# July 26 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1968/680726in.mon.md|Initiation of Satyabhāmā Dāsī — July 26, 1968, Montreal]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/710726bs.ny|Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā, Verse 32 — July 26, 1971, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** Govinda means who gives pleasure to the cows, who gives pleasure to the senses. He's Govinda. *Go* means..., another meaning is "earth." So He gives pleasure. The origin... Unless the origin of everything is a person, how so many persons are coming? Every one of us, all living entities, either man or animal or demigod, even trees, plants, they're all person. Everyone, individual person. So if every living entity is a person, how the original of, origin of everything can be imperson? The origin must be person. Therefore *ādi-puruṣam.* The origin, original, or origin of everything, *janmādy asya yataḥ,* Absolute Truth, is that from whom or from which everything is emanating. So everything is a person, individual. So origin must be person. *Ādi-puruṣam.* --- **[[../../spoken/1971/710726i2.ny.md|Initiation and Brahma-saṁhitā Lecture — July 26, 1971, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[../../spoken/1971/710726i3.ny.md|Initiations and Sannyāsa — July 26, 1971, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/710726in.ny|Initiations — July 26, 1971, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** Yogamāyā. Yogamāyā, the internal energy of Kṛṣṇa. You are the servant of internal energy. Come on. What are the rules and regulation? **Prabhupāda:** Chāyadevī. Chāyadevī. Chāyadevī means material nature. That is also Kṛṣṇa's energy, as acts according to the direction of Kṛṣṇa. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? All right. **Prabhupāda:** Gandharvikā. Another name of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Come on. You know the rules and regulation? --- **[[spoken/730726bg.lon|Bg 1.36 — July 26, 1973, London]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *pāpam—*vices; *eva—*certainly; *āśrayet—*must take upon; *asmān—*us; *hatvā*—by killing; *etān—*all these; *ātatāyinaḥ—*aggressors; *tasmāt—*therefore; *na—*never; *arhāḥ—*deserving; *vayam—*us; *hantum—*to kill; *dhārtarāṣṭrān—*the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; *svabāndhavān—*along with friends; *svajanam—*kinsmen; *hi—*certainly; *katham—*how; *hatvā—*by killing; *sukhinaḥ—*happy; *syāma—*become; *mādhava*—O Kṛṣṇa, husband of the goddess of fortune. --- **[[spoken/730726r1.lon|Room Conversation with Graham Hill — July 26, 1973, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** But death is compelling me to die. There is no science, no philosophy, no hero to conquer over this death. This is our philosophy: how to conquer over the race between life and death. Śyāmasundara: "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world..." --- **[[spoken/750726mw.lb|Morning Walk — July 26, 1975, Laguna Beach]]** **Rāmeśvara:** It is considered a health food in many vegetarian restaurants. They import it as a health food. **Prabhupāda:** That Ahmedabad, that gentleman in his house, you were guest... You were in Ahmedabad? **Prabhupāda:** Patel, yes. Not the doctor; the young man in whose house we became guest. He's doing this business. --- **[[spoken/750726r1.lb|Room Conversation with Prof. Servas — July 26, 1975, Laguna Beach]]** **Prabhupāda:** But everyone wants sunshine. Why in one place denied, and one place there is sunshine? You are not free. Even though you want sunshine, there is no sunshine. So how you feel free? You bring sunshine. But that is not happening. There is superior arrangement. So to accept that superior arrangement, that is real business, not to declare freedom falsely. That is not possible. If I say, "I am free from the law-abiding process, law given by government. I am free from the law of the government," that is not possible. If you become outlaw, then you will be arrested and put into jail. So what is the use of declaring that "I am free from the government laws"? There is no freedom. Whatever little freedom is given to us, if you utilize it properly, that is very nice. If we unnecessarily declare that "I am free from any obligation," that is madman's proposal. That is the mistake of the modern man, that especially in the Western countries, unnecessarily they are declaring freedom in so many ways. Unnecessarily. He is not free, but he is declaring. That is described in *Caitanya-caritāmṛta,* I think, or in some other. No? *Prema-vivarta.* Yes, there is a book, *Prema-vivarta:* The freedom is declared by persons who are completely under the clutches of *māyā.* He declares freedom. And he is so much haunted by the ghost *māyā* that he thinks his bondage as freedom. Just like a drug-addicted person or drunkard. He is thinking, "I am free." He lies down on the street sometimes in madness: "Who can forbid me?" You have seen madmen lying on the street. I have seen it, all traffic stopped. So this kind of freedom has no meaning. It is involving oneself with the strict laws of *māyā.* There is no freedom. And just like a child, if he becomes free from the parents, it is not good; it is dangerous. His life is at risk. If a child without the help of the parents go on the street, is... That freedom is nice? That kind of freedom. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that "Whatever little freedom you have got, just surrender that freedom to Me." *Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ* [[bg/18/66|[Bg. 18.66] ]]. --- **[[spoken/750726sb.lb|SB 6.1.45 — July 26, 1975, Laguna Beach]]** **Nitāi: Translation:** **"In this life, any person, to the proportionate degree of the varieties of work, either religious or irreligious, as they are performed in the next life also, the same person to the same degree, the same variety, the resultant action of his karma must enjoy or suffer." **Prabhupāda:** > yena yāvān yathādharmo > dharmo veha samīhitaḥ > sa eva tat-phalaṁ bhuṅkte > tathā tāvad amutra vai > [[sb/6/1/45|[SB. 6.1.45] ]] So in the previous verse we have discussed, *dehavān na hy akarma-kṛt* [[sb/6/1/44|[SB. 6.1.44] ]]. Anyone who has got this material body, he has to work. Everyone has to work. In the spiritual body also you have to work. In the material body also you have to work. Because the working principle is the soul—soul is living force—so he is busy. Living body means there is movement, there is work. He cannot sit idly. In the *Bhagavad-gītā* it is said, "Not even for a moment one can be idle." That is the symptom of living being. So this working is going on according to the particular body. The dog is also running, and a man is also running. But a man thinks he is very much civilized because he is running on motorcar. Both of them are running, but a man has got a particular type of body by which he can prepare a vehicle or cycle, and he can run on. He is thinking that "I am running in greater speed than the dog; therefore I am civilized." This is the modern mentality. He does not know that what is the difference between running on fifty miles speed or five miles speed or five thousand miles speed or five millions miles of speed. The space is unlimited. Whatever speed you discover, it is still insufficient. Still insufficient. So this is not life, that "Because I can run in more speed than the dog, therefore I am civilized." --- **[[spoken/760726r1.lon|Conversation with George Harrison — July 26, 1976, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** I have old man's disease, cough and cold, so coughing. But still, work is going on, and I shall complete eighty years this month. September, eighty-one. So now, due to age, it is becoming little difficult. **Prabhupāda:** Thank you. That is our life and soul. *Gṛhe vā vanete thāka, 'hā gaurāṅga' bale ḍāka*. [Śrīla Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura. *Prārthanā*. Song 38. *Sāvaraṇa Gaura Mahimā*. Stanza 4] Wherever you live, it doesn't matter—chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. That's all. That is our only support. **Prabhupāda:** [laughs] Yes. *Phalena paricīyate.* By the result, one has to study. Yesterday, one devotee's father and mother came, Hari-śauri. She and his father were very pleased to see him healthy, bright. --- **[[spoken/760726r2.lon|Room Conversation — July 26, 1976, London]]** **Pṛthu-putra:** [translating] "The classical induries[?] based on sacred scriptures from which the eighteen great *Purāṇas* has a central place. These vast poems, their character give theologic teaching..." **Pṛthu-putra:** Ah, yes. He's** giving all the knowledge of the *Veda,* "...and in the substance of the *Purāṇa* there is the face of the Indian populations. While reciting them in the temples and the preacher are giving commentaries in the assembly of devotees, which is called *sankīrtana.* This teaching lead to the chant and dancing on the glories of the Lord Bhagavān. Amongst all these *Purāṇas,* the most famous is the *Bhāgavata-Purāṇa,* called *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* because this literary form is achieved the most beautiful, and also because it's the poem which is expressing the best the doctrine of the faith that *Śrī* Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person, Puruṣottama, the principle of everything, the absolute unique without second, *advaitam-brahman.* Like in the *Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā,* the Lord reveals His majesty in plain. Much more than an *avatāra* of Viṣṇu, He appears in our eyes like the unique God. Towards Him all devotion is due. The French people are honored to have, from the beginning of the nineteenth century, to have the first edition of *Bhāgavata-Purāṇa,* but from long time already this work of the great Burnouf"—that's the man who translated *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* in nineteenth century in French language—"is the reason why we have to thank very much the association, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, to give us that very big text, one of the master book of the humanity. This book is very benefic, and with the tradition of the Sanskrit text there is a commentary, the majesterial commentary, which is given verse after verse by the master, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, founder of the association. As he did it with the *Bhagavad-gītā,* which was published in French in 1975 with the preface of a Professor Olivier Lacombe, Swami Prabhupāda explains word by word each *mantra—*stanza or sacred text—before to give a signification. Then the reader can judge every pieces, what is the meaning of the teaching of the master by confrontation with the text itself..." --- **[[spoken/770726r1.vrn|Room Conversation Gaurasundara, Dr. Kapoor — July 26, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Gaurasundara:** In Hawaii we have Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deities, so having bathing, Deity worship and reading your books twice a day. **Gaurasundara:** Right now there's about one dozen people in the farm, and on Sundays maybe forty, fifty people coming for feast. **Prabhupāda:** Very good. You are my old disciple. So I'll be very pleased if you keep the principles—it doesn't matter wherever you live—and spread Kṛṣṇa conscious wherever you feel happy, and do not forget the real business. [referring to woman devotee] She is helping you? --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670726_children_at_new_york.md|Letter to Children At New York, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1970/700726_indrani.md|Letter to Indrani, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700726_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700726_navayogendra.md|Letter to Navayogendra, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/700726_yamuna.md|Letter to Yamuna, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1973/730726_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_adi-kesava.md|Letter to Adi-Kesava, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_all_iskcon_presidents.md|Letter to All Iskcon Presidents, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_balavanta.md|Letter to Balavanta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_daughters.md|Letter to Daughters, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_hladini.md|Letter to Hladini, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740726_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_aksayananda.md|Letter to Aksayananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_dinanatha_n._mishra.md|Letter to Dinanatha N. Mishra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_dr._channa_reddy.md|Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_g.l._nanda.md|Letter to G.L. Nanda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_sarvavit.md|Letter to Sarvavit, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750726_vrnda.md|Letter to Vrnda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760726_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1976]]