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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#April 1971|1971]] - April 04 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710404 - Letter to Dr. Balwant Singh written from Bombay|Letter to Dr. Balwant Singh written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am so pleased that you have taken my two young disciples, Vaikunthanatha and Saradia, from Trinidad for preaching work. It is so kind of you that you are appreciating their work in this connection|I am so pleased that you have taken my two young disciples, Vaikunthanatha and Saradia, from Trinidad for preaching work. It is so kind of you that you are appreciating their work in this connection. Kindly continue to help them so that there may not be any impediment in their preaching work.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710404 - Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Bombay|Letter to Gopala Krishna written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Any person whose constant occupation is Krishna Consciousness, he is not a karmi; he is a devotee in all circumstances. So you should accept the best source of monetary income and use it for Krishna. And that is better than sannyasa|So far as your working engagement is concerned, certainly you are not a karmi. Any person whose constant occupation is Krishna Consciousness, he is not a karmi; he is a devotee in all circumstances. So you should accept the best source of monetary income and use it for Krishna. And that is better than sannyasa. So stick to your job and use it for Krishna Consciousness. You are not a karmi.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710404 - Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Bombay|Letter to Nayanabhirama written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The suggested ceremonial gifts for the spiritual master are as follows: grains; fruits; ghee; flowers; clothing and garments; bedding; shoes; umbrellas; asana; sacred thread; utensils; lamp; bead bags; neck beads; incense; ornaments; money|The suggested ceremonial gifts for the spiritual master are as follows: grains; fruits; ghee; flowers; clothing and garments; bedding; shoes; umbrellas; asana; sacred thread; utensils; lamp; bead bags; neck beads; incense; ornaments; money.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Now there are so many devotees there in Philadelphia. Please take care of them. Teach them how to remain neat and clean. They should be engaged always in cleansing the temple. Cleansing is urgently required|Now there are so many devotees there in Philadelphia. Please take care of them. Teach them how to remain neat and clean. They should be engaged always in cleansing the temple. Cleansing is urgently required.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Take care of them so that they may become pure devotees. That is your duty. We are respected everywhere on our purity platform. This should be maintained|As far as possible, non-initiated devotees may not enter the kitchen or Deity area. They can help from outside. Just take care of them so that they may become pure devotees. That is your duty. We are respected everywhere on our purity platform. This should be maintained.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710404 - Letter to Vaikunthanatha and Saradia written from Bombay|Letter to Vaikunthanatha and Saradia written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Unless one is sufficiently empowered, one cannot preach Krishna Consciousness|Unless one is sufficiently empowered, one cannot preach Krishna Consciousness. So the fact that you are preaching so nicely is proof that you are already benedicted by Krishna. So preach Krishna Consciousness and be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:710404 - Letter to Visnujana written from Bombay|Letter to Visnujana written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as I remember that you are trying to fulfill my desire of trying to open ten centers, it gives me renewed vigor and life. Please do it nicely|As soon as I remember that you are trying to fulfill my desire of trying to open ten centers, it gives me renewed vigor and life. Please do it nicely. I have got confidence in you because Krishna has given you special talent for chanting Hare Krishna Mantra. When you were chanting in L.A. temple in the evenings, or in the mornings, I enjoyed your chanting so nicely that I thought myself immediately carried to Vaikuntha.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One Krishna book sold means we go forward one step in our Krishna Consciousness. We should always remember this|It is so much encouraging that you have got a very nice temple and that already there are six students living there and following the regulative principles. Anyone who you recommend, I shall immediately initiate him. So take advantage and enchant those who are coming by your chanting of Hare Krishna Mantra. You will be victorious. And try to introduce our books there and it will be a great missionary success. One Krishna book sold means we go forward one step in our Krishna Consciousness. We should always remember this.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#April 1972|1972]] - April 04 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720404 - Letter to Bhavananda written from Sydney|Letter to Bhavananda written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I had also very much affection for Amrtananda, but if, as you report, there was some connection with Krishna at the last moment, then we have not to doubt that he will get good opportunity to advance further in Krishna Consciousness|I had also very much affection for Amrtananda, but if, as you report, there was some connection with Krishna at the last moment, then we have not to doubt that he will get good opportunity to advance further in Krishna Consciousness, so let us not lament. I understand there was some unstoppable attraction to the material glare, but at the same time he was strongly attracted to Krishna.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720404 - Letter to Rupanuga written from Sydney|Letter to Rupanuga written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you all, my right-hand men, are doing things without consulting me and making such big big changes within our society without getting my opinion and the opinion of all the GBC members then what can I do?|If you all, my right-hand men, are doing things without consulting me and making such big big changes within our society without getting my opinion and the opinion of all the GBC members then what can I do? I am so much perplexed why you all had done this. I have appointed originally 12 GBC members and I have given them 12 zones for their administration and management, but simply by agreement you have changed everything, so what is this, I don't know.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#April 1974|1974]] - April 04 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740404 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How one can see? Suppose I am seeing this material sky. I cannot see what are there, not even the stars at the present moment, although we know there are millions and trillions of stars. So this is my power of seeing|How one can see? Suppose I am seeing this material sky. I cannot see what are there, not even the stars at the present moment, although we know there are millions and trillions of stars. So this is my power of seeing. So how can I see all the universes in the body of..., unless he gets a special power from Kṛṣṇa to see.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740404 - Lecture BG 04.15 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.15 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/740404BG-BOMBAY_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>| | |||
:āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra' sarva deśa | |||
:yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa | |||
:([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]])<br /> | |||
"This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. He says, 'You become a spiritual master'. 'How? I have no qualification.' 'No. You just accept My order.' 'So what is Your order, Sir?' Yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa: 'You simply speak the instruction of Kṛṣṇa whoever you meet. Then you become a spiritual master'. So actually it is happening. We are not wonderful men. But our only business is that we are speaking only the same thing as Kṛṣṇa has spoken. That's all. There is no magic. This is the magic. If you adulterate nonsensically like a rascal, then you cannot become spiritual master. If you simply follow what Kṛṣṇa has spoken, then you become spiritual master. Very simple thing. It doesn't require education. You can hear from your spiritual master what has Kṛṣṇa said. It doesn't require even literacy. There are many great personalities, saintly person. My Guru Mahārāja's Guru Mahārāja, he was illiterate, Gaura Kṛṣṇadāsa Bābājī Mahārāja. He could not sign even his name. But my Guru Mahārāja was the best scholar of his time. He accepted him as guru."|Vanisource:740404 - Lecture BG 04.15 - Bombay|740404 - Lecture BG 04.15 - Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My Guru Maharaja's Guru Maharaja, he was illiterate, Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja. He could not sign even his name. But my Guru Maharaja was the best scholar of his time. He accepted him as guru|It doesn't require education. You can hear from your spiritual master what has Kṛṣṇa said.It doesn't require even literacy. There are many great personalities, saintly persons. My Guru Mahārāja's Guru Mahārāja, he was illiterate, Gaura Kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja. He could not sign even his name. But my Guru Mahārāja was the best scholar of his time. He accepted him as guru. So this is the process, that yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā sei guru haya (CC Madhya 8.128). That is the business of every Indian.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Mahajano yena gatah so panthah. Then you accept the mahajana. Mahajana means following the parampara system. According to Vedic system, there are twelve mahajanas. Svayambhur naradah sambhuh kumarah kapilo manuh, janako bhismah and vaiyasakir vayam|Mahājano yena gataḥ so panthāḥ. Then you accept the mahājana. Mahājana means following the paramparā system. According to Vedic system, there are twelve mahājanas. Svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ, janako bhīṣmaḥ and vaiyāsakir vayam (SB 6.3.20), like that. I am just now forgetting. Excuse me. Svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kapilo kumāraḥ manuḥ, prahlādo janako bhīṣmaḥ (SB 6.3.20).}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740404 - Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Bombay|Letter to Atreya Rsi written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am now in India, so in my presence another GBC may not be required, but if required in my absence, my question is whether it will be possible for you to take charge| I am now in India, so in my presence another GBC may not be required, but if required in my absence, my question is whether it will be possible for you to take charge? Kindly guide me how it will be possible, while keeping you occupation intact.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740404 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay|Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In your footnote you have given discouraging information about the land in Kalkaji. The best thing is if you three, Saurabha, Gurudasa and yourself jointly inspect the land and see if you can utilize it for our purpose|In your footnote you have given discouraging information about the land in Kalkaji. The best thing is if you three, Saurabha, Gurudasa and yourself jointly inspect the land and see if you can utilize it for our purpose. We can use any land, but if you think it will be very, very difficult then what is the use of accepting it.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#April 1975|1975]] - April 04 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750404 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/750404MW-MAYAPUR_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like they're creating their own...<br /> | |||
{| | Prabhupāda: This is the difference between man of knowledge and without knowledge. A man of knowledge will think, "After all, I have to die. So what is the difficulty, dying a few days more or before?" That is knowledge. And those who are not in knowledge, they are afraid of death. Best business is, before the death comes let us finish our Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfectly. That is wanted. Death will come. You cannot avoid it.|Vanisource:750404 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|750404 - Morning Walk - Mayapur}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Prabhupada, in the Adi-lila you wrote that the Communist movement is greater than the capitalist movement because there are more sudras than vaisyas, so that in a war between Communism and capitalism, the Communists would win|'''Rāmeśvara''': Prabhupāda, in the Ādi-līlā you wrote that the Communist movement is greater than the capitalist movement because there are more śūdras than vaiśyas, so that in a war between Communism and capitalism, the Communists would win.<br /> | ||
'''Prabhupāda''': Naturally. They are in greater number. }} | |||
| | :'''[[Vanisource:750404 - Lecture CC Adi 01.11 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 01.11 - Mayapur]]''' | ||
|} | {{youtube_ditl|8FH3k4foVIw|[[Vaniquotes:You should always remember this. A little mistake will spoil the whole scheme, little mistake. Nature is very strong|A Little Mistake will Spoil the Whole Scheme - 0200]]|08:04 minutes from a lecture on CC Ādi 01.11 in Mayapur}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|You should always remember this. A little mistake will spoil the whole scheme, little mistake. Nature is very strong|This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also meant for the same purpose, punar-janma-jayāya, for conquering over repetition of birth and death. You should always remember this. A little mistake will spoil the whole scheme, little mistake. Nature is very strong. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). Very, very strong. So you all, boys and girls, those who have come from America, I am very much thankful to you. But don't be less serious. Be very serious.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our request is that you all young men who have taken to this path of Vaisnavism, and there is very good chance to preach this cult in your country, so even if you are not very much successful in other countries, in your country you'll be very successful|Our request is that you all young men who have taken to this path of Vaisnavism, and there is very good chance to preach this cult in your country, so even if you are not very much successful in other countries, in your country you'll be very successful. There is good potency. And try to make them stronger to fight with the demonic principles.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am speaking to America because America is a little serious against this communistic movement|I am speaking to America because America is a little serious against this communistic movement. And it can be counteracted because the process is current since a very, very long time. Deva asura, devāsura, the fight between the demigods and the demons. So the same fight is there in different name, "Communists and the capitalists." But the capitalists are also eighty percent, ninety percent demons. Yes. Because they do not know the science of God. That is demonic principle.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750404 - Conversation - Mayapur|Conversation - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|On account of this political situation, the government is not very favorable to our movement. But we have to counteract it by our behavior, by our propaganda. It is not difficult if you do it very nicely|On account of this political situation, the government is not very favorable to our movement. But we have to counteract it by our behavior, by our propaganda. It is not difficult if you do it very nicely. We opened this college program, that foreigners should come here. Then it will be solved. If it is recognized by the university and you come, you people come as student, then the whole situation will be solved.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#April 1976|1976]] - April 04 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760404 - Lecture Initiation Excerpt - Vrndavana|Lecture Initiation Excerpt - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Krsna consciousness movement means to awaken the victimized soul to Krsna consciousness. Krsna personally comes to awaken this consciousness, Krsna consciousness|This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to awaken the victimized soul to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa personally comes to awaken this consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa's servants, they also try to do the same business on behalf of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa recognizes such preachers as very, very dear to Him.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760404 - Lecture SB 07.09.49 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.09.49 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| Krsna's another name is Acyuta. Acyuta means He never falls down. We, a small particle of the acyuta, although by nature we are acyuta, but due to our weakness we are prone to fall down in this material world|Spark is fire, and the big fire is fire, but sometimes it is thrown: "Phat! Phat!" It sometimes falls down. So that small particle falls down. The big fire never falls down. Therefore Kṛṣṇa's another name is Acyuta. Acyuta means He never falls down. We, a small particle of the acyuta, although by nature we are acyuta, but due to our weakness we are prone to fall down in this material world.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760404 - Conversation - Vrndavana|Conversation - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I was surprised when, after my meeting, they purchased books, because these South African white men, they do not like very much Indians|'''Prabhupāda:''' College. That is... College, universities, that is educated. So I was surprised when, after my meeting, they purchased books, because these South African white men, they do not like very much Indians. Is it not?<br />'''Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa:''' It's a fact.<br />'''Prabhupāda:''' But still, they like this Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is very good sign.}} | |||
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1971 - April 04
1972 - April 04
1974 - April 04
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
"This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. He says, 'You become a spiritual master'. 'How? I have no qualification.' 'No. You just accept My order.' 'So what is Your order, Sir?' Yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa: 'You simply speak the instruction of Kṛṣṇa whoever you meet. Then you become a spiritual master'. So actually it is happening. We are not wonderful men. But our only business is that we are speaking only the same thing as Kṛṣṇa has spoken. That's all. There is no magic. This is the magic. If you adulterate nonsensically like a rascal, then you cannot become spiritual master. If you simply follow what Kṛṣṇa has spoken, then you become spiritual master. Very simple thing. It doesn't require education. You can hear from your spiritual master what has Kṛṣṇa said. It doesn't require even literacy. There are many great personalities, saintly person. My Guru Mahārāja's Guru Mahārāja, he was illiterate, Gaura Kṛṣṇadāsa Bābājī Mahārāja. He could not sign even his name. But my Guru Mahārāja was the best scholar of his time. He accepted him as guru." |
| 740404 - Lecture BG 04.15 - Bombay |
1975 - April 04
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Like they're creating their own... Prabhupāda: This is the difference between man of knowledge and without knowledge. A man of knowledge will think, "After all, I have to die. So what is the difficulty, dying a few days more or before?" That is knowledge. And those who are not in knowledge, they are afraid of death. Best business is, before the death comes let us finish our Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfectly. That is wanted. Death will come. You cannot avoid it. |
| 750404 - Morning Walk - Mayapur |
1976 - April 04
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