# November 17 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1966/661117bg.ny.md|Bg 8.15-20 — November 17, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/711117we.del|Wedding Lecture — November 17, 1971, New Delhi]]** **Prabhupāda:** This marriage is being performed as *gandharva* marriage, simply by changing the garland. In the Kali-yuga, the other kinds of marriage, selected by the parents, that is not possible. Therefore, one of the marriage system, *gandharva* marriage, is accepted. And simply by changing the garland and promising. *Svīkāra eva hi udvāhe.* That is stated in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*. In the Kali-yuga, simply by accepting, the man accepts the woman as wife and the woman accepts the man as husband, that is the vow. *Svīkāra eva hi udvāhe.* *Udvā* means the vow. Simply by acceptance. Because other things are not possible. And without marriage, that is not civilized life. Because in the animal society there is no marriage, but in any form of civilized society there is marriage. Everyone has got sex appetite. Therefore, marriage is allowed by the Vedic system. And Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā* that *dharmāviruddho kāmo 'smi:* "*Kāma*, lust, which is not against religious principles, that is I am." --- **[[spoken/721117bg.hyd|Bg 2.12 — November 17, 1972, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** > na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ > na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ > na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ > sarve vayam ataḥ param > [[bg/2/12|[Bg. 2.12] ]] Kṛṣṇa is giving more enlightenment on the living entity, soul. "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." Now, Kṛṣṇa says that "In the past I existed. So also you. And so also all these soldiers and the kings who have assembled in this fighting. They existed in the past. For the present, there is no question of asking... We are existing. And in the future also, it is not that we shall not exist." That means, "We shall exist." So what is "I," "you," and "others"? I am individual person, you are individual person, and all others, they're also, each and every one of them, individual person. So in the past we are all individuals; at present we are all individuals; and in the future also, we shall remain individual. So where there is question of merging, become one? Here Kṛṣṇa said that "In the past we are individual person, in the present we are all individual persons, and in future also, we shall remain individuals." --- **[[../../spoken/1973/731117sb.del.md|Lecture [Hindi] — November 17, 1973, Delhi]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/741117sb.bom|SB 3.25.17 — November 17, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "At that time the soul can see himself to be transcendental to the material existence and always self-effulgent, never fragmented, although very minute in size." --- **[[spoken/751117cc.bom|Cc. Madhya 20.110-111 — November 17, 1975, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** > eka-deśa-sthitasyāgner > jyotsnā vistāriṇī yathā > parasya brahmaṇaḥ śaktis > tathedam akhilaṁ jagat > [[cc/madhya/20/110|[Cc. Madhya 20.110] ]] We were discussing this verse last Sunday night. So the example is given: just like fire is localized in a place but the heat and light is expanded. The vivid example we can see, the sun. The sun globe is situated in one place—every one of us, we can see—and the heat and light is distributed throughout the whole universe. According to our Vedic conception, the sun is moving round, not the sun is the center. It is in the center of the universe, but it is going round. *Kāla-cakra.* It is called *kāla-cakra.* In *Brahma-saṁhitā* it is said, --- **[[spoken/751117mw.bom|Morning Walk — November 17, 1975, Bombay]]** **Dr. Patel:** They have poverty... We have seen utter poverty, sir, extreme poverty, as compared to other countries. **Dr. Patel:** They have nothing to eat all the life. Ninety percent of the peasantry absolutely, completely wiped out during the Britishers' time. They never looked after them. **Dr. Patel:** They have nothing to eat. They hardly get, I mean, two meals. Not square, but even triangle. [laughs] They don't get any food in the *mofussils*. [suburbs] --- **[[spoken/761117mw.vrn|Morning Walk — November 17, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Hari-śauri:** Yes it's recording. You can see its on number one. That's the end of it. That's the microphone. Say something, it is recording. Hare Krishna! **Prabhupāda:** [lists preparations) *miṭhāi*....sev, *dālmuṭ*, *bundiyā*, *lāddu*... for Diety... They should be fully engaged. That is what is... [indistinct] Bhagatjī may go to Hyderabad. I am sending him. **Prabhupāda:** You should know how, especially dealing with the municipality member. [break] For Rādhā-Mādhava? --- **[[spoken/761117sb.vrn|SB 5.5.30 — November 17, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **Translation:** "Ṛṣabhadeva began to tour through cities, villages, mines, countrysides, valleys, gardens, military camps, cow pens, the homes of cowherd men, transient hotels, hills, forests and hermitages. Wherever He traveled, all bad elements surrounded Him, just as flies surround the body of an elephant coming from a forest. He was always being threatened, beaten, urinated upon and spat upon. Sometimes people threw stones, stool and dust at Him, and sometimes people passed foul air before Him. Thus people called Him many bad names and gave Him a great deal of trouble, but He did not care about this, for He understood that the body is simply meant for such an end. He was situated on the spiritual platform, and, being in His spiritual glory, He did not care for all these material insults. In other words, He completely understood that matter and spirit are separate, and He had no bodily conception. Thus, without being angry at anyone, He walked through the whole world alone." --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1968/681117_rayarama_brahmananda.md|Letter to Rayarama Brahmananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/701117_bhaktajana.md|Letter to Bhaktajana, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701117_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701117_kenneth.md|Letter to Kenneth, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701117_murari.md|Letter to Murari, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701117_stan.md|Letter to Stan, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_brhaspati.md|Letter to Brhaspati, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_himavati.md|Letter to Himavati, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_patty_dorgan.md|Letter to Patty Dorgan, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_sridama.md|Letter to Sridama, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711117_srutasrava.md|Letter to Srutasrava, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_agent_central_bank_of_india.md|Letter to Agent Central Bank Of India, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_dr._ghosh.md|Letter to Dr. Ghosh, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_dr._marri_chenna_reddy.md|Letter to Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_jayapataka_bhavananda.md|Letter to Jayapataka Bhavananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_ramesvar.md|Letter to Ramesvar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741117_unknown.md|Letter to Unknown, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751117_dinanatha.md|Letter to Dinanatha, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761117_gaura_govinda.md|Letter to Gaura Govinda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761117_s.n._sharma.md|Letter to S.N. Sharma, 1976]]