# December 17 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661217cc.ny|Cc. Madhya 20.255-281 — December 17, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > avatāra haya kṛṣṇera ṣaḍ-vidha prakāra > puruṣāvatāra eka, līlāvatāra āra > [[cc/madhya/20/245|[Cc. Madhya 20.245] ]] Now, we have been discussing about incarnations. These incarnations are concerned so far the maintenance of the material world is required. In the spiritual world there is no incarnation. There is a permanent situation of the spiritual planets, and in different planets, He, Kṛṣṇa, has different expansions under different symbolic representation, and they are differently named. There is no change. --- **[[../../spoken/1970/701217rc.sur.md|Room Conversation — December 17, 1970, Surat]]** *[Lecture file not found]* --- **[[spoken/701217sb.sur|SB 6.1.27-34 — December 17, 1970, Surat]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ke yūyaṁ pratiṣeddhāro > dharma-rājasya śāsanam > ūcur niṣedhitās tāṁs te > vaisvasvata-puraḥ saraḥ > [[sb/6/1/32|[SB. 6.1.32] ]] So the constables of Yamarāja inquired from the Vaikuṇṭhadūta, the messengers of Vaikuṇṭha, that *yūyaṁ pratiṣeddhāraḥ:* "Why you are interrupting in our business?" *Pratiṣeddhāraḥ. Pratiṣeddhāraḥ* means the opposite element. "Why you are opposing? We are Yamadūta. It is our duty to take away a sinful man, sinful soul, like Ajāmila, who was simply acting misdeeds throughout his whole life. Now, at the end of his life, we are authorized to take him to the Yamarāja. Why you are preventing us? Why you are interrupting in our business?" --- **[[spoken/731217ch.la|Chanting Cc Ādi-līlā 10th and 11th Chapter — December 17, 1973, Los Angeles]]** Let me repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto the beelike devotees who always taste the honey of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. If even a doggish nondevotee somehow takes shelter of such devotees, he enjoys the aroma of the lotus flower. All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaita Prabhu and all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Śrīvāsa! The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the branches of this tree. --- **[[spoken/731217mw.la|Morning Walk — December 17, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prabhupāda:** Therefore under condition, this law of gravitation works. It is not unconditional. Then the question will..., who will make the condition? **Karandhara:** Well, they say that the ripe..., the green apple's not falling is just a case of an opposite factor being stronger than the pull of gravity. The strength of the twig holding the apple on is stronger than the pull of gravity. **Prabhupāda:** That I say, that the law of gravitation acts under certain condition. This is also conditional. --- **[[spoken/731217sb.la|SB 1.15.39 — December 17, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *mathurāyām*—at Mathurā; *tathā*—also; *vajram*—Vajra; *śūrasena-patim*—King of the Śūrasenas; *tataḥ*—thereafter; *prājāpatyām*—Prājāpatya sacrifice; *nirūpya*—having performed; *iṣṭim*—goal; *agnīn*—fire; *apibat*—placed in himself; *īśvaraḥ*—capable. --- **[[spoken/741217sb.bom|SB 3.26.5 — December 17, 1974, Bombay]]** **[00:13] [break]Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "Divided into varieties by her threefold modes, material nature creates the forms of the living entities, and the living entities, seeing this, are illusioned by the knowledge-covering feature of the illusory energy." **Prabhupāda:** > guṇair vicitrāḥ sṛjatīṁ > sa-rūpāḥ prakṛtiṁ prajāḥ > vilokya mumuhe sadyaḥ > sa iha jñāna-gūhayā > [[sb/3/26/5|[SB. 3.26.5] ]] --- **[[spoken/751217mw.bom|Morning Walk — December 17, 1975, Bombay]]** Indian man: [Transl. It came in the paper yesterday that any government servant can murder anybody. Even if he has personal jealousy, he can kill him. And nobody can take any action against the killer.] **Dr. Patel:** They have gone mad now, sir. Actually they have ransacked the morality of this land, and they are going to ransack the even social conditions. Dr. Patel: [Transl. I keep a gun and I have got people now.] I have got one rifle, one gun, one revolver and one pistol. I am keeping always with me now. [Transl. What can be done?] I can't give you. You must take out a license for it. [Transl. If someone attacks you, you kill him first and then both of you die. Both will go to God for justice.] These people, sir, have really ruined this, this batch of rulers. --- **[[spoken/761217bg.hyd|Bg 3.25 — December 17, 1976, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** > saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṁso > yathā kurvanti bhārata > kuryād vidvāṁs tathāsaktaś > cikīrṣur loka-saṅgraham > [[bg/3/25|[Bg. 3.25] ]] There are two classes of men: *vidvān,* learned, and the fools, not learned, may not be fool. Human being, they are, of course, very intelligent than the animals. But amongst themselves there are more intelligent, less intelligent. On the whole, they are more intelligent than the animals. So far intelligence is concerned, in the matter of considering eating, sleeping, sex and defense, that is equal, either in the animal or in the human being. It doesn't require any education. Even the dog knows how to use sex life. It doesn't require a Freud's philosophy. But the rascal human society, they are thinking that "Here is a big philosopher. He is writing about sex." This is going on. Eating, simple eating... Here is land. You work little, get your food grains produced, and you can sumptuously eat. But it doesn't require a scientific slaughterhouse for bringing big, big cows and live in the city at the cost of the life of the poor animals. This is misuse of intelligence. This is not intelligence. Therefore a devotee who is actually intelligent, they should show the way how our intelligence can be utilized. That is explained here, *saktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṁsaḥ.* --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671217_blanche_hochner.md|Letter to Blanche Hochner, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671217_indira_iris_mendoza_ekayani_esther_mendoza.md|Letter to Indira Iris Mendoza Ekayani Esther Mendoza, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671217_lilasukha.md|Letter to Lilasukha, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681217_ananda.md|Letter to Ananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681217_gaurasundara.md|Letter to Gaurasundara, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681217_lilasukha.md|Letter to Lilasukha, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681217_mr._chagan_govinda.md|Letter to Mr. Chagan Govinda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1968/681217_sivananda.md|Letter to Sivananda, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/701217_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711217_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711217_murti_mahati_adhideva.md|Letter to Murti Mahati Adhideva, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711217_nityananda.md|Letter to Nityananda, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711217_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711217_sri_galim.md|Letter to Sri Galim, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721217_danavir.md|Letter to Danavir, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1972/721217_name_withheld.md|Letter to Name Withheld, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1974/741217_badarinarayana.md|Letter to Badarinarayana, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741217_jitaprana.md|Letter to Jitaprana, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741217_mr._quinn.md|Letter to Mr. Quinn, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741217_parvati.md|Letter to Parvati, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741217_sri_mohan_mazumdar.md|Letter to Sri Mohan Mazumdar, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_m._n._chaudhuri.md|Letter to M. N. Chaudhuri, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_mahamsa.md|Letter to Mahamsa, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_rocana.md|Letter to Rocana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_svarupa_damodara.md|Letter to Svarupa Damodara, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751217_yasomatinandana.md|Letter to Yasomatinandana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1976/761217_jayatirtha.md|Letter to Jayatirtha, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761217_vegavan.md|Letter to Vegavan, 1976]]