Spoken July 27
Bg 4.11 Lecture
Prabhupāda: " ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 4.11]" Lord Kṛṣṇa says that “every man is following My path, indirectly or directly.” The supreme position of the Lord is that He is in the supreme absolute position, and every other living being, they are all subordinate. In the Vedic Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Pra…
Lecture [partially recorded]
Prabhupāda: " ...caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda" " pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhakta-rūpa svarūpakam bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam" So Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is full representation of Kṛṣṇa in six aspects. That is
Conversation with Religious Group
Prabhupāda: I am imperfect. That’s all right. But I know what is perfection. Guest (1): I cannot see that. [laughs] Prabhupāda: No. Don’t laugh. Suppose you are here. You have to go to London. If you have purchased the ticket for London and if you are sure that you have got an aeroplane, so even you have not gone to reach London, but you are sure that you are going to London.Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:G…
Ratha-yātrā Lecture
Prabhupāda: My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for joining us on this Rathayātrā ceremony. I am going to sing now an Indian song, and then I shall explain it. Even if you don’t understand the language of the song, still, if you kindly hear patiently, the sound vibration will act. The song is [sings]
Śrī Brahma-saṁhitā, Verse 33
Prabhupāda: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. This verse, aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti [Bs. 5.32], we have explained. Next verse is advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam [Bs. 5.33]. There are thirty-six verses in this record. You have chanted only three verses, three or four. So the next verse is,
SB 6.1.13-14
Prabhupāda: So we have been discussing this verse for the last two days. Tyāgena. Partially I have already explained: tyāga, renounce. There is some natural tendency also for renouncing. When one gets to the topmost of material opulence, immediately there is a tendency for renunciation. This hippie movement is like that. They have got a good qualification that they have renounced this materialistic way of life. Guest:Prabhupāda:
Bg 1.37-39 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 1.37–39 Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]. " yady apy ete na paśyanti lobhopahata-cetasaḥ kula-kṣaya-kṛtaṁ doṣaṁ mitra-drohe ca pātakam" " kathaṁ na jñeyam asmābhiḥ pāpād asmān nivartitumPrabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Conversation with Sir Alistair Hardy
Sir Alistair Hardy: [reading from notes] “...answer in Christian terms, but no doubt the same idea could be put into the language of other faiths. It is to bring the kingdom of God on earth: ‘Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.’ ” Prabhupāda: Yes. Sir Alistair Hardy: Question six: “Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy:Prabhupāda:Sir Alistair Hardy…
Morning Walk
Prabhupāda: [laughing] You are so rich, you can do it, continually festival: “Come on. Take prasādam. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.” Just like... What is that? You told me? Continual massage... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Massage parlor, twenty-four hours. Prabhupāda: [laughing] Twenty-four hours. Similarly, twenty-four hours free Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Prabhupāda:Rāmeśvara:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Devotees:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Prabhupāda:Ja…
SB 6.1.46
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, First Chapter, verse number 46. [leads devotees in chanting verse, etc.] " yatheha deva-pravarāsPrabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Radio Interview with Mike Robinson
Mukunda: Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is Mr. Robinson, Mike Robinson, from London Broadcasting Company. It’s a very prominent news program in London, and he wanted to interview you, ask some questions. Mike Robinson: Good evening. Pleased to meet you. If I could just spend one or two minutes setting up the microphone..Prabhupāda:Mike Robinson:Mukunda:Prabhupāda:Mike Robinson:Prabhupāda:Mike Robinson:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Mike Robinson:Prabhupāda:Mike Robinson:Prabhupāda:Mike Robinson:Jayatīrtha:Mike …
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: He is so monied man. He cannot get nice food even, the primary necessities. And getting jaundice. Hari-śauri: He had jaundice? Jayatīrtha: Yes, he just recovered from jaundice. Thinks he was poisoned by something he ate. The main reason why he doesn’t..., he got jaundice because, he admitted, is that he had Ravi ShankarPrabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Bhagavān:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Jayatīrtha:Prabhupāda…
Room Conversation [Hindi]
Prabhupāda: [Hindi]
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: So everything all right? Yaśomatīnandana: Yes. Prabhupāda: So you are... Yaśomatīnandana: How are you feeling? Prabhupāda: Not very good. Old man’s disease. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said, vṛddha kāla āola saba sukha bhāgala:[?] “When a man becomes old, all bodily comfortsYaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Yaśomatī…
Letters July 27
Satsvarupa, Uddhava Boston My dear Satsvarupa and Uddhava, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your express letters and have noted the contents carefully. You are all my children and I love my American boys and girls who are sent to me by my spiritual master and I have accepted them as my disciples. Before coming to your country I took sannyasa in 1959. I was publishing BTG since 1944....
Karandhara Los Angeles My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated July 22nd, 1973. You are to be congratulated---you have defeated the rascal scientist Mr. Roger Reville from the Big University. Actually, it is not a very difficult task, they have no definite ideas, everything they put forward is doubtful, even they say
New devotees, Evanston My dear Spiritual Sons and Daughters, Please accept my blessings. On the recommendation of Govinda Das I have duly accepted you as my disciples. Human life begins when there is systematic education in the science of God consciousness. Just some days ago I was discussing with Professor Alister Hardy

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