December 1
Spoken December 1
Talk, Initiation Lecture, and Ten Offenses Lecture
Prabhupāda: ...worship prevents snake biting. That is a village worship. So in every demigod worship there are drum beaters. So a party of drum beaters were engaged, and when the fees, bill, of the drum beaters was to be paid, the demigod Mansa[?] was sold. They could not pay the bills. Similarly, we may print our books, but the binding charges are so high, then it will cost more than getting it from Japan. [chuckles] Jayānanda looks like Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. [laughter] Yes. He was tall and …
SB 1.15.21
[Govindam recording being played at greeting the Deities] Prabhupāda: ...ādi-puruṣaṁ. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Sit down? No. Standing. [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava; prema-dvani prayers] Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [break]Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Devotee:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
SB 3.25.31
Devotee: " maitreya uvāca iditvārthaṁverse kapilo mātur itthaṁ jāta-sneho yatra tanvābhijātaḥ tattvāmnāyaṁ yat pravadanti sāṅkhyaṁ provāca vai bhakti-vitāna-yogam []" Prabhupāda: jāta-sneho yatra tanvābhijātaḥ. [break] [01:16] Nitāi: “Śrī Maitreya said: After hearing the statement of His mother, Kapila could understand her purpose, and He became compassionate towards her because of being born from her body. He described the Sāṅkhya system of philosophy, which is a combination…
Letters December 1
Gurudasa My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings to yourself and to your good wife Yamuna Devi. With the greatest satisfaction I have read your letter of November 25th and just yesterday I received our published pictures of Prahlada Maharaja. I thank you very much for your sincere endeavors and I am sure that Krishna will bestow upon you all blessings for your notable service attitude. This...
My dear Harer Nama, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated November 22, 1968 and I thank you for it. It is very nice that you are preparing these puppet stories of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Such program will not fail to have an uplifting effect upon the viewers as well as the players. So do this nicely, it shall be very good. I also understand from your letter that you and Tosana working...
Jayapataka My dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. With much satisfaction I have read your letter of November 24, 1968 and I thank you very much for this. From it I can understand clearly that you are making nice progress in your devotional service attitude. Your sincere and humble outlook is very nice. I am always praying to Lord Krishna to bestow His Causeless Mercy upon you.
My dear Madhudvisa Maharaja, Please accept my blessing. I am in due receipt of your letter dated nil and have noted the contents carefully. So far as shipment of the three sets of Murtis is concerned, you may ship as soon as possible one set to Boston and the other two sets may go to L.A. From L.A. one set can be sent to Montreal. So far as the marble Deities are concerned, one set may be sent to...
My dear Nayana Bhirama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 21st November, 1970 and have noted the contents carefully. Yes, I am so glad to learn that you are distributing our books in colleges and schools so nicely. Actually this Krishna Consciousness Movement is a novel proposition to the world. The world is suffering on account of atheistic conviction of life,...
My dear Bhakta Don, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your recent letter undated. The topmost science is this Krsna Consciousness and that is a fact. The so-called modern science has become spoiled for lack of this perspective. Real science means to acquire perfect knowledge from the Parampara, not by so-called academic and empirical research. Such technique is bogus and will not help...
My dear Jayananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated November 13, 1973. I was very happy to hear from you. I am always thinking of you and praying to Krsna for your advancement in Krishna Consciousness. That you are engaged in street Sankirtana in San Francisco is fully approved by me. That you are feeling more and more enthusiasm by doing this is quite natural as Sankirtana...
Tamala Krsna Dear Tamala Krsna Goswami, Please accept my blessings. After stopping in London and New York, we have now safely arrived in Los Angeles. I am anxious to know if there has been any response from the Home Minister of India to the letter I wrote him while I was in New Delhi regarding the Indian Government assisting us in the development of our Juhu Beach Project. Our idea is to construct...
My dear Yasodanandana and Gurukrpa Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I have two days ago arrived at our Los Angeles Center after going through London and New York. I have been informed by Karandhara Prabhu that you both are presently traveling and collecting money for our Vrindaban Project. I am very glad to hear this. Just today we have received a letter from Guru das that the construction has...
Taunus My dear Hansadutta das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated November 21, 1974 and have noted the contents. Regarding introducing the records in USA, yes, why not, but do not minimize the book selling. Better if a different party is engaged in record selling, so that the book selling may not be affected. Both book selling and record selling are good, but book...