# December 30 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661230bg.ny|Bg 10.1 — December 30, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > śrī-bhagavān uvāca > bhūya eva mahā-bāho > śṛṇu me paramaṁ vacaḥ > yat te 'haṁ prīyamāṇāya > vakṣyāmi hita-kāmyayā > [[bg/10/1|[Bg. 10.1] ]] This verse we have been discussing last meeting. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is advising Arjuna that "I am speaking to you again further, confidential part of knowledge. And why I am speaking to you? Because you are My dear friend." Now, in the beginning of the *Bhagavad-gītā,* in the Fourth Chapter, we have discussed this point that the *Bhagavad-gītā* was specifically instructed to Arjuna for his only one qualification that he was a devotee. *Bhakto 'si priyo 'si me rahasyam etad uttamam* [[bg/4/3|[Bg. 4.3] ]]. --- **[[spoken/681230bg.la|Bg 3.18-30 — December 30, 1968, Los Angeles]]** **Tamāla Kṛṣṇa:Eighteen:** "A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being." **Prabhupāda:** Hmm. This is very important. What is actually self-realization? All processes, religious process, *yoga* practice, philosophical speculation or anything for self-realization, any method, what is the purpose? And what is the ultimate goal of the self-realization? That ultimate goal is to understand that "I am eternal servant of God, Kṛṣṇa." That's all. This is self-realization. So long one is identifying oneself with this material world, with this body, with this mind, it is not self-realization. Self-realization means that I am spirit, and the Supreme Lord is also spirit, so I am part and parcel of the Supreme. --- **[[spoken/681230iv.la|Press Interview — December 30, 1968, Los Angeles]]** **Journalist:** ...and we just changed the name for January, the first issue. The first issue just, well, it's out, coming off the printer today. **Journalist:** Monthly, that's correct. That's correct. And we cover Eastern religions. We did a feature article this month on Bishop James Pike, UFOs, astrology. We have... You know Dr. Bode, Framroze Bode from the theol... He's with Manly Hall. Are you familiar with Manly Hall? [break] But I spoke to Dan, and I told him that one of the things I would like to ask you, and I think that an awful lot of our readers, and an awful lot of people in the United States, are terribly confused with the many people who claim to be *avatāras* and who come from India to this country, one after the other, after the other, and they say... --- **[[spoken/721230bg.bom|Bg 13.3 — December 30, 1972, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ...sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata > kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ > yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama > [[bg/13/3|[Bg. 13.3] ]] *Kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānam.* This body and the *kṣetra-jña,* the owner and the occupier of the body. This subject matter we were discussing last night. It is very easy. I was explaining. Just like this apartment, we are occupying; therefore we are occupier, but we are not the owner. The owner is different person. Similarly this body, there are two souls: the Supersoul and the individual soul. *Jīvātmā,* Paramātmā. Brahman, Parambrahman. *Jīvātmā* is Brahman constitutionally, because *mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ* [[bg/15/7|[Bg. 15.7] ]]. The living entities, they are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, God. Therefore qualitatively, what is Kṛṣṇa, the *jīva,* living entity's also the same thing. There is no difference in quality. --- **[[spoken/721230r1.bom|Room Conversation — December 30, 1972, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** First of all you should know that I am not this body. Just like I am not this apartment, similarly, I am not this body. So my body is changing according to my *karma.* Just like according to my capacity to pay rent, my apartment is changing. Not that because I have come to the first-class apartment, and it is guaranteed that I shall continue. If I cannot pay rent, I cannot..., then I have to leave it, and I have to accept, what is called, hut, because I cannot pay more. So similarly, according to our *karma* we are getting different types of body. That Darwin theory cannot explain, because it is missing the real factor, as it is explained in the *Bhagavad-gītā,* that *idaṁ śarīraṁ kṣetram* [[bg/13/3|[Bg. 13.3] ]]. And one who knows this *kṣetra* is *kṣetrajña*. [break] Not that simply go on reading the *Bhagavad-gītā*. Do not try to understand by analysis. Then we shall be benefited, if we want to study *Bhagavad-gītā*. Not that I am giving my own interpretation and misleading all the people. No. That is not *Bhagavad-gītā*. That is *andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās* [[sb/7/5/31|[SB. 7.5.31] ]].A blind man is leading other blind man. One nonsense is leading another nonsense. It has no meaning. --- **[[spoken/731230mw.la|Morning Walk — December 30, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Prajāpati:** In this morning's class you were giving us the example of the takeover of the kingship, of the *brāhmaṇas* getting rid of a bad king. So many times in the literature you've given us, whether Kṛṣṇa killing His uncle King Kaṁsa, or the Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna in the Battle of Kurukṣetra killing the old political regime that are demoniac consciousness. Is this the recommended means in Vedic literature for getting rid of bad government, or are there other means that are described, that one can get rid of demoniac government and take over with godly rulers? **Prabhupāda:** Well, in politics, unless there is violence, you cannot take. Simply by sweet words, not possible. That was the difference between our political leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose. So Subhas Chandra Bose was of opinion that—and that is a fact—that "You are agitating nonviolence. These people will never care for your nonviolence. Unless there is violence, so these Britishers will never go away." So Gandhi would say, "No, I am not going to accept this violence theory. I shall continue." So for thirty years... He started from 1917, and up to '47, the Britishers did not go. But when Subhas Chandra Bose, he saw... He took the political power. He became the president. But the Gandhi was angry. So because he was old leader, out of respect, he resigned the presidentship. Then he though that "So long this man will live, there will be no independence." So he went out of India and joined with Hitler, and Tojo, Japanese. --- **[[spoken/731230sb.la|SB 1.16.2 — December 30, 1973, Los Angeles]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [leads chanting of verse] [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] *saḥ*—he; *uttarasya*—of King Uttara; *tanayām*—daughter; *upayeme*—married; *irāvatīm*—Irāvatī; *janamejaya-ādīn*—headed by Mahārāja Janamejaya; *caturaḥ*—four; *tasyām*—her; *utpādayat*—begot; *sutān*—sons. [break] --- **[[spoken/741230sb.bom|SB 3.26.21 — December 30, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nitāi:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [**Prabhupāda and **devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] *yat tat sattva-guṇaṁ svacchaṁ śāntaṁ bhagavataḥ padam yad āhur vāsudevākhyaṁ cittaṁ tan mahad-ātmakam* * [[sb/3/26/21|[SB. 3.26.21] ]] **[break] [02:32]"**The mode of goodness, which is the clear, sober status of understanding the Personality of Godhead and which is generally called vāsudeva, or consciousness, becomes manifest in the mahat-tattva." --- **[[spoken/761230r1.bom|Room Conversation — December 30, 1976, Bombay]]** **Prabhupāda:** He has written book, *Bhagavad-gītā Pravacana.* But in his *bhāṣya* there is no *kṛṣṇa-bhakti.* So what is this *Bhagavad-gītā Pravacana?* Why he has avoided *kṛṣṇa-bhakti?* What is the reason? **Prabhupāda:** Gandhi has... The same thing. *Bhagavad-gītā...,* he is writing essays on *Bhagavad-gītā* and the main principle of *Bhagavad-gītā, man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru* [[bg/18/65|[Bg. 18.65] ]], mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te* [[bg/7/14|[Bg. 7.14] ]].* What is that? **Prabhupāda:** This is their defect. Therefore they are failure. Must be failure. They do not take *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is. They mix with their false ideas, and therefore spoil, adulterate. And *bhagavad-bhakti* is without adulteration. *Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam* [[cc/madhya/19/167|[Cc. Madhya 19.167] ]]. *Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam* [Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu*1.1.11]. Pure. No adulteration. That is *bhakti.* *Jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam. Sarvopādhi vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam* [[cc/madhya/19/170|[Cc. Madhya 19.170] ]]. That is not *nirmalam. Sa mala* it is. With *mala.* With *mala. Dart.* It cannot be. Proportionately. So where she has sent this article? --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1966/661230_sripad_narayana_maharaja.md|Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja, 1966]] - [[../../letters/1967/671230_acyutananda_ramanuja.md|Letter to Acyutananda Ramanuja, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671230_madhusudana.md|Letter to Madhusudana, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1967/671230_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1970/701230_sudama.md|Letter to Sudama, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701230_syamasundara.md|Letter to Syamasundara, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701230_tamala_krsnaa.md|Letter to Tamala Krsnaa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701230_tamala_krsnab.md|Letter to Tamala Krsnab, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1971/711230_ksirodakasayi.md|Letter to Ksirodakasayi, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711230_madan_mohan_goswami.md|Letter to Madan Mohan Goswami, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1971/711230_rupanuga.md|Letter to Rupanuga, 1971]] - [[../../letters/1974/741230_agent_of_central_bank_of_india.md|Letter to Agent Of Central Bank Of India, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/761230_damodara_pandita.md|Letter to Damodara Pandita, 1976]]