# October 7 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661007bg.ny|Bg 7.11-16 — October 7, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ.* Last day we have been discussing four classes of men who come to God and four classes of men who do not come to God. The four classes of men who do not come to God, they are impious, foolish, lowest of the mankind, and their knowledge is taken away by the illusory energy and they are atheist. We have discussed this point in detail. The next, that four classes of men, *ārto arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha... Ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣa...* [[bg/7/16|[Bg. 7.16] ]]. Four classes of men who are pious but at the same time distressed, poverty-stricken, and inquirous—and inquisitive of transcendental knowledge; and *jñānī,* and philosopher; *jijñāsu,* inquisitive; and philosopher—these four classes of men, they come to God. --- **[[spoken/681007le.sea|Lecture — October 7, 1968, Seattle]]** **Prabhupāda:** [*kīrtana*] Chant. Chant. [*prema-dhvani*] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] **Prabhupāda:** So we are worshiping Govindam, the reservoir of all pleasures, Govinda, Kṛṣṇa. And He is *ādi-puruṣaṁ,* the original person. So *govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. Bhajāmi* means "I worship," "I surrender unto Him and I agree to love Him." These are the terms offered by hymns by Brahmā. --- **[[spoken/721007mw.ber|Morning Walk — October 7, 1972, Berkeley]]** Svarūpa Dāmodara: Śrīla Prabhupāda during the solar or lunar eclipse we observe fasting and then rituals. So what is the... Real significance meaning? **Prabhupāda:** We take all of these arrangements for remembering God. So, fasting means during the eclipse period maybe the food becomes polluted so better not to be eaten. It is to be understood that it becomes polluted. What your science says? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Science won't say anything. Science would just completely neglect because it's just a settle[?] of the.. Because it just so happens that when you let in motions of these planetary systems it just so happened that they are in the same line, by chance. So it is just settle[?]. So they just completely neglect any significance. --- **[[spoken/731007bg.bom|Bg 13.14 — October 7, 1973, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:** **Translation: "Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes and faces, and He hears everything. In this way the Supersoul exists." **Prabhupāda:** So, we are now discussing *jñeyam,* the object of knowledge. Previously we discussed the process of knowledge, *amānitvam adambhitvam ahiṁsā kṣāntir ārjavam, ācāryopāsanam...* *[[bg/13/8|[Bg. 13.8] ]].* Twenty items we have discussed. The chief is, *mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī* [[bg/13/11|[Bg. 13.11] ]]. The chief of them is *bhakti, mayi ca ananya-yogena,* without any diversion. *Ananya-yogena bhakti-yoga.* That is the chief point. --- **[[spoken/741007le.may|Lecture [Bengali] — October 7, 1974, Māyāpur]]** --- **[[spoken/751007le.dur|City Hall Lecture — October 7, 1975, Durban]]** oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ* [Gautamīya-tantra 7.11] --- **[[spoken/751007mw.dur|Morning Walk — October 7, 1975, Durban]]** **Prabhupāda:** "Please give up this post. Go away." "Why?" "Why? No 'why.' Give up. Die immediately." "All right, what can I do?" "No protest. No. You must immediately vacate." "How things will go on? I am prime minister?" That, "Nonsense... I'll kick your on the face. Get out." Then he has to accept, and he is prime minister. He has to accept the order of nature, *prakṛti. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi, ahaṅkāra* [[bg/3/27|[Bg. 3.27] ]]. And still he says, "I am. I am. I am lord. I am minister. I am this. I am that." **Prabhupāda:** *Ahaṅkāra vimūḍhātmā.* Rascal. Not only *ahaṅkāra vimūḍhātmā;* no knowledge. Such a big, very big rascals, Stalin, Lenin, when nature ordered, "Die now. Finish your business..." And still, they are proud. I am doing all these things, and where is the guarantee that I shall stay here? At any moment I shall be asked to go away. No sense. First of all make it assured that you shall be able to remain here. "No. That is not... I shall... When I... I'll go away. Let me do it." **Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:** So they say now, Prabhupāda, that there's no soul, and life is just a combination of elements. --- **[[spoken/761007sb.vrn|SB 1.7.49-50 — October 7, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** ...*vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] [chants verse] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671007_janaki.md|Letter to Janaki, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671007_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681007_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681007_tosana_krsna.md|Letter to Tosana Krsna, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/701007_advaita.md|Letter to Advaita, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711007_carol.md|Letter to Carol, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721007_andrew_parco.md|Letter to Andrew Parco, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721007_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721007_puri_maharaj.md|Letter to Puri Maharaj, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_gargamuni_swami.md|Letter to Gargamuni Swami, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_giriraj_prabhu.md|Letter to Giriraj Prabhu, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_shaktimati.md|Letter to Shaktimati, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_tulsi.md|Letter to Tulsi, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_vajresvari.md|Letter to Vajresvari, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741007_visala.md|Letter to Visala, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751007_dina_bandhu.md|Letter to Dina Bandhu, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751007_mokika_kardama_muni_vaisnavananda.md|Letter to Mokika Kardama Muni Vaisnavananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761007_gaura_govinda.md|Letter to Gaura Govinda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761007_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1976]]