# December 18 *Lectures from this day: 5 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661218cc.ny|Cc. Madhya 20.281-293 — December 18, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > kriyā-śakti-pradhāna saṅkarṣaṇa balarāma > prākṛtāprākṛta-sṛṣṭi karena nirmāṇa > [[cc/madhya/20/255|[Cc. Madhya 20.255] ]] So out of three transcendental propensities of the Supreme Lord, *icchā-śakti, jñāna-śakti* and *kriyā-śakti,* the *kriyā-śakti,* that is represented by..., or the controller of the *kriyā-śakti* is Saṅkarṣaṇa, Balarāma. And with that potency, *kriyā-śakti* potency, the creation, both material creation and spiritual creation, are effected. --- **[[spoken/731218mw.la|Morning Walk — December 18, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prajāpati:** ...big gold letters over the whole front of the building where they were having inauguration of vice-president, "In God We Trust." Big letters. **Prajāpati:** If we were there and we could make one speech in front of that assembled Congress and Senate, the main government of the United States, what were the main points we would stress? **Prabhupāda:** Yes. The main point is that "In God We Trust," on this slogan... So the same point, that "What do you mean by God, and what do you mean by trust? That you do not know." So you have to explain what is God and what is trust thoroughly, from our books. Our point of propaganda should be that "It is very good that you write this slogan, 'In God We Trust,' but nobody has got clear conception of God; neither they do not know what is the meaning of trust under the circumstances. So you have to learn it scientifically. And our propaganda is like that, to teach actually what is God and what is trust. And you important men of the State, you come forward, try to understand, and open schools, colleges. Make it perfectly known what is God, and make America strong. --- **[[spoken/731218sb.la|SB 1.15.40 — December 18, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *visṛjya*—relinquishing; *tatra*—all those; *tat*—that; *sarvam*—everything; *dukūla*—belt; *valaya-ādikam*—and bangles; *nirmamaḥ*—uninterested; *nirahaṅkāraḥ*—unattached; *sañchinna*—perfectly cut off; *aśeṣa-bandhanaḥ*—unlimited attachment. [break] --- **[[spoken/741218sb.bom|SB 3.26.6 — December 18, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "Due to his forgetfulness, the transcendental living entity accepts the influence of material energy as his field of activities, and thus actuated, he wrongly applies the activities to himself." --- **[[spoken/751218mw.bom|Morning Walk — December 18, 1975, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** *Nehi,* it is practice. *Śarirera nāma mahāśaya yā saoyābe tāi saya.* [we first make our habits, and then our habits make us—Bengali proverb.] **Dr. Patel:** America will never go bankrupt so far material prosperity is concerned. Already shrewd people say... **Dr. Patel:** No, they are shrewd.* [Transl. They change overnight.] [laughter]. I'm sorry. Your words. Very, very crafty people in business. Nobody can beat Americans in business. They are monopolizing the world of business today. The prosperity of America is due to the, I mean poverty over us. It is correct. [pause] *Kāla*. This is Kali-yuga. People are so faithless. Human race has become faithless. They have no faith in God, they have no faith in themselves, and then their friends and other human beings also. --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1970/701218_bhagavan.md|Letter to Bhagavan, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701218_karandhara.md|Letter to Karandhara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701218_krsna_dasa.md|Letter to Krsna Dasa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711218_vaikunthanatha.md|Letter to Vaikunthanatha, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1972/721218_sankarsana.md|Letter to Sankarsana, 1972]] - [[../../letters/1973/731218_govinda.md|Letter to Govinda, 1973]] - [[../../letters/1974/741218_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_acyutananda_yasodanandana.md|Letter to Acyutananda Yasodanandana, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_all_temple_presidents.md|Letter to All Temple Presidents, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_bhakta_steven_knapp.md|Letter to Bhakta Steven Knapp, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_brsni.md|Letter to Brsni, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_tamala_krsna.md|Letter to Tamala Krsna, 1975]] - [[../../letters/1975/751218_tulsi.md|Letter to Tulsi, 1975]]