# November 16 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661116bg.ny|Bg 8.14-15 — November 16, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > aprārabdha-phalaṁ pāpaṁ > kūtaṁ bījaṁ phalonmukham > krameṇaiva pralīyante > viṣṇu-bhakti-ratātmanā > [Padma Purāṇa] "One who is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then all his reactions of past sinful activities, gradually they become vanquished." There are different stages. Just like I have infected some, I mean, say, for cholera today. Immediately cholera does not take place. After two or three days the cholera appears. It takes some time. Just like if you sow a seed of a tree, immediately it does not become a tree and gives its fruits, delivers its fruit. It takes some time. Therefore, imperceptibly, or knowingly or unknowingly, we are doing so many sinful activities. So they are in the seedling stage, then growing stage. Then, when we suffer, that is called *prārabdha. Prārabdha* means, "Now receive the result." So in this way we are creating, we are sowing, some seeds. That will take its reaction, either in this body or another body. It takes time to fructify. So... But if we act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then it is just like fried seed. Fried seed, if you sow in a land, it will not fructify, fried seed. --- **[[spoken/711116sb.del|SB 4.14.14 — November 16, 1971, New Delhi]]** **Prabhupāda:** > śrī munaya ūcuḥ > nṛpa-varya nibodhaitad > yat te vijñāpayāma bhoḥ > āyuḥ-śrī-bala-kīrtīnāṁ > tava tāta vivardhanam > [[sb/4/14/14|[SB. 4.14.14] ]] So irresponsible government. It is not now; such things happened in long, long days ago also. That is the nature of this material world, that everything deteriorates. Whatever good thing you may prepare, in due course of time, it will deteriorate. That is the nature of material nature, that something is produced which in the beginning it goes on nicely, then gradually it deteriorates. Influence of time, and then vanish. So even in religious movement, if there is materialistic motive, then it will deteriorate. It will not stand. So beginning of religious life should be without any material motive. Pure devotion means *anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ* *[Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu*1.1.11], no material motive. Generally, as it is stated in the *Bhagavad-gītā*, people go to the temple and the churches or any religious..., synagogue, with a material motive. *Ārto arthārthī* [[bg/7/16|[Bg. 7.16] ]]. Generally they are in need of money or they are unhappy some way or other, and they go to God, Kṛṣṇa, or according to their religious principle, and pray for material benefit. But that is also accepted as good, because they are approaching Kṛṣṇa, or God. --- **[[../../spoken/1973/731116sb.del.md|Lecture at Pandal — November 16, 1973, Delhi]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/741116sb.bom|SB 3.25.16 — November 16, 1974, Bombay]]** "When one is completely cleansed of the impurities of lust and greed produced from false identification of the body as 'I' and bodily possessions as 'mine,' one's mind becomes purified. In that pure state he transcends the stage of so-called material happiness and distress." **Prabhupāda:** > ahaṁ mamābhimānotthaiḥ > kāma-lobhādibhir malaiḥ > vītaṁ yadā manaḥ śuddham > aduḥkham asukhaṁ samam > [[sb/3/25/16|[SB. 3.25.16] ]] --- **[[spoken/751116cc.bom|Cc. Madhya 20.108 — November 16, 1975, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** I was speaking in English, but now trying to practice to speak in Hindi. Hmm? [laughter] *Kṛṣṇera 'taṭasthā-śakti' 'bhedābheda-prakāśa'* [[cc/madhya/20/108|[Cc. Madhya 20.108] ]]. This is the philosophy, *bhedābheda-prakāśa*. *Bheda* and *abheda*. *Bheda* means "different" and *abheda* means "one." There are two kinds of philosophy..., philosophers. One class of philosopher, they think that *jīva*, the living entity, and God, they are the same—*abheda*. And there are philosophers, they think God is different from the *jīvas*. This is called *bheda*. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu concludes these two classes of philosophers into His own philosophy, *acintya-bhedābheda,* simultaneously one and different. Simultaneously *jīva* is one with God and different also from God. This is very conclusive and reasonable. Just like Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā,* that *mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ* [[bg/15/7|[Bg. 15.7] ]]: "All these living entities, they are minute part and particles of Me." There are many other instances, like the big fire and the small sparks of fire. So the small spark of fire and the big fire, they are one and different. As fire, it is as good as the big fire—means the fire capacity, burning capacity, is there. Even though small spark, there is burning capacity, as the big fire has. But as big fire and small fire, they are different. This is the right conclusion. --- **[[spoken/751116mw.bom|Morning Walk — November 16, 1975, Bombay]]** **Girirāja:** He said, "We don't know where the ingredients came from, but we're sure that there's..." **Prabhupāda:** Then why do you talk nonsense? [laughter] That is another rascal. You do not know. Then what is the use of talking nonsense? You do not know wherefrom these ingredients came. That is nonsense. Our answer is, Kṛṣṇa reveals, *ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate* [[bg/10/8|[Bg. 10.8] ]]: "The ingredients coming from Me." Now make experiment how the ingredients are coming. **Prabhupāda:** That is Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa. Go to... By and by, you go to Kṛṣṇa, and when you don't find Kṛṣṇa's cause, that is Kṛṣṇa. *Anādir ādi.* He is *anādi,* but He is *ādi.* That is Kṛṣṇa. --- **[[spoken/761116sb.vrn|SB 5.5.29 — November 16, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** Translation: "After accepting the feature of *avadhūta,* a great saintly person without material cares, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva passed through human society like a blind, deaf and dumb man, an idle stone, a ghost or a madman. Although people called Him such names, He remained silent and did not speak to anyone." [break] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/681116_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/691116_bali_mardan.md|Letter to Bali Mardan, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691116_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691116_hitsaranji.md|Letter to Hitsaranji, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/701116_bansidhari.md|Letter to Bansidhari, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701116_jadurani.md|Letter to Jadurani, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701116_kulasekhara.md|Letter to Kulasekhara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701116_madhukantha.md|Letter to Madhukantha, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701116_rsabhadeva.md|Letter to Rsabhadeva, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711116_gunagrahi.md|Letter to Gunagrahi, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1974/741116_jayatirtha_karandhar.md|Letter to Jayatirtha Karandhar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741116_nilambara.md|Letter to Nilambara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741116_srutadeva.md|Letter to Srutadeva, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/761116_gunagrahi.md|Letter to Gunagrahi, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761116_m.m._de.md|Letter to M.M. De, 1976]]