# August 11 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1971/710811le.lon.md|Lecture — August 11, 1971, London]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/720811iv.lon|Interview with Journalists — August 11, 1972, London]]** **Prabhupāda:** So far I am personally experienced, in our childhood there were not so many problems. Now India is faced with so many problems on account of imitating Western civilization. **Prabhupāda:** There is no question of increased population. This is, I say always, this is foolish. **Prabhupāda:** No. Even there is... Just like the birds and beast, they are also increasing their population. Yes. If you find one hole in the room, millions of ants will come out. So who is giving their food? There are millions of elephants in the forest. Who is giving their food? There are millions and trillions... --- **[[spoken/730811bg.par|Bg 13.3 — August 11, 1973, Paris]]** *kṣetrajñam—*the knower; *ca—*also; *api—*certainly; *mām—*Me; *viddhi—*know; *sarva—*all; *kṣetreṣu—*in bodily fields; *bhārata*—O son of Bharata; *kṣetra—*field of activities (the body); *kṣetrajñayoḥ—*the knower of the field; *jñānam—*knowledge; *yat—*that which is taught; *tat—*that; *jñānam—*knowledge; *matam—*opinion; *mama—*that. **Translation:** "O scion of Bhārata, you should also understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. That is My opinion." --- **[[spoken/730811r1.par|Room Conversation — August 11, 1973, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** His name was Gopal Ban. Gopal Ban. And there was a king, Kṛṣṇacandra. So the kings would relax by joking words by the jokers. That was system formerly. So Gopal Ban was constructing a house. So the king advised another friend that "If you go to his new house and evacuate"—because the house is not yet opened, not yet established—"then I'll give you one thousand rupees." So this man said, "Yes, I'll go and do it." So he was..., he came to Gopal Ban's house and began to say, "Gopal Ban! Oh! I am called by nature. Kindly show me where is your privy. I have to pass." So he could understand that "Why this man has come here to evacuate?" So he, "Yes, yes. Come in, come in, come in." So he opened the new lavatory and brought a big stick. So he said, "Why you have brought the stick?" "Yes, you can pass, you can pass stool, but if you urine one drop, I'll kill you." [laughter] So "How it is possible?" "If it is not possible, I cannot allow." So these, these foolish scientific men, "You can speak, but if you use microphone, then I'll kill you." [laughter] Yes. The Gopal Ban's policy. They would not say "Not allow," but in a different way. --- **[[spoken/740811bg.vrn|Janmāṣṭamī, Bhagavad-gītā 7.5 — August 11, 1974, Vṛndāvana]]** **Nitāi:** "Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe." **Prabhupāda:** > apareyam itas tv anyāṁ > prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām > jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho > yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat > [[bg/7/5|[Bg. 7.5] ]] So Kṛṣṇa has explained this material world, *bhūmir āpaḥ analo vāyuḥ.* Now, this is also nature, *prakṛti.* There is another nature, *prakṛti. Prakṛti* means *strī-liṅga,* woman. *Jīva-bhūta,* the living entities, are not mentioned in this connection as *puruṣa.* Not *puruṣa.* The Māyāvādī philosophers, they think themselves as *puruṣa.* The *karmīs* also, they think they are *puruṣa. Puruṣa* means enjoyer, and *prakṛti* means enjoyed. But Kṛṣṇa does not say that the living entity is *puruṣa.* He says *prakṛti.* --- **[[spoken/740811sb.vrn|SB 1.5.30 — August 11, 1974, Vṛndāvana]]** **Translation:** "As they were leaving, those bhakti-vedāntas, who are very kind to poor-hearted souls, instructed me in that most confidential subject which is instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself." **Prabhupāda:** > jñānaṁ guhyatamaṁ yat tat > sākṣād bhagavatoditam > anvavocan gamiṣyantaḥ > kṛpayā dīna-vatsalāḥ --- **[[spoken/750811ar.par|Arrival Address — August 11, 1975, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** So I am very much pleased to come to this village of France. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's prediction that *pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma.... Grāma* means village. *Sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma* [*CB Antya-khaṇḍa* 4.126]. Everywhere the glories of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu will be spread. So by His grace, we are doing that in America, in Europe, Africa, Australia. Village to village, town to town, we are preaching the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. --- **[[spoken/750811dt.par|SB, Canto Six Dictation — August 11, 1975, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** > hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa > kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare > hare rāma hare rāma > rāma rāma hare hare *āvidhya*—whirling round; *parigham*—iron trident; *vṛtraḥ*—Vṛtrāsura; *kārṣṇa-ayasam*—the trident made of iron; *arim-damaḥ*—Vṛtrāsura, who was competent enough to subdue his enemy; *indrāya*—unto Indra; *prāhiṇot*—threw, or released upon him; *ghoram*—three fearceful; *vāma-hastena*—by his left hand; *māriṣa*—O best of the kings, Mahārāja Parīkṣit. --- **[[spoken/750811sb.par|SB 6.1.55 — August 11, 1975, Paris]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] Which verse? [pause] Verse number 55. [leads chanting line by line] Hmm. In the previous verse it has been discussed, *na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma-kṛt.* [[sb/6/1/53|[SB. 6.1.53] ]] Nobody can... [child making sounds; mother takes out] Just like this child. He wants to do something. [laughter] He does not know that he is doing something nonsense. Similarly, the child's father also, he wants to do something, although it is nonsense. Therefore here it is mentioned, *na hi kaścit,* "Anyone," *kṣaṇam api,* "even for a moment," *na hi kaścit kṣaṇam api jātu tiṣṭhaty akarma* [[bg/3/5|[Bg. 3.5] ]], "he must do something." This is the tendency. How? *Kāryate hy avaśaḥ. Avaśaḥ* means being forced. He has no control. He must do something, and he has no control over it. So why no control? No control means he is controlled by somebody else. He is not in his own control. And what is that controller? *Guṇaiḥ svābhāvikair balāt* [[sb/6/1/53|[SB. 6.1.53] ]]. He has infected some type of material modes of nature and he has to act accordingly. *Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni.* The similar verse is there in the *Bhagavad-gītā. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ* [[bg/3/27|[Bg. 3.27] ]]. --- **[[spoken/760811ed.teh|Evening Darśana — August 11, 1976, Tehran]]** --- **[[spoken/760811mw.teh|Morning Walk — August 11, 1976, Tehran]]** --- **[[spoken/760811r1.teh|Room Conversation — August 11, 1976, Tehran]]** --- **[[spoken/770811r1.vrn|Room Conversations Bangladesh Preaching, Prabhaviṣṇu And Articles by Haṁsadūta — August 11, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** All the Bengali literature that we have already published, get it republished in Bangladesh and distribute hugely. And for that purpose we shall pay. And you spend that money. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** 'Cause we're sending money anyway for construction, so we can send some of that for printing and pay back the construction off of you.* [to **Prabhaviṣṇu:]* Can you send money from Bangladesh to India? **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** They may want him to continue bringing foreign exchange in. That's the point I'm making. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1971/710811_bali_mardan.md|Letter to Bali Mardan, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710811_yamuna.md|Letter to Yamuna, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720811_gangadevi.md|Letter to Gangadevi, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720811_gurudasa_yamuna.md|Letter to Gurudasa Yamuna, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720811_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720811_suresh_candra.md|Letter to Suresh Candra, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730811_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/730811_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750811_bhurijana.md|Letter to Bhurijana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750811_bon_maharaja.md|Letter to Bon Maharaja, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750811_dhananjaya.md|Letter to Dhananjaya, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750811_srutadeva.md|Letter to Srutadeva, 1975]]