# November 23 *Lectures from this day: 6 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661123bg.ny|Bg 9.2-5 — November 23, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā > mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam > paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto > mama bhūta-maheśvaram > [[bg/9/11|[Bg. 9.11] ]] So Lord Kṛṣṇa says that the *mūḍha... Mūḍha* means the foolish, just like animal or less than animal. An ass, he is called *mūḍha.* So *avajānanti. Avajānanti* means deride, "deride at Me." That any person who does not believe in God, he must be either a madman or foolish man number one. Any person who does not believe in God. There is no reason that we cannot believe in God. There is every reason. So suppose if you are saying that "I don't believe in God," but who has given you this power to say that "I don't believe in God"? You are speaking, "I don't believe in God," but as soon as there is something, you cannot speak, everything stopped. So who has given you this speaking power that you dare to say that "I don't believe in God"? Will you not think that "How I am speaking? Who has given me this power?" Do you mean to say that this speaking power has come automatically from the stone? This body is just like as good as stone. As soon as the speaking power is withdrawn by the supreme authority, you are as good as stone, this body. What is the meaning of this body? So who has given you the speaking power that you are denying, that "I don't believe in God"? --- **[[../../spoken/1966/661123cc.ny.md|Cc. Madhya 20.118-119 — November 23, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/681123bg.la|Bg As It Is Introduction — November 23, 1968 , Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** Somebody come read *Bhagavad-gītā*. You will read? Come on. Our publication by Macmillan Company, *Bhagavad-gītā*, is out. "The *Bhagavad-gītā* is also known as the *Gītopaniṣad*. It is the essence of the Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upaniṣads in Vedic literature. There are many commentaries on the *Bhagavad-gītā*, and the necessity for another should be explained in the following basis. An American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of the *Bhagavad-gītā* which she could read. I was unable to do so in good conscience. "Of course, there are many translations, but of those I have seen, not only in America but those also in India, none can be said to be authoritative, because in almost every one of them the author has expressed his personal opinion through the commentaries without touching the spirit of the *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is. --- **[[spoken/721123bg.hyd|Bg 2.18 — November 23, 1972, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...they are serving the whole body, similarly, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme whole and we are His parts and parcels; therefore our duty is to serve Him. This is our constitutional position. *Jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa* [[cc/madhya/20/108-109|[Cc. Madhya 20.108-109] ]]. We cannot become Kṛṣṇa. We are eternally Kṛṣṇa's servitors, part and parcel. This is real conclusion: qualitatively one. Just like this finger, you can call it body, but it is part and parcel of the body. Similarly, the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, you may call "God," but he's not the Supreme God. Supreme God is Kṛṣṇa. *Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda vigrahaḥ* [Bs. 5.1].* So *anāśinaḥ aprameyasya. Anāśinaḥ:* it cannot be destroyed. Although it is very minute, *aprameyasya... Y*ou cannot measure. You have no such measuring method, that you can measure the soul's breadth and..., length and breadth. In geometry, they finish it: "Point has no length and breadth." But that is not the fact. A point has also length and breadth, but we cannot measure it. *Aprameya.* --- **[[spoken/741123sb.bom|SB 3.25.23 — November 23, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "Engaged constantly in chanting and hearing about Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the sādhus do not suffer from material miseries because they are always filled with thoughts of My pastimes and activities." --- **[[spoken/761123sb.vrn|SB 5.6.1 — November 23, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[*Prabhupāda and* devotees repeat] [Chants verse] **Translation:** "King Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear Lord, for those who are completely pure in heart, knowledge is attained by the practice of *bhakti-yoga,* and attachment for fruitive activity is completely burned to ashes. For such people, the powers of mystic *yoga* automatically arise. They do not cause distress. Why, then, did Ṛṣabhadeva neglect them?" --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/pre-1966/651123_tirtha_maharaja.md|Letter to Tirtha Maharaja, 1965]] - [[../../letters/1967/671123_lynn.md|Letter to Lynn, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671123_rayarama.md|Letter to Rayarama, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671123_woomapati.md|Letter to Woomapati, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681123_devananda.md|Letter to Devananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681123_hayagriva.md|Letter to Hayagriva, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681123_john_darsinos.md|Letter to John Darsinos, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681123_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681123_nayanabhirama.md|Letter to Nayanabhirama, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/691123_advaita.md|Letter to Advaita, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691123_madhusudana.md|Letter to Madhusudana, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691123_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1971/711123_mahamaya.md|Letter to Mahamaya, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721123_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721123_kurusrestha.md|Letter to Kurusrestha, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721123_mr._ravel.md|Letter to Mr. Ravel, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/741123_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741123_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741123_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741123_saurabha.md|Letter to Saurabha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741123_surati_morarji.md|Letter to Surati Morarji, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751123_cyavana.md|Letter to Cyavana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751123_miss_p._boodhena.md|Letter to Miss P. Boodhena, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751123_mr._himtsinh_j._bhatia_mrs._manjula_h._bhatia.md|Letter to Mr. Himtsinh J. Bhatia Mrs. Manjula H. Bhatia, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761123_adi-kesava_dhrstadyumna.md|Letter to Adi-Kesava Dhrstadyumna, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761123_balavanta.md|Letter to Balavanta, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761123_ranadhira.md|Letter to Ranadhira, 1976]]