Morning Walk

Krishna's Pastimes Transcend Human Limitations, Vrindavan Temple Worship and Daily Schedule

📅 April 2, 1976 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 6 min
Krishna transcends human limitations; His pastimes and associates operate beyond material laws through divine potency.
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Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: [Announces] Śrīla Prabhupāda is walking in the Vṛndāvana Municipal Park this morning. He drove here by car in his Mercedes. Now he's taking walk here. Prabhupāda: Car? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yes, car is locked, and the driver of the other car is watching it. [break] Prabhupāda: ...small park, they cannot maintain it.

So I was wondering which is correct. Prabhupāda: [chuckles] Dilemma. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: I mean, it's obvious if it was detrimental to our devotional 1 service, then Prabhupāda would correct us. Prabhupāda: They cannot also keep clean even Central Park. Then what to speak of Vṛndāvana? Things are becoming very, very... Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Here in Vṛndāvana the people also pay taxes? Prabhupāda: Yes. Without tax...

Why do you study Kṛṣṇa like you? Why do you think that Kṛṣṇa was like you? Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam [Bg 9.11]. Kṛṣṇa can do anything, so His associates. Pañca-draviḍa: In the Upadeśāmṛta, in the translation you refer to this, the līlā-aṣṭa... Tripurāri: Aṣṭakāliya-līlā.

Pañca-draviḍa: Aṣṭakāliya-līlā. What is that exactly? Eightfold līlā or some...?

Prabhupāda: Not eightfold, but..., eight prahars. [one prahar is equal to three hours.] Gurudāsa: Śrīla Prabhupāda? So the timings are... At new Govinda temple the...

Prabhupāda: New Govinda temple? Gurudāsa: New Govinda and old Govinda, both. Starting at 7:30 is the dhūpa-ārati, and then, nine o'clock, is another ārati, then the rāja-bhoga-ārati is at 11:30. Gopīnātha's temple is staggered, a little after 7:30, and the Rādhā-ramaṇa temple is 8:30.

So they stagger like that. So the next ārati will be 7:30.

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