# August 24 *Lectures from this day: 10 recordings* --- **[[spoken/660824bg.ny|Bg 4.39-5.3 — August 24, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** [*kīrtana*] [*prema-dhvani*] *Gaura-Premanandi. Hari Haribol.* Thank you very much... [break] *Jñeyeḥ,* "Just understand," *sa. Sa* means he. Who? *Nitya-sannyāsī:* "That person is always in renounced order, not by dress, but by action. Always in renounced order," *yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati,* "that person who does not hate, neither desires." *Nitya-sannyāsī.* The renounced order means that I renounce my material propensities. That is called renunciation. A living entity is living. He has got his different propensities. That is his natural position. If I say that "You don't desire," no, that is not possible. I cannot desire, I don't desire... If I am desireless, then I am dead. What is my life? Desire... Somebody says that "You become desireless." That is an impossible, sir. Desireless means don't desire materially. That is desireless. --- **[[spoken/680824bg.mon|Bg 4.1 — August 24, 1968, Montreal]]** **Janārdana:** Swāmījī, you'll have to excuse me just a few minutes early. I have an appointment with many people this evening. [indistinct] **Prabhupāda:** At 8 o'clock you want to leave? That's all right. This is microphone for speaking, like this? Hare Kṛṣṇa. [someone begins to play harmonium] [pause] Hare Kṛṣṇa. We shall begin *Bhagavad-gītā.* So I request you to come regularly so long I shall speak on the *Bhagavad-gītā,* and from the very beginning I shall try to make you understand the process of reading *Bhagavad-gītā* and the conclusion of the *Bhagavad-gītā.* By analytical study, I shall try to present. --- **[[spoken/710824sb.lon|SB 1.2.3 — August 24, 1971, London]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **Prabhupāda:** *yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekam adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo 'ndham saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁ taṁ vyāsa-sūnum upayāmi guruṁ munīnām* [[sb/1/2/3|[SB. 1.2.3] ]] --- **[[spoken/720824sb.la|SB 1.2.21 and Initiations — August 24, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Devotees:** All glories to you Prabhup**ā**da. **[devotees offer obeisances] Prabhupāda: Hmm. Begin.* [05:41] **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] --- **[[spoken/730824bg.lon|Bg 2.18 — August 24, 1973, London]]** **Translation:** "Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore fight, O descendant of Bharata." **Prabhupāda:** *Antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ. Śarīriṇaḥ,* This is plural number. *Śarīriṇ.* So *śarīrin* or *śarīrī* means the proprietor of the *śarīra,* or body. *Śarīra* means this body, and *śarīrin,* one who possesses the body. So plural number is *śarīriṇaḥ.* In a varieties of ways, Kṛṣṇa is convincing Arjuna that the soul is different from this body. So this body, *antavat:* it will be finished. However you may try, so scientifically, applying cosmetic and other things, you cannot save the body. That is not possible. *Antavat. Anta* means..., *antavat* means..., *anta* means end, and *vat* means possessing. --- **[[spoken/750824mw.del|Morning Walk — August 24, 1975, Delhi]]** **Prabhupāda:** Seventy-nine complete. Now, from first September, eightieth begins. Beginning eightieth. The age is taken... So we are not going to... Where? **Jayapatākā:** ...Śrīla Prabhupāda, the deputy director of tourism of the government of West Bengal came out to visit Māyāpur. He said that many people have been wanting to see Māyāpur and Navadvīpa, and the nearest guesthouse they have is Berhampur. They have a guesthouse at Berhampur. So they wanted to know the possibility if a bus of twenty-four people could use our guesthouse. They offered thirty rupees a night per room and said that normally they pay six rupees per meal. People... They wouldn't smoke or break any rules while they go in the building. **Bhāgavata:** If we build up enough trade, tourist trade, like that in the guesthouse, then Māyāpur can maintain itself very easily. --- **[[spoken/760824mw.hyd|Morning Walk [partially recorded] — August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]** Rāma Śraddhā*:* There's Muslims who go to the mosque in the morning just here. There's a mosque here, very big mosque. They go to the mosque for the five o'clock prayer and they come and have a wash and... Rāma Śraddhā*:* It was originally a zoo, and all the animals now it has been moved to some other place. [break] **Harikeśa:** Śrīla Prabhupāda? It's going to start raining pretty hard. Maybe we could stand under here, and he'll come with the car. [end] --- **[[spoken/760824r1.hyd|Meeting with Mr. Raju, Endowments Commissioner — August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]** So we do not believe in these things, that there is Bhagavān, and Bhagavān comes, He has got a mission. Do you believe in these things? Frankly speaking, do you believe in these things? **Prabhupāda:** Then you must act according to His mission. According to His mission. The mission is, *yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata* [[bg/4/7|[Bg. 4.7] ]]. When we are engaged in *glāniḥ* *dharma,* which is not *dharma—c*heating. *Glāniḥ,* *glāniḥ.* What is the *glāniḥ?* **Prabhupāda:** Yes. *Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati* [[bg/4/7|[Bg. 4.7] ]]. So what is that *glānir? Glānir* means... *Dharma* means *dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam* [[sb/6/3/19|[SB. 6.3.19] ]]. In the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* there is... Yamarāja said, *dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam. Dharma* cannot be manufactured by any man. --- **[[spoken/760824r2.hyd|Room Conversation — August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** I have got a sister. She is three years younger than me. So sometimes I chastise her like anything, because we have the same feeling. She is younger. Seventy-seven years, younger sister. But the feeling is there, younger. You know I sometimes chastise her. **Indian man:** Here the feeling is about... We can do more work. It doesn't depend upon the age. In spite of this age we can do as much work as you want. This is what I wanted to emphasize here. **Prabhupāda:** Because the soul is not dependent on the body. *Asaṅgo 'yaṁ puruṣaḥ.* If the soul has got energy, he doesn't care for the body. --- **[[spoken/760824r3.hyd|Room Conversation with Tirupati Paṇḍita and Government Minister — August 24, 1976, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** Nowadays people are taking to the imagination of industry. But we don't find in *Bhagavad-gītā,* there is any suggestion for industry. Kṛṣṇa said... **Paṇḍita:** So *pañca-saṁskāra* makes one *dvija* of Śrī Vaiṣṇava... And the *śaraṇāgati* makes them assured of mukti. So *kṛta-kṛtya*. Now, the later part of life,* [Sanskrit]. *Vedānta-ācārya*. Have you heard of *Vedānta-ācārya*? *Vedānta-deśika?* **Prabhupāda: Yes.Pandita: ...of Rāmānuja school?Prabhupāda: Yes.Pandita:** That is, our..., this Rāmānuja school has been fortified by his works, so many works on Vedānta, like *Tattvamuktakalapam, Nyāya-siddhāñjanam, Nyāya-pariṣuddhi, Śatadūṣanī, Tattva-tīkā*. These are all the major Vedānta works he has composed. All these works I have sat before a guru and studied for eight years at Śrī Raṅgam. My *ācārya* has been a great scholar in Vedānta and *tarka* who was lecturer in...Prabhupāda: I know, Rāmānuja *sampradāya,* they are very learned scholars. I know that. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/670824_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/670824_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_aniruddha.md|Letter to Aniruddha, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_dayananda_nandarani.md|Letter to Dayananda Nandarani, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_roland_michener_governor-general_of_canada.md|Letter to Roland Michener Governor-General Of Canada, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680824_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_danavir.md|Letter to Danavir, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_dr._bali.md|Letter to Dr. Bali, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710824_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/720824_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720824_giriraja.md|Letter to Giriraja, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720824_madhudvisa_amogha.md|Letter to Madhudvisa Amogha, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720824_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720824_tusta_krsna.md|Letter to Tusta Krsna, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/730824_guru-gauranga_paris_devotees.md|Letter to Guru-Gauranga Paris Devotees, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1975/750824_certification_for_jayapataka.md|Letter to Certification For Jayapataka, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750824_miss_wanda_bonner.md|Letter to Miss Wanda Bonner, 1975]]