# November 12 *Lectures from this day: 10 recordings* --- **[[spoken/711112le.del|Pandal Lecture — November 12, 1971, Delhi]]** Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly participating in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are speaking here for the last one week, so it is very encouraging that we are reviving the dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness of our brothers and sisters in India. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to be learned from the very childhood. So far personally we are concerned, my father taught me this Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very childhood. My father was a great Vaiṣṇava, and I had the opportunity of taking birth in that family. So he gave me lessons of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning of my life. He gave me *mṛdaṅga.* He engaged a teacher for learning *mṛdaṅga* playing. Sometimes my mother was irritated. But somehow or other, I got the inspiration from my father worshiping a small Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity. So Prahlāda Mahārāja says, *kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatān iha* *[**SB*7.6.1]. Actually the students, the children, should be given chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is the duty of the state, that is the duty of the parents, that is the duty of the *guru*, that is the duty of kinsmen. That is the instruction given in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:* --- **[[spoken/721112nd.vrn|The Nectar of Devotion — November 12, 1972, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** [reading:] "How Kṛṣṇa becomes attracted by the devotional service of His devotees is described by Nārada in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Seventh Canto, Tenth Chapter, thirty-seventh verse* [[sb/7/10/37|[SB. 7.10.37] ]]. There Nārada addresses King Yudhiṣṭhira while the king is appreciating the glories of the character of Prahlāda Mahārāja. A devotee always appreciates the activities of other devotees. "Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja was appreciating the qualities of Prahlāda, and that is one symptom of a pure devotee. A pure devotee never thinks himself as great; he always thinks that other devotees are greater than himself. The king was thinking, 'Prahlāda Mahārāja is actually a devotee of the Lord, while I am nothing,' and while thinking this, he was addressed by Nārada as follows: 'My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, in this world you, the Pāṇḍava brothers, are the only fortunate people. "The Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared on this planet and is presenting Himself to you as an ordinary human being. He is always with you in all circumstances. He is living with you and covering Himself from the eyes of others. Others cannot understand that He is the Supreme Lord, but He is still living with you as your cousin, as your friend and even as your messenger. Therefore you must know that nobody in this world is more fortunate than you.' --- **[[spoken/721112sb.vrn|SB 1.2.33 — November 12, 1972, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *asau*—that Paramātmā; *guṇa-mayaiḥ*—influenced by the modes of nature; *bhāvaiḥ*—naturally; *bhūta*—created; *sūkṣma*—subtle; *indriya*—senses; *ātmabhiḥ*—by the living beings; *sva-nirmiteṣu*—in His own creation; *nirviṣṭaḥ*—entering; *bhuṅkte*—causes to enjoy; *bhūteṣu*—in the living entities; *tat-guṇān*—those modes of nature. --- **[[spoken/731112sb.del|SB 1.2.6 — November 12, 1973, Delhi]]** One gentleman was talking with me in my room how there can be perfect peace of mind. That we discussed yesterday. *Yena ātmā suprasīdati. Prasīdati* means satisfied, fully satisfied. And *suprasīdati.* Farther, specifically *prasīdati.* How? --- **[[spoken/741112sb.bom|SB 3.25.12 — November 12, 1974, Bombay]]** "After hearing of His mother's uncontaminated desire for transcendental realization, the Lord thanked her within Himself for her questions, and thus, His face smiling, He explained the path of the transcendentalists, who are interested in self-realization." **Prabhupāda:** > iti sva-mātur niravadyam īpsitaṁ > niśamya puṁsām apavarga-vardhanam > dhiyābhinandyātmavatāṁ satāṁ gatir > babhāṣa īṣat-smita-śobhitānanaḥ > [[sb/3/25/12|[SB. 3.25.12] ]] --- **[[spoken/751112cc.bom|Cc. Madhya 20.120 — November 12, 1975, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** So in our last meeting we were discussing about the constitutional position of the living entity. Sanātana Gosvāmī inquired from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, *ke āmi kene more jāpe tāpa-traya[[cc/madhya/20/102|[Cc. Madhya 20.102] ]].* This is the first question. Arjuna also, when he became perplexed whether he should fight or not, he surrendered to Kṛṣṇa and accepted Him as his spiritual master: *śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam* *[[bg/2/7|[Bg. 2.7] ]]. "Actually I am deviating from my duty, so I am perplexed. What to do? Therefore I know..." Arjuna knew it perfectly well that Kṛṣṇa, although He is friend, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That was known to Arjuna. All the Pāṇḍava family members, they knew. Kurus also, they knew. Otherwise how it was possible to deal with Kṛṣṇa as family member? Kṛṣṇa was... In His human form of life He was related with the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas by family relationship. Kṛṣṇa's father's sister, Kuntī, was the mother of the Pāṇḍavas, and Kuntī was the family daughter-in-law in the Kurus' family. So they were very intimately related. Duryodhana's daughter was married with Kṛṣṇa's son. So these two families, they were very intimately related. But they knew that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You'll read in Kuntī's *stotra.* She was praying to Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although Kṛṣṇa was offering His obeisances to the aunt, Kuntī. Similarly, Nārada Muni also, when he entered the royal assembly of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā, Kṛṣṇa received him by standing from His throne and taking the dust of his feet, although Nārada knows that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa, whenever He used to meet Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, He was giving His respect by touching his feet, and Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was embracing Him as younger brother. But they knew, all, that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. --- **[[spoken/751112mw.bom|Morning Walk — November 12, 1975, Bombay]]** **Girirāja:** He was laughing when they were burning the steel rods. So Gāṇdīva's mother said, "In the same way you will also die by burning." **Dr. Patel:** This temple is his forefather's. And they were doing the *śrāddha* *pūjā* here. Then I knew that he died. He was a great, sort of a roguish man. His grandfather or somebody had some power to know things here and there, and people used to come and worship him and give him some money. But this man started fanning him exactly like this, sort of a* [Transl.mischief. He would put up cots etc and bluff people by assuring them success. People used to come.] Parsis are coming very often. Parsis are very simple community. **Dr. Patel:** What was he not doing? What was he not doing? He was in all this sort a big debauch—mentally, physically, all sensually. --- **[[spoken/761112sb.vrn|SB 5.5.25 — November 12, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** ...*vāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **Translation:** "I am fully opulent, almighty and superior to Lord Brahmā and Indra, the king of the heavenly planets. I am also the bestower of all happiness obtained in the heavenly kingdom and by liberation. Nonetheless, *brāhmaṇas* do not seek material comforts from Me. They are very pure and do not want to possess anything. They simply engage in My devotional service. What is the need of their asking for material benefits from anyone else?" --- **[[spoken/771112r1.vrn|Room Conversation — November 12, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Kavirāja:** [Transl. First thing is, now I am giving you 2/3 small packets of medicines. One packet at night... he speaks too much also no? So one packet is given for his heart. Now his pulse rate is ninety.] **Bhakti-cāru:** He's saying that Prabhupāda's pulse is ninety, which is normal, and he gave three other medicines for Prabhupāda's heart. **Kavirāja:** [Transl. Today there is no gap at all in his pulse beat. The gap we detected in between is not there now.] --- **[[spoken/771112r2.vrn|Room Conversation — November 12, 1977, Vṛndāvana]]** **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:** ...the bullock cart to Vṛndāvana. You were thinking to travel again, Śrīla Prabhupāda? **Lokanātha:** We had *kīrtana* in the town, Vṛndāvana, Loi Bazaar and Bāṅke-bihārī temple, that route. We had a bullock cart filled in with *gurukula* school children, and there was a big group of devotees chanting and dancing in front of the cart. **Lokanātha:** And there was also van, making announcement, inviting people for our afternoon program of *ārati, kīrtana* and *prasādam* distribution. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671112_krsna_devi.md|Letter to Krsna Devi, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671112_subala.md|Letter to Subala, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681112_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681112_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681112_mukunda_gurudasa.md|Letter to Mukunda Gurudasa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681112_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681112_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/701112_damodara.md|Letter to Damodara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701112_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701112_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701112_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711112_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711112_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711112_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/731112_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_pradyumna.md|Letter to Pradyumna, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_sri_govinda.md|Letter to Sri Govinda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741112_tripurari.md|Letter to Tripurari, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_abhinanda.md|Letter to Abhinanda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_bhagavata.md|Letter to Bhagavata, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_gurudasa.md|Letter to Gurudasa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_mr._k._t._desai.md|Letter to Mr. K. T. Desai, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_sacimata.md|Letter to Sacimata, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_sri_n._tombi_singh.md|Letter to Sri N. Tombi Singh, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_sri_singh.md|Letter to Sri Singh, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751112_svarupa_damodara.md|Letter to Svarupa Damodara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761112_kirtiraja.md|Letter to Kirtiraja, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761112_prabhusvarupa.md|Letter to Prabhusvarupa, 1976]]