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(devotees chanting ''japa'' in background) | (devotees chanting ''japa'' in background) | ||
Prabhupāda: You have got? All right. Come on. He is showing his father. (''japa'') (break) | '''Prabhupāda:''' You have got? All right. Come on. He is showing his father. (''japa'') (break) | ||
Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Ameyātmā. | Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Ameyātmā. | ||
Prabhupāda: Ameyātmā. (''japa'') You know the rules and regulation? Rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Ameyātmā. (''japa'') You know the rules and regulation? Rules and regulation? | ||
Devotee: Four regulative principles. | Devotee: Four regulative principles. | ||
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Ameyātmā: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating. | Ameyātmā: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating. | ||
Prabhupāda: Mm-hm. And how many rounds you will chant? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Mm-hm. And how many rounds you will chant? | ||
Ameyātmā: Sixteen. | Ameyātmā: Sixteen. | ||
Prabhupāda: Minimum. Yes. So your spiritual name is . . . | '''Prabhupāda:''' Minimum. Yes. So your spiritual name is . . . | ||
Karandhara: Ameyātmā. | Karandhara: Ameyātmā. | ||
Prabhupāda: Oh. Ameya-ātmā, or Ameyātmā, the ''ātmā'', which cannot be measured. Come on. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Oh. Ameya-ātmā, or Ameyātmā, the ''ātmā'', which cannot be measured. Come on. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' | ||
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Karandhara: George? (''japa'') Satāṁ-gatī. | Karandhara: George? (''japa'') Satāṁ-gatī. | ||
Prabhupāda: Satāṁ-gatī. (''japa'') What are the rules? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Satāṁ-gatī. (''japa'') What are the rules? | ||
George: No meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no . . . (indistinct) | George: No meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no . . . (indistinct) | ||
Prabhupāda: Your spiritual name, Satāṁ-gatī. Satāṁ-gatī means the path of devotees. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Your spiritual name, Satāṁ-gatī. Satāṁ-gatī means the path of devotees. | ||
:''satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido'' | :''satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido'' | ||
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Karandhara: Dharma-dakṣa. | Karandhara: Dharma-dakṣa. | ||
Prabhupāda: Dharma-dakṣa. (''japa'') Where is Girirāja? He does not come? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Dharma-dakṣa. (''japa'') Where is Girirāja? He does not come? | ||
Karandhara: He was here earlier. | Karandhara: He was here earlier. | ||
Prabhupāda: Ah. So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Ah. So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Dharma-dakṣa: No meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxicants, no illicit sex life. | Dharma-dakṣa: No meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxicants, no illicit sex life. | ||
Prabhupāda: Yes. Very dangerous, these things. You know that? (laughter) Yes. So, your spiritual name is Dharma-dakṣa, "In charge of religious principle." Dharma-dakṣa. Huh? Take it. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Very dangerous, these things. You know that? (laughter) Yes. So, your spiritual name is Dharma-dakṣa, "In charge of religious principle." Dharma-dakṣa. Huh? Take it. | ||
Karandhara: Willie? | Karandhara: Willie? | ||
Prabhupāda: What is ''dharma''? You are going to be in charge of religious principle, and what is religion? | '''Prabhupāda:''' What is ''dharma''? You are going to be in charge of religious principle, and what is religion? | ||
Hṛdayānanda: (to devotee) What is religion? | Hṛdayānanda: (to devotee) What is religion? | ||
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Ddharma-dakṣa: Oh. Remembering Kṛṣṇa. | Ddharma-dakṣa: Oh. Remembering Kṛṣṇa. | ||
Prabhupāda: Yes. Thank you. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Yes. Thank you. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (laughter) (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (laughter) (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahāvīrya dāsa. | Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahāvīrya dāsa. | ||
Prabhupāda: So, what are the . . . (break) | '''Prabhupāda:''' So, what are the . . . (break) | ||
Willie: . . . no illicit sex, no intoxicants . . . | Willie: . . . no illicit sex, no intoxicants . . . | ||
Prabhupāda: Hmm. So your name is Mahāvīrya. Means "Very great, powerful." | '''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. So your name is Mahāvīrya. Means "Very great, powerful." | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' | ||
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Karandhara: Pat. (to Prabhupāda) Surānanda. Surānanda. Surānanda. | Karandhara: Pat. (to Prabhupāda) Surānanda. Surānanda. Surānanda. | ||
Prabhupāda: Surānanda. So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Surānanda. So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Pat: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling. | Pat: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling. | ||
Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Surānanda. ''Surā'', this word, it, it becomes, ''surā'' means "liquor," and ''sura'' means "The demigods or the devotees." ''Sura-asura. Asura'' means demons. So your name is Surānanda. That don’t be . . . ''ananda'' means pleasure, so it can bear two meanings. (laughs) (laughter) Don’t take pleasure in liquor. No. (laughter) Surānanda means to be associate with the devotees. That is Surānanda. | '''Prabhupāda:''' So your spiritual name is Surānanda. ''Surā'', this word, it, it becomes, ''surā'' means "liquor," and ''sura'' means "The demigods or the devotees." ''Sura-asura. Asura'' means demons. So your name is Surānanda. That don’t be . . . ''ananda'' means pleasure, so it can bear two meanings. (laughs) (laughter) Don’t take pleasure in liquor. No. (laughter) Surānanda means to be associate with the devotees. That is Surānanda. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: Luis. (to Prabhupāda) His name is Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa. | Karandhara: Luis. (to Prabhupāda) His name is Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa. | ||
Prabhupāda: Hmm. So why you have kept Kṛṣṇa back side, picture? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. So why you have kept Kṛṣṇa back side, picture? | ||
Luis: Why . . . (indistinct) . . .? | Luis: Why . . . (indistinct) . . .? | ||
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Now you know the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. Now you know the rules and regulation? | ||
Luis: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gamble, no eat meat, including fish or egg. | Luis: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gamble, no eat meat, including fish or egg. | ||
Prabhupāda: Hmm. (aside) What is the . . .? Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor, ''sarva-loka-maheśvaram.'' Nobody is proprietor of anything. This planet belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Not only this planet, other planets also. So Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Loka-dakṣa dāsa. All right. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Hmm. (aside) What is the . . .? Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor, ''sarva-loka-maheśvaram.'' Nobody is proprietor of anything. This planet belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Not only this planet, other planets also. So Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Loka-dakṣa dāsa. All right. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: Randy? (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahā-buddhi. Mahā-buddhi. | Karandhara: Randy? (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahā-buddhi. Mahā-buddhi. | ||
Prabhupāda: Mahā-buddhi. So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Mahā-buddhi. So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Randy: No illicit sex, no gambling, no meat-eating and no intoxication. | Randy: No illicit sex, no gambling, no meat-eating and no intoxication. | ||
Prabhupāda: That's nice. Thank you. So your spiritual name is Mahā-buddhi. ''Maha'' means "great, unlimited," and ''buddhi'' means "intelligence." So Kṛṣṇa is unlimitedly intelligent. Therefore you become Mahā-buddhi dāsa, Kṛṣṇa's ''dāsa''. Come on. ''Dāsa'' means servant. | '''Prabhupāda:''' That's nice. Thank you. So your spiritual name is Mahā-buddhi. ''Maha'' means "great, unlimited," and ''buddhi'' means "intelligence." So Kṛṣṇa is unlimitedly intelligent. Therefore you become Mahā-buddhi dāsa, Kṛṣṇa's ''dāsa''. Come on. ''Dāsa'' means servant. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: Gail? (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rasāṅgī. | Karandhara: Gail? (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rasāṅgī. | ||
Prabhupāda: Rasāṅgī. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Rasāṅgī. | ||
Karandhara: Yes. | Karandhara: Yes. | ||
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Gail: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling and no illicit sex. | Gail: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling and no illicit sex. | ||
Prabhupāda: First class. Your name is Rasāṅgī. ''Rasa, rasa'' means ānanda. ''Ānanda'' means "pleasure," "transcendental bliss." So, ''aṅga'' means "part and parcel." Rasāṅgīni dāsī. Come on. | '''Prabhupāda:''' First class. Your name is Rasāṅgī. ''Rasa, rasa'' means ānanda. ''Ānanda'' means "pleasure," "transcendental bliss." So, ''aṅga'' means "part and parcel." Rasāṅgīni dāsī. Come on. | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rūpacandra. | Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rūpacandra. | ||
Prabhupāda: Rūpacandra. | '''Prabhupāda:''' Rūpacandra. | ||
Karandhara: Yes. | Karandhara: Yes. | ||
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Rūpacandra: No intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling and no meat-eating. | Rūpacandra: No intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling and no meat-eating. | ||
Prabhupāda: Now, repetition of these four principles means you . . . everyone should remember that you are promising before Kṛṣṇa. Just like there is affidavit in . . . before the magistrate. If you break that, then you will be criminal. Similarly, whatever promise you are making before Kṛṣṇa, if you violate, it is a great sin, and you will be punished for that. So remember always. What is it? | '''Prabhupāda:''' Now, repetition of these four principles means you . . . everyone should remember that you are promising before Kṛṣṇa. Just like there is affidavit in . . . before the magistrate. If you break that, then you will be criminal. Similarly, whatever promise you are making before Kṛṣṇa, if you violate, it is a great sin, and you will be punished for that. So remember always. What is it? | ||
Karandhara: Rūpacandra. | Karandhara: Rūpacandra. | ||
Prabhupāda: Oh, so your name is Rūpacandra, "As beautiful as moon." | '''Prabhupāda:''' Oh, so your name is Rūpacandra, "As beautiful as moon." | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | ||
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Karandhara: Her name is Madana-sundarī | Karandhara: Her name is Madana-sundarī | ||
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation? | '''Prabhupāda:''' So, what are the rules and regulation? | ||
Madana-sundarī: No eating meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex. | Madana-sundarī: No eating meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex. | ||
Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Madana-sundarī. Madana-sundarī, whereas so beautiful that one can captivate Kṛṣṇa, that is Rādhārāṇī, so Madana-sundarī dāsī means "Maidservant of Rādhārāṇī." | '''Prabhupāda:''' So your spiritual name is Madana-sundarī. Madana-sundarī, whereas so beautiful that one can captivate Kṛṣṇa, that is Rādhārāṇī, so Madana-sundarī dāsī means "Maidservant of Rādhārāṇī." | ||
Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') | Devotees: ''Jaya!'' (''japa'') |
Revision as of 00:43, 8 September 2023
(devotees chanting japa in background)
Prabhupāda: You have got? All right. Come on. He is showing his father. (japa) (break)
Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Ameyātmā.
Prabhupāda: Ameyātmā. (japa) You know the rules and regulation? Rules and regulation?
Devotee: Four regulative principles.
Ameyātmā: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating.
Prabhupāda: Mm-hm. And how many rounds you will chant?
Ameyātmā: Sixteen.
Prabhupāda: Minimum. Yes. So your spiritual name is . . .
Karandhara: Ameyātmā.
Prabhupāda: Oh. Ameya-ātmā, or Ameyātmā, the ātmā, which cannot be measured. Come on.
Devotees: Jaya!
Karandhara: George? (japa) Satāṁ-gatī.
Prabhupāda: Satāṁ-gatī. (japa) What are the rules?
George: No meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Your spiritual name, Satāṁ-gatī. Satāṁ-gatī means the path of devotees.
- satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
- bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
- (SB 3.25.25)
When about Kṛṣṇa anything is discussed amongst the devotees, satāṁ prasaṅgān, at that time it becomes very pleasing to the ear and to the heart.
- satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido
- bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ
- (SB 3.25.25)
That message becomes very pleasing to the ear and the heart. Taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani. And if one practically applies in his life, then śraddhā bhaktir ratir anukramiṣyati, then he makes progress in spiritual life.
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: Dharma-dakṣa.
Prabhupāda: Dharma-dakṣa. (japa) Where is Girirāja? He does not come?
Karandhara: He was here earlier.
Prabhupāda: Ah. So, what are the rules and regulation?
Dharma-dakṣa: No meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxicants, no illicit sex life.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Very dangerous, these things. You know that? (laughter) Yes. So, your spiritual name is Dharma-dakṣa, "In charge of religious principle." Dharma-dakṣa. Huh? Take it.
Karandhara: Willie?
Prabhupāda: What is dharma? You are going to be in charge of religious principle, and what is religion?
Hṛdayānanda: (to devotee) What is religion?
Ddharma-dakṣa: Oh. Remembering Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Thank you.
Devotees: Jaya! (laughter) (japa)
Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahāvīrya dāsa.
Prabhupāda: So, what are the . . . (break)
Willie: . . . no illicit sex, no intoxicants . . .
Prabhupāda: Hmm. So your name is Mahāvīrya. Means "Very great, powerful."
Devotees: Jaya!
Karandhara: Pat. (to Prabhupāda) Surānanda. Surānanda. Surānanda.
Prabhupāda: Surānanda. So, what are the rules and regulation?
Pat: No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling.
Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Surānanda. Surā, this word, it, it becomes, surā means "liquor," and sura means "The demigods or the devotees." Sura-asura. Asura means demons. So your name is Surānanda. That don’t be . . . ananda means pleasure, so it can bear two meanings. (laughs) (laughter) Don’t take pleasure in liquor. No. (laughter) Surānanda means to be associate with the devotees. That is Surānanda.
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: Luis. (to Prabhupāda) His name is Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. So why you have kept Kṛṣṇa back side, picture?
Luis: Why . . . (indistinct) . . .?
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Now you know the rules and regulation?
Luis: No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gamble, no eat meat, including fish or egg.
Prabhupāda: Hmm. (aside) What is the . . .? Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa. Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor, sarva-loka-maheśvaram. Nobody is proprietor of anything. This planet belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Not only this planet, other planets also. So Loka-dakṣa means Kṛṣṇa. Loka-dakṣa dāsa. All right.
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: Randy? (to Prabhupāda) His name is Mahā-buddhi. Mahā-buddhi.
Prabhupāda: Mahā-buddhi. So, what are the rules and regulation?
Randy: No illicit sex, no gambling, no meat-eating and no intoxication.
Prabhupāda: That's nice. Thank you. So your spiritual name is Mahā-buddhi. Maha means "great, unlimited," and buddhi means "intelligence." So Kṛṣṇa is unlimitedly intelligent. Therefore you become Mahā-buddhi dāsa, Kṛṣṇa's dāsa. Come on. Dāsa means servant.
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: Gail? (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rasāṅgī.
Prabhupāda: Rasāṅgī.
Karandhara: Yes.
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation?
Gail: No eating of meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling and no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: First class. Your name is Rasāṅgī. Rasa, rasa means ānanda. Ānanda means "pleasure," "transcendental bliss." So, aṅga means "part and parcel." Rasāṅgīni dāsī. Come on.
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: (to Prabhupāda) Her name is Rūpacandra.
Prabhupāda: Rūpacandra.
Karandhara: Yes.
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation?
Rūpacandra: No intoxication, no illicit sex, no gambling and no meat-eating.
Prabhupāda: Now, repetition of these four principles means you . . . everyone should remember that you are promising before Kṛṣṇa. Just like there is affidavit in . . . before the magistrate. If you break that, then you will be criminal. Similarly, whatever promise you are making before Kṛṣṇa, if you violate, it is a great sin, and you will be punished for that. So remember always. What is it?
Karandhara: Rūpacandra.
Prabhupāda: Oh, so your name is Rūpacandra, "As beautiful as moon."
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Karandhara: Her name is Madana-sundarī
Prabhupāda: So, what are the rules and regulation?
Madana-sundarī: No eating meat, fish or eggs, no intoxication, no gambling, no illicit sex.
Prabhupāda: So your spiritual name is Madana-sundarī. Madana-sundarī, whereas so beautiful that one can captivate Kṛṣṇa, that is Rādhārāṇī, so Madana-sundarī dāsī means "Maidservant of Rādhārāṇī."
Devotees: Jaya! (japa)
Hṛdayānanda: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! Haribol!
Devotees: Jaya! All glories to Prabhupāda! Haribol Prabhupāda! (end)
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