Prabhupada Podcast

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.16 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 27, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/SZDCkY. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.16 śuśrūṣoḥ śraddadhānasya  vāsudeva-kathā-ruciḥ syān mahat-sevayā viprāḥ  puṇya-tīrtha-niṣevaṇāt O twice-born sages, by serving those devotees who are completely freed from all vice, great service is done. By such service, one gains affinity for hearing the messages of Vāsudeva.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.15 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 26, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/iVuWep. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.15 yad-anudhyāsinā yuktāḥ  karma-granthi-nibandhanam chindanti kovidās tasya  ko na kuryāt kathā-ratim With sword in hand, intelligent men cut through the binding knots of reactionary work [karma] by remembering the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, who will not pay attention to His message?

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.13 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 24, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/XdKJPQ. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.13 ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā  varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya  saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one’s own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.12 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 23, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/9FuYSS. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.12 tac chraddadhānā munayo  jñāna-vairāgya-yuktayā paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ  bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional service in terms of what he has heard from the Vedānta-śruti.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.11 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 22, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/pwCnbf. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.11 vadanti tat tattva-vidas  tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti  bhagavān iti śabdyate Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.10 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 21, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/vGLtVp. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.10 kāmasya nendriya-prītir  lābho jīveta yāvatā jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā  nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ Life’s desires should never be directed toward sense gratification. One should desire only a healthy life, or self-preservation, since a human being is meant for inquiry about the Absolute Truth. Nothing else should be the goal of one’s works.

A class on the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura given by Srila Prabhupada on February 7, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA. A transcript of the class can be read here: https://goo.gl/m61xdk.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.9 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 20, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/owhtNK. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.9 dharmasya hy āpavargyasya  nārtho ’rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya  kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.8 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 19, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/1TDbYw. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.8 dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ  viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ  śrama eva hi kevalam The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.7 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 18, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/kq6NY7. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.7 vāsudeve bhagavati  bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ  jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.6 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 17, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/ZKC4dr. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.6 sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo  yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā  yayātmā suprasīdati The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.5 given by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on October 16, 1972 in Vrindavan, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/hKAuev. Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.5 munayaḥ sādhu pṛṣṭo ’haṁ bhavadbhir loka-maṅgalam yat kṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa-sampraśno yenātmā suprasīdati O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they relate to Lord Kṛṣṇa and so are of relevance to the world’s welfare. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely satisfying the self.

A lecture given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada on February 2, 1977 in Bhuvanesvara on the occasion of Lord Nityananda's Appearance Day. Click here for a transcript of the class: https://goo.gl/Ycxtjh.