Letters and talks
Haribol contains Śrīla Prabhupāda’s 6,597 letters (1947–1977) and 3,770 recorded talks — lectures, morning walks, conversations, initiations and interviews (1966–1977). Both are in English, on the Letters and Spoken tabs of the home page, or at haribol.app/letters and haribol.app/spoken.
Browse
Section titled “Browse”| Collection | Browse by |
|---|---|
| Letters | Year (including Early years (1947–1965) and Undated), correspondent, and topic, such as Book distribution under Preaching |
| Talks | Year, type (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam lectures, room conversations, morning walks …) and place |
The search box on each tab lists the letters or talks that contain a name, year or theme. Lists can be sorted Newest first or Oldest first. In the web app, the address of a list contains the selection and can be bookmarked or shared.
On this day
Section titled “On this day”The Spoken tab lists the talks Śrīla Prabhupāda gave on today’s date, in any year.
Letters and talks from a certain time
Section titled “Letters and talks from a certain time”- On a tab or a list, select Any date.
- Select a year, or Custom range… and a start and end date, for example 1 to 30 June 1969.
A date range lists the letters or talks oldest first, in the order they were written or spoken. To search letters and talks together within a period, use the date filter in search; see Filters and sorting.
Read a letter
Section titled “Read a letter”The card at the top of a letter shows its date, its recipient and its topics. Select the recipient to list every letter to that person, or a topic to list every letter on it.
Previous and Next at the bottom open the adjacent letter in the list you came from, so you can read a year or a correspondence in order. On a phone, you can also swipe. As on other pages, you can select text, add notes and bookmarks, and share.
Listen to a talk
Section titled “Listen to a talk”A talk with a recording has a player below its date, place, type and length, and a headphones icon in lists. Play the recording and read the transcript below it while listening.
Recordings are streamed and require a connection. Some talks have no recording, and some have a recording but no transcript. To hide the player, turn off Audio in the view options.