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December 22, 2012
Life’s Complex Dilemmas
[B]Where:[/B] Govindadvipa, Northern Ireland[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 7 July 2012[BR]
[B]Scripture:[/B] Bg 1.36[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English
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December 21, 2012
Misconceptions About Varnasrama
[B]Where:[/B] Maraimalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 17 Dec 12[BR]
[B]Scripture:[/B] BG 4.13[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English with Tamil translation
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December 20, 2012
Is Prabhupada in maya?
Virabhadra: You said in your lecture that everybody… I think that’s what
you said, that everybody in the material world is…in maya. But you can’t
be in maya.
Prabhupada: How do you think?
Virabhadra: You’re spiritual, so you can’t be in maya. So how does that
work?
Prabhupada: How do you think that I am not in maya?
Virabhadra: Because you’re a pure devotee. You see Krsna in everybody.
Prabhupada: (laughs) Yes. Then a pure devotee is not in maya. Do you agree
to that?
Virabhadra: Uh huh.
Prabhupada: So are you going to be a pure devotee?
Virabhadra: Me?
Prabhupada: Yes.
Virabhadra: I’m not a pure devotee.
Prabhupada: But you are going to be, trying to be.
Virabhadra: I try to be.
Prabhupada: That’s all right. That’s all right. That’s all right.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.20-25 — Seattle, October 14, 1968
you said, that everybody in the material world is…in maya. But you can’t
be in maya.
Prabhupada: How do you think?
Virabhadra: You’re spiritual, so you can’t be in maya. So how does that
work?
Prabhupada: How do you think that I am not in maya?
Virabhadra: Because you’re a pure devotee. You see Krsna in everybody.
Prabhupada: (laughs) Yes. Then a pure devotee is not in maya. Do you agree
to that?
Virabhadra: Uh huh.
Prabhupada: So are you going to be a pure devotee?
Virabhadra: Me?
Prabhupada: Yes.
Virabhadra: I’m not a pure devotee.
Prabhupada: But you are going to be, trying to be.
Virabhadra: I try to be.
Prabhupada: That’s all right. That’s all right. That’s all right.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.20-25 — Seattle, October 14, 1968
December 19, 2012
Hog busy
Grow food first of all to feed yourself sumptuously. You must get strength,
and that is needed. But not for trade. The policy should be that you should
be self-sufficient and save time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. That
is wanted. Yavad-artha prayojanam. Yuktahara-viharasya yogo bhavati
siddhi-dah. You shall eat whatever you require for proper upkeep of the
body, not eating too much and sleeping whole day. Don’t do that.
Eat only what is absolutely necessary. Then you’ll never be in want. People
are engaged in material civilization means they are increasing the bodily
demands, unnecessary. Just like this park. Why we have come to this park?
We like this atmosphere. So similarly, in villages, everyone, if he has got
some land, he can live simply without any gorgeous building. What is the
use?
Just have a cottage and have garden. You’ll live very peacefully. But
they’re constructing big, big skyscraper building in the downtown, and they
will have to come here by car for some peace of mind, and in the meantime,
accident, police. This is the civilization, nonsense civilization. At
weekend they will go to the village, country, and during the week-time they
will work hard. This is their civilization, with the risk of life, running
motor car eighty miles’ speed. Every moment there is risk. What is this
civilization? Most ludicrous civilization.
So farming means if you live in a farm… Just like in New Vrindaban they
are doing. Produce your own food, live peacefully, fresh vegetable, fresh
grains, fresh milk, and prepare so many nice milk preparation, kachori,
halava with ghee. Offer to the Deity. Eat sufficiently. What is the use of
going outside? Simple life and chant Hare Krsna. If you can organize that,
that will be very nice.
What is this rascal civilization, whole day “Where is money? Where is
money? Where is money? Where is money? Where is money?” Everyone. Busy
means “Where is money? Where is money?” Just like the hog, he is busy:
“What time…? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is
stool? Where is stool?” That is not civilization. If you remain always
busy, “Where is stool?” like the hog, then what is your civilization? Whole
day working, night, nightshift, dayshift, whole day, the same, like hog.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — October 28, 1975, Nairobi
and that is needed. But not for trade. The policy should be that you should
be self-sufficient and save time for advancing in Krsna consciousness. That
is wanted. Yavad-artha prayojanam. Yuktahara-viharasya yogo bhavati
siddhi-dah. You shall eat whatever you require for proper upkeep of the
body, not eating too much and sleeping whole day. Don’t do that.
Eat only what is absolutely necessary. Then you’ll never be in want. People
are engaged in material civilization means they are increasing the bodily
demands, unnecessary. Just like this park. Why we have come to this park?
We like this atmosphere. So similarly, in villages, everyone, if he has got
some land, he can live simply without any gorgeous building. What is the
use?
Just have a cottage and have garden. You’ll live very peacefully. But
they’re constructing big, big skyscraper building in the downtown, and they
will have to come here by car for some peace of mind, and in the meantime,
accident, police. This is the civilization, nonsense civilization. At
weekend they will go to the village, country, and during the week-time they
will work hard. This is their civilization, with the risk of life, running
motor car eighty miles’ speed. Every moment there is risk. What is this
civilization? Most ludicrous civilization.
So farming means if you live in a farm… Just like in New Vrindaban they
are doing. Produce your own food, live peacefully, fresh vegetable, fresh
grains, fresh milk, and prepare so many nice milk preparation, kachori,
halava with ghee. Offer to the Deity. Eat sufficiently. What is the use of
going outside? Simple life and chant Hare Krsna. If you can organize that,
that will be very nice.
What is this rascal civilization, whole day “Where is money? Where is
money? Where is money? Where is money? Where is money?” Everyone. Busy
means “Where is money? Where is money?” Just like the hog, he is busy:
“What time…? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is stool? Where is
stool? Where is stool?” That is not civilization. If you remain always
busy, “Where is stool?” like the hog, then what is your civilization? Whole
day working, night, nightshift, dayshift, whole day, the same, like hog.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — October 28, 1975, Nairobi
Sheltered Sanity and Insecure Suffering
[B]Where:[/B] Govindadvipa, Northern Ireland[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 7 July 2012[BR]
[B]Scripture:[/B] CC 2.1.206[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English
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December 18, 2012
How to be safe from downfall
If you very strictly follow the regulative principles and chant 16 rounds
minimum, there is no question of ever falling down.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Nityananda — Honolulu 5 May, 1972
minimum, there is no question of ever falling down.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Nityananda — Honolulu 5 May, 1972
Srila Prabhupada’s Strategies for Revolution
[B]Where:[/B] Govindadvipa, Northern Ireland[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 6 July 2012[BR]
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December 17, 2012
Reading the previous acaryas’ books and Srila Prabhupada’s books
Paramahamsa: Srila Prabhupada, I remember once I heard a tape where you told
us that we should not try to read the books of previous acaryas.
Prabhupada: Hmm?
Amogha: That we should not try to read Bhaktivinoda’s books or earlier books
of other, all acaryas. So I was just wondering…
Prabhupada: I never said that.
Amogha: You didn’t say that? Oh.
Prabhupada: How is that?
Amogha: I thought you said that we should not read the previous acaryas’
books.
Prabhupada: No, you should read.
Amogha: We should.
Prabhupada: It is misunderstanding.
Paramahamsa: I think maybe he was thinking that there was some things about
some of the Gaudiya Matha books.
Prabhupada: Maybe.
Paramahamsa: And sometimes you said that better not to…, better to read
your books.
Amogha: When the devotees went to India this year, they said that
Acyutananda Swami very…, chastised them that “You should never… If I
catch any of you buying Bhaktisiddhanta’s books from Gaudiya Matha then I
will take it away,” something like this.
Paramahamsa: Yeah, that was, the reason was because of, he didn’t want the
devotees going to Gaudiya Matha. But there’s nothing wrong with the idea of
studying the previous acaryas’ books.
Prabhupada: No. Who said? That is wrong. We are following previous acaryas.
I never said that.
Paramahamsa: All of your commentaries are coming from the previous acaryas.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Jayadharma: But that wouldn’t mean that we should keep all the previous
acaryas’ books and only read them.
Prabhupada: That is already there. You first of all assimilate what you have
got. You simply pile up books and do not read — what is the use?
Jayadharma: First of all we must read all your books.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Paramahamsa: Practically speaking, Srila Prabhupada, you are giving us the
essence of all the previous acaryas’ books in your books.
Prabhupada: Yes.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — May 13, 1975, Perth
us that we should not try to read the books of previous acaryas.
Prabhupada: Hmm?
Amogha: That we should not try to read Bhaktivinoda’s books or earlier books
of other, all acaryas. So I was just wondering…
Prabhupada: I never said that.
Amogha: You didn’t say that? Oh.
Prabhupada: How is that?
Amogha: I thought you said that we should not read the previous acaryas’
books.
Prabhupada: No, you should read.
Amogha: We should.
Prabhupada: It is misunderstanding.
Paramahamsa: I think maybe he was thinking that there was some things about
some of the Gaudiya Matha books.
Prabhupada: Maybe.
Paramahamsa: And sometimes you said that better not to…, better to read
your books.
Amogha: When the devotees went to India this year, they said that
Acyutananda Swami very…, chastised them that “You should never… If I
catch any of you buying Bhaktisiddhanta’s books from Gaudiya Matha then I
will take it away,” something like this.
Paramahamsa: Yeah, that was, the reason was because of, he didn’t want the
devotees going to Gaudiya Matha. But there’s nothing wrong with the idea of
studying the previous acaryas’ books.
Prabhupada: No. Who said? That is wrong. We are following previous acaryas.
I never said that.
Paramahamsa: All of your commentaries are coming from the previous acaryas.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Jayadharma: But that wouldn’t mean that we should keep all the previous
acaryas’ books and only read them.
Prabhupada: That is already there. You first of all assimilate what you have
got. You simply pile up books and do not read — what is the use?
Jayadharma: First of all we must read all your books.
Prabhupada: Yes.
Paramahamsa: Practically speaking, Srila Prabhupada, you are giving us the
essence of all the previous acaryas’ books in your books.
Prabhupada: Yes.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — May 13, 1975, Perth
Things Without Krsna Don’t Work
[B]Where:[/B] Brno, Czech Republic[BR]
[B]When:[/B] 4 July 2012[BR]
[B]Scripture:[/B] SB 3.1.40[BR]
[B]Language:[/B] English with Czech translation
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December 16, 2012
Karmis may dress like devotees
The karmis want to use the property of the Lord for their selfish sense
gratification, but a devotee endeavors to use the Lord’s property for God’s
service. Therefore a devotee is always distinct from the karmis, although
the karmis may dress like devotees.
…
A karmi, although externally working like a devotee, is entangled in his
nondevotional activity, and thus he suffers the tribulations of material
existence.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 8.9.28
gratification, but a devotee endeavors to use the Lord’s property for God’s
service. Therefore a devotee is always distinct from the karmis, although
the karmis may dress like devotees.
…
A karmi, although externally working like a devotee, is entangled in his
nondevotional activity, and thus he suffers the tribulations of material
existence.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 8.9.28
