Spoken December 24
Cc. Madhya 20.334-341
Prabhupāda: " satya-yuge dharma-dhyāna karāya ‘śukla’-mūrti dhari’ kardamake vara dilā yeṅho kṛpā kari’" In the Satya-yuga the incarnation of God is of white color. " kṛṣṇa-‘dhyāna’ kare loka jñāna-adhikārī tretāra dharma
Discussion about New Vrindaban Gurukula
Prabhupāda: ...form a committee from education in your... Hayagrīva: They have to be taught reading, and for this they have primers. Prabhupāda: Primary readings. Hayagrīva: And this is all right to use? Prabhupāda: Because we haven’t got any books yet. Hayagrīva: What taking the primers and changing the names of the people to people like Satyabhāmā and give them spiritual names. Would that be nice?Prabhupāda:Pradyumna:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prab…
Discussion with BTG Staff
Prabhupāda: This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is composed of four different stages. The first stage is to understand the relationship with Godhead, or Kṛṣṇa. Because the conditioned souls at the present moment, they have forgotten self. They have forgotten their relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Actually the relationship is there, eternal, but under the influence of Hayagrīva:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Satsvarūpa:Prabhupāda:Hayagrīva:Prabhupāda…
SB 1.15.46
Prabhupāda: Now, recite. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Prabhupāda: [indistinct] Hmm. Pradyumna: Do you want me to read the text? Prabhupāda: No, that’s all right. That will be reference.Pradyumna:PrabhupādaSB 4.8.4Cc. Ādi 1.90Devotees:
SB 3.26.15
Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] " etāvān eva saṅkhyāto brahmaṇaḥ saguṇasya ha sanniveśo mayā prokto yaḥ kālaḥ pañca-viṁśakaḥPrabhupāda:Nitāi:Prabhupāda:Devotees:
Lecture [Hindi]
[final proofreading pending] Raja Sahib, Gentlemen, there is one difficulty for me, I cannot speak Gujarati at all and Hindi also I cannot speak very correctly. Anyways, all of you excuse me. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement that we have created, International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, the aim of this is that all over the world the people are mistaken, what are they mistaken ? They think that by generating lots of money and indulging in sense gratification, I will …
Morning Walk
Dr. Patel: But we are sitting here [Hindi]. Prabhupāda: [Hindi] The experiment with truth [Hindi]. What is the experiment with truth? [Hindi] Dr. Patel: You have taken that tablet for passing more urine? Prabhupāda: Yes. Dr. Patel: Daily or..., yes or no. Prabhupāda: I am passing. [laughs] Dr. Patel: Yes, sir, but you have got the edema on the leg, and I mean, whenPrabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:Prabhupāda:Dr. Patel:P…
SB 5.5.1 [Hindi]
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.1 [Hindi] Prabhupāda: " ṛṣabha uvāca nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam [SB 5.5.1]" [Hindi]
Letters December 24
My dear Nandakisora, Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to accept you. I am in due receipt of your letter of Dec. 24, and I am very glad to accept you as one of the servitors of Krishna. You are right when you say our past life is a dream only. Just like at night we see so many dreams and in daytime we forget everything. Similarly we forget everything of our past life and as such so long we...
Gurudasa London My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your recent letter (undated) along with copies of the syndicate contact inviting for newspaper reproduction of the Royal Albert Hall chanting and they are all very encouraging.
London My dear Malati, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter of December 17, 1968, I am always so glad to be hearing from you. Your sincere attitudes expressed are very nice and I thank you for them. I am very pleased that you are serving your husband nicely and helping him so that he may advance his Krishna Consciousness. When the husband advances, automatically the wife shares...
London My dear Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter of December 16, 1968 and I have noted the contents carefully and with pleasure. So far as the mistake on the certificates, I think that only on the certificates to be given to brahmacarinis is it necessary to change the spelling, because on the brahmacari
Bombay My dear Tamala Krsna Goswami, Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated December 19, 1973 and I have carefully noted the contents. I have received all your previous letters and have replied to each of them. Regarding the rents collected from the apartments at our Juhu Beach property, this money must be kept and spent only for Deity worship and Temple maintenance. It...
Los Angeles [To Radhavallabha das] THANK YOU BE BLESSED MY GURU MAHARAJ WILL BE VERY MUCH PLEASED UPON YOU AND ALL OTHER WORKERS ON THE HOLY OCCASION OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE DAY A C BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
Citsukhananda Los Angeles My dear Citsukhananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Dec. 16, 1976. I approve your plan to combine together with Kesava to lead a party of Spanish speaking devotees with nama-sankirtana to every town and village in Spain.
Gaura Govinda Bhuvaneśvara My dear Gaura Govinda, Please accept my blessings. I am prepared to come to Bhuvaneśvara immediately to begin construction on the following conditions. The growth of the temple should be based on book distribution. I am prepared to print books. You can then sell them and 50% of the collections must then be returned to the BBT to pay for the books. The balance can be...
Vrikodara New Orleans My dear Vrikodara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your telegram as follows, “Dearest Srila Prabhupada please accept my fallen obeisances I am requesting permission for second initiation for following boys RasaVilasa das brahmacari Janananatha das brahmacari they have both been chanting 16 rds daily without fail for 10 months and have taken their service...

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