Srila Prabhupada Padma-vakya

Sep 5, KUALA LUMPUR (SUN) Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.

 

September 5, 1972, New Vrndavana

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.6

“Formerly every brahmana used to learn these two sciences, Ayur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy.”

 

 

September 5, 1973, London
Bhagavad-gita 18.5 — Radhastami
“Asita means black. Asitambuda. So black cloud. Ambuda means cloud. Asitambuda-sundarangam. His complexion is like blackish cloud, but very, very, very, very beautiful.”

September 5, 1973, Stockholm
Room Conversation with Indian Ambassador
“The government should not be callous about religion. They may be neutral that whatever religion you profess, government has nothing to do. You do nicely. But it is the government’s duty to see that you are doing nicely, you are not bluffing.”

September 5, 1975, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.2.1
“You cannot imitate Haridasa Thakura. So by imitating Haridasa Thakura, keeping connection with woman and doing all nonsense, you cannot imitate Haridasa Thakura. You must work. You must go out for chanting, for preaching. This is the real chanting.”

September 5, 1976, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.6
“So there are two kinds of dangerous person. One person is atheist, agnostic. And another person is Mayavadi, impersonalist. Nirvisesa-sunyavadi.”

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Prabhupada Padma-vakya - June 26

June 26, KUALA LUMPUR (TUES)

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June 26, 1972, Los Angeles
Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.4.2
“So the more you develop your consciousness, the more you become a freedom lover. Just like in the human society, there is fight for freedom. But in the animal society, they do not know what is freedom.”

  

June 26, 1973, Mayapura
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.13
“I see some of the students, still they practice some yoga asana. That quality is not yet… He’s not yet free. But this is nonsense. This is nonsense. We should, by promise, we should not associate with any of their qualities.”
 

Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Feb 16

February 16, 1975, Mexico City
Bhagavad-gita 2.16
“The more you chant this maha-mantra, or the transcendental vibration Hare Krsna, you become purified. Then you can understand what you are.”

 
 

February 16, 1976, Mayapur
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.9
“You cannot maintain even one wife, but He maintained sixteen thousand wives in sixteen thousand palaces and in sixteen thousand expansion of form. Everyone was pleased.”

 

Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Jan 15

January 15, 1974, Hawaii
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.19
“Just like if there is some epidemic, disease, and if you take vaccine, it is supposed that you are free from the contamination. So this vaccine of chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra will keep you fit without any contamination of this age of Kali.”

January 15, 1977, Allahabad
Morning Lecture
“Vaisnava means that he’s not worshiper of any other demigods. There is no question of disrespect for any other demigods. But saranam saranyam. But to take shelter of and to worship is recommended to the Supreme Lord-mam ekam — not everyone.”

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Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Jan 1

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January 1, 1967, New York
Bhagavad-gita 10.2-3
“When the Supreme Lord comes before you and He reveals Himself before you, then you can know. You cannot know by your imperfect senses.”

January 1, 1969, Los Angeles
Bhagavad-gita 3.41-43
“There are many so-called philosophers who write comment on the Bhagavad-gita but who have no faith in Krsna. They will never be liberated from the bondage of fruitive actions.”

Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Dec 16

December 16, 1966, New York
Bhagavad-gita 9.26-27
“Just establish, just propagate this everywhere. In the hospital, in the charitable societies, in industrial places, everywhere distribute this prasada and chant this Hare Krsna. Just see what is the result.”
 
December 16, 1966, New York
Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.245-253
“Anyone who understands about the appearance and disappearance of God or His incarnation, simply by understanding this, one is liberated.”
 

Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Dec 4

December 4, 1966, New York
Bhagavad-gita 9.18-19
“This is a hope which will never be fulfilled. This is called illusion. We are making progress to make perfect life by this material advancement. This is our undue hope. It will never be fulfilled.”

December 4, 1973, Los Angeles
Morning Walk
“Now this is a fact, but you cannot see the aroma or the air. But you hear from an experienced man. That is the way of understanding which is beyond your sense perception..”

December 4, 1973, Los Angeles
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.15.25-26
“The Darwin’s theory is that there was no civilized man, but gradually it has developed. It is not very clearly explained; he does not know what is the evolution. Evolution means to become civilized.”

December 4, 1974, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.35
“My Guru Maharaja used to say, “It is just licking the bottle of honey.” Now you want honey. I give you one bottle, but you do not know how to taste it. You begin to lick up the bottle.”

December 4, 1975, Vrndavana
Morning Walk
“Anyone who imitates Krsna on the plea that “Krsna has played this; therefore we shall do.” He can do anything. He can eat meat and He can eat the whole universe.”

December 4, 1975, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.3
“If you simply dress like a human being and act like a dog, then you’ll get a dog’s body. Krsna will give you the facility. Mayaya, (sic) yantra-rudhena mayaya. Maya.”

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Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Nov 28

November 28, 1966, New York
Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.137-138
“…you must always remember. In the spiritual, absolute sense, God plus me is also God, and God minus me is also God. When I am minus, that does not mean God has lost some of His capacity. No. He is full.”

November 28, 1972, Hyderabad
Bhagavad-gita 2.24
“We are trying to make a permanent settlement here. Making very nice building, spending millions of dollars, making it very strong so that it may not, may not be destroyed. So everyone is trying to keep himself permanent.”

November 28, 1974, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.28
“We do not die after the annihilation of this body, but you are so dull by the influence of maya, we think that death is inevitable.”

November 28, 1975, Delhi
Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.1
“This is a bag of three elements: kapha, pitta, vayu. Or if we don’t understand kapha pitta vayu, we can understand that this body is made of flesh, bone, mucus.”

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Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Nov 22

November 22, 1966, New York
Bhagavad-gita 9.2
“So out of the moving entities, very small number are human beings. There are 8,400,000’s of species of life. Out of that, only 400,000 species of life are this human body.”  Read full article

November 22, 1966, New York
Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.97-99
“Now, those who are actually perfected, out of them, out of millions of them, one can understand Krsna.”  Read full article
 
November 22, 1972, Hyderabad
Bhagavad-gita 2.17
“Their proposition is that this consciousness is a symptom of combination of matter. That is Buddhist philosophy. They do not accept the existence of soul.”  Read full article
 
November 22, 1974, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.22
“Just like we are taking milk from the cows, service from the bull, from the horse, from the ass — even cats and dogs. So we are also indebted to them.”  Read full article
 
November 22, 1976, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.33
“Here is sastra, that the incarnation of God, even He passes stool, it is fragrant. He can do it. That is God. That practically you can see, that the cow dung… Cow dung, you can make a stack of cow dung here. It will never disturb you. You’ll, rather, feel pleasure, passing through that portion of field where cow dung is stacked.”  Read full article
 
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Prabhupada Padma-vakya - Nov 20

November 20, 1966, New York
Bhagavad-gita 8.22-27
“But in the spiritual sky there is no rival. In the spiritual sky the Supreme Lord is the Supreme. And those who wanted to become rival, they are put into this material sky, under condition of the material nature. This is the difference between spiritual sky and material sky.”  Read full article

November 20, 1974, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.20
“Man is social animal, it is said. So according to your association, you can mold your character.” Read full article

November 20, 1976, Vrndavana
Room Conversation
“If I take anything else it becomes overburdened. Better take little less, just to satisfy that I am not starving. (laughter) Better to starve.” Read full article

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