# October 9 *Lectures from this day: 12 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1966/661009bg.ny.md|Bg 7.15-18 — October 9, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/681009le.sea|Lecture — October 9, 1968, Seattle]]** Why don't you sit on the chair if you feel inconvenient? I'm asking you. You can sit down on the chair. That's all right? Hare Kṛṣṇa. So we are worshiping the *ādi-puruṣa,* the first person. Generally, in grammatical knowledge, first person means "I." Here, first person means "the Supreme Lord," *ādi-puruṣa,* the original person; not the first person—original person. The original person is in the original planet. There is the original planet. Just like here the original planet, scientists accept the sun. --- **[[spoken/721009ar.hon|Arrival Address — October 9, 1972, Honolulu]]** **Prabhupāda:** And I am still more glad to see that the deities are so nicely dressed and decorated. **Prabhupāda:** The more we keep the deities nicely dressed and decorated, the more your heart will be decorated. This is the science. If you neglect the decoration of the deity, then your heart will be gradually blackened. Therefore on account of neglect of the deity worship so many dirty-hearted persons have left. They had to leave. Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not want them to stay. This is the formula. That is [indistinct]. Unfortunately, we do not read. What can I do? This is a verse from the *Bhagavad-gītā*, *bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ.* Is there a *Bhagavad-gītā* here? Find out this verse. --- **[[spoken/731009bg.bom|Bg 13.15 — October 9, 1973, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is the master of all modes of material nature." [[bg/13/15|[Bg. 13.15] ]] **Prabhupāda:** Now we can see, these are contradictory. *Sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriya-vivarjitam.* He's the origin of all senses, but He has no senses. *Sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriya-vivarjitam.* *Asaktam:* He has no attachment, but at the same time, *sarva-bhṛc ca,* He's maintainer of everyone. *Nirguṇam,* without any qualities; *guṇa-bhoktṛ ca,* but He is the enjoyer of all qualities. So this requires elucidation, how these contradictions are adjusted. This requires knowledge. --- **[[spoken/741009sb.may|SB 1.8.29 — October 9, 1974, Māyāpur]]** **Nitāi:** "O Lord, no one can understand Your transcendental pastimes, which appear to be human and are so misleading. You have no specific object of favor, nor do You have any object of envy. People only imagine that You are partial." **Prabhupāda:** > na veda kaścid bhagavaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ > tavehamānasya nṛṇāṁ viḍambanam > na yasya kaścid dayito 'sti karhicid > dveṣyaś ca yasmin viṣamā matir nṛṇām > [[sb/1/8/29|[SB. 1.8.29] ]] So Kuntīdevī is clarifying the matter that people may think that Kṛṣṇa was partial to the Pāṇḍava family and He was envious to the Kurus because He always took part on behalf of the Pāṇḍavas. That has been described. So just like worldly men, we, we make some friends and we make some enemies. To somebody we are envious, and to somebody we are very friendly. This is material nature. The material nature means to become envious, generally. And if somebody satisfies my sense gratification, then he's friend. That is also temporary. As soon as the sense gratification process is disturbed, then again envious. The real nature is enviousness. So Kuntīdevī says that "Because You are playing the part of human being, and it appears that You are partial to somebody and You are envious to somebody, this is *viḍambanam;* this is Your misleading. Actually You are not like that. Actual... But because You are playing the part of the ordinary human being—not ordinary, but as human being—so Your dealing like that appears that You are, to some..., to somebody You are very partial and somebody You are inimical." But that is not the fact. People cannot understand Kṛṣṇa because Kṛṣṇa can be understood by the devotee only. --- **[[spoken/751009bg.dur|Bg 7.1 — October 9, 1975, Durban]]** *Bhagavad-gītā,* Chapter Seven, "Knowledge of the Absolute." There are two things: absolute and the relative. This is relative world. Here we cannot understand one thing without the other. As soon as we speak that "Here is son," there must be father. As soon as we say, "Here is husband," there must be wife. As soon as we say, "Here is servant," there must be master. As soon as we say, "Here is light," there must be darkness. This is called relative world. One has to be understood by other, relative terms. But there is another world, which is called absolute world. There the master and the servant, the same. There is no distinction. Although one is master and other is servant, but the position is the same. So the Seventh Chapter of *Bhagavad-gītā* is giving us some hint about the absolute world, absolute knowledge. How that knowledge can be attained, that is being spoken by the Absolute, Supreme Person, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Supreme Person. --- **[[spoken/751009mw.dur|Morning Walk — October 9, 1975, Durban]]** [break] You know how parents, Indian parents, are. They try to grab hold of you before you can go away. He thought that I won't come back or something. **Pravin:** He was right. Yes. Well, you see, I didn't want to come back and get married and all that, you see? And then he forced me to get married. **Prabhupāda:** Gandhi started his movement here. He was failure. But in India it is supposed to be successful. But at the present moment, after independence, Indians are very horribly situated. --- **[[spoken/761009ar.ali|Arrival Talk — October 9, 1976, Aligarh]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...very glad to see you again. So this *saṅkīrtana* is all-glorious. That is the blessings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. *Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam.* This is His blessing: simply by *saṅkīrtana* in this age. It is confirmed in the Vedic literature, in *Vedānta-sūtra, śabdād anāvṛtti.* *Anāvṛtti,* liberation. Our present position is bondage. We are bound up by the laws of nature. We may foolishly declare independence—that is our foolishness—but actually we are bound up by the laws of nature. --- **[[spoken/761009g1.ali|Garden Conversation — October 9, 1976, Aligarh]]** **Prabhupāda:** Every father loves his son. That's good. This is contradictory. He is blind, but he has called... [microphone rattling] **Prabhupāda:** And he has called *padma-locana.* Similarly, this *harijana* movement is a farce because they remain the *cāmāra* and *bhaṅgis,* and still they are called *harijana.* The same thing. No *locana,* but *padma-locana.* Everyone has got right. You can become the most advanced devotee. There is no hindrance. But they must be trained up as *harijana.* Not that artificially you simply rubberstamp *harijana.* Therefore that movement is failure. We have no objection to make anyone... Kṛṣṇa says, *māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ* [[bg/9/32|[Bg. 9.32] ]]. Pāpa-yoni,* lower class. *Janma-aiśvarya-śruta-śrī* [[sb/1/8/26|[SB. 1.8.26] ]], these four things: to take birth in high-class family, *janma; aiśvarya,* to become very rich; and *śruta,* to become very learned scholar; and *śrī,* beautiful. These four things are there whose background is pious life. Otherwise, not possible. *Janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrī.* So those who are just the opposite—means not born in very high class family, not... They say "accident." No, it is not accident. According to *śāstra,* *karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa* [[sb/3/31/1|[SB. 3.31.1] ]], there is superior examination. Yamarāja is there. Now, this man is now dead, this soul is now changing body. What kind of body he'll get next? That is judged by the superior authority. Just like in the office a person is promoted. So his record is examined, how he has worked honestly to the interest of the establishment. All this consideration. Then he's given, what is called, increment... --- **[[spoken/761009r1.ali|Room Conversation — October 9, 1976, Aligarh]]** **Prabhupāda:** Ah. Is there any gain there? I have been in Pennsylvania farm. They get enough quantity milk. They sell fifteen hundred dollars per month. *Jaya.* Surendra Kumar: Which has got pulp? Yes. You want it? I have got it in my house. My wife takes them by making in the *chapāti* or *paraṭa,* because of her knees. It is wonderful for this pains in the knees. Yes. Surendra Kumar: Yes, it is in my house, it is in my garden. So my wife will prepare for your breakfast small a*pāti.* You will find it very tasty and delicious. That's called *gwaraka-pata.* [Transl. We call it here] *Gvāra-pāṭhā. Gvāra.* I will show you. --- **[[spoken/761009sb.ali|SB 1.2.5 — October 9, 1976, Aligarh]]** **Prabhupāda:** *[Transl. *I am not habituated to speak in Hindi.]*Indian man: As you please.Prabhupāda: *[Transl. *So should I speak in English?]*Indian man: *[Transl. *Yes, speak in English.]*Prabhupāda: **[Transl. *Besides, these boys will also understand English.] ** > munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo 'haṁ > bhavadbhir loka-maṅgalam > yat-kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno > yenātmā suprasīdati > [[sb/1/2/5|[SB. 1.2.5] ]] By the sages in Naimiṣāraṇya, the question was put before Sūta Gosvāmī that "After Kṛṣṇa's departure from this world to His own abode, where the responsibility was given for religious propaganda?" So it was *kṛṣṇa-sampraśno,* question about Kṛṣṇa. And the question was that religious principle, where did it rest? Because religion means the law of God. *Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam* [[sb/6/3/19|[SB. 6.3.19] ]]. As you cannot manufacture law at home... The law is enunciated in the legislative assembly of the government, not that you can manufacture law in your home or in your office or in a big conference by the public. No. Similarly, the word *dharma,* "religion," is explained in the English dictionary, "a sect of faith." And people have interpreted in a different way, that "I can manufacture my own way of religion." It is going on very strong nowadays by some missionary sect, *yata mata tata pat:* "As many ways there are, they are all perfect." That somebody said, that "To cut throat is my religion," that is also accepted. But that is not religion. Religion means *dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam* [[sb/6/3/19|[SB. 6.3.19] ]]. What is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead or what is ordained by the supreme authority, that is *dharma.* Therefore in the next verse it is explained, --- **[[spoken/771009r1.vrn|Room Conversation — October 9, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Brahmānanda:** We have all met together, Śrīla Prabhupāda. We want you to remain and lead this movement and finish the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* **Brahmānanda:** We said you must remain at least another ten years. You've only done fifty percent work. **Prabhupāda:** No. There are many good... Everyone will have. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Good to hear. Hmm. All right. Hmm. [devotees laugh with relief] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671009_sri_krishna_panditji.md|Letter to Sri Krishna Panditji, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681009_dayananda.md|Letter to Dayananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681009_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1971/711009_bali-mardana.md|Letter to Bali-Mardana, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711009_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711009_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711009_upendra.md|Letter to Upendra, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721009_girirajaa.md|Letter to Girirajaa, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721009_girirajab.md|Letter to Girirajab, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/731009_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731009_niranjana.md|Letter to Niranjana, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/741009_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741009_mr._jayakar.md|Letter to Mr. Jayakar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741009_pariksit.md|Letter to Pariksit, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741009_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1974]]