Vedic conception

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Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 4

SB 4.4.3, Purport: According to the Vedic conception of family life, the husband gives half his body to his wife, and the wife gives half of her body to her husband. In other words, a husband without a wife or a wife without a husband is incomplete.

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Introduction to Gitopanisad: We cannot conceive equal rights of puruṣa and prakṛti. That is not Vedic conception. Vedic conception is puruṣa, the superior, Supreme, and prakṛti means subordinate. Puruṣa is predominator, and prakṛti is predominated. So we living entities, we are prakṛti. Falsely if we try to become puruṣa, that is māyā.

Lecture on BG 1.10 -- London, July 12, 1973: Kings were meant for giving protection to the citizens, to train them to the Vedic conception of life.

Lecture on BG 1.26-27 -- London, July 21, 1973: According to Vedic conception, the animals, they are also members of your family.

Lecture on BG 2.13 -- Manila, October 12, 1972: Lhe Vedic conception of civilization is the perfect for human society.

Lecture on BG 2.28 -- London, August 30, 1973: Therefore I have got my duty to do this, do that for the nation, or to the society, or to the family, or to my personal self, or to my wife, my children." This is, according to Vedic conception, this is illusion. Ahaṁ mameti [SB 5.5.8]. Janasya moho 'yam. Moha means illusion.

Bhagavad-Gita Lecture, text Lecture Excerpts 2.44-45, 2.58, New York, March 25, 1966: And the woman, the cow, the brāhmaṇa, the children—they are meant for absolute protection. That is the Vedic conception. They should always be given full protection. The children, the women, the brāhmaṇas, and the cows, they have no fault.

Lecture on BG 2.46-47 -- New York, March 28, 1966: According to Vedic conception of life, the human society is divided into four divisions according to the quality of work.

Lecture on BG 4.1-2 -- Columbus, May 9, 1969: So this material nature is our mother. According to Vedic conception, the material nature, mother, is worshiped. There are seven kinds of mother. Not one mother.

Lecture on BG 4.14-19 -- New York, August 3, 1966: so far the Vedic conception of life is concerned, there are four classes, four classes: the intelligent class, the administrator class, the mercantile class...

Lecture on BG 7.4 -- Nairobi, October 31, 1975: So our Vedic conception of life, creation, is not like the Darwin, that his first creation... I do not know what is, but they think that they'll get knowledge from monkey. But we do not take knowledge from monkey.

Lecture on BG 7.4 -- Nairobi, October 31, 1975: Beginning of creation is not crude or ignorance. Beginning of creation is first-class knowledge. That is the Vedic conception.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Rome, May 24, 1974: According to Vedic conception, religion is not a kind of faith. Religion is... It is your must duty. That is religion. Or it is your natural occupation.

Lecture on SB 1.5.35 -- Vrndavana, August 16, 1974: So that division, different division, is scientifically made in the Vedic conception of life, varṇāśrama. Four varṇas and four āśramas. Āśrama for spiritual advancement and varṇas for material advancement.

Lecture on SB 1.7.45-46 -- Vrndavana, October 5, 1976: The family consideration is very important in Vedic culture. A family does not mean that only a husband, wife, or a few children. No. Family means the generation. That is Vedic conception. So if something is wrong done by any member of the family, that becomes a scar to the whole family.

Lecture on SB 1.8.29 -- Mayapura, October 9, 1974: Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, caṇḍāla-veśmani. Caṇḍāla means untouchable, the dog-eaters. In the Vedic conception, the dog-eaters are untouchable.

Lecture on SB 1.8.52 -- Los Angeles, May 14, 1973: You have to bring pure water and wash with it. Then it will purify. You cannot say that "Wine is also liquid. Why not cleanse it here by wine?" No. So the Vedic conception is completely different. The... According to modern science, they put things into alcohol to sterilize. Is it not? Svarūpa Dāmodara: Put alcohol in things. Prabhupāda: Yes. But it becomes more impure.

Lecture on SB 1.15.37 -- Los Angeles, December 15, 1973: So Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja's another name was Dharmarāja. Dharmarāja. Dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya... So to enthrone Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira... Because king is representative of God. That is Vedic conception. King or president, the chief of the executive... He should be exactly the representative of God. As guru is representative of God, similarly, the king or president is also representative of God.

Lecture on SB 1.16.4 -- Los Angeles, January 1, 1974: So we are firmly convinced that in the sun planet there is also living entity, and the king or the president there is called Vivasvān, his name is Vivasvān. And our gāyatrī-mantra is worshiping the sun planet. Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi. So this is the Vedic conception.

Lecture on SB 3.25.1 -- Bombay, November 1, 1974: Therefore, in our Vedic conception of human society there must be a class of men, actually brāhmaṇa. Then they will be able to expound the real truth of life. If everyone becomes śūdra, then the Absolute Truth cannot be understood.

Lecture on SB 3.26.8 -- Bombay, December 20, 1974: prakṛti, strī, and puruṣa, husband and wife. Natural position is that the wife is under or subordinate to the husband. At least that is the Vedic conception. Therefore woman places herself in the position of dāsī. Dāsī, maidservant.

Lecture on SB 3.26.8 -- Bombay, December 20, 1974: You will find all these things in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. And each queen had ten sons. And the sons were also married. They had sons. In this way, very, very opulent. But still, they were placing themself in the position of maidservant. They were also king's daughter, not ordinary being. So that is the Vedic conception. Of course, I do not know what is the practice here.

Lecture on SB 6.1.45 -- Los Angeles, June 11, 1976: According to Vedic civilization you cannot mix with any other woman except your wife. That is not allowed. So, according to the Vedic conception of life, it was not right thing that Kṛṣṇa danced with other's wife or other's daughter. This question was put. Parīkṣit Mahārāja said that Kṛṣṇa, because He is God

Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Montreal, June 12, 1968: according to Vedic conception, a caṇḍāla, a class who are dog-eaters, and they are meant for very low-class duty. So they are out of the caste system. Caṇḍāla means fifth dimension.

Lecture on SB 7.6.1 -- Madras, January 2, 1976: Then we have got this body, human form of life, and civilized. Civilized, according to our Vedic conception, a civilized means ārya, ārya.

Śrī Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures

Lecture on CC CC Madhya-lila 20.110-111 -- Bombay, November 17, 1975: According to our Vedic conception, the sun is moving round, not the sun is the center. It is in the center of the universe, but it is going round. Kala-cakra. It is called kala-cakra. In Brahma-saṁhitā it is said

Lecture on CC CC Madhya-lila 22.21-28 -- New York, January 11, 1967: According to Vedic conception of social life, there are four divisions of social order and four divisions of spiritual order. The four divisions of social order is the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra; and spiritual order is the sannyāsī, vānaprastha, gṛhastha and brahmacārī.

Correspondence

1970 Correspondence

Letter to Executive Senior Editor of Los Angeles Times -- Los Angeles 14 January, 1970: According to the Vedic conception, religion is basically made by the Personal God as His laws.

Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar -- Los Angeles 5 February, 1970: I knew that Western people are too much addicted to so many forbidden things according to our Vedic conception of life.

1971 Correspondence

Letter to Professor Kotovsky -- Moscow 24 June, 1971: You wanted to see the manuscripts of my lectures, therefore I am sending herewith an Introduction, the lectures and if you so desire I shall be glad to send essays on these subjects:

1. Vedic Conceptions of Socialism and Communism

2. Scientific Values of Classless Society

3. Knowledge by Authoritative Tradition

I shall be glad to hear from you at my London address, ISKCON London, 7, Bury Place

Letter to Satsvarupa -- Los Angeles 9 July, 1971: I have written an introduction to the three lectures I had proposed to deliver in Moscow: 1) Vedic conception of Socialism and Communism, 2) Scientific values of a classless society; and 3) Knowledge by Authoritative Tradition.