# September 24 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[spoken/680924iv.sea|Interview — September 24, 1968, Seattle]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...Personality of Godhead, who stops our struggle for existence and raises to the platform of eternal life, bliss and knowledge. To be more clear, everyone is trying to get eternal life. The whole human society is trying to get the highest perfection of knowledge, and they are trying also, by so many methods, to become happy, blissful. But they are being confused and baffled. Therefore if we take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, these things will be easily achieved. **Woman Interviewer:** Would you give me a background, the history and origin of Kṛṣṇa consciousness? **Prabhupāda:** No history can trace out the origin of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because the living entities, they are eternal. The bodily concept of life is not correct. Nobody dies, nobody takes birth. Everyone is eternal. This change of body is considered a change of dress. Therefore nobody can say that "This is the beginning of life." --- **[[../../spoken/1968/680924rc.sea.md|Room Conversation about Marriage — September 24, 1968, Seattle]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[../../spoken/1969/690924rc.lon.md|Room Conversation — September 24, 1969, London]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/720924mu.la|Nitāi Guṇa Mani Āmāra and Purport — September 24, 1972, Los Angeles]]** --- **[[spoken/720924mw.la|Morning Walk — September 24, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** That is our theory, we believe God exists. But if you want to see, "Show me that He exists," that is nonsense. **Prabhupāda:** Because you cannot see. But you have to admit that God exists... And He is a person, by reason. So far our reason goes, that is stated in the *Vedānta-sūtra*, what is the Absolute Truth? The Absolute Truth is the original source of everything. That's all. Now the next question will be, the original source of everything—whether He is a dead matter or a living entity? That is explained in the *Bhāgavata*; He is living entity, the supreme living entity, *satyam param*. --- **[[spoken/720924sb.la|SB 1.3.19 — September 24, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:[*Govindam* prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of *Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava*]* [*prema-dhvani*]* Thank you very much. **Devotees:** All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. **[obeisances] [break]Pradyumna: *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* --- **[[spoken/730924bg.bom|Bg 13.1-2 — September 24, 1973, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** "Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness." This is the Thirteenth Chapter of *Bhagavad-gītā.* The Lord is describing what is this material nature, who is the enjoyer of this material nature and what is the consciousness. We are preaching about Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Now, in this chapter Kṛṣṇa Himself is describing what is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. *Arjuna uvāca,* Arjuna inquired: --- **[[spoken/760924sb.vrn|SB 1.7.27 — September 24, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:*Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] *[chants verse]* **Translation:** "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Know from Me that this is the act of the son of Droṇa. He has thrown the hymns of nuclear energy, or *brahmāstra,* and he does not know how to retract the glare. He has helplessly done this, being afraid of imminent death." --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1970/700924_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/710924_gaura_hari.md|Letter to Gaura Hari, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710924_makhanlal_tilaka.md|Letter to Makhanlal Tilaka, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/710924_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/730924_govardhan_3.md|Letter to Govardhan 3, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/740924_adi-kesava.md|Letter to Adi-Kesava, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/740924_devotees.md|Letter to Devotees, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_jayatirtha.md|Letter to Jayatirtha, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_lokanatha.md|Letter to Lokanatha, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_manager_central_bank_of_india.md|Letter to Manager Central Bank Of India, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_prabhanu.md|Letter to Prabhanu, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_sukadeva.md|Letter to Sukadeva, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/760924_yasomatinandana.md|Letter to Yasomatinandana, 1976]]