# December 3 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661203cc.ny|Cc. Madhya 20.146-151 — December 3, 1966, New York]]** So Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that this is the condition, suffering condition of the living entity, and he can be rescued by the mercy of *sādhu,* saintly persons, the scriptures and the spiritual master. They are prepared to bestow their mercy upon everyone, provided people like to take their instruction and mercy. That is the solution. And in the *Bhagavad-gītā* the same thing is confirmed in the Seventh Chapter: *daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā* [[bg/7/14|[Bg. 7.14] ]]. The influx of the disturbances created by this material nature under different forms is very stringent. So anyone who wants to be rescued from these miseries, he should surrender unto the Supreme Lord. *Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te.* --- **[[spoken/731203cm.la|Comment — December 3, 1973, Los Angeles]]** --- **[[spoken/731203mw.la|Morning Walk — December 3, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** What is the scientific question? *Muḍhāḥ? [laughter] Māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ [[bg/7/15|[Bg. 7.15] ]]? **Svarūpa Dāmodara:** When they say about the..., how one starts talking about the origin of life, they say that one should first of all consider how the earth was formed, how this planet earth where we live, how it was formed, what is the origin of the earth. **Prabhupāda:** Origin of earth is life. It is very simple to understand. Just like your body. Your body is... Or why your body? Take the tree. Tree is matter; it is earth. Wherefrom the big tree comes? From the life within the seed. --- **[[spoken/731203sb.la|SB 1.15.24 — December 3, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** [leads singing of *Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava; **prema-dhvani*prayers] Thank you very much.**Devotees: All glories to **Śrīla Prabhupāda.* [break]* [05:40] **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] --- **[[spoken/741203sb.bom|SB 3.25.33-34 — December 3, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "[Bhakti, devotional service,] ...dissolves the subtle body of the living entity without separate effort, just as fire in the stomach digests all that we eat." --- **[[spoken/751203mw.vrn|Morning Walk — December 3, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Prabhupāda:** He cannot give up this habit. A dog is made king, but he will jump and lick up the shoes. **Prabhupāda:** Hare Kṛṣṇa. *Jaya.* [break] It is the grace of Providence you do not see that it is properly cleansed. **Prabhupāda:** Why there is water? This water means the shoes, dirt, it will be dirty. So you have no eyes to see? --- **[[spoken/751203sb.vrn|SB 7.6.2 — December 3, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **[break] [00:40]Translation:** "In this human form of life there is chance to go back to home, back to Godhead. Therefore every living entity, especially in this human form of life, must be engaged in devotional service. This devotional service is natural because Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the soul, the Supersoul, is the most beloved being of all other living beings." **Prabhupāda:** We can go after finishing and offer respect. That doesn't matter. But the Deity must be open. **Prabhupāda:** > yathā hi puruṣasyeha > viṣṇoḥ pādopasarpaṇam > yad eṣa sarva-bhūtānāṁ > priya ātmeśvaraḥ suhṛt > [[sb/7/6/2|[SB. 7.6.2] ]] --- **[[spoken/761203ed.hyd|Evening Darśana — December 3, 1976, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** ...there will be proper rainfall. And if there is proper rainfall, then you get sufficient food grains; not only food grains, other things also. *Sarva-dughā mahī, sarva-kāma-dughā mahī* [[sb/1/10/4|[SB. 1.10.4] ]]. From the earth you can get all the necessities of life. Actually you are getting food grains, minerals, trees, fruits, flowers, everything from the earth. *Sarva-dughā, sarva-kāma-dughā mahī.* This *mahī*, when it is soaked with proper rains, it becomes fertile. Therefore we have to depend on the rainfall. There is one verse in *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ* [[sb/1/10/4|[SB. 1.10.4] ]]. Parjanya* means rainfall. Rainfall means it is supplying all the necessities of life. And this rainfall will be easy when there is *yajña.* And nobody is performing *yajña;* therefore nowadays rainfall is scarcity. In Europe recently I have seen, there is no rainfall, whole Europe. It is on the verge of drying everything. So this punishment will come in this Kali-yuga. There will be no rainfall, and there will be not sufficient food supply, and the government will simply levy taxes on different pleas, and people will be so much embarrassed that they will give up their hearth and home and flee away to the forest. It is stated. So therefore you must perform *yajña.* And that is very easy in this age. *Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ* [[sb/11/5/32|[SB. 11.5.32] ]]. You cannot perform the former *yajñasa* by sacrifice tons of ghee and grains because you have no sufficient food grains even. But still, if you chant this *saṅkīrtana,* that is *yajña.* Therefore you must take to *saṅkīrtana-yajña. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ.* It is very easy. [break] ...the duty of human being, *prāṇaiḥ,* with life; *arthaiḥ,* with money; *dhiyā,* with intelligence; and *vācā,* by words. If one sacrifices his life for Kṛṣṇa's cause, then it is first-class. If he cannot sacrifice his life for Kṛṣṇa he can contribute his hard-earned money for Kṛṣṇa. If he cannot do so—if he has no money—he can give some intelligence. If he is not intelligent, then he can give some words. Just like we are doing preaching. We are preaching, *kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam* [[sb/1/3/28|[SB. 1.3.28] ]]. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671203_pandit_hitsaran_sharma.md|Letter to Pandit Hitsaran Sharma, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681203_mahapurusa.md|Letter to Mahapurusa, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1971/711203_damodara.md|Letter to Damodara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711203_devotees.md|Letter to Devotees, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711203_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711203_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721203_ekayani.md|Letter to Ekayani, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721203_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721203_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721203_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/731203_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731203_karnamrta.md|Letter to Karnamrta, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731203_sri_govinda.md|Letter to Sri Govinda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731203_tejiyas.md|Letter to Tejiyas, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_agent_central_bank_of_india.md|Letter to Agent Central Bank Of India, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_madhavananda.md|Letter to Madhavananda, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_prabhavisnu.md|Letter to Prabhavisnu, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_radhavallabha.md|Letter to Radhavallabha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_ramesvara.md|Letter to Ramesvara, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741203_sri_mody.md|Letter to Sri Mody, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751203_g.l._nanda.md|Letter to G.L. Nanda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751203_ramesvara_prabhu.md|Letter to Ramesvara Prabhu, 1975]]