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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#February 1967|1967]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670224 - Lecture CC Adi 07.118-121 - San Francisco|Lecture CC Adi 07.118-121 - San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You do not become God, but you are already in godly quality, qualities, to some extent, not fully. So when you are free from these material clutches, you attain your original quality, spiritual quality|You do not become God, but you are already in godly quality, qualities, to some extent, not fully. So when you are free from these material clutches, you attain your original quality, spiritual quality. And that spiritual quality you can serve. Because service means the person who is served, he is also person, and the servant is also person. Otherwise there is no question of service. Service, whenever we say service, there must be a person to take, to accept the service, and there must be one person who renders the service.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670224 - Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|"I know you will be pleased to know that the N.Y. center is really doing well; in fact, I believe they are really stronger now than ever before." I am very glad to learn this and I am very much encouraged to know it. It is all Krishna's mercy|"I know you will be pleased to know that the N.Y. center is really doing well; in fact, I believe they are really stronger now than ever before." I am very glad to learn this and I am very much encouraged to know it. It is all Krishna's mercy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670224 - Letter to Gargamuni written from San Francisco|Letter to Gargamuni written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much anxious to know if the goods from India Mrdanga etc have been already received by you. Please let me know as soon as you receive them|I am very much anxious to know if the goods from India Mrdanga etc have been already received by you. Please let me know as soon as you receive them.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670224 - Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco|Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Have you taken delivery of the 1st chapter Bhagavad-gita from the publisher with whom you left it for examination? You have not informed me about this. Please take care of this|Have you taken delivery of the 1st chapter Bhagavad-gita from the publisher with whom you left it for examination? You have not informed me about this. Please take care of this.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:670224 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco|Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Today I have sent you the first installment of "Narada Bhakti Sutras". Please let me know how do you like it or if there is any difficulty to understand it. On hearing from you I shall take up the next installment|Today I have sent you the first installment of "Narada Bhakti Sutras". Please let me know how do you like it or if there is any difficulty to understand it. On hearing from you I shall take up the next installment.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#February 1968|1968]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Brahmananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If our boys and girls can efficiently take up the printing work, that will be very nice|If our boys and girls can efficiently take up the printing work, that will be very nice. If we have got a press in our control with full equipment it will be a great boon.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now, find some future main source of income for our institution, and main source is publications. So if we can organize a good sales organization, that is our main hope|Now, find some future main source of income for our institution, and main source is publications. So if we can organize a good sales organization, that is our main hope.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Cidananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Cidananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You can arrange to supply prasadam only to our devotees. We are not in a position financially to distribute foodstuff for the poor class of men. Such men may take shelter of some charitable institution|You can arrange to supply prasadam only to our devotees. We are not in a position financially to distribute foodstuff for the poor class of men. Such men may take shelter of some charitable institution. At the present moment, we are not in a position to make charities but for the devotees we can sacrifice anything. So you can stop preparing prasadam for persons who are not willing to work neither to pay.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles|Letter to Gurudasa written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna|For a preacher there are four principles to be followed. One, he must be fully surrendered to Krishna. Two, intimately in friendly relationship with devotees trying to elevate conditioned living entities to Krishna Conciousness and rejecting the nondevotee class.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you find a nondevotee eager to listen submissively you can show your mercy to elevate him to Krishna Conciousness, but a nondevotee who is already poisoned by the serpent of the demon class swami or yogi is very difficult to be dealt with|If you find a nondevotee eager to listen submissively you can show your mercy to elevate him to Krishna Conciousness, but a nondevotee who is already poisoned by the serpent of the demon class swami or yogi is very difficult to be dealt with, so the best thing is to reject them and not waste time for their elevation; but a person who is willing to hear us submissively must be given chance to understand the philosophy of Krishna Conciousness.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You can take it for granted that nondevotee class who is not in Krishna Conciousness as we are teaching are all great fools never mind how ever they may advertise themselves as meditators, yogis, philosophers, religionists, and so on|You can take it for granted that nondevotee class who is not in Krishna Conciousness as we are teaching are all great fools never mind how ever they may advertise themselves as meditators, yogis, philosophers, religionists, and so on. We are presenting a scientific program of God conciousness on the basis of the highest authority, Bhagavad-gita.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Jayananda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Jayananda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I shall be very glad to initiate girl friend if you recommend her actual mental condition. We should not initiate anyone who is not willing to follow our regulations|I shall be very glad to initiate girl friend if you recommend her actual mental condition. We should not initiate anyone who is not willing to follow our regulations. In the meantime let her attend our classes and join the Sankirtana program regularly. I am so pleased to learn that you are by the Grace of Krishna improving day by day in the matter of Krishna Conciousness. Thank you very much for your sincere service.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles|Letter to Mukunda written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am writing letter to Sri Hrsikesa Brahmacari giving him instructions. You also write them to work for the Society in cooperation with Acyutananda without wasting time in sight seeing|I am writing letter to Sri Hrsikesa Brahmacari giving him instructions. You also write them to work for the Society in cooperation with Acyutananda without wasting time in sight seeing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680224 - Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles|Letter to Rayarama written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In India the labor is cheaper extensively than in America. My idea is that if we are able to have a nice branch in India we can do the printing works nicely under your supervision|In India the labor is cheaper extensively than in America. My idea is that if we are able to have a nice branch in India we can do the printing works nicely under your supervision. But, if you can start a full fledged press in N.Y. that will be still more better. A full fledged press means we must have two typographic machines at least and engage some of the girls for composition and the boys may be engaged in printing and machine manipulating. That will be a great success.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#February 1970|1970]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700224 - Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles|Letter to Bhagavan written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have all my blessings for the girl for being married to Naranarayana, for whom I was very much anxious to get him a good wife|I have all my blessings for the girl for being married to Naranarayana, for whom I was very much anxious to get him a good wife. So I have full sanction for his marriage, and you can perform the ceremony on my behalf. I am sure under your care they will be trained as good husband and wife, following your example, and be happy in life in Krsna Consciousness.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:700224 - Letter to Hit Sharanji written from Los Angeles|Letter to Hit Sharanji written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In your letter dated January 24, you informed me that two pairs of Murtis were to be received by the 5th of February, but I have not heard anything whether any one of the pairs has already been dispatched|In your letter dated January 24, you informed me that two pairs of Murtis were to be received by the 5th of February, but I have not heard anything whether any one of the pairs has already been dispatched.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#February 1971|1971]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710224 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Gargamuni written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you at all seriously intend to go to East Pakistan, please contact this gentleman and open correspondence with him and if you think it is favorable you may go there with the blessings of Krsna|If you at all seriously intend to go to East Pakistan, please contact this gentleman and open correspondence with him and if you think it is favorable you may go there with the blessings of Krsna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710224 - Letter to Meenakatan written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Meenakatan written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You write to say that you are too much absorbed in temporal thoughts of sex life. If that is the case, then perhaps you should get yourself married|You write to say that you are too much absorbed in temporal thoughts of sex life. If that is the case, then perhaps you should get yourself married. In Krishna Consciousness we do not artificially repress any desires, but that everything can be used in Krishna's service is our philosophy. My Guru Maharaja made sannyasis to go out and preach this movement and I am making householder couples and they are doing so nicely to spread Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710224 - Letter to Tulsi written from Gorakhpur|Letter to Tulsi written from Gorakhpur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we can establish a seat of Krishna Consciousness these students may take their doctorate degree in Krishna Consciousness and go out and preach all over the world|We want to influence these misguided college students so that they might take to this Krishna Consciousness Movement very seriously. And if we can establish a seat of Krishna Consciousness these students may take their doctorate degree in Krishna Consciousness and go out and preach all over the world.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#February 1972|1972]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720224 - Lecture - Calcutta|Lecture - Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/720224LE-CALCUTTA_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"We are under the grip of the laws of material nature, and according to our karma we are getting different types of body and transmigrating from one body to another. And then once we take birth, we live for some time, we grow the body, then we produce some by-products, then it, the body, dwindles, and at last it vanishes. It vanishes means you accept another body. Again the body is growing, the body is staying, body is producing by-product, again dwindling and again vanishing. This is going on."|Vanisource:720224 - Lecture - Calcutta|720224 - Lecture - Calcutta}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|People who are less intelligent, they say that the matter is producing a living being|People who are less intelligent, they say that the matter is producing a living being. There is another instance, vṛścika-taṇḍula-nyāya (nyāya-śāstra). Sometimes we see the scorpion is coming out from a heap of rice. So we are thinking that the rice is giving, generating, a life, and that is not fact. The fact is that the scorpions, they lay down eggs within the rice, and by the fermentation of the rice it..., a small scorpion come out.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720224 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Calcutta|Letter to Krishna dasa written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I think that if you go on in this way and spend your whole time preaching and engaging others to hear you and become themselves engaged in Krishna's service, that will cure you of all misgivings and miserable conditions|I think that if you go on in this way and spend your whole time preaching and engaging others to hear you and become themselves engaged in Krishna's service, that will cure you of all misgivings and miserable conditions. Follow this simple formula of chanting regularly with full attention, reading at least one hour, and balance time preaching and speaking and managing one center, and then everything will be all right. For my part, there is no question of dissatisfaction, I am very much pleased with your sincere service and humble attitude of Krishna Consciousness devotee.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720224 - Letter to Mr. K. M. Diwanji written from Calcutta|Letter to Mr. K. M. Diwanji written from Calcutta]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| The Deed of Conveyance should be made in the name of "A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness"| The Deed of Conveyance should be made in the name of "A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness."}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#February 1974|1974]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740224 - Lecture BG 07.09-10 - Bombay|Lecture BG 07.09-10 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Avaroha-pantha means a descendence, or deductive process. So our Krsna consciousness movement, we claim that we have got perfect knowledge of everything because we are taking knowledge from the perfect person|Avaroha-panthā means a descendence, or deductive process. So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we claim that we have got perfect knowledge of everything because we are taking knowledge from the perfect person - Kṛṣṇa. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ. And that is the real process. If you simply speculate to arrive at the conclusion, inductive process... Just like if you want to study whether man is mortal or immortal, there are two processes.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#February 1975|1975]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750224 - Lecture SB 01.01.03 - Caracas|Lecture SB 01.01.03 - Caracas]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Everyone is serving his senses, but he is thinking that he is master. That is kaitavah, means cheating, or maya|Everyone is serving his senses, but he is thinking that he is master. That is kaitavaḥ, means cheating, or māyā. The conclusion is that as we are constitutionally servant, we must remain a servant, not try falsely to become master. But by experience, we see that by giving service to so many things, nobody is satisfied, neither I am satisfied.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750224 - Letter to Akbar Ali Khan written from Caracas|Letter to Akbar Ali Khan written from Caracas]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The idea is that when a person becomes spiritually advanced then there is actual peace and unity. So, we are trying to establish this spiritual unity on the basis of love of God|The idea is that when a person becomes spiritually advanced then there is actual peace and unity. So, we are trying to establish this spiritual unity on the basis of love of God throughout the world. If you could join us during these two festivals or at least one of them, as it is convenient for you, it will be a great encouragement for me.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#February 1976|1976]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760224 - Lecture SB 07.09.17 - Mayapur|Lecture SB 07.09.17 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|aBsNjLhe7zA|[[Vaniquotes:Sometimes some man comes in our society; after staying for days, he goes away. This is praksepata, thrown away. Unless he's very sincere, he cannot stay with us|Somebody Will be your Friend, and Somebody Will be your Enemy - 0363]]|06:26 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.13.15 in Mayapur}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Sometimes some man comes in our society; after staying for days, he goes away. This is praksepata, thrown away. Unless he's very sincere, he cannot stay with us|Sometimes some man comes in our society; after staying for days, he goes away. This is prakṣepata, thrown away. Unless he's very sincere, he cannot stay with us; he'll be thrown away.}} | ||
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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#February 1977|1977]] - February 24 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770224 - Conversation A - Mayapur|Conversation A - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is the blessing of my Guru Maharaja. He wanted it. And because we are trying to do this, he is giving us all blessings. He told me personally, "I wanted to sell this marble and publish some books"|This is the blessing of my Guru Maharaja. He wanted it. And because we are trying to do this, he is giving us all blessings. He told me personally, "I wanted to sell this marble and publish some books."}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770224 - Conversation B - Mayapur|Conversation B - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Why you create unnecessary necessities of life and become complicated and forget Krsna? What is this civilization? Rascal civilization. Instead of giving protection to the cows, you are cutting the throat. Is that civilization?|Why you create unnecessary necessities of life and become complicated and forget Krsna? What is this civilization? Rascal civilization. Instead of giving protection to the cows, you are cutting the throat. Is that civilization? So this is a civilization of duskrtina, means mischief-monger.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770224 - Letter to Bhagavat Asraya written from Mayapur|Letter to Bhagavat Asraya written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|For your temple programs you should read from Bhagavatam and explain, and then someone should explain in Hindi. Prasadam must also be given. Whatever you can give, but something must be there. On the whole I am very much pleased by your program|For your temple programs you should read from Bhagavatam and explain, and then someone should explain in Hindi. Prasadam must also be given. Whatever you can give, but something must be there. On the whole I am very much pleased by your program. Kindly continue.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770224 - Letter to Dhruba Charan Pattanaik written from Mayapur|Letter to Dhruba Charan Pattanaik written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We have already started one Temple project and we are raising funds for this purpose. Unless this temple is finished in Bhubaneswar we cannot take any new project|We have already started one Temple project and we are raising funds for this purpose. Unless this temple is finished in Bhubaneswar we cannot take any new project.}} | |||
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- See also: A Month in the Life of Srila Prabhupada.
1967 - February 24
1968 - February 24
1970 - February 24
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1972 - February 24
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "We are under the grip of the laws of material nature, and according to our karma we are getting different types of body and transmigrating from one body to another. And then once we take birth, we live for some time, we grow the body, then we produce some by-products, then it, the body, dwindles, and at last it vanishes. It vanishes means you accept another body. Again the body is growing, the body is staying, body is producing by-product, again dwindling and again vanishing. This is going on." |
| 720224 - Lecture - Calcutta |
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