The flow of the conversation turned.
Prabhupada: Now suppose if we instruct a man, 'Please do not have illicit sex'. Have you got any objection?
Mr. Moore: Pardon?
Prabhupada: If I advise someone that, 'Do not have illicit sex', have you got any objection?
Mr. Moore: Yes, I have... I like sex, and my wife likes sex. We just enjoy, we couldn't live without it. Our marriage is happier because we have sex.
Prabhupada chuckled and looked around the room.
Mr. Moore: That
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Sabhapati had tried to arrange a meeting between Srila Prabhupada and the State Minister for Social Welfare. The Minister was unavailable, but had agreed to send someone in his place. After a light Ekadasi breakfast, Srila Prabhupada was visited by the director of research from the same government department.
Mr. Moore, a balding, immaculately-dressed man in his late fifties, listened politely as Prabhupada chose to carefully point out the defects in modern soci
The air was chilled as Srila Prabhupada and his disciples alighted from the cars parked on the perimeter road of the Botanic Gardens. The pathway was lined with massive Moreton Bay fig trees, their roots bulging out of the sidewalk. Entering the gardens, the warmly-dressed group passed cabbage palms and tall bamboos that creaked and scratched in the breeze. A song thrush piped its exquisite melody from a nearby bush; an occasional willie-wagtail flitted and perched for a
Wednesday, 21 May 1975
A little before 4.30am each morning, the devotees would head for the temple room to attend the mangala arati ceremony. Sometimes, before entering the temple, they would look up to see Srila Prabhupada's form silhouetted behind his blue curtains as he sat translating, or sometimes standing at his door which led out to the veranda.
Gaura-mandala-bhumi: A devotee had begun to lead the chanting of Gurvastakam -- the eight prayers to the spiritual master -- in a non
A number of devotees had been assigned the task of standing guard outside Srila Prabhupada's room. For them, the special highlight would be the chance to see Prabhupada as he occasionally walked between rooms at various times of the day and night.
At 10 or 11pm, after a full day of preaching, Srila Prabhupada would stand, step into his slippers that he kept inside the door to his main room, and walk out to the small adjoining bedroom, simply furnished with a bed, rocking chair and almir
Srutakirti was not a fancy cook, but his preparation of Prabhupada's daily lunch -- split mung dal, rice and chapatis and a couple of simply spiced subjis -- was always predictably punctual, hot and palatable. Srutakirti used the same three-tiered cooker that had accompanied Prabhupada for several years. Having had a lot of practice, he was able to efficiently cook everything in a very short time. Srila Prabhupada sometimes took pleasure in telling people: "Srutakirti coo
Later that morning, Srila Prabhupada conducted an initiation ceremony in the temple room. He had already sanctified his relationship with his new disciples around the fire at the temple inauguration. Now he was formalising that relationship.
Nineteen devotees were to receive initiation. Prabhupada sat on his vyasasana, and as Madhudvisa called their names, those receiving first initiation came up one by one, offered prostrated obeisances on the marble floor, and stood to receiv
The morning walk in the Botanic Gardens was spiced with lively questions and answers. Hari-sauri cited a recent newspaper article advertising a new book on the evolution of man. The book claimed that there were approximately two million varieties of life on the planet. Prabhupada did not agree. "Two millions? No. Eight million, four hundred thousand."
Amogha wondered whether the 400,000 species of human beings mentioned in the Padma Purana were calculated according to na
After the evening program, a feast was served in "Parampara Hall". One of the items cooked -- apple crumble -- had become the centre of an on-going controversy. Apple crumble consisted of a layer of thinly sliced apples sprinkled with cinnamon and raisins, topped with a mixture of oats and brown sugar combined with melted butter. The whole thing was baked until the apples were soft and the topping crisp and golden. It was the oats that were the object of critical scrutiny. Some d
At night, before another full audience, Srila Prabhupada continued to discuss the plight of the great Maharaja Pariksit. The Emperor had been cursed to die. Now he had to make preparations for that final important event -- death.
The human form, Prabhupada explained, was a unique opportunity to understand death and the change of body. In all other species that facility was absent; only after passing through at least 8,000,000 species did one come to the valuable human birth. Still,
As was usual with most teachers of his discipline, Professor Ferrel, although respectful and friendly, thought that one should have a liberal and "well-rounded" point of view, when it came to understanding "Indian philosophy". He wondered why the devotees only accepted the conclusion of Lord Caitanya, and didn't study other books. "My point is," he said, "that there are other texts, other Gitas."
Prabhupada was frank. "No, that is not authorised. Therefore we say specifically
In the afternoon, Srila Prabhupada met with Professor Don Ferrel from La Trobe University's Department of Modern Indian History. Originally from America, Professor Ferrel had invited devotees there to address some of his classes while he was still in the US, and had, over the years, collected a number of Srila Prabhupada's books.
When Amogha reminded Prabhupada that La Trobe was the campus where students had disrupted his lecture the previous year, Prabhupada was characterist
Actually, Krsna does not want you to do anything else except to become Krsna conscious. That is Krsna's desire. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. That is His desire. People say foolishly, "What is the desire of God?" And here is the the desire of God. Openly it is said that "You give up all other occupations. Simply take to this occupation, how to become a devotee." Man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. That is Krsna's desire. But we shall not do that thing. We shall do everythi
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada'
How is Krishna the greatest scientist? Because He knows everything. Science means to know the thing correctly. A scientist is one who knows a subject matter thoroughly. Krishna knows everything. If I say that heat is the energy of Krishna, you cannot deny it, because it is not your energy. In your body there is some certain amount of heat. Similarly, heat is someone's energy. And who is that person? That is Krishna. Kri
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
The scientific community is given credit for bringing the civilization to the modern technological advanced age, conveniently labeling the history as dark ages. There was a rapid development in scientific community in terms of discoveries and inventions which led to Industrial Revolution. This revolution changed the face of the earth as we see it.
This advent of revolution was manifested in the form of consumerism. The fa
So Krsna has got two kinds of existence: prakata and aprakata. Prakata means when you see Krsna personally. When Krsna is present on this planet, everyone can see Krsna. And actually, everyone saw. But only the devotees could understand that "Here is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." So that is called prakata, "physically present." And there is another phase, which is called aprakata, "not physically present." But that does not mean Krsna is dead or God is dead. That does not mean. Prakata or
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