# October 2 *Lectures from this day: 12 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1966/661002bg.ny.md|Bg 7.8-14 — October 2, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/681002le.sea|Lecture — October 2, 1968, Seattle]]** **Prabhupāda:** You sit down. **[*kīrtana*] > vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca > śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam > sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ > śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca --- **[[spoken/721002mu.la|Āmār Jīvan with Purport — October 2, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** > āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata > nāhiko puṇyera leṣa > āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata > nāhiko puṇyera leṣa > parere udvega diyāchi ye koto > diyāchi jīvere kleśa > āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata > nāhiko puṇyera leṣa > parere udvega diyāchi ye koto > diyāchi jīvere kleśa > āmāra jīvana sadā pāpe rata > nāhiko puṇyera leṣa > parere udvega diyāchi ye koto > diyāchi jīvere kleśa --- **[[spoken/721002mw.la|Morning Walk — October 2, 1972, Los Angeles]]** Svarūpa Dāmodara: Yes. He told me he was very pleased to see Śrīla Prabhupāda, and he said he will start chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Svarūpa Dāmodara: He said he will go to Laguna Beach temple, and he said he will try out chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. **Jayatīrtha:** He told me that he could see that this knowledge wasn't theoretical, that it was realized knowledge. --- **[[spoken/721002sb.la|SB 1.3.27 — October 2, 1972, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** [*Govindam* prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of *Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava*]* [*prema-dhvani*]* Thank you very much. **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Canto One, Chapter 3, text 27. [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] --- **[[spoken/731002bg.bom|Bg 13.8-12 — October 2, 1973, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse, etc.][**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Translation:** "**Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest; and even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; resorting to solitary places; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth—all these I thus declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary to these is ignorance." --- **[[spoken/751002mw.mau|Morning Walk — October 2, 1975, Mauritius]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...dangerously atheistic. Atheism they have spread. "There is no God—science." [break] Actually, the Supreme Lord is the source of everything. So if one is actually scientist, by his scientific explanation he will point out, "Here is the cause of all causes." By scientific knowledge he will point out that God is the origin of everything. Then his scientific study is perfect. But these rascals, they are doing the opposite, that "There is no need of God. Science is everything," although it is imperfect. That is their fault. Therefore they are rogues. They cannot prove; still, they will insist, "Yes, we shall do. We are trying," like that, and misleading people. General people, they are rascal and fools. If you mislead them, they will be misled. *Śūdra,* *mūḍhās*. They are to be educated. Instead of educating them, they are making them more and more fools and rascals. [break] There is utility, but they have no utility. There is some service; they carry some passengers. They are carried nowhere. Simply they mislead. [break] --- **[[spoken/751002pc.mau|Press Conference — October 2, 1975, Mauritius]]** **Prabhupāda:** So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to eradicate this conception of life, bodily conception of life. The animals... An animal, he is also thinking, "I am dog," "I am cat," "I am cow," "I am ass," on account of this bodily concept of life. And if we human being, we also remain in that bodily concept of life, then we are no better than the animals. So if we remain animals, there cannot be any peace. You bring a dozens of dogs, and if you keep them, they cannot be improved. They will remain as animal. They have no capacity. And if you ask them to live peacefully, it is not possible, because they are animals. Similarly, if we human being, although we are not animals, but we are not being educated as human being, and therefore we remain as animal, so how there can be any peace? The animal eats; we eat. The animal sleeps; we sleep. The animal have sex life; we have got sex life. The animal defends; we also defend. So if we remain engaged only on the principles of four demands of body, then we remain animal. Our extra education requires that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul." And there is necessity of the soul. If we don't come to this platform, then we remain animal. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means we are trying to bring human being to the platform of spiritual consciousness, or real human being. **Prabhupāda:** Yes. Everyone is trying for peace in the world. I have already referred to the United Nation organization. They are also trying peace of the world. But one must know the right way how to bring peace in the world. So our proposition is that if you keep the human being as good as animal, then how there can be peace? There cannot be any peace among animal society. [aside:] *Aiye.* Let him... *Jaya.* This is our proposal. So we are bringing these European, Americans, Africans, Canadians, Australians to this platform of understanding, that "We are human being; we are not animals." The... First I have already explained: so long we shall remain in the bodily concept of life, then we remain animal. **Interviewer (2)* [Indian man]:* What was the necessity of creating this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement? --- **[[spoken/751002sb.mau|SB 7.5.30 — October 2, 1975, Mauritius]]** **Harikeśa:** *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Seventh Canto, Fifth Chapter, thirtieth verse. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **[break] [02:03]Prabhupāda:** > prahlāda uvāca > matir na kṛṣṇe parataḥ svato vā > mitho 'bhipadyeta gṛha-vratānām > adānta-gobhir viśatāṁ tamisraṁ > punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām > [[sb/7/5/30|[SB. 7.5.30] ]] --- **[[spoken/761002mw.vrn|Morning Walk [partially recorded] — October 2, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** This is the trouble. Going up and down. If we keep the temple clean, then our heart will be cleansed. This is the process. [break] ...should be engaged in flower business, in dress business, light and interesting to them. They should not be given any heavy work. Cooking, helping cooking, cutting the vegetables. [break] ...unique, American. What is this American? I could not reach.[?] [break] ...conditioner, to keep the air conditioner. There was foolishness. --- **[[spoken/761002sb.vrn|SB 1.7.41-42 — October 2, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] *[chants verse]* **Translation:** "After reaching his own camp, Arjuna, along with his dear friend and charioteer, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, entrusted the murderer unto his dear wife, who was lamenting for her murdered sons." *tathāhṛtaṁ paśuvat pāśa-baddham avāṅ-mukhaṁ karma-jugupsitena nirīkṣya kṛṣṇāpakṛtaṁ guroḥ sutaṁ vāma-svabhāvā kṛpayā nanāma ca* --- **[[spoken/771002r1.vrn|Room Conversation — October 2, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Just writing some notes. I was remembering the discussion we had, all of your disciples and you, when we were considering whether we should go to Vṛndāvana or not, how we were all giving different arguments, one side or the other. So I was remembering how... I was just writing down some of the different arguments. Then we all concluded that the best program was to come to Vṛndāvana. And now I can see it was the right conclusion, because I feel that we are at home. Here it is home. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are here. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Did you have a nice rest? I think so. I think you rested for about three hours in a row just now. **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** Yes. It's about... It's nearly a quarter to one. You were very tired from the trip. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/511002_mr._bailey.md|Letter to Mr. Bailey, 1951]] - [[../../letters/1972/721002_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/741002_ken_kaffke.md|Letter to Ken Kaffke, 1974]]