# December 8 *Lectures from this day: 7 recordings* --- **[[../../spoken/1966/661208bg.ny.md|Bg 9.22-23 — December 8, 1966, New York]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/721208ad.ahm|Rotary Club Address — December 8, 1972, Ahmedabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** Mr. President, Rotarians, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindly inviting me to speak before you on the subject matter "The Present Need of the Human Society." At the present day... According to our Vedic calculation, this is called Kali-yuga. *Kali* means disagreement and fighting, *kālaḥ.* So in this age, a slight disagreement will cause some fighting, some misunderstanding. And practically, this is the age of misguidance; therefore it is called Kali-yuga. So in different *Purāṇas,* the symptoms of Kali-yuga is described. *Śāstra. Śāstra* means *tri-kāla-jña. Śāstra* is not ordinary book. Therefore our Vedic literatures are known as *apauruṣeya,* "not written by ordinary human being." Ordinary human being, who is called, according to *śāstra,* conditioned soul, they are conditioned by so many, nature's law. --- **[[spoken/721208bg.ahm|Lecture — December 8, 1972, Ahmedabad]]** --- **[[spoken/731208mw.la|Morning Walk — December 8, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** They must neglect because foolish. They cannot solve. They're rascal. They cannot solve. They're simply pleased with some, what is called, temporary success. That's all. The ultimate success is not the..., in hand. Professor Einstein, he was very big scientist, but he could not solve his death. He was to die. **Prabhupāda:** [laughs] He has to die. He could not solve his death, and he's a big scientist. What kind of scientist is that? **Prabhupāda:** Hah? No. That is rascaldom. They do not see the real problem. Neither they're able to solve it. They're simply happy by some... Just like child. The child, he wants to play whole day long. He does not care. Like that. This human life is meant for making a perfect solution of all problems. That they do not care. There is some temporary benefit. They're very much busy, and known as scientist. --- **[[spoken/731208sb.la|SB 1.15.30 — December 8, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] **Pradyumna:** *gītam*—instructed; *bhagavatā*—by the Personality of Godhead; *jñānam*—transcendental knowledge; *yat*—which; *tat*—that; *saṅgrāma-mūrdhani*—in the midst of battle; *kāla-karma*—time and actions; *tamaḥ-ruddham*—enwrapped by such darkness; *punaḥ adhyagamat*—revived them again; *prabhuḥ*—the lord of his senses. [break] --- **[[spoken/741208sb.bom|SB 3.25.39-40 — December 8, 1974, Bombay]]** "Thus the devotee who worships Me, the all-pervading Lord of the universe, in unflinching devotional service, gives up all aspirations to be promoted to heavenly planets or to become happy in this world with wealth, children, cattle, home or anything in relationship with the body. I take him to the other side of birth and death." **Prabhupāda:** > imaṁ lokaṁ tathaivāmum > ātmānam ubhayāyinam > ātmānam anu ye ceha > ye rāyaḥ paśavo gṛhāḥ --- **[[spoken/751208sb.vrn|SB 7.6.6 — December 8, 1975, Vṛndāvana]]** **Harikeśa:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Seventh Canto, Six Chapter, sixth verse. *puṁso varṣa-śataṁ hy āyus tad-ardhaṁ cājitātmanaḥ niṣphalaṁ yad asau rātryāṁ śete 'ndhaṁ prāpitas tamaḥ* [[sb/7/6/6|[SB. 7.6.6] ]] [break]* [00:58]Translation:** "Every human being's duration of life is maximum one hundred years. Out of these one hundred years, persons who cannot control the senses misuse half of them. Therefore such persons' duration of life is fifty years. The other balance, fifty years, is completely lost because at night he sleeps eight to twelve hours." **Prabhupāda:** > puṁso varṣa-śataṁ hy āyus > tad-ardhaṁ cājitātmanaḥ > niṣphalaṁ yad asau rātryāṁ > śete 'ndhaṁ prāpitas tamaḥ > [[sb/7/6/6|[SB. 7.6.6] ]] --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671208_krsna_devi_subala.md|Letter to Krsna Devi Subala, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671208_mukunda.md|Letter to Mukunda, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681208_kirtanananda.md|Letter to Kirtanananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1969/691208_jayagovinda.md|Letter to Jayagovinda, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691208_kulasekhara.md|Letter to Kulasekhara, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1969/691208_sucandra.md|Letter to Sucandra, 1969]] - [[../../letters/1971/711208_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711208_locanananda.md|Letter to Locanananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711208_patita_uddharana.md|Letter to Patita Uddharana, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711208_upendra.md|Letter to Upendra, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711208_vamanadeva_indira.md|Letter to Vamanadeva Indira, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1973/731208_kadamba.md|Letter to Kadamba, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731208_madhudvisa.md|Letter to Madhudvisa, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731208_mahajan_3.md|Letter to Mahajan 3, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1973/731208_trai.md|Letter to Trai, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_ameyatma.md|Letter to Ameyatma, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_gopijanavallabha.md|Letter to Gopijanavallabha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_malati.md|Letter to Malati, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_radhavallabha.md|Letter to Radhavallabha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_sacimata.md|Letter to Sacimata, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741208_vamanadeva.md|Letter to Vamanadeva, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751208_kadamba_kanana.md|Letter to Kadamba Kanana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751208_mr._s.d._purmanan.md|Letter to Mr. S.D. Purmanan, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751208_sri_d._n._mishra.md|Letter to Sri D. N. Mishra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751208_sri_krishna_c._batra.md|Letter to Sri Krishna C. Batra, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761208_dr._suresh_candra.md|Letter to Dr. Suresh Candra, 1976]]