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==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#April_1961|1961]] - April 15 ==== | ==== [[Timeline_of_Srila_Prabhupada's_Life#April_1961|1961]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:610415 - Letter to Sir written from Delhi|Letter to Sir written from Delhi]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Spiritual culture is not dogmatic faith but it is based on philosophy, reason and culture. This can be introduced very easily through convenient methods of music, dance and refreshment which are acceptable by all grades of human being|Spiritual culture is not dogmatic faith but it is based on philosophy, reason and culture. This can be introduced very easily through convenient methods of music, dance and refreshment which are acceptable by all grades of human being in all parts of the world. It requires only to be organized by combined effort of the intelligent class of men of all nations.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1966#April 1966|1966]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:660415 - Lecture BG 02.55-58 - New York|Lecture BG 02.55-58 - New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|As soon as we make mistake that "I am the Lord, I am the Supreme," then this illusory energy entraps us. This is also illusion. This is the last snare of illusory energy, that "I am God"|We should be conscious in this way, that "I am Your eternal servitor. I am not the Lord." As soon as we make mistake that "I am the Lord, I am the Supreme," then this illusory energy entraps us. This is also illusion. This is the last snare of illusory energy, that "I am God."}} | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/660415BG-NEW_YORK_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"This very world in which we are standing, this very platform, this will also be vanquished. That is the law of this material nature. Nothing will subsist. Nothing will continue. Everything will be finished. Just like our, this body will be finished. Now I have got this beautiful body. Suppose seventy years, my age, seventy years before, the body had no existence, and, say, after five or ten years more the body will have no existence, so for seventy or eighty years this manifestation of the body. So what is this manifestation in the course of this material world, so many things coming? Just like a bubble in the ocean."|Vanisource:660415 - Lecture BG 02.55-58 - New York|660415 - Lecture BG 02.55-58 - New York}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1967#April 1967|1967]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:670415 - Letter to Sri Krishna Panditji written from New York|Letter to Sri Krishna Panditji written from New York]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding printing work, I am prepared to guarantee for payment to the press if the printing is first class just suitable to the American taste. If Joshiji appears to be not interested why not yourself do the work and I am prepared to pay you|Regarding printing work, I am prepared to guarantee for payment to the press if the printing is first class just suitable to the American taste. If Joshiji appears to be not interested why not yourself do the work and I am prepared to pay you.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1970#April 1970|1970]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:700415 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles|Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The atheist theoretically can deny the presence of God, but the presence of God in form of Death is present before him despite his flouting|The atheist theoretically can deny the presence of God, but the presence of God in form of Death is present before him despite his flouting. You have seen the picture of Lord Narayana—He has got four hands, two hands are for the atheist and two hands are for the theist.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1972#April 1972|1972]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Lecture BG 07.01 - Auckland|Lecture BG 07.01 - Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|My request is that we are going to start a Radha-Krsna temple here. Just cooperate with us. These foreigners are doing your business. It was your business to spread Krsna consciousness all over the world, but you are sleeping|My request is that we are going to start a Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa temple here. Just cooperate with us. These foreigners are doing your business. It was your business to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, but you are sleeping. But the Americans, Canadians, Europeans, I am training them.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Deity Installation - Auckland|Deity Installation - Auckland]]''' | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Letter to Bali-mardana written from Auckland|Letter to Bali-mardana written from Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I shall be very much satisfied if you stay there at ISKCON Press and go on increasing the beauty and importance of our Back to Godhead magazine, and be happy|I shall be very much satisfied if you stay there at ISKCON Press and go on increasing the beauty and importance of our Back to Godhead magazine, and be happy.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Letter to Citsukhananda written from Auckland|Letter to Citsukhananda written from Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I am very much pleased to hear that Mexico City center is developing very nicely under your expert supervision, and I also note that you say that Latin America is very much ready for Krishna Consciousness movement|I am very much pleased to hear that Mexico City center is developing very nicely under your expert supervision, and I also note that you say that Latin America is very much ready for Krishna Consciousness movement.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Letter to Jadurani written from Auckland|Letter to Jadurani written from Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|So far Lord Brahma paint him just like you have painted already in the poster where he is flying on the swan for stealing Krishna's cowherds friends and cows|So far Lord Brahma paint him just like you have painted already in the poster where he is flying on the swan for stealing Krishna's cowherds friends and cows.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Letter to Ujjal written from Auckland|Letter to Ujjal written from Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|In this way keep yourself engaged in Krishna's business 24 hours, and in this lifetime you will become perfectly happy and in the end reach the Supreme destination|The process is simple. Follow the regulative principles very strictly, chant at least 16 rounds of beads daily, read our literatures, go for street Sankirtana, etc. In this way keep yourself engaged in Krishna's business 24 hours, and in this lifetime you will become perfectly happy and in the end reach the Supreme destination.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:720415 - Letter to Unknown written from Auckland|Letter to Unknown written from Auckland]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Regarding GBC for this Australia zone, that I shall decide in due course, after I have thoroughly seen how things are going|Regarding GBC for this Australia zone, that I shall decide in due course, after I have thoroughly seen how things are going.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1973#April 1973|1973]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:730415 - Lecture SB 01.08.23 - Los Angeles|Lecture SB 01.08.23 - Los Angeles]]''' | |||
{{Audiobox_NDrops|Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada|<mp3player>https://s3.amazonaws.com/vanipedia/Nectar+Drops/730415SB-LOS_ANGELES_ND_01.mp3</mp3player>|"Those who are jealous and envious, they are within this material world. And those who are not jealous, they are in the spiritual world. Simple thing. You test yourself, 'Whether I am jealous, envious of my other associates, friends, everything?' Then I am in the material world. And if I am not jealous, then I'm in the spiritual world. Anyone can test. There is no question of whether I'm spiritually advanced or not. You can test yourself. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt ([[Vanisource:SB 11.2.42|SB 11.2.42]]). Just like if you are eating, you'll understand whether you are satisfied, whether your hunger is satisfied. You haven't got to take certificate from others. Similarly, if you test yourself whether you are jealous, whether you are envious, then you are in the material world. And if you are not jealous, if you are not envious, then in the spiritual world. Then you can serve Kṛṣṇa very nicely."|Vanisource:730415 - Lecture SB 01.08.23 - Los Angeles|730415 - Lecture SB 01.08.23 - Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|If I think "I am Muhammadan," "I am Christian," then you are gone. But if we purify the senses that "I am spirit soul. The Supreme Spirit Soul is Krsna|When your senses will be uncontaminated with all these designations, that is the beginning of bhakti. If I think, "I am American. Why shall I take Kṛṣṇa consciousness? It is Hindu God," that is foolishness. If I think "I am Muhammadan," "I am Christian," then you are gone. But if we purify the senses that "I am spirit soul. The Supreme Spirit Soul is Kṛṣṇa. I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa; therefore it is my duty to serve Kṛṣṇa," then you become free immediately.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|wnFALEYmZvE|[[Vaniquotes:God means without competition: one. God is one. Nobody is great... asamordhva. Nobody is greater than Him. Nobody is equal to Him. Everyone is lower. Ekale isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya. The only master is Krsna, God; and everyone, servant|God Means Without Competition: <br/>One. God is One. Nobody is Greater than Him - 0899]]|05:54 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.08.23 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|God means without competition: one. God is one. Nobody is great... asamordhva. Nobody is greater than Him. Nobody is equal to Him. Everyone is lower. Ekale isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya. The only master is Krsna, God; and everyone, servant|God means there is no equal, there is no greater. Asamordhva. That is God. God, there cannot be any competition, that "You are God, I am God, he is God, he is God." No. These are dogs. They are not God. God means without competition: one. God is one. Nobody is great... asamordhva. Nobody is greater than Him. Nobody is equal to Him. Everyone is lower. Ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa āra saba bhṛtya. The only master is Kṛṣṇa, God; and everyone, servant.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|WRhctxpfM5o|[[Vaniquotes:Hrsikesa-sevanam. Not hrsika-sevanam. Hrsika means senses. So when senses are used for sense gratification, that is maya. And when senses are used for the gratification of the master of the senses, that is called bhakti. A very simple definition|When Senses are Used for Sense Gratification, that is Maya - 0900]]|06:30 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.08.23 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Hrsikesa-sevanam. Not hrsika-sevanam. Hrsika means senses. So when senses are used for sense gratification, that is maya. And when senses are used for the gratification of the master of the senses, that is called bhakti. A very simple definition|Hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam. Not hṛṣīka-sevanam. Hṛṣīka means senses. So when senses are used for sense gratification, that is māyā. And when senses are used for the gratification of the master of the senses, that is called bhakti. A very simple definition. Anyone can understand.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|qrfJo39nWhQ|[[Vaniquotes:You test yourself, "Whether I am jealous, envious of my other associates, friends, everything?" Then I am in the material world. And if I am not jealous, then I'm in the spiritual world. Anyone can test|If I am Not Jealous, then I'm in the Spiritual World. Anyone can Test - 0901]]|05:50 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.08.23 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|You test yourself, "Whether I am jealous, envious of my other associates, friends, everything?" Then I am in the material world. And if I am not jealous, then I'm in the spiritual world. Anyone can test|Those who are jealous and envious, they are within this material world. And those who are not jealous, they are in the spiritual world. Simple thing. You test yourself, "Whether I am jealous, envious of my other associates, friends, everything?" Then I am in the material world. And if I am not jealous, then I'm in the spiritual world. Anyone can test. There is no question of whether I'm spiritually advanced or not. You can test yourself.}} | |||
{{youtube_ditl|27N0-ipq-sE|[[Vaniquotes:Actually there is no scarcity. The scarcity is Krsna consciousness. So if you become Krsna conscious then everything is ample. There is no scarcity|The Scarcity is Krishna Consciousness <br/>So if You Become KC then Everything is Ample - 0902]]|07:04 minutes from a lecture on SB 01.08.23 in Los Angeles}} | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Actually there is no scarcity. The scarcity is Krsna consciousness. So if you become Krsna conscious then everything is ample. There is no scarcity|If you become devotee, then there is no snow supply—simply food supply. And if you don't become devotee, be covered with snow. (laughter) That's all. Covered with cloud. Everything is under Kṛṣṇa's control. So actually there is no scarcity. The scarcity is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious then everything is ample. There is no scarcity. This is the process.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1974#April 1974|1974]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:740415 - Lecture BG 04.26 - Bombay|Lecture BG 04.26 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|The Lord has got senses. He is also a living being like us. But less intelligent class, they cannot understand. They think that something must be opposite. No. The Vedic information is nityo nityanam: "The Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead"|The Lord has got senses. He is also a living being like us. But less intelligent class, they cannot understand. They think that something must be opposite. No. The Vedic information is nityo nityānām: "The Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead".}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1975#April 1975|1975]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:750415 - Lecture SB 05.05.03 - Hyderabad|Lecture SB 05.05.03 - Hyderabad]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Those who are interested with this body only, with them he has no interest. This is the sign. That is also mahatma. His only business is how to keep friendship with Krsna. That is his only business. Then he is mahatma|Those who are interested with this body only, with them he has no interest. This is the sign. That is also mahatma. His only business is how to keep friendship with Krsna. That is his only business. Then he is mahatma.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:750415 - Letter to Joy Deb Mullick written from Delhi|Letter to Joy Deb Mullick written from Delhi]]''' | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1976#April 1976|1976]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:760415 - Morning Walk - Bombay|Morning Walk - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|I have explained, chanting outside the temple and chanting in the temple, it increases the value thousand times|I have explained, chanting outside the temple and chanting in the temple, it increases the value thousand times.}} | |||
:'''[[Vanisource:760415 - Lecture SB 07.12.04 - Bombay|Lecture SB 07.12.04 - Bombay]]''' | |||
{{VaniQuotebox|Either you become communist or capitalist or this or that, you have to accept one leader. So take the best, first-class, perfect leader: Krsna. Then you'll be happy|Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is that you have to accept one leader. That you cannot avoid. Either you become communist or capitalist or this or that, you have to accept one leader. So take the best, first-class, perfect leader: Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be happy. Otherwise it is not possible.}} | |||
==== [[ | ==== [[Timeline of Srila Prabhupada's Life - 1977#April 1977|1977]] - April 15 ==== | ||
:'''[[Vanisource:770415 - Conversation - Bombay|Conversation - Bombay]]''' | |||
{| | {{youtube_ditl|t2_pDR9dRVg|[[Vaniquotes:Even in this feeble health also, I am working four hours at least, at night. And they are also helping me. So this is our individual attempt|This Institution Must be There<br/>for Educating the Whole Human Society - 0223]]|06:35 minutes from a conversation in Bombay}} | ||
| | {{VaniQuotebox|Even in this feeble health also, I am working four hours at least, at night. And they are also helping me. So this is our individual attempt|Even in this feeble health also, I am working four hours at least, at night. And they are also helping me. So this is our individual attempt. Why not come here? If you are actually very serious student of Bhagavad-gītā, why don't you come, cooperate?}} | ||
{{VaniQuotebox|Those who are assisting me, let them have permanent visa so that I can work this way|Those who are assisting me, let them have permanent visa so that I can work this way.}} | |||
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1961 - April 15
1966 - April 15
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "This very world in which we are standing, this very platform, this will also be vanquished. That is the law of this material nature. Nothing will subsist. Nothing will continue. Everything will be finished. Just like our, this body will be finished. Now I have got this beautiful body. Suppose seventy years, my age, seventy years before, the body had no existence, and, say, after five or ten years more the body will have no existence, so for seventy or eighty years this manifestation of the body. So what is this manifestation in the course of this material world, so many things coming? Just like a bubble in the ocean." |
| 660415 - Lecture BG 02.55-58 - New York |
1967 - April 15
1970 - April 15
1972 - April 15
 vanipedia.org |
Regarding GBC for this Australia zone, that I shall decide in due course, after I have thoroughly seen how things are going. |
1973 - April 15
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Those who are jealous and envious, they are within this material world. And those who are not jealous, they are in the spiritual world. Simple thing. You test yourself, 'Whether I am jealous, envious of my other associates, friends, everything?' Then I am in the material world. And if I am not jealous, then I'm in the spiritual world. Anyone can test. There is no question of whether I'm spiritually advanced or not. You can test yourself. Bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir anyatra syāt (SB 11.2.42). Just like if you are eating, you'll understand whether you are satisfied, whether your hunger is satisfied. You haven't got to take certificate from others. Similarly, if you test yourself whether you are jealous, whether you are envious, then you are in the material world. And if you are not jealous, if you are not envious, then in the spiritual world. Then you can serve Kṛṣṇa very nicely." |
| 730415 - Lecture SB 01.08.23 - Los Angeles |
1974 - April 15
1975 - April 15
1976 - April 15
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I have explained, chanting outside the temple and chanting in the temple, it increases the value thousand times. |
1977 - April 15
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