiped, So now being worshiped at this place. So he sat down because he was thinking that he was good as standing up, same as standing up. So one Vaiṣṇava priest who was taking care of the place, he threw him out. So in the book they complained that the Vaiṣṇavas are considered to be very narrow-minded. [laughter] Now I can understand... **Prabhupāda:** Just see. How bogus he was. No, when I go to met in Hollywood that, in the beginning that Prabhavananda, the rascal said that "Ramakrishna was formerly Caitanya Mahāprabhu." He began like that. Then I could understand, "What a rascal he is, and I have to waste my time." So I did not answer anything. I said, "Thank you very much for your meeting," and I went out. This rascal's first proposal was that Ramakrishna... Thakur Ramakrishna was formerly Caitanya. This is the beginning. He was so rascal. This is framework house. Hare Kṛṣṇa. If some of the *svāmīs* may have said, they say that "Why you call us rascal and so many things?" So you say that "We are not calling you; Kṛṣṇa says. So we are pushing on Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So we have to repeat what Kṛṣṇa has said. That's it. We cannot help it. Kṛṣṇa says, *na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ* [[bg/7/15|[Bg. 7.15] ]]. So you are not Kṛṣṇa conscious; therefore you must be *mūḍha.*" --- **[[spoken/760725l2.lon|Sunday Feast Lecture — July 25, 1976, London]]** So *śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhiṣṭam.* Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's ambition, or mission. *Śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhu mano 'bhiṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale.* His ambition was propagated, or established, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī. They were ministers in charge of the then *Pathan* [Muhhemedans of Afghanistan] government in Bengal and very learned scholar in Urdu and Sanskrit, but after meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Rāmakeli village in the district of Maldaha in Bengal, North Bengal... That was supposed to be the capital of Nawab Hussain Shah. So then they joined to preach this *saṅkīrtana* movement, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. So their mission was to establish the Rādhā-Govinda Mandir, as many as possible. They first started in Vṛndāvana, Madana-mohana temple. Most Indians present here, they know. There are... [break] ...temples in Vṛndāvana. There are five thousand temples in one small city of fifty thousand population, but the most important, because they were established by the Gosvāmīs—Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa, Dāsa Raghunātha—the six Gosvāmīs, direct disciple of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Sanātana Gosvāmī established first the Madana-mohana temple. Then Rūpa Gosvāmī established Govindajī's temple. Then Jīva Gosvāmī established Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, then... --- **[[spoken/760725l3.lon|Lecture at 7 Bury Place [partially recorded] — July 25, 1976, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...means Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So, not only now; always. Long, long, millions of years ago there was Hiraṇyakaśipu. There was Vena Mahārāja and... Hiraṇyakaśipu was against his son. And Kaṁsa was against Kṛṣṇa. Śiśupāla was against Kṛṣṇa. So against Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in this age, there will be many, undoubtedly. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us instruction, *tṛṇād api sunīcena.* You should always expect some obstruction by the demonic party. That is not very astonishing. But still, we have to do our business and... [break] ...be tolerant. Be humble. Be tolerant. Don't be agitated. Then your business will suffer. This is *māyā's* kingdom. The test is always there. Combating is always there, and *māyā's* party is very strong. Especially at the present moment, Kali-yuga, the atheistic persons are almost everyone. They have been described as *mandāḥ. Mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā* [[sb/1/1/10|[SB. 1.1.10] ]].* By becoming *manda... Manda* means bad, very bad. In Bengali there are two words, *bhāla, manda:* good and bad. So the *manda,* this word, has come from *mandāḥ,* Sanskrit word. So not this... The general people, all *mandāḥ—*short-living, wretched, unfortunate, misguided. So *mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā.* They are not fortunate. Mostly they are wretched. You'll find on the street so many wretched. So this is the position of the Kali-yuga. And they are not living also very many days. Still, they are against Kṛṣṇa consciousness. They are suffering, but still, they are against. Dog obstinate. This is the position. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/680725_harivilasa.md|Letter to Harivilasa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/700725_ekayani.md|Letter to Ekayani, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700725_krsna_dasa.md|Letter to Krsna Dasa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710725_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710725_nayanabhirama.md|Letter to Nayanabhirama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710725_sumati_morarjee.md|Letter to Sumati Morarjee, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720725_prahladananda.md|Letter to Prahladananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720725_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720725_sri_joshiji.md|Letter to Sri Joshiji, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730725_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750725_batu_gopala.md|Letter to Batu Gopala, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750725_madhavananda.md|Letter to Madhavananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750725_satcitananda.md|Letter to Satcitananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750725_saurabha.md|Letter to Saurabha, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750725_urvasi.md|Letter to Urvasi, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760725_pusta_krsna.md|Letter to Pusta Krsna, 1976]]