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==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1968#April 1968|1968]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:680408 - Letter to Jadurani written from San Francisco|Letter to Jadurani written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If your present paintings are not acceptable to the general public, I do not mind; they are fools|You are already a great artist. You don't want to become a great artist to satisfy the senses of the public. If your present paintings are not acceptable to the general public, I do not mind; they are fools. You continue trying your best to make your pictures as far they can be nice looking, but not to satisfy the senses of the rascal public.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Anyway I couldn't see in them nothing but combination of logs and bamboos. There was nothing to impel my Krishna Consciousness. So, if you want to be a great artist in that way, I will pray that Krishna may save you|Yesterday I have been in a Unitarian Church and there I saw two pictures of only logs and bamboos, and I was explained by our great artist Govinda dasi that these are modern abstract arts. Anyway I couldn't see in them nothing but combination of logs and bamboos. There was nothing to impel my Krishna Consciousness. So, if you want to be a great artist in that way, I will pray that Krishna may save you.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whenever there is need of my lecture, I am always prepared to serve; it doesn't matter whether big or small|Whenever there is need of my lecture, I am always prepared to serve; it doesn't matter whether big or small. Probably as you are making fine arrangements, many will come to the Temple to hear me, so in that case, I must come.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:680408 - Letter to Pradyumna written from San Francisco|Letter to Pradyumna written from San Francisco]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We want somebody in our society to know Sanskrit well enough for reading, not to be a great scholar, but just enough as needed|Your endeavors to learn Sanskrit is very encouraging. We want somebody in our society to know Sanskrit well enough for reading, not to be a great scholar, but just enough as needed.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#April 1970|1970]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700408 - Letter to Turya Shramy Maharaja written from Los Angeles|Letter to Turya Shramy Maharaja written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|By the grace of Srila Prabhupada the preaching work is going on nicely and the most important factor is that I have got a number of youthful American and European disciples who are helping me very seriously|By the grace of Srila Prabhupada the preaching work is going on nicely and the most important factor is that I have got a number of youthful American and European disciples who are helping me very seriously. As you know the western boys and girls are educated and trained up in practical life.. They are spreading this movement better that any Indian could do. So whatever success is there, it is due to them; I am simply instrumental in giving them direction. They are very kind upon me and offer me the best facilities of comfort. So things are very satisfactory here.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1971#April 1971|1971]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:710408 - Lecture BG 16.2-7 - Bombay|Lecture BG 16.2-7 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This is the duty of all responsible Indians, how to make his life perfect, utilizing Vedic knowledge, and then distribute it throughout the whole world|This is the duty of all responsible Indians, how to make his life perfect, utilizing Vedic knowledge, and then distribute it throughout the whole world. Because in other parts of the world they have no such advantage. Why these American boys are coming to us? Because they did not get the advantage of spiritual life, but they are seeking after spiritual life.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#April 1972|1972]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720408 - Letter to All ISKCON Temple Presidents written from Sydney|Letter to All ISKCON Temple Presidents written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You manage your affairs peacefully and independently, and try to improve the spiritual atmosphere of the centers more carefully|You manage your affairs peacefully and independently, and try to improve the spiritual atmosphere of the centers more carefully.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720408 - Letter to Bibhu written from Sydney|Letter to Bibhu written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|This college program is very good, and you should continue in this way, giving all these student an opportunity to learn this Krishna consciousness philosophy and culture|This college program is very good, and you should continue in this way, giving all these student an opportunity to learn this Krishna consciousness philosophy and culture. They are all seeking after some knowledge, but they are being misguided by their blind leaders. It is our duty to give them real knowledge and understanding of the purpose of life.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720408 - Letter to Gurudasa written from Sydney|Letter to Gurudasa written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|It has proven to be very troublesome to send money from America to India, but you can get books as many as you like, sell them there to the public at large|It has proven to be very troublesome to send money from America to India, but you can get books as many as you like, sell them there to the public at large, and in this way you can raise funds for our Mayapur, Vrindaban and Juhu projects.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720408 - Letter to Puri Maharaj written from Sydney|Letter to Puri Maharaj written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In every respect these western countries are the best field for our Vaisnava culture to spread and take effect, that has been demonstrated|Last night we had a meeting in the Melbourne Town Hall in the central part of the city, and there was very ecstatic kirtan with more than one thousand persons and many of them joined us by dancing on the stage. So in every respect these western countries are the best field for our Vaisnava culture to spread and take effect, that has been demonstrated.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720408 - Letter to Tarkikchuramoni written from Sydney|Letter to Tarkikchuramoni written from Sydney]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I can understand that you are a very sincere student and are an eligible candidate for going back to home, back to Godhead|I am so glad to learn that you have been such a great help to Bibhu there in our Pittsburgh center. I can understand that you are a very sincere student and are an eligible candidate for going back to home, back to Godhead. And the process is simple. Follow the regulative principles, chant at least 16 rounds of beads daily, read our literatures, go for street sankirtana, etc.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#April 1973|1973]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730408 - Lecture BG 04.13 - New York|Lecture BG 04.13 - New York]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|U5_80JCccj0|[[Vaniquotes:If one spark falls on your body, on your garment, it burns. But it is not as powerful as the big fire. Similarly, God is all powerful. God is great. We are part and parcel of God. Therefore, our greatness is very, very small, infinitesimal. God is great|Our Greatness is Very, Very Small, Infinitesimal. God is Great - 0974]]|05:02 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one spark falls on your body, on your garment, it burns. But it is not as powerful as the big fire. Similarly, God is all powerful. God is great. We are part and parcel of God. Therefore, our greatness is very, very small, infinitesimal. God is great|Living entities are part and parcel of God. Suppose God is the big fire and living entities are just like sparks. The sparks, they are also fire. Sparks also, if one spark falls on your body, on your garment, it burns. But it is not as powerful as the big fire. Similarly, God is all powerful. God is great. We are part and parcel of God. Therefore, our greatness is very, very small, infinitesimal. God is great.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|g6TT8YtCgxY|[[Vaniquotes:We are small gods, we can say, small gods. Teeny, sample gods. Therefore, we are so much proud. But we should not be proud because we should know that all our qualities are taken from God|We are Small Gods. Teeny, Sample gods - 0975]]|04:58 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|We are small gods, we can say, small gods. Teeny, sample gods. Therefore, we are so much proud. But we should not be proud because we should know that all our qualities are taken from God|If you study a drop of sea water, if you analyze chemically, you'll find so many chemicals in that drop. So you can understand what is the composition of the sea. The same composition. But in greater quantity. That is the difference between God and ourself. We are small gods, we can say, small gods. Teeny, sample gods. Therefore, we are so much proud. But we should not be proud because we should know that all our qualities are taken from God.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|x7rU6269d6o|[[Vaniquotes:There is no question of overpopulation. This is a false theory. If God can create, He can maintain also. And actually, this is the fact. I am travelling all over the world. There are so much vacant places upon the surface of the globe|There is No Question of Overpopulation. This is a False Theory - 0976]]|05:46 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|There is no question of overpopulation. This is a false theory. If God can create, He can maintain also. And actually, this is the fact. I am travelling all over the world. There are so much vacant places upon the surface of the globe|There is no question of overpopulation. This is a false theory. If God can create, He can maintain also. And actually, this is the fact. I am travelling all over the world. There are so much vacant places upon the surface of the globe that, that ten times more than the present population can be easily maintained.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|7Pg53lbhr_U|[[Vaniquotes:Your coat is cut according to your body. Similarly, this material body is cut according our spiritual body. So we have got our spiritual body. This material body is covering|This Material Body is Cut According to Our Spiritual Body - 0977]]|05:52 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your coat is cut according to your body. Similarly, this material body is cut according our spiritual body. So we have got our spiritual body. This material body is covering|Your coat is cut according to your body. Similarly, this material body is cut according our spiritual body. So we have got our spiritual body. This material body is covering.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|c-gtNNZr-Nw|[[Vaniquotes:In order to keep smooth facilities for human life, there must be four divisions. If you say that "We don't require brahmana." If you don't require brahmana, then you'll suffer|If You Don't Require Brahmana, Then You'll Suffer - 0978]]|04:06 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In order to keep smooth facilities for human life, there must be four divisions. If you say that "We don't require brahmana." If you don't require brahmana, then you'll suffer|Human society, they require good consulting brain, good administrators, good producers and good worker. That is the division of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says: catur varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭam. In order to keep smooth facilities for human life, there must be four divisions. If you say that "We don't require brāhmaṇa." If you don't require brāhmaṇa, then you'll suffer.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|bJsC2YhwYSI|[[Vaniquotes:In India, although a person born in a brahmana family, but his guna, qualities, are less than sudra, but still he's being accepted as a brahmana. That is the difficulty. Therefore, India's condition is so chaotic|India's Condition is so Chaotic - 0979]]|04:20 minutes from a lecture on BG 04:13 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In India, although a person born in a brahmana family, but his guna, qualities, are less than sudra, but still he's being accepted as a brahmana. That is the difficulty. Therefore, India's condition is so chaotic|Actually it is also in the chaotic condition. Because nobody is following the prescription as given by Bhagavad-gītā, guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ. In India, although a person born in a brāhmaṇa family, but his guṇa, qualities, are less than śūdra, but still he's being accepted as a brāhmaṇa. That is the difficulty. Therefore, India's condition is so chaotic.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730408 - Lecture SB 01.14.44 - New York|Lecture SB 01.14.44 - New York (evening)]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|uPaSFJGEKiU|[[Vaniquotes:Whatever we are worshiping Radha-Krsna, that is Radha-Krsna in His Narayana form - Laksmi-Narayana. In the beginning we should worship Radha-Krsna in the level of Laksmi-Narayana, with awe and veneration, very strictly following the rules and regulations|In The Beginning We Should <br/>Worship Radha-Krishna in the Level of Laksmi-Narayana - 1018]]|05:57 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Whatever we are worshiping Radha-Krsna, that is Radha-Krsna in His Narayana form - Laksmi-Narayana. In the beginning we should worship Radha-Krsna in the level of Laksmi-Narayana, with awe and veneration, very strictly following the rules and regulations|By worshiping Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, you simultaneously worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is very difficult to worship. So whatever we are worshiping Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, that is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in His Nārāyaṇa form—Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. In the beginning we should worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in the level of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, with awe and veneration, very strictly following the rules and regulations.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|kQ1O15ZmzAw|[[Vaniquotes:If you think of Krsna twenty-four hours, Krsna will think of you twenty-six hours. (laughter) Krsna is so kind. If you do some service for Krsna, Krsna will reward you hundred times|If You Do Some Service for Krishna, <br/>Krishna Will Reward You a Hundred Times - 1019]]|05:27 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you think of Krsna twenty-four hours, Krsna will think of you twenty-six hours. (laughter) Krsna is so kind. If you do some service for Krsna, Krsna will reward you hundred times|If you think of Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours, Kṛṣṇa will think of you twenty-six hours. (laughter) Kṛṣṇa is so kind. If you do some service for Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa will reward you hundred times. But people, they do not want. They think, "What we shall benefit by serving Kṛṣṇa? Let us serve my dog." This is the misunderstanding. And our attempt is to awaken the dormant love of Kṛṣṇa.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|ccLLAdAQ8P8|[[Vaniquotes:If we do not love Krsna, then our hearts will be harder and harder and harder. Heart is there for love, but why you are so hard-hearted?|Heart is There for Love, But Why You are so Hard-hearted? - 1020]]|04:19 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If we do not love Krsna, then our hearts will be harder and harder and harder. Heart is there for love, but why you are so hard-hearted?|If we do not love Kṛṣṇa, then our hearts will be harder and harder and harder. Heart is there for love, but why you are so hard-hearted? Why you are so much hard-hearted that we kill another fellow being or another animal—we do not care for it—for my satisfaction of the tongue? Because we have become hard-hearted. Hard-hearted. On account of not being a lover of Kṛṣṇa, we are all hard-hearted. Therefore the whole world is unhappy.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|oAsLKmzRBNc|[[Vaniquotes:If actually there is any sympathizer for the fallen conditioned souls, he is a Vaisnava. He knows why they are suffering. Therefore he wants to give him the information: "My dear friend, you are suffering simply for forgetting your real lover, Krsna"|If There is any Sympathizer <br/>for the Fallen Conditioned Souls, He is a Vaishnava - 1021]]|04:42 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If actually there is any sympathizer for the fallen conditioned souls, he is a Vaisnava. He knows why they are suffering. Therefore he wants to give him the information: "My dear friend, you are suffering simply for forgetting your real lover, Krsna"|All living entities, being fallen in this material condition, they are all suffering. So Vaiṣṇava sympathy is there. If actually there is any sympathizer for the fallen conditioned souls, he is a Vaiṣṇava. He knows how, why they are suffering. Therefore he wants to give him the information: "My dear friend, you are suffering simply for forgetting your real lover, Kṛṣṇa. Therefore you are suffering." This is the message, Vaiṣṇava's message.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|fxOZEmU0N8g|[[Vaniquotes:First thing is that we have to learn how to love. Sa vai pumsam paro dharmo. That is first-class religion|First Thing is <br/>That We Have to Learn How to Love. That is First-class Religion - 1022]]|03:21 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|First thing is that we have to learn how to love. Sa vai pumsam paro dharmo. That is first-class religion|First thing is that we have to learn how to love. Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo. That is first-class religion. Religious system you follow, yato bhaktir adhokṣaje. If you know how to love Adhokṣaja... Then when there is question of love, then the next question will be, "Whom shall I love?"}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|BT7F1tIVitI|[[Vaniquotes:They say that God cannot come. But if I put the question: "Why God cannot come?" what is the answer? If God is all-powerful, why you are curtailing His power, that He cannot come? What kind of God is He? God is under your law, or you are under God's law?|If God is All-powerful, <br/>Why You are Curtailing His Power, that He Cannot Come? - 1023]]|04:26 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|They say that God cannot come. But if I put the question: "Why God cannot come?" what is the answer? If God is all-powerful, why you are curtailing His power, that He cannot come? What kind of God is He? God is under your law, or you are under God's law?|They also press the same plea, that "Why God should come? Why He should appear like human being?" But they do not know, neither they can answer this question, "Why God would not come?" They say that God cannot come. But if I put the question: "Why God cannot come?" what is the answer? If God is all-powerful, why you are curtailing His power, that He cannot come? What kind of God is He? God is under your law, or you are under God's law?}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|qIucT6wdka8|[[Vaniquotes:Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Krsna - your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Krsna. If you follow these two principles, Krsna will be within your grip|If You Follow These Two Principles, Krishna Will be Within Your Grip - 1024]]|05:21 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.14.44 in New York}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Krsna - your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Krsna. If you follow these two principles, Krsna will be within your grip|What we do with the tongue? We talk: talk of Kṛṣṇa. We sing: chant of Kṛṣṇa. We eat: taste, eat Kṛṣṇa prasāda. You will understand Kṛṣṇa. Any foolish person, any uneducated or any position of life, you can use your tongue for Kṛṣṇa's service. Don’t eat anything which is not eaten by Kṛṣṇa—your tongue becomes your most intimate friend. And don’t talk anything except Kṛṣṇa. If you follow these two principles, Kṛṣṇa will be within your grip.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you take up this Krsna consciousness movement, which is meant for the brahmanas, if you become brahmana by quality, then your, the Western nations will be... Especially in America, they'll be first-class nation|This is a scientific process. You Western people, you should try to understand that. And our boys and girls, who have joined, they're trying to understand, and execute the principles. So if you take up this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, which is meant for the brāhmaṇas, if you become brāhmaṇa by quality, then your, the Western nations will be... Especially in America, they'll be first-class nation.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|How to become perfect human society, how to fulfill the mission of human society, for these things, there is no brain. So this Krsna consciousness movement is creating some brain of the human society|But at the present moment, there is only this mercantile industrialist and worker. There is no brain. How to conduct society? How to become perfect human society, how to fulfill the mission of human society, for these things, there is no brain.So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is creating some brain of the human society. Brāhmaṇa. And this brain.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730408 - Letter to Giriraja written from New York|Letter to Giriraja written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Please let me know immediately how the Chhanganlal case has come out. I hope that by now you have received my letter of April 3, 1973 and have taken appropriate steps to secure the Juhu land|Please let me know immediately how the Chhanganlal case has come out. I hope that by now you have received my letter of April 3, 1973 and have taken appropriate steps to secure the Juhu land.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:730408 - Letter to Sudama written from New York|Letter to Sudama written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Your program for traveling on the West coast holding festivals at schools and communes is approved by me. Especially you must try to convince these students to join us|Your program for traveling on the West coast holding festivals at schools and communes is approved by me. Especially you must try to convince these students to join us. There is nothing else that will save the world from destruction and it is our responsibility to recruit these young educated boys and girls before they become spoiled by the degraded conditions of this so-called human society.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#April 1974|1974]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740408 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/740408MW-BOMBAY_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"What is God, first of all. He must exist otherwise why there is question of 'What is God?' So, what is the nature of God, what is our position, what is our relationship with God, what is our duty and what is the goal of life, these things are very thoroughly discussed in Bhagavad-gītā. So if we understand Bhagavad-gītā very nicely, then you understand the whole science of God."|Vanisource:740408 - Morning Walk - Bombay|740408 - Morning Walk - Bombay}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Happiness and distress is the cause of śocati and kāṅkṣati. Kāṅkṣati means desiring to have something. This is distress. And lamenting for something, that is also distress. Actually, this is the material position| This happiness and distress is the cause of śocati and kāṅkṣati. Kāṅkṣati means desiring to have something. This is distress. And lamenting for something, that is also distress. Actually, this is the material position. When we haven't got the things, we desire it. That is also distress. And when it is lost, that is also distress.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740408 - Lecture BG 04.19 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.19 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If one wants to understand something about Bhagavad-gita, about the spiritual movement, he may consult me|Suppose if I want to do some engineering work. That is not possible for me. I must take help of an engineer. But if one wants to understand something about Bhagavad-gītā, about the spiritual movement, he may consult me. Therefore, the society must be divided into four divisions.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|One of my students just spoken that.... Somebody said that "To become desireless is the highest perfection." So he replied that "Desireless, that is also desire." You are thinking that "I shall become desireless." So this is also a desire|One of my students just spoken that.... Somebody said that "To become desireless is the highest perfection." So he replied that "Desireless, that is also desire." You are thinking that "I shall become desireless." So this is also a desire.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740408 - Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Bombay|Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Bombay]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740408 - Letter to Shyamsundar Brahmachari written from Bombay|Letter to Shyamsundar Brahmachari written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have not visited Jagannatha Puri because my men are not allowed to see the deity. When you arrange that we can visit the temple with my disciples then I can come immediately.|I have not visited Jagannatha Puri because my men are not allowed to see the deity. When you arrange that we can visit the temple with my disciples then I can come immediately.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:740408 - Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay|Letter to Tejiyas written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If our men are trained, one man can run a place. One experienced man can sit down in a hut and simply talk about Krsna and organize the local people. This is how I started in the beginning|Regarding the offers of land in different places, you should take them. First accept them, then we shall see how to manage them. We will have to import brahmanas to man them. If our men are trained, one man can run a place. One experienced man can sit down in a hut and simply talk about Krsna and organize the local people. This is how I started in the beginning at 26 Second Avenue in New York City.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#April 1975|1975]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Morning Walk - Mayapur|Morning Walk - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Disciple should be always ready to be chastised. He should not think that he has become perfect. That is perfection|Disciple should be always ready to be chastised. He should not think that he has become perfect. That is perfection. So long he thinks that he is not perfect—he's to be chastised—then he's perfect. And as soon as he thinks that he has become perfect, he's nonsense immediately, nonsense number one.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Lecture CC Adi 01.15 - Mayapur|Lecture CC Adi 01.15 - Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Maha means great, and bharata means this land. Actually it is a history. But foolish people, without understanding through the guru-parampara system, they manufacture their own way of understanding; therefore they are misled|Mahābhārata is also history. Mahā means great, and bhārata means this land. Actually it is a history. But foolish people, without understanding through the guru-paramparā system, they manufacture their own way of understanding; therefore they are misled. They cannot take full advantage of this Vedic literature because they are misled.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Bhakta Dennis written from Mayapur|Letter to Bhakta Dennis written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Do not try to concoct your own theories. This is not the process. You must write just as you have heard from your Guru and nothing else. Otherwise, your writing is useless|I think that the best thing for you is to study our books very carefully and then try to write something. Do not try to concoct your own theories. This is not the process. You must write just as you have heard from your Guru and nothing else. Otherwise, your writing is useless.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Daruka written from Mayapur|Letter to Daruka written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am not saying anything which is not given by my Guru Maharaja. I am simply repeating what I have learned from him|I am not saying anything which is not given by my Guru Maharaja. I am simply repeating what I have learned from him. So you please do the same and your life will be full of ananda—blissful happiness, and you will be able to help spread this sankirtana movement all over the world.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Devakinandana written from Mayapur|Letter to Devakinandana written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have heard that you are a very good man with cows. Your service would be very valuable here in India. I think that you could travel to the centers here where we keep cows and try to establish a very high cow-protection standard|I have heard that you are a very good man with cows. Your service would be very valuable here in India. I think that you could travel to the centers here where we keep cows and try to establish a very high cow-protection standard. Our cow-protection program in India should be the exemplary standard for the whole world.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I want to improve our Gosala here in Mayapur first|I want to improve our Gosala here in Mayapur first.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Gupta das written from Mayapur|Letter to Gupta written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding your idea for writing articles for different legal journals, that will be very nice| Regarding your idea for writing articles for different legal journals, that will be very nice. I think it will be best if you take a little help from the editors who will be in Los Angeles soon.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Krsnanandini written from Mayapur|Letter to Krsnanandini written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding Bhumata devi dasi's affliction, she should simply take the proper treatment. Make the best out of a bad bargain. This material body is a bad bargain because it is always miserable|Regarding Bhumata devi dasi's affliction, she should simply take the proper treatment. Make the best out of a bad bargain. This material body is a bad bargain because it is always miserable. So, to make the best out of this bad bargain means to render devotional service in any circumstance.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Mantrini written from Mayapur|Letter to Mantrini written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In order to start the proposed project in your letter you must have full sanction of the GBC. Then I will approve of it, if they approve it. Do not try to start any project independent of the GBC. I want that everyone will co-operate nicely with the GBC|In order to start the proposed project in your letter you must have full sanction of the GBC. Then I will approve of it, if they approve it. Do not try to start any project independent of the GBC. I want that everyone will co-operate nicely with the GBC.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Mr. Ashis Roy written from Mayapur|Letter to Mr. Ashis Roy written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|People must co-operate. If not, then they will have to suffer. So, I am very glad that you have come forward, being one of the leaders of the cultural community|People must co-operate. If not, then they will have to suffer. So, I am very glad that you have come forward, being one of the leaders of the cultural community.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Mr. Faul written from Mayapur|Letter to Mr. Faul written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If you carefully study our movement around the world, you will find that actually we are solving all of the so-called problems of life|If you carefully study our movement around the world, you will find that actually we are solving all of the so-called problems of life. I request you to take an active part in our movement as much as possible and your spiritual understanding will increase manifold.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Mr. Fitzgerald written from Mayapur|Letter to Mr. Fitzgerald written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I cannot deal with so many managerial problems. The GBC is there to releive me from so many problems such as this one| These things should be decided by the GBC. Let them make a decision on the matter. You have already sent letters to them, so the problem is in their hands. I cannot deal with so many managerial problems. The GBC is there to releive me from so many problems such as this one.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750408 - Letter to Mr. Gururaja R. Rao written from Mayapur|Letter to Mr. Gururaja R. Rao written from Mayapur]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox| I am very pleased to know that you are feeling the greatness of the Krishna Consciousness movement|I am very pleased to know that you are feeling the greatness of the Krishna Consciousness movement. You will find that the more you involve yourself, the more you will understand our philosophy and then automatically you will be able to preach it nicely.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#April 1976|1976]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760408 - Morning Walk - Vrndavana|Morning Walk - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Caitanya Mahaprabhu's order, yare dekha, tare kaha, 'krsna-upadesa.' Bas, finished, "You become a guru." The trouble is there. You haven't got to manufacture your ideas. Just like I'm quoting from Krsna's preaching|"We're independent." That is ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā, by false prestige, by false identification. He is (indistinct) and he's thinking so many nonsense. Ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā. Everything will be explained in Bhagavad-gītā. So try to explain. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's order, yāre dekha, tāre kaha, 'kṛṣṇa-upadeśa (CC Madhya 7.128).' Bas, finished, "You become a guru." The trouble(?) is there. You haven't got to manufacture your ideas. Just like I'm quoting from Kṛṣṇa's preaching.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760408 - Lecture Hindi - Vrndavana|Lecture Hindi - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Guru Maharaj used to say these books are brhad mrdanga. See if you play the mrdanga here ten, twenty, hundred people can hear it. And if you play this brhad mrdanga then from one corner to the other everyone can hear it|Kirtana is not done only with mrdangas and kartal’s only. And our Guru Maharaj used to say these books are brhad mrdanga. See if you play the mrdanga here ten, twenty, hundred people can hear it. And if you play this brhad mrdanga then from one corner to the other everyone can hear it. This is brhad mrdanga. So whatever liitle honor our institution has by the mercy of the Lord, this is due to this brhad mrdanga.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760408 - Lecture Hindi, partially recorded - Vrndavana|Lecture Hindi, partially recorded - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Even if an enemy comes to our home he should be treated with all respect, so much so that he forgets that he is an enemy. This is our philosophy| This is Indian philosophy, grham satrum api praptam visvastam akuto 'bhayam, even if an enemy comes to our home he should be treated with all respect, so much so that he forgets that he is an enemy. This is our philosophy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760408 - Lecture SB 07.09.53 - Vrndavana|Lecture SB 07.09.53 - Vṛndāvana]]''' | |||
{{youtube_ditl|cwmkh8k2sVg|[[Vaniquotes:You may be very rich man, you may take many pills, many injection to prolong your life, but that is not possible. That is not possible. But as soon as you see Krsna, then you get your eternal life|As Soon as You See Krishna, Then You Get Your Eternal Life - 0744]]|04:59 minutes from a lecture on SB 07.09.53 in Vṛndāvana}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You may be very rich man, you may take many pills, many injection to prolong your life, but that is not possible. That is not possible. But as soon as you see Krsna, then you get your eternal life|You may be very rich man, you may take many pills, many injection to prolong your life, but that is not possible. That is not possible. But as soon as you see Kṛṣṇa, then you get your eternal life. Eternal life we have got. We are eternal.}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate people to cure his disease of forgetfulness. He has forgotten simply. Just like a madman forgets who is his father, who is his mother, he talks nonsense, sometimes he calls ill names. Mad|So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to educate people to cure his disease of forgetfulness. He has forgotten simply. Just like a madman forgets who is his father, who is his mother, he talks nonsense, sometimes he calls ill names. Mad. So similarly, we in this material world, without any Kṛṣṇa consciousness we are all mad, forgetful. This disease has to be cured. The best medicine is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#April 1977|1977]] - April 08 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770408 - Letter to Baradraj written from Bombay|Letter to Baradraj written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Panca Tattva Deities in Hawaii are now many years old and they are beyond being repaired. Please therefore immediately make new Deities of the same size as the ones that are now installed|The Panca Tattva Deities in Hawaii are now many years old and they are beyond being repaired. Please therefore immediately make new Deities of the same size as the ones that are now installed. They should be made in the same process as you are now doing for Fiji. This should be done as soon as possible as Guru Kripa Maharaj says that all the plaster is falling off of the Deities.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770408 - Letter to H.S. Dwivedi written from Bombay|Letter to H.S. Dwivedi written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As I am going out on a long tour to my home state for about 12 days, I thought I must keep you informed of the action I have taken|As I am going out on a long tour to my home state for about 12 days, I thought I must keep you informed of the action I have taken.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:770408 - Letter to Swami Sri Radhey Baba written from Bombay|Letter to Swami Sri Radhey Baba written from Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The essay is very good and I thank you for it. You have very nicely understood and described the meaning of "Back to Godhead"|The essay is very good and I thank you for it. You have very nicely understood and described the meaning of "Back to Godhead."}} | |||
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| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "What is God, first of all. He must exist otherwise why there is question of 'What is God?' So, what is the nature of God, what is our position, what is our relationship with God, what is our duty and what is the goal of life, these things are very thoroughly discussed in Bhagavad-gītā. So if we understand Bhagavad-gītā very nicely, then you understand the whole science of God." |
| 740408 - Morning Walk - Bombay |
- Letter to Manager of Punjab National Bank written from Bombay
- Letter to Shyamsundar Brahmachari written from Bombay
1975 - April 08
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I want to improve our Gosala here in Mayapur first. |
1976 - April 08
1977 - April 08
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The essay is very good and I thank you for it. You have very nicely understood and described the meaning of "Back to Godhead." |
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