Spoken August 26
Bg 5.3-7 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 5.3–7 Prabhupāda: " jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramucyate [Bg. 5.3]" 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 orderStudent:Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (2):Prabhupāda:Guest (3):Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1):Prabhupāda:Guest (1)…
Questions and Answers
Prabhupāda: So your question, Rukmiṇī’s question, Lord Caitanya’s opulence... There are six kinds of opulences: richness, then fame, strength, influence, beauty, education and renunciation. So He exhibited all these six. He was very beautiful; therefore His name is Gaurasundara. Very beautiful-tall and stout and strong. There was no comparison of His beauty at that time, He was so beautiful, fair complexion. This time He did not appear in black complexion because people af…
SB 1.2.6
Prabhupāda: " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhūtale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam" [When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?] " vande ‘haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam[I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual …
SB 1.2.23
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.23 Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] [break] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Lecture
[Prabhupāda leads jaya rādhā-mādhava] Prabhupāda: " oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ" " śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁDevotee:Guest:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Revatīnandana:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Guest:Devotee:Prabhupāda:
Room Conversation with Guest
[eating prasādam] Prabhupāda: A class of men who can understand God, that is missing at the present moment. The first-class man who can understand God, that is missing. That means head is missing. Head is missing. If the head is...Guest:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest:Prabhupāda:Guest…
Room Conversation
Prabhupāda: Neither of you saw this? [break] ...in Delhi? Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Hindi books. Hindi books are selling very well. Prabhupāda: So what to do with this unfinished part? It will never be finished. That is the difficulty. We supplied three lakhs rupees monthly. Still, when I come, it is unfinished. Unfinished. I do not know when it will be finished. And whenever money is given, the report is, Guṇārṇava:Prabhupāda:Gopāla Kṛṣṇa:Guṇārṇava:Prabhupāda:Guṇārṇava:Prabhupāda:Guṇārṇava:Prabhupāda:Guṇ…
Letters August 26
Sri Jugalkishore Birla, Birla House, Albukark Road, New Delhi. Dear Sir, Please accept my respectful greetings. I beg to inform you that it is a matter of great satisfaction for us especially and for all generally that your honour is very sincerely anxious to preach the universal truth of Bhagavad-gita all over the world.
Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 22, 1968, and so far Dwarkin is concerned, I got one copy of the letter, dated 4th April, 1968, in which for two different invoices they submitted total value, Rs. 2554, showing a balance in their favor, Rs. 688.33., out of which if the value of one Dulcetina is deducted
San Francisco My dear Jayananda, Kartikeya, Syama dasi, Dorothy, Visnujana, Dan, Tom, Russell, Michael, Krishna devi, and all my sons and daughters in San Francisco, Please accept my blessings. I am so grateful to you for your invitation to come to San Francisco as soon as possible, and equally I am also anxious to go there, but for certain unavoidable reasons, I cannot immediately go to San Francisco....
Karandhara Los Angeles My dear Karandhara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated 23 August, 1971 and undated respectively and have noted the contents. At your recommendation I have consented to accept Philip Murphy and Freda Tepler as my duly initiated disciples and their letters and beads are enclosed herewith. Also enclosed please find two sacred threads...
New Orleans My dear Nityananda and Kanya Kumari Devi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 23d and 15th August, 1971 respectively and have noted the contents. I am so glad to hear that your program is going on so nicely there in New Orleans and especially that Sankirtana and BTG distribution are so successful. That is very encouraging. This Sankirtana and...
ISKCON – ALMVIKS GARD – 153 00 JARNA – SWEDEN / FAX No: (46) 755-520 06 7, Bury Place London, W.C. 1; ENGLAND 26th August, 1971 My dear Smita Krishna Das (Filip Asteman), Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter dated 24th August, 1971 and have gladly consented to accept you as my duly initiated disciple. Your spiritual name is Smita Krishna Das Brahmachary....
VYASAPUJA REPLY: My dear beloved Children, Please accept my blessings. I am so much pleased with your kind and affectionate words on the occasion of my birthday anniversary on the Nandotsava day this year (1972). My Guru Maharaja wanted me to spread this Krishna Consciousness Movement in western world, and you are all helping in this great attempt.
Jayapataka Calcutta My dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter from Calcutta dated August 19, 1972 and I have noted the contents carefully. I am very glad to know that the work is going on carefully under your direction and that building will the first class building in all of Nadia Province. Wherever it is possible try to save the construction costs by getting donations....
My Dear Ksirodaksayee, Please accept my blessings. It is understood that you are not coming in the temple since I left London. Why is this? What you are doing now on behalf of the society? Dr. Bajpai, he gave you a blank check for Vrndavana contribution for 250 pounds, whether you have deposited the check in my account in Lloyds Bank, South Hampton Row Branch.
My dear Madhavananda, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated August 15th and have noted the contents carefully. I have also looked at the article in Kothari Magazine and it is done very nicely. Thank you very much. I am encouraged to hear that the collecting is going very nicely under your supervision and that you have made 33 Life Members there in Calcutta more. But we shall...
Sriman Deoji Punja Punja & Son’s Ltd. P.O. Box 125 Lautoka, Fiji My dear Deoji Punja: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 12, 1975 and have noted the contents. What you have proposed I have no objections. Do it. Krishna will bless you for this work, rest assured. He will give you all facilities; that is His promise, and actually it is so. You are all respectable...
Honolulu My dear Gurukrpa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 15, 1975 and have noted the contents. Regarding Manasvi you immediately inform the police that he has misappropriated so much money. He must give the account or we shall prosecute. Yes, Srutakirti he is a good boy, so he can be made the President as you suggest.
Los Angeles My dear Jagannatha Suta das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 18, 1975 and have noted the contents. I have received the new issue of “Back to Godhead,” No. 9 and it is done so nicely. It is all very pleasing to me, and I thank you all for this service. The printing I think is actually better than the Japan printing. Long, long ago when I...
Sri Raj Kapoor R.K. Films & Studios Tromby Road, Chambur, Bombay-71 Dear Sri Kapoorji: Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 14, 1975 with enclosed check for Rs. 2222/- and Membership form. Sometimes in the year 1954 if I am correct I had the chance of meeting you in Jhansi. At that time I was trying to organize my movement with the help of some young men...