# September 14 ## Spoken on September 14 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[1966: Bhagavad-gītā 6.21–27](spoken/1966/660914bg.ny.md)** > So he is praying that *bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ.* "When simply by being engaged twenty-four hours in Your service, my mind will be stopped carrying me from here and there." *Bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntaraṁ kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ:* "When I shall be Your eternal servitor?" *Kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ praharṣayiṣyāmi sa-nātha-jīvitam. Sa-nātha-jīvitam. Sa-nātha-jīvitam* means one who has got a person behind him, his patron. A patron is there. Whenever there is some difficulty, the patron supports. Now we have no patron. Forgetting our relationship with the Supreme Lord, we have no patron. We are thinking of this patron, that patron, but real patron is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. *Suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām*. He is the real friend of every living entity. So we have to revive our friendship, or revive our actual relationship, just like Arjuna is doing. Then these questions will be... > Śanaiḥ śanair uparamed buddhyā dhṛti-gṛhītayā.* Intelligence and thinking, feeling, willing, by all these, I mean to say, assistants, whatever I have got, *śanaiḥ śanaiḥ,* always we have to think of controlling the senses. *Ātma-saṁsthaṁ manaḥ kṛtvā.* And just mind being fixed up in the *ātmā,* in the Supersoul. *Na kiñcid api cintayet.* Then you do not think anything more. Just like this evening we were studying that Kṛṣṇa says that *yuddhyasva mām anusmara :* "You go on fighting; at the same time, be Kṛṣṇa conscious." --- **[1968: Lecture [Partially Recorded](spoken/1968/680914le.sf)** > So in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, when your business will be only to satisfy Kṛṣṇa, then you must know that your senses and your body have become spiritualized. Actually, in higher platform, there is nothing material thing. Higher platform means when a person sees nothing but Kṛṣṇa as everything. Even himself, he's also Kṛṣṇa. Everything is for Kṛṣṇa's satisfaction. That is the highest stage of... [break] [end] > This is Māyāvāda philosophy. This is not real the position. Chanting will continue even in your highest perfectional stage. But that chanting and at the present moment chanting, there is little difference. Yes. --- **[1969: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.2](spoken/1969/690914sb.lon)** > Therefore you have to stop this manufacturing process, that "I shall be happy in this way." No. That is called free of anxiety. If you want to manufacture, that "I shall be happy in this way," that will also create another anxiety. That will create another anxiety. Therefore Yāmunācārya says, *praśānta-niḥśeṣa-mano-rathāntaraḥ. Mano-rathāntaraḥ,* this particular word, is used: "mind," "on the chariot of mind." In the material stage of life, we are being driven by the chariot of mind. In the *Bhagavad-gītā* also, it is stated, *bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā*. Bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni.* All living entities are traveling within this material world in different species of life, in different planets. *Sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā:* on the chariot given by the material energy. So that is mind. > Therefore Vaiṣṇava's prayer is *vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca.* A Vaiṣṇava, he is just like the ocean of mercy. He always feels for the sufferings of the humanity. That is their business. People think that they have taken relief from all social work. But a Vaiṣṇava is giving the best social service, because he knows what is the cause of suffering, how people can be saved. Therefore he is *suhṛdaḥ. Suhṛdaḥ* means well-wisher friend. A Vaiṣṇava or spiritual master or a saintly person is *suhṛdaḥ. Suhṛdaḥ* means he is well-wisher friend. As Kṛṣṇa is *suhṛdaḥ,* He is the friend of all living entities... *Suhṛdaḥ sarva-bhūtānām*. --- **[1972: Morning Walk](spoken/1972/720914mw.la)** > We advance, actually you see, all our students are advancing, simply by accepting these four principles. You compare with anyone our students, they are advanced in every respect. [end] > Svarūpa Dāmodara: Then he asked me, "Do you have free sex?" Like that. I said, "Never, that is never allowed, in fact, sex is allowed but within the marriage system not outside." Then he said that he doesn't want to get married and then I asked, "What do you want, sex?" "Yes," he said, he always wants to have like that but he doesn't want to get married. I said, "That is the greatest sinful activity." --- **[1972: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.8](spoken/1972/720914sb.la)** > So it is not fruitless. If you work piously, then you create next life. Life is continuous. We are simply transmigrating from one body to another. So by our work we are creating the next body. So if you be engaged in devotional service, then you do not create another material body. *Karma* means by working you create another future. But *naiṣkarmya* means you work, but don't create another future. Everyone has future, but devotional service means end of all future. That does not mean zero. The *śūnyavādīs,* the voidists, they also want to make it zero, but it is actually not zero. Zero of these material activities. Kṛṣṇa says, *tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna* : "One who has understood about Kṛṣṇa, he, after giving up this body, he does not get another birth." > So how from the *śūdras* a *brāhmaṇa* can be selected? According to the Vedic system, it is not possible. One, to be accepted as *brāhmaṇa,* must be son of a *brāhmaṇa.* That means background of the person must be brahminical culture. But if people are *śūdras,* where is the background of brahminical culture? Therefore Nārada, he is Vaiṣṇava; he is very compassionate to the fallen souls. He is traveling all over the universe to make Vaiṣṇavas. He made many sons of Dakṣa Mahārāja Vaiṣṇavas. So Dakṣa Mahārāja became very angry upon him: "Nārada, you come and you train my sons as Vaiṣṇavas, and they do not take care of the family affairs. So I curse you: You cannot stay anywhere more than some time." So even a Vaiṣṇava has to face some difficulty while preaching devotional service; even Nārada. --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.16](spoken/1976/760914sb.vrn)** > Similarly, when we fall down from the fire, spiritual world, we associate with three qualities. *Puruṣaḥ prakṛti 'stho bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān*. This is the statement of *Bhagavad-gītā. Prakṛti-jān guṇān.* In the *prakṛti,* in this material world, there are three modes of material nature: *sattva-guṇa, rajo-guṇa, tamo-guṇa.* So there is chance... When you fall down, you can fall down anywhere. This example, the same example: the spark falls down from the original fire, so it can fall down on the dry grass, it can fall down on the water, it can fall down on ground. There are three chances. Similarly, when the living entity, originally part and parcel of God, the same quality, not the same quantity... Just like spark and fire, they are same quality but not same quantity. Fire is very big; therefore the big fire is *acyuta.* It is never degraded. But the small fire, degraded. > So when Kṛṣṇa comes, big fire comes, He is not degraded. He's *acyuta.* He is... Don't think that because Kṛṣṇa has come in this material world, so He is also affected by the material qualities. No. In *Bhāgavata* it is said, *etad īśanam īśasya*. This is controlling power. Although He comes in this material world, He's not affected by the material qualities. He's not fallible; He's *acyuta*. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is described as *acyuta.* When Arjuna was asking Kṛṣṇa to move his chariot, so he addressed Him as Acyuta. *Senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me acyuta .* Why Acyuta? Because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord and Arjuna is living being, entity. Arjuna is servant and Kṛṣṇa is the master. *Jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa*. --- ## Letters on September 14 *Letters from this day: 14* --- **[1951: Letter to Mr. Bailey](letters/1947-1965/510914_mr._bailey)** > You have written to say that "The United States and the American Reporter are keenly interested in bringing together the East and the West closer on a philosophical and religious basis as well as economical and political." Certainly this attempt is not only a laudable thing but also a stepping stone towards the ultimate self realization. When we speak of Philosophy it is something higher than the attempt of combining the East and the West. --- **[1968: Letter to Gurudasa](letters/1968/680914_gurudasa)** > So please try to start the temple as soon as possible and call me for your service. I have sent one newspaper cutting to Syamasundara; that is a very nice article, if you get it photostatted, you can use it for propaganda work. --- **[1968: Letter to Mukunda](letters/1968/680914_mukunda)** > I know in London there are many Indians settled as residents. Sometimes back when I was in Vrindaban, we had talk with Bon Maharaja and he gave me the idea that in London the Indians want some nice temple. --- **[1968: Letter to Sivananda](letters/1968/680914_sivananda)** > May Krishna bless you with all His blessings and be successful in your very noble enterprise. In the meantime, I have just talked with Krishna das and the German boy, Uttama Sloka das, and they are prepared to join you by the end of this month. --- **[1969: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1969/690914_satsvarupa)** > Regarding your judgment in court, it appears that the judge is a learned man, and he has given the right judgment, being graced by Krishna. We have to work sincerely, and because Krishna is in everyone's heart, there will be no difficulty to have the necessary facilities. --- **[1969: Letter to Tamala Krsna](letters/1969/690914_tamala_krsna)** > You write in your letter of September 10th that you have not received my replies, but I reply each and every letter. --- **[1970: Letter to Hayagriva](letters/1970/700914_hayagriva)** > I am very glad to know that the GBC is actively working to rectify the subversive situation which has been weakening the very foundation of our Society. All you members of the GBC please always remain very vigilant in this connection so that our society's growth may go on unimpeded by such poisonous elements. Your preaching in New Vrndavana as well as intensified study of our literatures with seriousness is very much encouraging. --- **[1972: Letter to Hansadutta](letters/1972/720914_hansadutta)** > I have read your account of the incidents of fighting with the hoodlums with great concern. After all, this world is full of darkness and controlled by the demons, so difficulties are there certainly. --- **[1974: Letter to Gbc Godbrothers](letters/1974/740914_gbc_godbrothers)** > Srila Prabhupada has become very disturbed at the news that Hansadutta Prabhu has closed the Edinburgh temple without consulting Srila Prabhupada and has asked us to issue the following memo. No GBC man can whimsically do anything without consulting Srila Prabhupada, especially in the matter of opening a new temple and closing an old one. --- **[1974: Letter to Jayadvaita](letters/1974/740914_jayadvaita)** > I have the proposed advertisements for BTG and I approve them. I have also seen the article by Brahmananda Swami and it has been returned to you with Dayananda together with corrections. --- **[1974: Letter to Jayatirtha](letters/1974/740914_jayatirtha)** > So I am confident that you are an experienced manager, so do the needful and somehow or other secure that Hawaii house. Regarding Ramesvara being made BBT Trustee, I have no objection. --- **[1974: Letter to Ramesvara](letters/1974/740914_ramesvara)** > I very much appreciate your report of Sarvabhauma prabhu who distributed 138 hardbound books simply because of hearing about my letter. This boy he immediately attempted and Krsna immediately responded. --- **[1974: Letter to Visakha](letters/1974/740914_visakha)** > The advertisement proposals for BTG are approved by me. Yes, you use your American ingenuity in this way to spread Krsna Consciousness. --- **[1975: Letter to Hansadutta](letters/1975/750914_hansadutta)** > The bearer of this letter is Sri Bagla who is the District Magistrate and Collector for the Mathura District. ---