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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#April 1967|1967]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670403 - Letter to Mr. Fulton written from San Francisco|Letter to Mr. Fulton written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Amongst the papers you will find one copy of literature of my Srimad-Bhagavatam and if you have no objection to mail such literatures then I can send you copies as many as you may desire| I am returning herewith the Agreement duly signed by me along with some papers of my activities. Amongst the papers you will find one copy of literature of my Srimad-Bhagavatam and if you have no objection to mail such literatures then I can send you copies as many as you may desire.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#April 1968|1968]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680403 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco|Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Lord Krishna's death being caused by the arrow of a hunter, Thakura Haridasa's being caned in 22 market or Lord Jesus Christ being crucified are all acts of the Lord personally. We cannot always understand the intricacies of such incidences|When you find a devotee is supposed in difficulty it is not the work of Maya but it is the work of the Lord by His Personal internal energy. The Pandava's tribulation in so many ways, Lord Ramacandra's departure to the forest, His wife the Goddess of Fortune's being kidnapped by Ravana, Lord Krishna's death being caused by the arrow of a hunter, Thakura Haridasa's being caned in 22 market or Lord Jesus Christ being crucified are all acts of the Lord personally. We cannot always understand the intricacies of such incidences. Sometimes they are enacted to bewilder persons who are demons.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1969#April 1969|1969]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:690403 - Letter to Ananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Ananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don't feel yourself to be alone because Krishna is always with you. Krishna is always with every living entity as Supersoul, and to His devotee especially He talks and gives instructions how to attain the perfectional stage of meeting Him|Don't feel yourself to be alone because Krishna is always with you. Krishna is always with every living entity as Supersoul, and to His devotee especially He talks and gives instructions how to attain the perfectional stage of meeting Him. So don't feel alone. Always chant whenever possible, read our books, and there will be no great difficulty.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690403 - Letter to Bhurijana written from San Francisco|Letter to Bhurijana written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am pleased to learn of the success which you and Tosana Krishna are having in your new center. It is all very encouraging to me|I am pleased to learn of the success which you and Tosana Krishna are having in your new center. It is all very encouraging to me.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690403 - Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco|Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|About Trinity College lectures, I think I can stay in Hartford for the days I have to lecture there, and the fees may be charged $100 per lecture as the New York City College has offered|About Trinity College lectures, I think I can stay in Hartford for the days I have to lecture there, and the fees may be charged $100 per lecture as the New York City College has offered. I do not know if they will agree to this, but I think we should not make the fees very cheap.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:690403 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from San Francisco|Letter to Krishna dasa written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You must work conjointly. That is my desire, and if you fight amongst yourselves for some individual interests, that is not surrender|This surrendering process is unconditional. Surrendering does not mean that one should surrenderly only in favorable circumstances. That is not surrender. Surrender means in any condition the surrendering process must continue. In the latter portion of your letter it appears that you have been disturbed on some trivial matters, and you wish to leave the place and go to London. That is not at all good. You must work conjointly. That is my desire, and if you fight amongst yourselves for some individual interests, that is not surrender.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Competition, disagreement, or even dissension, if they are there, and the center is Krishna, such disagreement is not material|In the spiritual world there is also competition, but the center is always Krishna. In the material world there is competition, but the center is sense gratification. That is the difference. So competition, disagreement, or even dissension, if they are there, and the center is Krishna, such disagreement is not material. Even in Krishna Loka, there are rival parties of Srimati Radharani whose name is Candrabali, and there is competition between the two parties how to serve Krishna the best.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#April 1972|1972]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720403 - Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Sydney|Lecture SB 01.02.05 - Sydney]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|a3zc9ZNNE94|[[Vaniquotes:Death means sleeping for seven months. That's all. That is death. When this body is unfit for living, the soul gives up this body. And by superior arrangement the soul is put again into the womb of a particular type of mother|Death Means Sleeping for Seven Months. That's all. That is Death - 1034]]|02:51 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.05 in Sydney}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Death means sleeping for seven months. That's all. That is death. When this body is unfit for living, the soul gives up this body. And by superior arrangement the soul is put again into the womb of a particular type of mother|Death means sleeping for seven months. That's all. That is death. When this body is unfit for living, the soul gives up this body. And by superior arrangement the soul is put again into the womb of a particular type of mother, and the soul develops that particular type of body. Up to seven months the soul remains unconscious. And when the body is developed, again consciousness comes and the child wants to come out of the womb and he moves.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|xgWmsT4h6Ow|[[Vaniquotes:Our only request is that you make your life successful. Come to the real understanding of your existence and this is possible simply by chanting Hare Krsna|Come to the Real Understanding <br/>of Your Existence by Chanting Hare Krishna - 1035]]|00:46 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.05 in Sydney}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our only request is that you make your life successful. Come to the real understanding of your existence and this is possible simply by chanting Hare Krsna|Our only request is that you make your life successful. Come to the real understanding of your existence. And this is possible simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|CbtiOmF2KeY|[[Vaniquotes:There is seven planetary systems over us and seven planetary systems down also|There is Seven Planetary Systems Over Us <br/>and Seven Planetary Systems Down Also - 1036]]|02:12 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.02.05 in Sydney}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is seven planetary systems over us and seven planetary systems down also|There is seven planetary systems over us and seven planetary systems down also. Therefore this universe is called caturdaśa-bhuvana.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Australian cities, like your Melbourne city... I was just speaking to my students, "If any Indian comes, so they will be surprised with this standard of living." They will think that "Oh, it is heaven." Because the material prosperity is far different|Just like you European, American, Australians, you have got a particular type, and you are given the opportunity, a particular standard of living. Just if some Indian comes to your European, American, Australian cities, just like your Melbourne city... I was just speaking to my students, "If any Indian comes, so they will be surprised with this standard of living." They will think that "Oh, it is heaven." Because the material prosperity is far different from Indian cities to these American, or European, Australian. There is much difference.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The difference between God and you and me is this, that you know your business, I know my business. but God knows everyone's business. That is the difference|The difference between God and you and me is this, that you know your business, I know my business. But God knows everyone's business. That is the difference.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720403 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Sydney|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This clear understanding of God is not available anywhere else but from our books, so if you are convinced on this point, then produce books voluminously|There is no other literatures like ours in the world, and this information like "Here is God, just see Him, can you give any clear picture of God," this clear understanding of God is not available anywhere else but from our books, so if you are convinced on this point, then produce books voluminously.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#April 1973|1973]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730403 - Letter to Giriraja written from Zurich|Letter to Giriraja written from Zurich]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The judge has intelligently asked Mrs. Nair to whom she will hand over the land. She has denied us and is considering Chhaganlal, but if the judge takes seriously that the land must be given to one of us, that will be a great success|Today is Tuesday so I hope that the court case will be heard. The judge has intelligently asked Mrs. Nair to whom she will hand over the land. She has denied us and is considering Chhaganlal, but if the judge takes seriously that the land must be given to one of us, that will be a great success.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730403 - Letter to Puri Maharaj written from Zurich|Letter to Puri Maharaj written from Zurich]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You would have been pleased to see the excellent building (in Mayapur) that we have constructed. People say it is a unique building in all of Nadia district. There is ample space for 300 gentlemen to come and visit|You would have been pleased to see the excellent building that we have constructed. People say it is a unique building in all of Nadia district. There is ample space for 300 gentlemen to come and visit. The proposal is to construct four such buildings and a big Temple two hundred and fifty feet high.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#April 1974|1974]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740403 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One cannot talk of Krsna unless he is krsna-gata-pranah. Just like your loveable objects, you cannot forget even for a moment, similarly, one who has developed real love for Krsna|One cannot talk of Kṛṣṇa unless he is kṛṣṇa-gata-prāṇāḥ. Just like your loveable objects, you cannot forget even for a moment, similarly, one who has developed real love for Kṛṣṇa, he cannot do without thinking of Kṛṣṇa, without talking of Kṛṣṇa, without acting for Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740403 - Lecture BG 04.14 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.14 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/740403BG-BOMBAY_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"From material condition, if you want to be promoted to the spiritual platform, then these are the regulative principles. Either you become brāhmaṇa or kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra, or brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha or sannyāsa, and gradually develop your spiritual constitutional position and be transferred to the transcendental position. Paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 8.20 (1972)|BG 8.20]]). That is the process. But if you live in the conditioned life like animals, then you continue the life of animals—eating, sleeping, mating and defending, and struggle for existence. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati ([[Vanisource:BG 15.7 (1972)|BG 15.7]]). Then you struggle within this material world forever. Sometimes you become the King Indra, and sometimes you become that germ indra."|Vanisource:740403 - Lecture BG 04.14 - Bombay|740403 - Lecture BG 04.14 - Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The human form of life must be systematized, not live like animals. So therefore if in the human society there is no this systematic division of persons. The aim is one. It is not that because one is in the lower division, he does not get the benefit|The human form of life must be systematized, not live like animals. So therefore if in the human society there is no this systematic division of persons... The aim is one. It is not that because one is in the lower division, he does not get the benefit. No. Just like in the state, in an organized state, as we have seen in foreign countries, especially in USA, very organized state, everyone has got the facilities, it doesn't matter whether he is rich man or poor man. Everyone has got.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740403 - Letter to Bhavatarini written from Bombay|Letter to Bhavatarini written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|These transcendental spots, Mayapur and Vrindaban are place of spiritual inspiration for all devotees of ISKCON. They are the best places in the world to come and chant Hare Krishna and prepare for going Back to Home, Back to Godhead|During the festival hundreds of devotees from countries all around the world all very much appreciated that these transcendental spots, Mayapur and Vrindaban are place of spiritual inspiration for all devotees of ISKCON. They are the best places in the world to come and chant Hare Krishna and prepare for going Back to Home, Back to Godhead. So you can help by your contribution so that all your Godbrothers and Godsisters can come and find shelter here.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My only desire for my disciples is that they chant Hare Krishna Mantra at least 16 rounds, follow the rules and live in association of devotees then you will be happy and peaceful and not disturbed|My only desire for my disciples is that they chant Hare Krishna Mantra at least 16 rounds, follow the rules and live in association of devotees then you will be happy and peaceful and not disturbed.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740403 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Bombay|Letter to Gurudasa written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have not heard from you in some time and I am eager to hear a report on construction of Krishna Balarama Temple|I have not heard from you in some time and I am eager to hear a report on construction of Krishna Balarama Temple. Have you obtained the marbles slabs, are they being set in? Please let me know how things are going on by sending a report to me in Bombay.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740403 - Letter to Jayapataka and Bhavananda written from Bombay|Letter to Jayapataka and Bhavananda written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please go on all working together in cooperative spirit and do the needful; then I may be spared taxing my brain over so many matters and I can go on my real work of translating|So please go on all working together in cooperative spirit and do the needful; then I may be spared taxing my brain over so many matters and I can go on my real work of translating. I will be glad to hear your further progressive reports.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#April 1975|1975]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750403 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|That is their foolishness. They are thinking God a person like me, like himself. That is foolishnes|That is their foolishness. They are thinking God a person like me, like himself. That is foolishness. They cannot conceive that a person can become so powerful than myself. That is the defect. A person has acintya-śakti, acintya-śakti, inconceivable power. Now, just like you are person: you cut your hair, it is growing. Do you know how it is growing?}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750403 - Lecture CC Adi 01.10 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 01.10 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|n0idyyQBlaI|[[Vaniquotes:Unless we accept inconceivable power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning of God|Inconceivable Power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - 0742]]|05:00 minutes from a lecture on CC Ādi 01.10 in Mayapur}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless we accept inconceivable power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning of God|Unless we accept inconceivable power of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning of God. If you think "a person" means like me or you... Yes, like me or you, God is also person. That is accepted in the Vedas: nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13).}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#April 1976|1976]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760403 - Morning Walk - Vrndavana|Morning Walk - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This asta-kaliya-lila or this Govinda-lila, it is not recommended for you|'''Prabhupāda''': This aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā or this Govinda-līlā, it is not recommended for you.<br /> | |||
'''Gurudāsa''': Mmm-hmm.<br /> | |||
'''Prabhupāda''': It is for advanced devotees.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760403 - Lecture SB 07.09.48 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.09.48 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The person who is working in the garden, Krsna's garden, he should be as careful as the man who is worshiping the Deity in the temple|The person who is working in the garden, Krsna's garden, he should be as careful as the man who is worshiping the Deity in the temple.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#April 1977|1977]] - April 03 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770403 - Letter to Akshayananda Swami written from Bombay|Letter to Akshayananda Swami written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Enclosed please find a clipping from the Times of India regarding our New York High Court victory. Please mount this article nicely and display it at the entrance of our Temple|Enclosed please find a clipping from the Times of India regarding our New York High Court victory. Please mount this article nicely and display it at the entrance of our Temple. The gentlemen who visit our Temple should not take our movement lightly as some sentiment, and when reading this article they will understand the significance of our movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770403 - Letter to Chhagan Krishna Baroe written from Bombay|Letter to Chhagan Krishna Baroe written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Thank you very much for your kind donation. May Lord Krishna bless you|Thank you very much for your kind donation. May Lord Krishna bless you.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770403 - Letter to Dr. S.B. Chatterjee written from Bombay|Letter to Dr. S.B. Chatterjee written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Study of Vedanta is not a question of hobby. It is a question of realization|Study of Vedanta is not a question of hobby. It is a question of realization. Shri Swarup Damodar was the secretary of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and many scholars of that day used to come and see Caitanya Mahaprabhu with their writings. One brahmana also came. This is mentioned in the Caitanya-caritamrta. Shri Swarup Damodar advised that brahmana that your Bhagavata study was imperfect.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770403 - Letter to Mrs. Rose Forkash written from Bombay|Letter to Mrs. Rose Forkash written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If the parents of our devotees study the philosophy of Krishna consciousness there is no doubt they will benefit equally as their children are now doing|If the parents of our devotees study the philosophy of Krishna consciousness there is no doubt they will benefit equally as their children are now doing.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770403 - Letter to S.B. Chavan written from Bombay|Letter to S.B. Chavan written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I would have been very much pleased that persons like you without any political prejudice come and take up this movement seriously and benefit the whole human society with this knowledge|I do not wish to take much of your valuable time but I would have been very much pleased that persons like you without any political prejudice come and take up this movement seriously and benefit the whole human society with this knowledge.}} | |||
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "From material condition, if you want to be promoted to the spiritual platform, then these are the regulative principles. Either you become brāhmaṇa or kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra, or brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha or sannyāsa, and gradually develop your spiritual constitutional position and be transferred to the transcendental position. Paras tasmāt tu bhāvo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktāt sanātanaḥ (BG 8.20). That is the process. But if you live in the conditioned life like animals, then you continue the life of animals—eating, sleeping, mating and defending, and struggle for existence. Manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati (BG 15.7). Then you struggle within this material world forever. Sometimes you become the King Indra, and sometimes you become that germ indra." |
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