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Conversations and Morning Walks
1968 Conversations and Morning Walks
"Hindus" means the resident on the other side of the River Indus. You have heard the name of River Indus. So they cannot pronounce it Indus, they say "Hindus." From "Hindus," it has become "Hindu."
Interview with LA Times Reporter About Moon Trip -- December 26, 1968, Los Angeles: Reporter: Yes. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness, its Vedic literature, they have some of the same books or also holy books for what we call Hindu religions, aren't they?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Just try to understand, the inhabitants of India were called by the Muhammadans from Persia and other places, "Hindus." "Hindus" means the resident on the other side of the River Indus. You have heard the name of River Indus. So they cannot pronounce it Indus, they say "Hindus." From "Hindus," it has become "Hindu." So actually the residents of India were called "Hindus." And generally, at least in, say, three thousand years ago, all the inhabitants of India were strictly followers of Vedic principles. After the advent of Lord Buddha, a different religious system developed. Otherwise, before Lord Buddha, there was all the... Not only in India, in other parts of the world. They were followers of Vedic principles. So in that sense, you can say if followers of Vedic principles are called Hindus, then before Lord Buddha, everyone was Hindu all over the world.
1969 Conversations and Morning Walks
Since 1965, September.
Radio Interview -- February 12, 1969, Los Angeles: Interviewer: We have with us in the studio the head and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and I think that his name is pronounced Bhaktivedanta, Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Interviewer: How long have you been in this country?
Prabhupāda: Since 1965, September.
Hm? No limit. You can pronounce in any way Kṛṣṇa. K-r-i-s-h-n-a. That's all.
Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio: Allen Ginsberg: But there is a limit to how much the pronunciation of Kṛṣṇa will spread I think. There's a limit.
Prabhupāda: Hm? No limit. You can pronounce in any way Kṛṣṇa. K-r-i-s-h-n-a. That's all. Any way. Niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ.
Allen Ginsberg: The limit is people's prejudice...
Prabhupāda: So we don't say that why you are chanting Kṛṣṇa like this? We never say that. We simply say, please try to chant Kṛṣṇa.
And in apa-bhraṁśa, has come Kestha. Generally they talk, instead of pronouncing very nicely Kṛṣṇa..
Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio: Kīrtanānanda: Aquarian Gospel?
Prabhupāda: Gospel, yes. In there it is explained that Krist means love. Christ means love. And Kṛṣṇa also means love. So there from Kṛṣṇa this word Krist has come. And in India somebody says Kristha. Instead of Kṛṣṇa, they say Kristha.
Allen Ginsberg: Where?
Prabhupāda: And in apa-bhraṁśa, has come Kestha. Generally they talk, instead of pronouncing very nicely Kṛṣṇa... Somebody's name is Kṛṣṇachandra. "Hey, Kesthara."
Allen Ginsberg: Where is this?
Prabhupāda: In India everywhere. Kestha. So Kestha, Kristha or Kṛṣṇa, they're on the same group, aiming the same group. It is not difficult.
Allen Ginsberg: Of course, Catholicism in the West operated in Latin.
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Allen Ginsberg: Catholicism in the West operated in Latin for centuries.
Prabhupāda: Latin is from Sanskrit. Yes. Latin is from Sanskrit. Professor Rowe and Webb of Presidency College in Calcutta, they have got a grammar. They have said the Sanskrit language is mother of all languages. They were big English scholar, professor, Mr. Rowe and Webb. We had to read their grammar in our childhood. They have said that Sanskrit language is the mother of all languages. And in the dictionary you'll find Indo-European language practically all from Sanskrit. The original word mātṛ-śabda—the "mater," no?
That was the difference in Jesus Christ. He was a personalist.
Room Conversation with Allen Ginsberg -- May 12, 1969, Columbus, Ohio: Prabhupāda: God is the equivalent of īśvara. Īśvara means controller.
Allen Ginsberg: Then the Jews, which were my background, had a prohibition...
Prabhupāda: Jehovah.
Allen Ginsberg: They had Jehovah, but they had a prohibition of pronouncing the highest names. 'Cause they felt that God was imageless, and therefore should not be pronounced or painted. My background is I guess what would be impersonalist.
Hayagrīva: The Jews are personalist.
Allen Ginsberg: Well, what are they? Impersonalists or personalists?
Lady: Impersonalists. They believe in just the Absolute. That's all.
Prabhupāda: That was the difference in Jesus Christ. He was a personalist.
Devotee: Hasidics are personal.
Allen Ginsberg: Yes. They put their devotion into the rabbi or the guru. The ancient Hebrew... I guess you must know about that. The ancient Hebrew teaching was that the name of God should never be pronounced.
Prabhupāda: Now we come to know...
Allen Ginsberg: J-H-V-H.
Prabhupāda: Anyway why God's name...
Allen Ginsberg: Pictures should not be made. Pictures should not be made. Because it would limit God to human conception.
Prabhupāda: That is another thing. That is in Muhammadan. That means God is not material. That is the idea.
1971 Conversations and Morning Walks
These Mohammedans, they pronounce "S" as "H." "Hindus," "Hindus." Instead of "Sindus," they made it "Hindus."
Conversation with Prof. Kotovsky -- June 22, 1971, Moscow: Prabhupāda: No, this Hinduism, Hindu, this word, is not a Sanskrit word. It is given by the Mohammedans. You know there is a river, Indus, which is..., Sanskrit name is Sindhu. Sindhu.
Prof. Kotovsky: Yes. Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Prabhupāda: These Mohammedans, they pronounce "S" as "H." "Hindus," "Hindus." Instead of "Sindus," they made it "Hindus." So Hindu is a term which is not found in the Sanskrit dictionary.
1973 Conversations and Morning Walks
No, I am just suggesting there is similarity and the meaning "anointed."
Conversation with Mr. Wadell -- July 10, 1973, London: Prabhupāda: But Kristo is person.
Mr. Wadell: It is a name applied to...
Prabhupāda: It is a name, then it must be a person.
Mr. Wadell: Yes, that is true. But the name is not always the same as the thing it describes or the person it describes. My name, I have said, is spelled in English in a certain way. It could be pronounced Waddle, Wawdle or, you know what I mean.
Prabhupāda: No, I am just suggesting there is similarity and the meaning "anointed." And from Kristo, the word Christ has come.
Mr. Wadell: Yes, in English, that is quite true.
Now, suppose one man is engineer. So if I address him "Mr. engineer," what is the wrong?
Conversation with Mr. Wadell -- July 10, 1973, London: Prabhupāda: Question of?
Mr. Wadell: Names. Yes, I wrote my name for my friend here, and we joked as we came in about how this name should be pronounced. And, of course, it depends how people, how well people know me, which name would apply to me. But I want to go one further than that and I want to say that to know a name or a large number of facts and to be able to make a large number of statements about people is not the same as really knowing this person. And this is our difficulty as I see it in relating ourselves to God, that although we make many statements about Him which are often picturesque ones. We say that He is almighty, that He can, in our religion, move mountains or all sorts of separate statements like that. If you take all those statements together, they wouldn't really describe him at all sufficiently.
Prabhupāda: Now, suppose one man is engineer. So if I address him "Mr. engineer," what is the wrong?
Mr. Wadell: Oh, there is nothing wrong so long as you...
Prabhupāda: No, this particular name, when I give to him, what is the wrong?
The Bhagavad-gītā?
Room Conversation With David Lawrence -- July 12, 1973, London: Prabhupāda: Yes, go on.
David Lawrence (reading): Then I've gone on to say a little bit about the structure of the booklet. "Hopefully, the first section would establish the claims of the relevance of the spiritual life in 1973, and then the claims of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to be the true pathway to the eternal. This we would like to do by means of holding up a respected example of somebody who is already walking the path, e.g. an ideal way would be by the examination of the beliefs of George Harrison, and more especially of those expounded on living in the material world." Then go on to the history of the movement: "Lord Caitanya, Śrī Sarasvatī,..." apologies for the way I pronounce the names, "Śrī Prabhupāda's commission to the western world, the growth of ISKCON, the establishment of the London center," you know, to bring it locally, if you like, then on to "a typical devotee, his day..." This, I've said, will help to personalize the whole idea, you know. They can relate to the person concerned with this. Then "a section on the sacred scriptures of the Vedas, a background, and then quotations of frequently used texts. Then onto the beliefs of the devotees, based mainly upon the eight principles of ISKCON, and the Introduction of the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is." Our hopes are to, you know, work very hard from that section because it's, that introduction has got everything. I've been working on it a week, and I think, uh, I've gone back over...
Prabhupāda: The Bhagavad-gītā?
Then we give English, Roman transliteration, pronouncing the same word by diacritic mark.
Garden Conversation with Mahadeva's Mother and Jesuit Priest -- July 25, 1973, London: Jesuit Priest: Yes, but all I was saying was, isn't it difficult to get across at times what you can see the meaning in the Sanskrit, but you can't put it into acceptable English? You know what I mean. The idiom isn't the same.
Prabhupāda: We are giving every word, meaning. The book... Have you got any book? Bring it. You can see. Each and every word of Sanskrit we are giving meaning. Our mode of presentation is first of all we put the original Sanskrit language in devanāgarī character. Then we give English, Roman transliteration, pronouncing the same word by diacritic mark. Then each word is translated into English. Then we give translation, the whole. And then we give the purport. This is our way. So we are giving meaning of each and every word means we have got considerable knowledge of that word. Otherwise how we can give? Yes.
Yes. He has learned out of his own accord, without taking help from anybody.
Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor -- August 13, 1973, Paris: Prabhupāda: No, you can help us.
Professor: That's very strange.
Prabhupāda: Some of our students are trying to learn Sanskrit. You can help them.
Professor: Well, he knows very well Sanskrit. He pronounce it very well.
Prabhupāda: Yes. He has learned out of his own accord, without taking help from anybody.
Professor: Really?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Whatever little help I give, that's all.
Bhāgavata was written five thousand years ago.
Morning Walk -- August 30, 1973, London: Prabhupāda: So this kind of longer life, what is the value?
David Lawrence: Yes, you know he had his body put into suspended animation. I don't know what they call it, cytology is it or something? They have them put into chemicals and bathed. Because he died of cancer and he wants to be woken up in about fifty years time when they've got the cure for cancer and then he can live again and make a few more films apparently. (laughter) It's extraordinary attitude to life isn't it really? One of the other problems that I was going to raise, and in fact it appears in the question sheet, it seems to be some, in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, is that the right pronunciation? I always get these things wrong.
Prabhupāda: Yes, Bhāgavatam.
David Lawrence: A very great deal of what one could call demonology if you like. Now, I confess this raises problems for me. When a book like that...
Prabhupāda: Bhāgavata was written five thousand years ago.
He has given the direction. This is made by him, how to pronounce. And then, by practice, it comes.
Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, Dr. Suneson -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm: Professor: Devaḥ, devam, devena, devāya, and so on.
Prabhupāda: He has given the direction. This is made by him, how to pronounce. And then, by practice, it comes.
Professor: Are you going to have any kīrtana also tonight?
Prabhupāda: Oh yes, why not? You want to hear?
Professor: Yes, very much.
We have given each word meaning, Sanskrit. The pronunciation. Oh yes. Here is the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.
Interviews with Macmillan and various English Reporters -- September 12, 1973, London: Prof. Gombrich: You don't have the Bengali paṇḍitas teaching Sanskrit?
Prabhupāda: At least, at the present moment, we haven't got. They're... Generally, in India, they want to learn English. So, as soon as they learn English, they can read our books. And Sanskrit is also... You have seen? We have given each word meaning, Sanskrit. The pronunciation. Oh yes. Here is the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is.
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
They cannot say, "Kṛṣṇa;" they say, "Krushna."
Morning Walk -- February 17, 1974, Bombay: Dr. Patel: You call it "ṛṣi" and we call it "rushi." that is the difference in pronunciation.
Prabhupāda: Just like the Oriyas. they call "Krushna."
Dr. Patel: "Krushna," yes. They cannot even say Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: They cannot say, "Kṛṣṇa;" they say, "Krushna."
That is the process of India to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa.
Room Conversation with Prof. Regamay, Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Lausanne -- June 4, 1974, Geneva: Prabhupāda: Gandhi, actually he did not know anything.
Prof. Regamay: Yes, he read Bhagavad-gītā in English.
Prabhupāda: That is also nonsense. There was no Kṛṣṇa. There was no Mahābhārata or Kurukṣetra. He has written like that.
Prof. Regamay: But he was dead with the words Rāma, pronouncing, "Rāma Rāma."
Prabhupāda: Well, I... That is the process of India to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa. Every Indian has got initial propensity, but actually Gandhi did not know anything about spiritual science. He was politician, that's all.
So he admits God has His name.
Morning Walk -- June 11, 1974, Paris: Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name."
Prabhupāda: Eh? So he admits God has His name. But it may be that he did not disclose or did not like to say, but there is already name. So it is up to the followers to know what is that name.
Yogeśvara: The Guru Maharaji followers say that God's name cannot be pronounced.
Prabhupāda: Eh?
Yogeśvara: They say that God's name cannot be...
Prabhupāda: No, Guru Maharaji is a rascal. Don't, don't take his name. He's not even a human being. (laughter) But we cannot compare Christ with Guru Maharaji.
Just like a child he cannot see that within the plane there is a pilot (pronounces pee-lot, French pronunciation of "pilot") or pilot.
Room Conversation with Mr. Deshimaru -- June 13, 1974, Paris: Prabhupāda: Greatness should be understood, comparing my position. We can understand, "This man is greater than me. He is superior than me." That we can understand. Similarly, we can understand. Just like we human being, we are floating, flying one biggest airplane, 747, and we are thinking we are very wonderful, but that great is floating millions of planets in the air. But the foolish man cannot see the process. He can see that a pilot is floating this airplane, so there must be one big pilot who is floating all these things. But he cannot see. Therefore he says, "Nature." So he cannot see. Just like a child he cannot see that within the plane there is a pilot (pronounces pee-lot, French pronunciation of "pilot") or pilot. He is thinking that the plane is moving automatically. So one who is foolish, he sees the cosmic wonderful work only. He does not know there is a pilot.
Kṛṣṇa is sometimes pronounced by ordinary man as Kristo and that Kristo word means love.
Room Conversation -- June 20, 1974, Germany: Prabhupāda: And there is a Greek word for Kṛṣṇa.
Guest: Yes.
Prabhupāda: There is a word in Greek. He is called Kristo. Kṛṣṇa is sometimes pronounced by ordinary man as Kristo and that Kristo word means love. That is the other Greek word and from that Kristo, the word Christ has come.
That Christ is another form of pronouncing Kṛṣṭa.
Room Conversation with Pater Emmanuel (A Benedictine Monk) -- June 22, 1974, Germany: German devotee: He says that Jesus as the son of God has revealed the name of God, yes, and his opinion is that we call name of God... The name of God is Christ.
Prabhupāda: The name of God is Christ. That Christ is another form of pronouncing Kṛṣṭa. And Kṛṣṭa is another form of pronouncing Kṛṣṇa. Therefore God's name is Kṛṣṇa. So Christ said to glorify the name of God, but somebody says in Christian that there is no name of God. Why?
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Oh. Mas Alla? (pronounces "masalla").
Morning Walk Through the BBT Warehouse -- February 10, 1975, Los Angeles: Hṛdayānanda: These are the color pictures for our Bhāgavatam we are printing this week.
Prabhupāda: Oh. Mas Alla? (pronounces "masalla")
Gurudāsa: It's not spice.
Hṛdayānanda: That means "beyond." "Beyond Birth and Death." And that's the cover for our Bhāgavatam.
Prabhupāda: Oh.
And Kṛṣṇa is sometimes pronounced by ordinary man as Krsta.
Room Conversation with Canadian Ambassador to Iran -- March 13, 1975, Iran: Prabhupāda: And this Greek work is kristo. There is a word in Greek. It is called kristo. And Kṛṣṇa is sometimes pronounced by ordinary man as Krsta. And that kristo word means "love," if I am not wrong, that Greek word. And from that kristo the word Christ has come.
Ambassador: Karitas(?), yes.
Prabhupāda: So there is some connection of Kṛṣṇa with these things. What is that?
Ambassador: There are so many parallels between Kṛṣṇa and Christ.
Prabhupāda: So many.
That means he does not accept Kṛṣṇa as Supreme. Therefore he does not pronounce.
Conversation with Indian Guests -- April 12, 1975, Hyderabad: Prabhupāda: So if you read Bhagavad-gītā, then you must accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme. Otherwise, what is the use of...?
Guest (3): No, thing is... is that Kṛṣṇa is not supreme. Just because somebody doesn't pronounce the name of Kṛṣṇa, that doesn't mean that...
Prabhupāda: That means he does not accept Kṛṣṇa as Supreme. Therefore he does not pronounce. That is the... If he understands that Kṛṣṇa is supreme, he should... Just like we have understood. We are chanting always, Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa... This is understanding, not, not... If you... Kṛṣṇa says, satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ (BG 9.14). That is Kṛṣṇa. Satataṁ kīrtayanto mām: (BG 9.14) "Always chanting about Me."
But oṁkāra is pronounced by the impersonalists.
Evening Discussion -- May 6, 1975, Perth: Prabhupāda: There is no question about oṁkāra there. Discuss on the verse. But oṁkāra is also Kṛṣṇa. Praṇavaḥ sarva vedeṣu. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya praṇavaḥ sarva vedeṣu (BG 7.8). Kṛṣṇa says, "I am praṇavaḥ." So oṁkāra is not different than Kṛṣṇa. But oṁkāra is pronounced by the impersonalists. That is the difference. Kṛṣṇa, when He says that "I am praṇavaḥ, I am oṁkāra," then where is the objection? They foolishly say that oṁkāra is better than Kṛṣṇa. There is no need of chanting "Kṛṣṇa." That is not good.
Adhi-yajña. When we divide the word, then the first noun form is used.
Evening Discussion -- May 6, 1975, Perth: Amogha: May we ask questions about pronouncing the Sanskrit?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Amogha: When the a-h with the dot is in the middle of the verse should it always be pronounced clearly, a-ha. Adhi-yajña-ha, or is it more like adhi-yajña.
Prabhupāda: That is stated there. In the verse what it is?
Amogha: Adhi-yaj... Well, it depends on whether I pronounce it right. (laughs) But it is spelled, a-d-h-i-y-a-j-n-a-h with a dot underneath. So...
Prabhupāda: Adhi-yajña. When we divide the word, then the first noun form is used. Sanskrit grammar is very difficult. It requires twelve years to learn simply Sanskrit grammar. So, that is not possible. So whatever is there, you understand that.
Have you read Īśopaniṣad?
Room Conversation with Kim Cornish -- May 8, 1975, Perth: Prabhupāda: Which Upaniṣad are you reading?
Kim: I've read the Chāndogya, the—I don't know the pronunciations.
Prabhupāda: There are one hundred and eight Upaniṣads.
Kim: I don't know the pronunciations, that's the difficulty.
Prabhupāda: Have you read Īśopaniṣad?
Kim: Pardon?
Prabhupāda: Īśopaniṣad.
Where is your headquarter?
Room Conversation with Yogi Bhajan -- June 7, 1975, Honolulu: Prabhupāda: That's a good idea, very good.
Yogi Bhajan: And I like all these guys to come and talk to me and when they will listen me talking Gītā, perhaps they will understand, "Well, Yogiji knows little bit about what we know about." So when they pronounce certain words, I just sometime correct in between, but I don't tell them anything because they know...
Prabhupāda: Where is your headquarter?
Yogi Bhajan: Los Angeles. We are neighbors.
No, they can say, "G, zero, and d." (laughter) Zero between g and d. That is a nice explanation.
Morning Walk -- September 15, 1975, Vrndavana: Brahmānanda: Even when they write the word "God," they don't say, "g, o, d." They say "g, dash," then "d," so that they've indicated God, but they haven't said "God."
Vāsughoṣa: "It's too holy to pronounce," that's what they...
Prabhupāda: No, they can say, "G, zero, and d." (laughter) Zero between g and d. That is a nice explanation.
They are called Boris. (pronounces "Boreez") Boris Muslim.
Morning Walk -- October 7, 1975, Durban: Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Muslims. Most of these Muslims originally from Gujarat side. Their forefathers came here.
Prabhupāda: They are called Boris. (pronounces "Boreez") Boris Muslim.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Boris Muslim.
Prabhupāda: They were formerly Hindus. All Muslims were Hindus formerly.
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Not viṣṇu-padāya. Viṣṇu-pādāya. (pronounces with long "a").
Morning Walk -- February 3, 1976, Mayapura: Prabhupāda: Not viṣṇu-padāya. Viṣṇu-pādāya. (pronounces with long "a") The Prabhupāda and Viṣṇupāda, the same thing. Viṣṇu is prabhu. Prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ. They say like that? Who says that?
Where is guru? Goru, you say goru. When it is pronounced guru, I say, you say, don't say guru, but you say goru.
Room Conversation -- May 3, 1976, Fiji: Guru-kṛpā: And I don't think any other guru would have asked that.
Prabhupāda: Where is guru? Goru, you say goru. When it is pronounced guru, I say, you say, don't say guru, but you say goru.
Yes, it is explained, there is no difficulty. But if there is difficulty to understand, then we have to approach a person who has understood Bhagavad-gītā.
Room Conversation with Reporter -- June 4, 1976, Los Angeles: Reporter: Do you feel also that if someone read the Bhagava...? I can't pronounce it...
Rāmeśvara: Bhagavad-gītā.
Reporter: ...Bhagavad-gītā and other books, that a person merely by reading these could attain knowledge of Kṛṣṇa?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Why not?
Reporter: Would that person have to have contact with you and learn from you also?
Prabhupāda: Yes, it is explained, there is no difficulty. But if there is difficulty to understand, then we have to approach a person who has understood Bhagavad-gītā. Otherwise the language is very plain, there is no difficulty. Unfortunately they bring their own interpretation and spoil the whole thing.
So this transcription is quite helpful in pronunciation, everything.
Room Conversation -- June 10, 1976, Los Angeles: Prabhupāda: So this transcription is quite helpful in pronunciation, everything. Exact it is coming. The diacritic marks follow, you can pronounce exactly.
Not park, there is a pier, pier (pronounces "pire") what do you call?
Room Conversation with Ambarisa and Catholic Priest -- June 14, 1976, Detroit: Śrutikīrti: Near Boston Commons. Boston Commons? The big park.
Prabhupāda: Not park, there is a pier, pier (pronounces "pire") what do you call?
Ambarīṣa: Oh, pier, pier. Oh, yes, it is near there, Prabhupāda, that's where you landed.
Indians were called by the Muslims on the other side of the River Sind, or Sindu, and they pronounce Sind as Hind.
Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal -- June 28, 1976, Vrndavana: Prabhupāda: So actually, the Vedic system is called sanātana-dharma. Not Hindu dharma. This is a wrong conception. The sanātana-dharma is meant for all living entities, not the so-called Hindus, Muslims, Christians. For everyone. That is sanātana-dharma. These are later misconceptions, Hinduism and this ism, that ism, that ism. Actually, it is called sanātana-dharma, or varṇāśrama-dharma. That is meant for everyone. But because it was being followed regularly in India and Indians were called by the Muslims on the other side of the River Sind, or Sindu, and they pronounce Sind as Hind. Therefore they called India as Hindustan, means on the other side of Sindu, or Hindu River. Otherwise, it has no Vedic reference.
Because they pronounce s as h. So this is the origin. So "Hindu" is a title given by the Muhammadan neighbors. It is not found in the Vedic literature.
Interview with Religious Editor Of the Associated Press -- July 16, 1976, New York: Prabhupāda: Vedic, Vedas, Vedas, that is real, the word. But they have taken it in a different way. Actually the "Hindu," this name is given by the neighbor Muhammadans. There is a river called Sindhu. That river is still there, it is now in Pakistan. So outside the border of India, the Muhammadans, they used to call the inhabitants of the neighborhood of that river Sindhu, Hindu. Because they pronounce s as h. So this is the origin. So "Hindu" is a title given by the Muhammadan neighbors. It is not found in the Vedic literature.
You can tell these things. These ordinary things you can say.
Radio Interview -- July 27, 1976, London: Mike Robinson: Oh, I see. Your Grace, could I ask you, first, how you pronounce your name.
Prabhupāda: Bhaktivedanta Swami
Mike Robinson: Gee, it's very, very difficult isn't it. Now I understand you're the founder of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. Can you tell me how it came to be founded?
Prabhupāda: Give him the name.
Mike Robinson: That's the name, is it.
Jayatīrtha: Yes.
Mike Robinson: I see. And what's he pointing, that he should...?
Mukunda: He wanted you to see how it's pronounced.
Jayatīrtha: Spelled.
Mike Robinson: Oh, thank you very much. Can you tell me how the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement came to be founded?
Prabhupāda: You can tell these things. These ordinary things you can say.
They are Indian culture. Their original culture is Indian. It is called Siam. (pronounces like Śyāma) Kṛṣṇa's name. And they have got the airplane, Garuḍa.
Room Conversation -- July 31, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm): Hari-śauri: People in Thailand are quite pious.
Prabhupāda: Yes. They are Indian culture. Their original culture is Indian. It is called Siam. (pronounces like Śyāma) Kṛṣṇa's name. And they have got the airplane, Garuḍa.
Hari-śauri: Yes. Garuḍa Airlines.
Prabhupāda: So they are devotees originally, all Kṛṣṇa devotees.
This word, now you see what is the pedagogue in dictionary.
Room Conversation -- August 2, 1976, New Mayapur (French farm): Prabhupāda: Pedagogue, yes, this word.
Hari-śauri: Pedagogy, how do you pronounce this word? Pedagogue.
Prabhupāda: This word, now you see what is the pedagogue in dictionary. Pedigree. Pedagogue-pedagogue or predagogue?
1977 Conversations and Morning Walks
Now, "H," to pronounce it, and "Hare," Hare is shorter. "H." It is a long.
Room Conversation -- January 19, 1977, Bhuvanesvara: Prabhupāda: Now, "H," to pronounce it, and "Hare," Hare is shorter. "H." It is a long.
Rāmeśvara: But for writing, "HK."
Prabhupāda: Writing, you can, but if you say, "HK," it is not shorter than Hare Kṛṣṇa. It is longer than Hare Kṛṣṇa. (laughter)
So you have got assets. You have got parentage.
Conversations -- May 17, 1977, Vrndavana: Indian man: But the one person imbued and empowered fully, transcendental form, by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself, and by his guru, Prabhupāda. It is not that... Nobody can empower. And as a result our this Vaiṣṇava culture installing the Supreme as Kṛṣṇa pronounced in the mantra to worship Him. (Hindi) The nāma... If he fulfills the propagation of this out of the nāma, and then more powerful... Means that he is the more loved. This kīrtana, and then this saṅkīrtana. These things themselves teach us, though in one word—kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana is one faith. But still it has the three aspects—Kṛṣṇa, then nāma, then kīrtana, then saṅkīrtana. So he has, by his mission, his translations, and in the world he has given this Kṛṣṇa. He has given this Kṛṣṇa. He has given the nāma. He has given the kīrtana, the saṅkīrtana which we have seen this morning, the saṅkīrtana, bahubhir militvā. Wonderful. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta...
Prabhupāda: So you have got assets. You have got parentage. Everything you have got. Now do something. You have come. It is a good association.
There was a professor in Scottish Churches' College. So when you would say something, he would reply, "That's my duty," "juti," j-u-t-i.
Room Conversation -- November 11, 1977, Vrndavana: Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, the way you deal with us simply deepens our attachment every moment.
Prabhupāda: It is my duty. (laughter) There was a professor in Scottish Churches' College. So when you would say something, he would reply, "That's my duty," "juti," j-u-t-i. (chuckles) So there was a student. He said... So he said, "Is that Scottish pronunciation?"
