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Lokanātha: ...five thousand years back, until now, there's only thirty ācāryas...
Prabhupāda: Chain is broken when there are false spiritual masters. Otherwise it is not broken. Chain is broken if a so-called spiritual master speaks something manufactured. Then the chain is broken. Otherwise chain is not broken.
Morning Walk -- September 2, 1976, New Delhi
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Prabhupada: The modern theory is struggle for Existence

April 22, 2011

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 20.102
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Baltimore, July 7, 1976

 

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Pradyumna: (leads chanting)

‘ke ami’, ‘kene amaya jare tapa-traya’ iha nahi jani—‘kemane hita haya’

Prabhupada: There was one governor, a Mr. Carmichael. So in India, in British period, every officer had to learn the local language. We were students in the Scottish Church College. Our all professors were Europeans, but during their service they had to learn Bengali. So one governor, Mr. Carmichael, he was called for presiding over a meeting. So he wanted to speak in Bengali. So he said, dekhite dekhite kimbhasa kartiya gele.

So the pronunciation is galo, but he said gele. So people were smiling. (laughter) The audience, they were smiling. So there are some technical. Just like we pronounce something and not to the correct current pronunciation. So, but when we are reading Bengali, let us

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Evening Darsana
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
July 11, 1976, New York

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Prabhupada: “I take away as death.” Whatever they are accumulating, everything will be taken away at the time of death. They are simply collecting, accumulating, discovering, forgetting that everything will be taken away at the time of death. Discover something which can check death, there will be no more death. That is real discovery. What do you think?

Indian man (1): It’s a question to think about.

Prabhupada: Because whatever we are discovering, it will be taken away by death. So discover something which will stop death. And that is real discovery.

Indian man (1): But don’t you think it will be a bad thing, because there are some bad people in the world, like Hitler and Stalin and others, they may be the first people to use the technology to prolong their life?

Prabhupada: The thing is, bad or good, everyone will be taken away by death. Is it not a fact? Hitler is no longer ex

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