# October 25 *Lectures from this day: 10 recordings* --- **[[spoken/681025bg.mon|Bg 13.6-7 — October 25, 1968, Montreal]]** **Prabhupāda:** > mahā-bhūtāny ahaṅkāro > buddhir avyaktam eva ca > indriyāṇi daśaikaṁ ca > pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ This is more or less *sāṅkhya* philosophy, analysis of material elements. We are embodied in material elements. Kṛṣṇa is questioned by Arjuna, "What is this body, and who is the owner of this body, and what is knowledge?" Kṛṣṇa has answered that "The soul is the owner of this body, and I also, I am also the owner of this body." --- **[[spoken/721025r1.vrn|Room Conversation — October 25, 1972, Vṛndāvana]]** Pañca-draviḍa: They will... Girirāja and Bhavānanda and them, they will probably be in the third shift, depending on how the land deal goes, whether it is settled by then. **Prabhupāda:** It must be settled. Not whether. Therefore I have asked so many people to go there. It must be settled. Pañca-draviḍa: The last situation I had heard was that everybody was agreeable, that Nair himself was agreeable and that everything was proceeding, but it was in the hands of the Municipality, and that was going so slow, and that Nair himself, he is saying so many dubious things on the outside, but in complete agreement once you step into a room with him. So we are not so much sure. It's more or less in the hands of the Municipality, but who knows what is going on behind the table. Something like that. [break] --- **[[spoken/721025r2.vrn|Room Conversation — October 25, 1972, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** And if we get the management of this temple, that will be triumph in [indistinct] Vṛndāvana. It is the most important place. **Gurudāsa:** And actually, the man who came yesterday, this Mr. Nath and some men who come regularly, they would like to see it, because they like this... **Prabhupāda:** His father's name. I gave him one set of books, *Bhāgavata,* to sell [indistinct]. So you have to inquire from him whether it is sold. If not, return. So... [break] --- **[[spoken/721025r3.vrn|Room Conversation — October 25, 1972, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** Johannesburg, yes. There also we are meeting with great success. And from Johannesburg, then I shall go to London. In Moscow also we have got a small center. Yes. I went to Moscow. **Prabhupāda:** Yes, Russians. Russian young boys are as good as Americans. By artificial means they have been checked. The Russian government is not good at all. Suppression. Simply suppression. **Prabhupāda:** Yes, reading *Bhagavad-gītā.* And I am getting that boy married with my one French girl disciple. Then he will be strong. [laughs] We are also playing politics. You know that... --- **[[spoken/731025bg.bom|Bg 13.26 — October 25, 1973, Bombay]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "Again there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death."[[bg/13/26|[Bg. 13.26] ]] **Prabhupāda:** So, again Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is stressing on the point how to avoid death. This is the whole scheme of Vedic knowledge, *janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam* *[[bg/13/9|[Bg. 13.9] ]].* But people have no knowledge. They have become just like animal. Animal, you take them to the slaughterhouse, they cannot do anything. They are becoming slaughtered. So people at the present moment, they are also being slaughtered by the laws of nature. But they do not know, as the animals do not know how to protect. They do not know. The animal thinks that "What can be done? I must be slaughtered." So the present civilization also given to the laws of nature, being carried away by the waves of nature, and subjected to the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. No scientist can stop it. But still, they are very much proud of advancement. They do not know the real problem and how to solve it, but still, they are very much proud. Actual problem is this. --- **[[spoken/741025sb.may|SB 1.8.45 — October 25, 1974, Māyāpur]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "[Thus accepting the] ...prayers of Śrīmatī Kuntīdevī, the Lord subsequently informed other ladies of His departure by entering the palace of Hastināpura. But upon preparing to leave, He was stopped by King Yudhiṣṭhira, who implored Him lovingly." --- **[[spoken/751025mw.mau|Morning Walk — October 25, 1975, Mauritius]]** **Harikeśa:** By chemically changing the genes in the living being we can, before conception, make a superior... **Harikeśa:** No, we've actually done it. We've changed some genes and made some people better. By experimentation we can make people... **Prabhupāda:** And your big, big cities are full with hippies. You cannot induce them to give up their LSD, and you are making better men. Better men is going to become worse. Just see how cheating. --- **[[spoken/761025sb.vrn|SB 5.5.3 — October 25, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "Those who are interested in reviving Kṛṣṇa consciousness and increasing their love of Godhead do not like to do anything that is not related to Kṛṣṇa. They are not interested in mingling with people who are busy maintaining their bodies, eating, sleeping, mating and defending. They are not attached to their homes, although they may be householders. Nor are they attached to wives, children, friends or wealth. At the same time, they are not indifferent to the execution of their duties. Such people are interested in collecting only enough money to keep the body and soul together." [break] **Prabhupāda:** > ye vā mayīśe kṛta-sauhṛdārthā > janeṣu dehambhara-vārtikeṣu > gṛheṣu jāyātmaja-rātimatsu > na prīti-yuktā yāvad-arthāś ca loke > [[sb/5/5/3|[SB. 5.5.3] ]] So the recommendation is that if you want to go back home, back to Godhead, *divyam,* so you have to practice austerities, penance. That austerity and penance is according to the age, *deśa, kāla, pātra.* Not that... Just like in the common law also, if a grown-up man commits some theft, he is punished more. And if a child or a boy commits theft, he is not so much punished. So there is consideration of *deśa kāla pātra.* In the Kali-yuga people cannot undergo very severe austerities. That is impossible for them, because *mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ* [[sb/1/1/10|[SB. 1.1.10] ]].* --- **[[spoken/771025r1.vrn|Room Conversation — October 25, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Bhavānanda:** Śrīla Prabhupāda? A nice vegetable broth Ātreya Ṛṣi prepared for you. [indistinct background comments] [break] **Prabhupāda:** I can sit up. [break] [devotees chanting *japa*] Bhavānanda, you can take little oil and... **Śatadhanya:** I have brought the *makara-dhvaja* from the *kavirāja* in Delhi. This *kavirāja,* he's not Rāmānuja-sampradāya, but many people say in Delhi that he's the foremost *kavirāja* in India. He treats the Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, and all the ministers also. So many people trusted him, and he mixed this medicine... He was mixing it for some other person, but when he heard that you were ill, he gave it to us. --- **[[spoken/771025sb.vrn|SB Dictation — October 25, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** In this verse it describes that he looked around, and then he saw Vṛndāvana as it actually was. But first I need the Bengali... **Prabhupāda:** *Śuka dayā.* The trees and vegetables, they are essential. All the year. Hmm. *Śuka dayā.* Happily living[?]. [break] Equally, the..., in all seasons, change. That is the arrangement in Vṛndāvana. Not that in this season it is pleasing and the other season it is not pleasing. It is equally pleasing according to seasonal changes. That you can show. And the means of livelihood. *Sarva-kāma-dughā mahī* [[sb/1/10/4|[SB. 1.10.4] ]]. **Prabhupāda:** Means of livelihood. It is recommended for everyone: trees, vegetables—that is his real means of livelihood, not this industry. Trees, vegetables, they are the real means of life, equally, in all seasons. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1969/691025_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/701025_tamala_krsna_syamasundara.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna Syamasundara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/721025_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/741025_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741025_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741025_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741025_saurabha.md|Letter to Saurabha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751025_amrita_patrika_newspaper.md|Letter to Amrita Patrika Newspaper, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751025_hindu_newspaper.md|Letter to Hindu Newspaper, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751025_the_statesman.md|Letter to The Statesman, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751025_the_times_of_india.md|Letter to The Times Of India, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_advaitacarya.md|Letter to Advaitacarya, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_barbara_eady.md|Letter to Barbara Eady, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_bhadravardhana_hrdayagovinda.md|Letter to Bhadravardhana Hrdayagovinda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_chittrakara.md|Letter to Chittrakara, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_harivilasa.md|Letter to Harivilasa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_krsna_vilasini.md|Letter to Krsna Vilasini, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_svarupa.md|Letter to Svarupa, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_tribhangananda.md|Letter to Tribhangananda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_vidya.md|Letter to Vidya, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761025_whom_it_may_concern.md|Letter to Whom It May Concern, 1976]]