Spoken August 30
Bg 2.28 Lecture
Bhagavad-gītā 2.28 Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā [Bg. 2.28]" [break] [00:31] Translation: “All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Prad…
Morning Walk
David Lawrence: ...in fact we’re now able to think in terms of the date for the production of the booklet, erm, and also for the teachers’ pack. If you remember, that’s a very important thing, this teachers’ pack. The record. And George has expressed very great enthusiasm the booklet.Prabhupāda:David Lawrence:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:David Lawrence:Prabhupāda:David Lawrence:Prabhupāda:David Lawrence:Prabhupāda:David Lawrence:Prabhupāda:David Lawrence:Prabhupāda:Da…
Room Conversation with Police Officer
Prabhupāda: Generally the gypsies are Egyptian. But are they Egyptian or English? Harry Edwards: No, no. Father Bernard: No, these are really tinkers. They’re just... Śyāmasundara: [talking in background] In a sense. In a sense. Harry Edwards: They are, they are wanderers, actually. But there are various kinds of gypsies. Now, youPrabhupāda:Harry Edwards:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Revatīnandana:Prabhupāda:Harry Edwards:Prabhupāda:Śyāmasundara:Prabhupāda:Harry Edwards:P…
Bg 7.3 Lecture [Hindi]
[final proofreading pending] Harikeśa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Mahārāj Prabhupāda! Chapter 7, text 3Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Prabhupāda:Gentleman:Prabhupāda:Gent…
Morning Walk at Buddha Jayanti Park
[in car] Prabhupāda: ...the cause of bondage. This body, if the desires are not fulfilled, but the desire is continuing, so to fulfill the desire, Kṛṣṇa will give him chance for another type of body by which he can fulfill. That means he gets another body, then another desire. [break] Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Bhavānanda:Prabhupāda:Hari-śauri:Prabhupāda:Child:Prabhupāda:
Letters August 30
Sumati Morarjee Madam Sumati Morarji Baishaheba, Please accept my hearty greetings. Since a long time I did not hear from you, and I hope everything is going well with your health and business. Last year in July I went back to India and from Vrindaban, I wrote you a letter, asking your appointment to see you, but I never received any reply. Several times I reminded you, but I did not receive any...
My dear Syama dasi Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your kind letter dated August 27, 1968, and I am glad to hear successful Sankirtana party’s activities in Los Angeles. You will be glad to know that very soon I am going to San Francisco, maybe by the end of the first week of September.
To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that Sriman Bhagavan das Adhikari is an ordained minister in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, of the title Bhakti-sastri, and fully qualified to instruct on Krishna Consciousness and Vedic literature in general. He has been studying under me for many years and is one of my foremost disciples.
Melbourne My dear Hon Pei Das, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15th August, 1973, and I have noted the contents carefully. There is no question of giving anything up in Krsna consciousness. That is the sum and substance of the Bhagavad-gita. Arjuna also thought like that
Brooklyn My dear Bali Mardan das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 15, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding the illegal taking of the Japanese currency from the country, do not do these things. Also stop the pen stealing. This is not good, and should be stopped. Regarding Ādi lila Chapter 6 and balance of Chapter 5 that has been sent with...
Melbourne My dear Madhudvisa Swami: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 14, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding the convent, they have put an awkward condition that the chapel must be demolished. Never before has this been done. Indirectly they have denied to sell to us. Never mind. Find out another property. That ten men have just joined us...
Ramesvara Los Angeles My dear Ramesvara das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 20, 1974 and have noted the contents. I note that Gurukrpa Swami will pay Dai Nippon ,000 at the end of September and you will pay the Mayapur-Vrindaban account after October 8, 1974. It is good that he will be sending his collections thereafter directly to my account...
Laguna Beach My dear Upendra das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 16, 1974 and have noted the contents. So you have returned, but now you must be very careful not to become rubbish. If you are keeping long hairs, they must be removed. All of my disciples must be clean shaved. Even anyone who stays with us must be clean shaved. They can visit, but...