# December 7 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661207cc.ny|Cc. Madhya 20.154-157 — December 7, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > na sādhayati māṁ yogaḥ > na sāṅkhyaṁ dharma uddhava > na svādhyāyas tapas tyāgaḥ > yathā bhaktir mamorjitā [[cc/madhya/20/137|[Cc. Madhya 20.137] ]] So if you want God, Kṛṣṇa, then there is no other way except this devotional service. Neither *yoga,* neither philosophical speculation, neither ritualistic performances, nor study in the Vedic literature, neither penance, austerities... All these formulas which are recommended for transcendental realization, they may help us to advance to a certain extent. But if you want personal touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then you have to adopt this devotional service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There is no other way. So Lord Caitanya, I mean to say, giving evidence from *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam...* He is giving: --- **[[spoken/721207bg.ahm|Bg 2.1 — December 7, 1972, Ahmedabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ...uvāca > taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam > aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam > viṣīdantam idaṁ vākyam > uvāca madhusūdanaḥ > [[bg/2/1|[Bg. 2.1] ]] Madhusūdana. Kṛṣṇa is described here as Madhusūdana, the killer of the demon Madhu. *Madhu-kaiṭabha-ari.* So Arjuna was attacked by a demon of forgetting his duty, being too much afflicted by bodily relationship. This is our position. In this material world, we are so much attached to this bodily relationship that it is to be considered just like we are ghostly haunted. In a poetry, *Prema-vivarta,* it is said that, *Māyā-grasta jīva. Māyā-grasta. Māyā* means illusion, hallucination. So we are, in this material world, we are all illusioned. Illusioned means accepting something as fact which is not. Something... Just like in dream we see sometimes I am attacked with a tiger; my head is being cut off. So many things. So actually there is no tiger, my head is not being cut off, but still, I am crying: "Oh, here is a tiger, here is a tiger!" So our attachment for this world is like that. It is illusion. I am thinking that "Without me, everything will be spoiled. My presence is required," and so on, so on. --- **[[spoken/731207mw.la|Morning Walk — December 7, 1973, Los Angeles]]** Śrutakīrti**: [introducing tape] December 7, 1973, morning walk.Prajāpati: ...last hundred and fifty years, one of the major problems of Western theologians has been the relationship between reason and faith. They've been seeking to understand faith through reason, but they have not been able to come to any terms of the relationship between their reasoning abilities and faith. So there's been like a leap, almost a rejection of any kind of... **Prabhupāda:** No. Just like we are walking on this street, so there is relation. This path is made for my walking. This is the relation with this road and myself. This is not made for... For animals also; but at least, we can take it is made for man. So for walking of man this road is made. So this is my relation. So in this way, everything you search out, you'll find out some relation. Is it not? Try to understand this first. Everything you take... Just like here is a microphone. There is my relation: I talk, and it is recorded. So where is the difficulty to find out relationship with everything? Is there any difficulty? **Prajāpati:** They see one, Śrīla Prabhupāda. The theologians perceive when they see that reason and faith are in two realms... --- **[[spoken/731207sb.la|SB 1.15.29 — December 7, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:Translation:** "Arjuna's constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided."* [[sb/1/15/29|[SB. 1.15.29] ]] **Prabhupāda:** So material existence means full of anxieties. This is the sum and substance of material existence. Everyone is full of anxieties, not only humans. Just like Karandhara was speaking, there are so many bad news. What is that? Where is Karandhara? **Prabhupāda:** Hmm. And even Mr. Nixon is in such exalted post, he's also full of anxieties, when he'll be kicked out. You see. So find out any man who is not in anxiety. Not only human being but also animals, birds, beasts—everyone. That is the symptom of material existence, anxieties. --- **[[spoken/741207sb.bom|SB 3.25.38 — December 7, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "The Lord continued: My dear mother, devotees who receive such transcendental opulences are never bereft of them; neither weapons nor change of time can destroy such opulences. Because the devotees accept Me as their friend, their relative, their son, preceptor, benefactor and the Supreme Deity, they cannot be deprived of their possessions at any time." --- **[[spoken/751207mw.vrn|Morning Walk — December 7, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Akṣayānanda:** ...from Agra came yesterday, Prabhupāda. He wants to live with us. He knows Hindi. He's a teacher. He's a doctor. He's a writer. He's very, very nice. I'll bring him to you today. **Akṣayānanda:** English very well. Very humble, and he wants to teach. If he can stay in Vṛndāvana I think it will be very, very beneficial for us. **Akṣayānanda:** *Jaya.* He bows down. He pays *dandavats.* He said, "You're a *sannyāsī,* so I must respect. I'm only a *gṛhastha.*" --- **[[spoken/751207sb.vrn|SB 7.6.5 — December 7, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Harikeśa:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Seventh Canto, Sixth Chapter, verse number five. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] **Prabhupāda:** > tato yateta kuśalaḥ > kṣemāyā bhavam āśritaḥ > śarīraṁ puruṣaṁ yāvan > na vipadyeta puṣkalam > [[sb/7/6/5|[SB. 7.6.5] ]] --- **[[spoken/761207mw.hyd|Morning Walk — December 7, 1976, Hyderabad]]** Mahāṁsa*:* ...plant more trees, orchard for fruits and flowers, flower garden. So there will be plenty of flowers for the altar in Hyderabad every day and for the programs here. [break] **Devotee (1):** ...having lunch with the cowherd boys on this rocky place and then people can come and sit here also. **Prabhupāda:** Later on. First of all grow vegetable. Let us eat first of all. Immediately grow vegetables sufficient. And this is good idea. We shall do that. But first of all let us organize the vegetables, fruits. What are these trees? --- **[[spoken/761207r1.hyd|Room Conversation — December 7, 1976, Hyderabad]]** **Mahāṁsa:** We just finished one harvest, Prabhupāda, and now the second harvest is already in the ground. **Prabhupāda:** So what kind of harvest? You finish and then you have to wait for six months for the second one. **Prabhupāda:** Hmm, so this... Where is Tejiyas Mahārāja? So you immediately arrange for producing vegetables. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671207_brahmananda.md|Letter to Brahmananda, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1969/691207_aniruddha.md|Letter to Aniruddha, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691207_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691207_ranadhir.md|Letter to Ranadhir, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691207_sridhara_maharaja.md|Letter to Sridhara Maharaja, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691207_tirtha_maharaja.md|Letter to Tirtha Maharaja, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1970/701207_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1972/721207_syamasundara_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Syamasundara Tamala Krsna, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_hrdayananda.md|Letter to Hrdayananda, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_sivarama.md|Letter to Sivarama, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_yasomatinandana.md|Letter to Yasomatinandana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751207_yogescandra.md|Letter to Yogescandra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761207_jayapataka_bhavananda.md|Letter to Jayapataka Bhavananda, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761207_pancaratna.md|Letter to Pancaratna, 1976]]