# September 18 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1966/660918bg.ny.md|Bg 6.40-43 — September 18, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/720918mw.la|Morning Walk — September 18, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Karāndhara:** Because the... What we are enjoying now is due to their work, the telephone was invented and developed and the aeroplanes. **Prabhupāda:** That's all right, so these provisions were not made by our past forefathers. We have done it, is it not? **Karāndhara:** Well two hundred years ago they had the revolution in this United States and they formed a separate country and a government and wrote a constitution. --- **[[spoken/720918sb.la|SB 1.3.13 — September 18, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** Hare **Kṛṣṇa*. [sings of* *Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava*]* [*prema-dhvani*]* Thank you very much. **Devotees:** All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. **[obeisances] Prabhupāda: Recite.Pradyumna: *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Canto One, Chapter 3, text 13. [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] --- **[[spoken/730918ar.bom|Arrival [Hindi] — September 18, 1973, Bombay]]** --- **[[spoken/730918r1.bom|Room Conversation — September 18, 1973, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** > yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke > sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma-ijya-dhīḥ > yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij > janeṣv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ > [[sb/10/84/13|[SB. 10.84.13] ]] *Go-kharaḥ. Go* means cow, and *kharaḥ* means ass. Those who are living life the bodily concept of life, they're simply *go-kharaḥ,* just like cows and asses. So at the present moment, it is a civilization of *go-kharaḥ.* They may be proud, advanced civilized man, but the *śāstra* says that "You are all asses and cows." And we speak on the basis of *śāstra.* Don't be angry upon... We see all the cows and asses. --- **[[spoken/750918mw.vrn|Morning Walk — September 18, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Dhṛṣṭaketu:** It says that, er..., stated that the Lord's pastimes in Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā are passing through the universe just as the sun passes over the face of the earth. **Dhṛṣṭaketu:** So, and each time they are the same. The same pastimes beginning from His birth up to *mauṣala-līlā,* they are the same each time. **Indian man (1):** Could I permitted to take a Bengali class one hour daily, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust room, for foreign and also Indian boys? --- **[[spoken/750918sb.vrn|SB 6.2.15 — September 18, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* *Sixth Canto, verse number fifteen.* [leads chanting of verse, etc.]* *patitaṁ skhalito bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ **[break] [01:32]Prabhupāda:** > patitaṁ skhalito bhagnaḥ > sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ > harir ity avaśenāha > pumān nārhati yātanāḥ > [[sb/6/2/15|[SB. 6.2.15] ]] These are the..., some of the practical examples. There are persons who criticize chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra. Nāmnād artha-vāda.* [to give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord_The sixth *nāmāparādha*] Because the glories of the holy name are described here, that one can become free from the sinful reaction of life simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, so sometimes those who are not in the line, they think, "It is too much. It is too much." So the next verse, the... It is advised... Not it is too much. You can test it. Test it. What is that test? *Patita.* When you fall down from a high place... Suppose from the roof you may fall down, *patitaṁ. Skhalita:* you may slip and fall down. *Bhagnaḥ:* by falling down you may break your bones. Then *sandaṣṭaḥ:* you may be bitten by some animals—cats, dogs, a snake. There are so many, domestic. Then *tapta:* you may be burned. And *āhata:* you may be injured from others. Then during this time you can test, practical. What is that test? *Harir ity avaśena aha.* Try to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Pumān.* If anyone does so, *na arhati yātanāḥ.* You'll immediately feel that from the injuries you are not feeling pain. This is practical seen. Even a snakebite, you may be saved. The author says..., never says that you may be saved from death, but the suggestion is that you may not feel much pain. This is practical. --- **[[spoken/760918sb.vrn|SB 1.7.22 — September 18, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[*Prabhupāda and* devotees repeat] *[chants verse]* **Translation:** "Arjuna said: O my Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, You are the almighty Personality of Godhead. There is no limit to Your different energies. Therefore only You are competent to install fearlessness in the hearts of Your devotee. Everyone in the flames of material miseries can find the path of liberation in You only." --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/600918_visitors_book.md|Letter to Visitors Book, 1960]] - [[../../letters/1968/680918_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/680918_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1972/720918_bali-mardana_pusta_krsna.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana Pusta Krsna, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720918_dr._karan-singh.md|Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720918_govinda.md|Letter to Govinda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720918_nayanabhirama.md|Letter to Nayanabhirama, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/720918_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/740918_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740918_mr._majumdar.md|Letter to Mr. Majumdar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740918_mr._ogata.md|Letter to Mr. Ogata, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740918_mr._s._n._sharma.md|Letter to Mr. S. N. Sharma, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_babhru_satyaki.md|Letter to Babhru Satyaki, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_bhurijana.md|Letter to Bhurijana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_charles_frazier_wilson.md|Letter to Charles Frazier Wilson, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_damodara_pandita.md|Letter to Damodara Pandita, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_pancaratna.md|Letter to Pancaratna, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_srutadeva.md|Letter to Srutadeva, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/750918_sushil_k._arora.md|Letter to Sushil K. Arora, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_dixit.md|Letter to Dixit, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_dr._b.n._shukla.md|Letter to Dr. B.N. Shukla, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_gaura_govinda.md|Letter to Gaura Govinda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_jayatirtha.md|Letter to Jayatirtha, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_manager_of_lloyds_bank.md|Letter to Manager Of Lloyds Bank, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760918_tusta_krsna.md|Letter to Tusta Krsna, 1976]]